Weekend Roundup, May 4 – 7

May 4, 2023

We’ve got a busy weekend with Cinco de Mayo, multiple performances, the annual Running of the Chihuahuas and the C&O canal boat tours are back! There’s also the coronation of […]

Luke Russert’s Odyssey: ‘Look for Me There’


This is not a story about Telemachus, the son of Odysseus, who went in search of his wandering father. But it is a personal story, an epic all his own, […]

DC Jazz Festival Launches Cuba Collaboration


They say music is the universal language. So, it shouldn’t be surprising that it’s often a tool of exchange in cultural diplomacy.  One of the premier musical cultural institutions in […]

High-Energy Dressed to Kilt Fashion Show Celebrates 20 Years

May 2, 2023

What do a fish, a falcon, a dog, a SEAL, an umbrella, an Oscar statue and a swimming pool in a hotel where the Beatles once stayed have in common? […]

20th Annual French Market Attracts Throngs, as Skies Cleared

May 1, 2023

While Friday’s April rains dampened first-day turnout for Georgetown’s annual French Market on Wisconsin Avenue’s Book Hill, Saturday’s clear and warm weather brought joyous hordes of sidewalk shoppers, browsers and […]

PostClassical Ensemble Fills Stage With Falla  


Though he is probably the best-known Spanish composer, in this country Manuel de Falla isn’t a marquee name. Many of his compositions are piano pieces, chamber music works or zarzuelas […]

A Ghostly Romp: GALA Hispanic Theatre Presents ‘La valentía (Valor)’


Family fights over what-to-do with a home that’s been in the family for generations aren’t usually funny. But when such conflicts are cleverly handled — as is the case with […]

Weekend Roundup, April 27 – 30

April 27, 2023

A busy weekend is upon us! Rest up now to get ready to head to the 20th annual French Market, a weekend spring garden sale at Mount Vernon, Glen Echo […]

Where to Be This White House Correspondents’ Dinner Weekend


Washington’s biggest social weekend of the year is upon us. In honor of the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, here are all the parties and gatherings in town today through […]

Hudson Shares New Mission, Preservation Plans at Tudor Place 

April 24, 2023

Three invitations were extended by The Georgetowner’s April 20 cultural power breakfast speaker, Mark Hudson, executive director of Tudor Place, the National Historic Landmark on five and a half acres […]