Building Museum Tackles Brutalism
• August 15, 2024

Brutalism, which flourished for about 25 years — from the early 1950s to the mid-1970s — is the architectural style that people love to hate. Labeling it Cold War architecture […]

Your Summer 2024 Reading List
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As summer slowly winds down, we have a last-minute summer reading list for your last long weekend at the beach, afternoon in the garden, or morning at your favorite coffee […]

Sept. 19 Cultural Breakfast to Feature Signature’s Matthew Gardiner
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Signature Theatre Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner will be the featured speaker at The Georgetowner’s Sept. 19 Cultural Leadership Breakfast. Admission to the event, at the President Woodrow Wilson House, 2340 […]

Weekend Roundup, August 15-18
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It’s hard to believe that the summer is slowly winding down. Enjoy Summer Restaurant Week, some jazz at Wolf Trap, and MJ: The Musical at The National Theatre. Tonight at […]

In Georgetown, an Improbable Family Reunion  
• August 14, 2024

By Gerard Leval   A recent find in a Georgetown antique shop has resulted in the reunion of an 18th-century family from a small town in the Burgundy region of France, […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President’ 
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Edward F. O’Keefe argues that five women provided the ballast of Roosevelt’s life.   The huge granite sculpture startles tourists. Looming like a ferocious behemoth — intimidating, almost frightening — the […]

Fall 2024 Gala Guide
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Here’s our guide to the cream of the crop of Washington’s fall galas and events. Remember to bookmark this page, as others will be added as they are announced.     August 2024   Saturday, Aug. […]

Zen and American History Exhibitions
• August 8, 2024

Last April, a Japanese motorcycle joined the dozen in “America on the Move,” the 26,000-square-foot exhibition in the General Motors Hall of Transportation at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American […]

Primed for Otakon
• August 1, 2024

Are you an otaku, a person obsessed with Japanese comics, animation and video games? If so, you are no doubt preparing to storm the Walter E. Washington Convention Center this […]

Weekend Roundup, August 1-4
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We are now into the final stretch of the season the glorious dog days of summer full of sunshine and long, relaxing days. If you’re looking for something to do, […]