Mayor Bowser Sworn in for Historic Third Term
Mayor Muriel Bowser was sworn in for a historic third term as the Mayor of the District of Columbia at Washington Convention Center on Jan. 2. She is the first […]
Top 8 Town Topics of 2022: Canal Boat, Ukraine, Jelleff, Crime
It was the year of “Getting Back to Normal” in Georgetown after almost two years of lock-down, masks on, vaccine checks and restricted events. In this environment, big things happened, […]
Georgetown University’s Prisons and Justice Initiative Hires Adnan Syed
On December 12, when Georgetown University’s new Prisons and Justice Initiative (PJI) hired the key murder suspect featured in the most widely streamed true-crime podcast in history, the university’s Jesuit […]
Inaugural Georgetown Christmas Caroling Big Hit
The First Annual Georgetown Community Christmas Caroling on Dec. 11 proved an instant hit. “We had 50 carolers, and we stopped at six homes,” organizer and advisory neighborhood commissioner Elizabeth Miller […]
Shop Georgetown: The Holiday Gift Guide
The District proper is open for business. Retail numbers are strong but that doesn’t mean all is whole from the past few difficult years. If you’re in the giving mood, […]
Georgetowners of the Year, 2022
The naming of Georgetowners of the Year has been a tradition of The Georgetowner newspaper for decades. This year’s group — selected by the editorial board — includes a church and its pastor, […]
Experience Venice Via Carpaccio
An ideal opportunity to enjoy the splendors of Venice without leaving Washington can be found at The National Gallery of Art this season. Master works of Vittore Carpaccio (1465-1525), a […]
Georgetown Painter Annemarie Ryan Featured at Art Basel Miami
Malcolm Gladwell gave life to the widely accepted phenomenon that it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert at anything. Annemarie Ryan is almost there, clocking in roughly 7,000 hours […]
Kennedy Center Honors Glitzes Up Weekend
The 45th Kennedy Center Honors, held Dec. 4, lit up parts of the town Sunday night and days leading up to the glitzy event. Georgetown was humming from its top […]
ANC Notes, Dec. 2022: Hotel Construction on M St., Transformer Statues, New Commissioners
For their final meeting for the year, ANC 2E met virtually on Tuesday evening, Nov. 29 with Chair Rick Murphy (2E03) in a thankful, gracious mood chairing his final ANC […]