Mapping Georgetown: From Hat-Checking to House Detectives
• March 31, 2022

Here at the Mapping Georgetown project, we collect stories. And this one from Michelle Pilliod caught our eye! “I was a hat check person at Whisky A-Go-Go,” Pilliod began… Then […]

Women Cultural Leaders: Susan Fisher Sterling, Director, National Museum of Women in the Arts
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Our spring arts preview featured 20 women cultural leaders in Washington, D.C. We wanted to amplify their voices in our online newsletters, spotlighting each of them individually. Our Thursday March […]

Women Cultural Leaders: Aileen Fuchs, President, National Building Museum
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Our spring arts preview featured 20 women cultural leaders in Washington, D.C. We wanted to amplify their voices in our online newsletters, spotlighting each of them individually. Our Monday April […]

Body in Canal; Car Crash at Nail Salon
• March 28, 2022

D.C. Fire and EMS recovered a man’s body from the C&O Canal on Sunday, March 27, around 9 a.m. near Key Bridge. After a report, the rescue service arrived next […]

Mapping Georgetown: A Georgetowner Leaving Her Mark
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“Where flowers bloom, so does hope.”  ~ Lady Bird Johnson One day, as my mom and I were picking weeds along the alley bricks, I decided to give [the alley] […]

Women Cultural Leaders: Thea Kano, Artistic Director, Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C.
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Our spring arts preview featured 20 women cultural leaders in Washington, D.C. We wanted to amplify their voices in our online newsletters, spotlighting each of them individually. Our March 28 […]

Georgetown Mourns, Memorializes Madeleine Albright (1937-2022)
• March 24, 2022

The death from cancer on March 23 of Madeleine K. Albright (1937-2022) – the first woman U.S. Secretary of State – marks a time now for celebrating the life of […]

Mayor Announces Build Back Better Infrastructure Task Force
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Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the creation of the DC Build Back Better Infrastructure Task Force on Thursday. It will advise on priority projects to be funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan […]

Women Cultural Leaders: Jenny Bilfield, Washington Performing Arts
• March 23, 2022

Our spring arts preview featured 20 women cultural leaders in Washington, D.C. We wanted to amplify their voices in our online newsletters, spotlighting each of them individually. Our Thursday March […]

Bowser’s ‘Fair Shot’ $19.5 Billion Budget Adds Cops, 2 Schools
• March 21, 2022

The fiscal 2023 budget proposed by Mayor Muriel Bowser at a D.C. Council meeting March 18 hits $19.5 billion, a historic high. That is 10 percent higher than the revised […]