Citizens Celebrate Maman Bakery, Valentine’s Day

February 13, 2023

Maman, the NYC French bakery and café, will open tomorrow on St. Valentine’s Day at 1353-1355 Wisconsin Ave. NW — showing off its “signature sweet treats and cozy drinks” — […]

Valentine’s Weekend Roundup, Feb. 9 – 12

February 9, 2023

Happy Valentine’s weekend! However you choose to spend it, we hope you enjoy doing something sweet —  and something you love. We have lots of activities including Washington Performing Arts […]

2023 Helen Hayes Nominations Announced; 37th Awards Show Returns Live at Anthem May 22


And now, returning live, let’s give it up!  For the first time since the pandemic began the Helen Hayes Awards will be returning live for a 37th Awards gala at […]

2023 Spring Visual Arts Preview  

February 8, 2023

Pour, Tear, Carve   The Phillips Collection   March 18 to May 14     “Pour, Tear, Carve” explores the role that materials and application in art can play in evoking personal memories, conveying […]

2023 Spring Performing Arts Preview


OPERA   The Kennedy Center Opera House curtain will rise next month on Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson’s “Blue,” about a police officer — a “Black man in blue” — whose […]

Broadway Star Jessica Vosk in Town Valentine’s Day: Our Interview 


Presented by Washington Performing Arts, Broadway star Jessica Vosk is returning to the area for a one-night-only, Cabaret-style show on Valentine’s Day at Sixth and I Synagogue at 600 I […]

Of Inhuman Bondage: Colson Whitehead’s ‘The Nickel Boys’ Shines a Light on an Insidious Evil


Colson Whitehead is to American literature what the Rolls-Royce is to automobiles: revered and unrivaled. Having published eight novels, two books of nonfiction, and numerous essays and short stories, the […]

Q&A with PostClassical Ensemble Founder Angel Gil-Ordoñez  


Maestro Angel Gil-Ordoñez, Spanish-born American conductor, founder of the PostClassical Ensemble — and our February cover model — spoke with The Georgetowner about his passion for music, what he loves […]

G.U. Celebrates Government and Community Partners 


Retired ANC 2E Chair Rick Murphy was recognized for his leadership of the Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission and for his decade-long commitment to the work of the Georgetown Community Partnership, […]

100 Years of the Town’s Golden Domed Bank 


PNC Bank’s Georgetown F&M (farmers & merchants) Branch celebrated 100 years in December and the iconic building with the golden dome at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street […]