Weekend Roundup: Jan. 30-Feb. 2

January 29, 2025

There are plenty of options for things to do this weekend, including the Reading Room Festival at the Folger, seeing emerging artists from Nashville at Wolf Trap, and ice cream […]

Kennedy Center’s Rutter to Step Down

January 27, 2025

Kennedy Center’s president since 2014, Deborah Rutter, will step down from her role at the end of the year amidst uncertainty in a new (returning?) administration. Rutter’s contract is up […]

Social Scene: The 2025 Peachtree Ball


The Georgetowner attended the 2025 Peachtree Ball, part of Inauguration weekend, on Saturday, January 18 at Union Station. The event was Georgia’s premiere inaugural party that brought together hundreds of […]

‘Make Way for Berthe Weill’ in New York


Q: Does Columbia, New York City’s Ivy League university, established by royal charter as King’s College in 1754, have an art museum? A: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art […]

Classical Echoes in Oak Hill Cemetery

January 23, 2025

Sponsored Content Since its founding in 1849, Oak Hill has been the final resting place of the well-known and the well-heeled. This Georgetown cemetery was established on land contributed by […]

Hirshhorn Concert: ‘Igor and Coco’


“Igor and Coco,” the catchy title of a free concert on Saturday, Feb. 1, in the Hirshhorn Museum’s Ring Auditorium, refers (no surprise) to Russian composer Igor Stravinsky and French […]

Weekend Roundup: January 23-26


This weekend, stay warm indoors at events like “Tina,” the Tina Turner musical and drag star Sasha Velour at Strathmore, comedian Nick Swardson and of course cheering on the Commanders […]

Happy Birthday, Rabbie Burns!

January 21, 2025

If you sang “Auld Lang Syne” on New Year’s Eve, you were speaking Scots. The lyricist? Poet Robert (aka Rabbie) Burns. Literally “old long since,” the three-word title means “old […]

Social Scene: The Washington Winter Show Celebrates 70 Years

January 16, 2025

Founded in 1954, The Washington Winter Show, “The Washington Antiques Show,” celebrated 70 years at their annual event. The event is the second oldest charitable antiques show in the U.S. […]

Gong Xi Fa Cai! Celebrating Lunar New Year


Hey Boomer, were you born in 1953? If so — or if you’re a Gen X-er born in 1965 or 1977, a Millennial born in 1989 or a Gen Z-er […]