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A Chat With the House Tour Patrons’ Party Co-Chairs
Oatsie Charles’s Home Is Setting for Patrons Party
April 18, 2019
•Fittingly, this year’s Georgetown House Tour will begin with a Patrons Party at a home still buzzing with the spirit of its most famous owner, hostess extraordinaire Oatsie Charles. “She […]
Deeply Rooted: The 88th Georgetown House Tour
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Touting “beautiful landscapes, lush gardens and unique architecture,” organizers of the 88th annual Georgetown House Tour announced: “This is an excellent opportunity to see how great design impacts our quality […]
Why Edward Weidenfeld Turned Over a New Leaf
April 5, 2019
•“Life throws you challenges. And with something like this your whole life and how you live it changes. You do things differently, your world shrinks, but it also expands. It […]
Earth Day in D.C.
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I remember visiting Washington, D.C., with my family when I was in eighth grade. I was so excited that we were there around Earth Day. Leonardo DiCaprio — fresh off […]
Getting the Vote: The Great Suffrage Parade of 1913
March 26, 2019
•Luckily, Monday, March 3, 1913, dawned bright and clear. It was cold, but that would only really be a problem for the barefoot dancers on the marble steps of the Treasury […]
Capitol Sisterhood: 2019 Women in Politics
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There are many political women in Washington, D.C., of course, and Georgetown has its fair share. Besides Rep. Donna Shalala, the town can boast of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, second […]
Our Black History … in Georgetown
February 20, 2019
•To the surprise of some, Georgetown can tell the story of early and contemporary America from a black perspective.
Winter Is For Movies
January 25, 2019
•Let’s talk about marches and shutdowns and “life-threatening” temperatures and scuffles and bigots and presidents and politicians. Let’s not. Let’s talk about Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion and […]
Georgetown and D.C. on the Big Screen
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While most films centered on Washington, D.C., or Georgetown involve the government, politics, Capitol Hill and the White House — not to mention the military, the CIA or the NSA […]
Oscar Nominees in Home Stretch Spotlight
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After various awards ceremonies, the home- stretch spotlight has fallen upon the win-or- lose finalists for the 91st Academy Awards, the Oscars. The just-released list of nominees is a mixed […]