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Weekend Roundup, Feb. 27-March 2
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
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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
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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
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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 […]