Weekend Roundup, Feb. 27-March 2

February 26, 2025

As we round out winter, there are plenty of things to do this weekend including Mardi Gras at The Wharf, a new show at Imagination Stage, an exhibit to kick […]

Business Ins & Outs: Google, Brasero Atlántico, Two Nine, Huckberry

February 24, 2025

Spring is coming — and also coming are top-flight retailers, restaurants and businesses to Georgetown that show its continuing and increasing allure. Coming: Google Store on M A bricks-and-mortar Google […]

Black Excellence — Past, Present and Future — in D.C. and Georgetown  

February 12, 2025

  In this issue, with Black History Month in mind, The Georgetowner proudly calls its readers’ attention to a Georgetown University history professor’s new book and upcoming 50th anniversary events at […]

Spring Arts Preview – Visual Arts


Setting Sail: The Story of Sea Cloud  Feb. 15 to June 15  Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens  Using documents, photographs, models, paintings and decorative art objects, “Setting Sail” tells the […]

Spring Arts Preview: Performing Arts


JAZZ, POP, COUNTRY, ROCK AND HIP HOP  Performers of note coming to Blues Alley include the Vijay Iyer Trio (March 13 and 14), Stanley Jordan (April 10 to 13) and […]

ANC Report: Christmas Trees, Jelleff Delays, Theft From Autos, Classroom Phone Ban 

February 10, 2025

“They’ve forgotten us!” the usually cool Commissioner Paul Maysak lamented loudly — half tongue-in-cheek — toward the end of the Feb. 3 meeting of ANC 2E, the Advisory Neighborhood Commission […]

D.C. to Host Grand Events for America’s 250th Birthday

February 3, 2025

By Charlotte Meyer-Schoenherr Washington, D.C. is gearing up to take center stage in 2026 as the nation celebrates its 250th birthday, marking a historic milestone since the signing of the […]

Kennedy Center’s Rutter to Step Down

January 27, 2025

Kennedy Center’s president since 2014, Deborah Rutter, will step down from her role at the end of the year amidst uncertainty in a new (returning?) administration. Rutter’s contract is up […]

Business Ins & Outs: Alara, Octobre Éditions, Arc’teryx, Ateliers Jacob


In: Hakan Ilhan’s Alara on Feb. 5  The long-shuttered Paolo’s Ristorante space has metamorphosized into Alara, a Mediterranean-focused restaurant by Hakan Ilhan. Meaning “beautiful water fairy” in Turkish, Alara will […]

60th Inaugural: A Day That Was All Trump

January 21, 2025

President Donald Trump was sworn in yesterday as the 47th President of the United States at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol a minute and a half past noon. The […]