Cathedral Choral Society’s Directors to Speak at Dec. 14 Breakfast
• November 27, 2023

The oldest symphonic chorus in the nation’s capital, the 120-member Cathedral Choral Society was founded in 1941 by Paul Callaway, music director of Washington National Cathedral. Following the death of […]

Theater J’s Hayley Finn Asks, ‘What Is Jewish Theater?’
• November 20, 2023

What is Jewish theater? “I ask myself that question every day,” said Hayley Finn, who became Theater J’s fifth artistic director in February, after nearly 16 years at Minneapolis incubator […]

New Theater J Artistic Director to Speak at Nov. 16 Breakfast  
• October 26, 2023

Hayley Finn, artistic director of Theater J, one of the nation’s leading Jewish theater companies, will be the November speaker in The Georgetowner’s monthly Culture Power Breakfast series. Admission to […]

October Culture Power Breakfast: Glen Echo Park Saved by Artists, Dancers
• October 23, 2023

When Glen Echo Amusement Park closed in 1968, its attractions — the 1921 Dentzel Carousel, the 1923 Scooter (later Dogem and now the Bumper Car Pavilion), the 1933 Spanish Ballroom […]

Catholic University Arts Dean Speaks at Culture Power Breakfast 
• September 25, 2023

According to Dean Jacqueline Leary-Warsaw, the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, Drama, and Art of the Catholic University of America continually seeks to answer the question: “Who are we […]

Oct. 19 Breakfast Speaker: Glen Echo’s Katey Boerner
• September 21, 2023

Katey Boerner, CEO of the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture, will be the October speaker in The Georgetowner’s monthly cultural breakfast series. Admission to the event, on […]

Dean of CU’s Music, Drama, and Art School to Speak at Sept. 21 Breakfast 
• August 21, 2023

Dr. Jacqueline J. Leary-Warsaw, founding dean of the Catholic University of America’s Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, Drama, and Art, where she is a professor of music, will be […]

New Phillips Director Inspired by Duncan 
• June 26, 2023

A guiding principle of art critic Duncan Phillips, founder of the Phillips Collection, was to acquire a “unit” of work by important late 19th– and 20th-century painters, notably Paul Cézanne, […]

New Phillips Collection Head Is June 22 Breakfast Speaker 
• May 30, 2023

Dr. Jonathan P. Binstock, who became Vradenburg Director and CEO of the Phillips Collection on March 1, succeeding Dr. Dorothy Kosinski, will be the next speaker in The Georgetowner’s monthly […]

On the Cutting Edge: Woolly Mammoth’s Maria Goyanes  
• May 22, 2023

Why in the world would Maria Goyanes leave New York’s Public Theater, birthplace of “Hair,” “A Chorus Line” and “Hamilton” (which she helped produce), for a relatively small company in […]