Inaugural Art All Night Fills the Avenue
• September 27, 2021

If you weren’t walking along Wisconsin Avenue Friday evening, you missed some good art, performances — and a lot of your friends and neighbors. It seemed like everyone came out […]

Downtowner News: Franklin Park, Foo Fighters, Gun Violence, Women’s March
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Franklin Park Reopens Franklin Park in Downtown D.C. has reopened with a children’s garden, renovated bathrooms and lots more. The park, a five acre space bound by I and K […]

2021 Fall Arts Preview
• September 16, 2021

In these challenging times, the arts feed our souls, whether we’re hearing a new song for the first time, watching a dramatic scene play out on stage, or gazing at a […]

Fred Maroon: Georgetown’s and the World’s Photographer 
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“The highest art of the camera lies in its ability to extend to all the vision of the gifted,” said photographer Fred J. Maroon, who lived in Georgetown for decades […]

The Kennedy Center: A Fresh Look for Its 50th Anniversary 
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Celebrating its 50th anniversary this September, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts deserves a fresh look. As the nation’s preeminent “national cultural center,” it has served for […]

The Smithsonian Celebrates 175 Years  
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In 1846 — the year the Liberty Bell was cracked and James K. Polk was a president — a quintessential feature of our nation’s capital and of our young republic’s life […]

Feed the Fight’s Elena Tompkins to Receive Georgetown Ministry Center Award  
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Georgetown resident Elena Tompkins could never have predicted that her idea to provide healthcare workers with donated meals from area restaurants during the pandemic would benefit not only these two […]

Georgetown Is Open: CAG Debut, Volta Park Market and More
• September 13, 2021

Along with the rest of Washington, D.C., Georgetown is opening as a new season begins and the pandemic appears to be under control in the nation’s capital. To underscore the […]

The Georgetowner Staff Remembers September 11, 2001
• September 9, 2021

Twenty years ago, our world changed forever. As a way of honoring the victims of that day and the toils of our country in the days hence, we wish to […]

A New Metro Station in Georgetown?
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Could a new Metro station be coming to Georgetown? Since the summer of 2019, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has announced proposals that aim to lessen the overcrowded burden […]