Weekend Roundup, Jan. 25 – 28
• January 25, 2024

The weekend is upon us! Enjoy “Annie” at the National Theater, the opening of new wine shop, the Urban Grape, or catch a screening of “Killers of the Flower Moon” […]

Education: Summer Camp Roundup
• January 22, 2024

Even though we’re in the middle of winter, summer camp registration is in full swing! Here are some options in the area for all interests and ages.  Summer at Burke  […]

Education: Some Hopeful News on D.C.’s ‘Reading Crisis’ 
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Although D.C. public school students are suffering through a well-documented “reading crisis,” some hopeful signs for progress appear to be emerging on the city’s horizon.  Representing Ward 2 on the […]

Weekend Roundup, Jan. 18 – 21
• January 18, 2024

Another weekend is here! We hope you stay warm and cozy, enjoying all the indoor events available like the annual Washington Auto Show and performances at The Kennedy Center, Strathmore, […]

Word Up: Annoying Expressions
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On this National Thesaurus Day Jan. 18, it is perhaps altogether fitting and proper – as Lincoln would have it – to sound off on irritating phrases and expressions in […]

2023 Social Scene Highlights: Ford’s, Wolf Trap, NMWA, Tudor Place  
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Ford’s Theatre Rita Moreno received the Lincoln Medal at Ford’s Theatre’s Annual Gala on June 11.      Wolf Trap Wolf Trap’s 2023 Ball, “The Golden Hour,” was held on […]

Chip Reid’s ‘Battle Scars’ Talk at City Tavern on Jan. 25
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Georgetown neighbor and retired journalist Chip Reid has authored an intense war book of action and remembrance. The urgency of  “Battle Scars: Twenty Years Later: 3d Battalion 5th Marines Looks […]

Emmy’s Recap and a Remembrance
• January 16, 2024

Remembering The Washington Post’s Tom Shales: Pulitzer Prize-winning TV critic Tom Shales has died of complications from Covid and renal failure at the age of 79. Shales spent almost four […]

Weekend Roundup, Jan. 11 – 15
• January 11, 2024

Happy weekend! Now that we’re well into 2024, there are lots of interesting things to do this weekend. Remember to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy over the weekend […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘After Elizabeth: Can the Monarchy Save Itself?’ 
• January 10, 2024

A brash young author offers dubious advice to the crown.    “After Elizabeth” purports to be the first life-saving buoy tossed to a drowning monarchy. “We’ve been conning ourselves,” writes […]