Spring Events on Main Street

May 11, 2022

Get ready, Georgetown Main Street (GMS) is planning major events to promote small businesses and boost commercial vibrancy along Georgetown’s Wisconsin Ave. NW corridor this May and June.   May is Small […]

7-Eleven on P St. to Close May 15  

May 9, 2022

Well, there’s no thank you heaven, and soon there’ll be no 7-Eleven in Georgetown. The 7-Eleven convenience store at 2617 P St. NW — a favorite of residents, visitors and […]

Georgetown’s French Market 2022: A Jam-Packed Jolie Fête

May 2, 2022

Saturday’s French Market on Book Hill along Georgetown’s Wisconsin Avenue and P Street NW was jam-packed with happy visitors, many dressed fashionably and strolling along besides cheerful families and children […]

New Canal Boat Christened in Joyous Ceremony 


Georgetown’s brand new 80-footlong, historically correct Canal Boat was officially launched Thursday, April 28, at the C&O Canal’s reconstructed and filled Lock 3 with joyous pomp and ceremony. There were […]

White House Correspondents’ Dinner Red Carpet Photos


The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, having been sidelined by the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, returned to form on Saturday April 30 as 2,600 attendees jammed the Washington Hilton Ballroom […]

Financial Times Brings Big Ideas for 2022 to The Reach


At the Kennedy Center’s The Reach on May 7, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Financial Times’s inaugural FTWeekend Festival will feature “leading luminaries,” authors, scientists, politicians and of […]

May 19 Cultural Leadership Breakfast: Melanie Adams, Anacostia Museum

April 28, 2022

Melanie A. Adams, director of the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum since 2019, will speak at The Georgetowner’s next Cultural Leadership Breakfast, on Thursday, May 19. Admission to the event, from […]

Women Leaders: Anthea Hartig, National Museum of American History


ANTHEA HARTIG, ELIZABETH MACMILLAN DIRECTOR OF THE SMITHSONIAN’S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY  Our spring arts preview featured 20 women cultural leaders in Washington, D.C. We wanted to amplify their […]

Business Ins & Outs: Bitty & Beau’s, SkinSpirit, Noosh

April 27, 2022

In: Bitty & Beau’s Coffee Opens Saturday, April 30 Bitty & Beau’s Coffee, the North Carolina-based company that “reinvented the coffee experience,” will open its 24th store at 3207 M […]

Georgetown House Tour Draws Record Crowds on a Perfect Day 

April 25, 2022

It was a beautiful sunny, slightly breezy spring day in the 70s with blossoms in the gardens, as people of all ages stood patiently in sometimes long lines waiting to […]