Arts
Filmmaker Gets Foot in the Door With ‘Step Back, Doors Closing’
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
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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)’
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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 […]
Interactive Window Installation to Boost Women’s Rights
April 24, 2023
•Up Wisconsin Avenue, where Chevy Chase window shoppers stroll – and across the street from Saks Fifth Avenue near Tiffany & Company – a provocative “community photo-collage installation” has been […]
Earth Day Weekend Roundup, April 20 – 23
April 20, 2023
•Earth Day weekend is upon us, spring weather continues to delight, and so many great activities await: Join Citizens Association of Georgetown and Friends of Rose Park for an Earth […]
May 18 Cultural Power Breakfast: Woolly Mammoth’s Maria Goyanes
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Maria Manuela Goyanes, artistic director of D.C.’s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company since 2018, will be the featured speaker at The Georgetowner’s next Cultural Power Breakfast, on Thursday, May 18. Admission […]
Emancipation Day Weekend Roundup, April 13 – 16
April 13, 2023
•Emancipation Day weekend is upon us, with a District holiday on Monday (putting off those taxes just a bit). We’re in full-on spring events and activities mode now. Here’s your […]
April 2023 ArtsWatch
April 12, 2023
•The latest ArtsWatch includes a generous gift to the Spy Museum, repatriated objects to the National Museum of Asian Arts, the World Culture Festival and a new Studio Theatre associate […]
The Georgetowner’s Spring Theater Guide
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ONGOING … The National Capital New Play Festival at Bethesda’s Round House Theatre is featuring two world premieres: “On the Far End,” Mary Kathryn Nagle’s one-woman show about Muscogee leader […]