Weekend Round Up
Weekend Roundup: May 2 through May 5
Arts & Society
White House Correspondents’ Parties Talk of the Town
Featured
Business Ins & Outs: French Market, Rose Park Market, Club Pilates, Rosewood
News & Politics
Foxtrot’s Abrupt Closure May Be Illegal
Featured
Business Ins & Outs: M.M.LaFleur, Sézane, Wingo’s; Big Wheel Bikes
High Tech Georgetown: Palantir
October 9, 2019
•The first thing you see at the entrance of Palantir Technologies on Thomas Jefferson Street in Georgetown is an American flag flanking a life-sized Chewbacca, the hirsute hero of “Star […]
Always on Deadline: For The Georgetowner, the Future Is Now
October 7, 2019
•As The Georgetowner celebrates its 65th birthday, we look to our past, present and future …
GU Parent Gets Jail Time for Admissions Fraud
September 30, 2019
•A man who paid $400,000 to get his child into Georgetown University as a tennis player worth recruiting — which the young man was not — was sentenced to four months in prison.
Citizens’ Concert in Rose Park Sings Au Revoir to Summer
September 23, 2019
•Neighborhood newcomer Uprising Yoga Center got people stretching, and then classic rock band the Other Side got people dancing.
Washington Post Express Takes Its Last Ride
September 12, 2019
•The Washington Post made the sudden announcement of the demise of the Express, the commuter quick-read, on Sept. 11. Express employees have been fired.
Fall Arts Preview: Performance
September 10, 2019
•This fall will see a tremendous number of performances of all kinds in D.C., some of the most notable of which are highlighted here.
Fall Arts Preview: Visual Arts
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Here are some of the museum exhibitions opening this fall that our visual arts writer is most looking forward to.
ANC Meeting Erupts in Protest Over Jelleff Agreement
September 5, 2019
•Signs reading “Make Jelleff Public,” passionate statements and a resolution created on laptops in front of a packed crowd dominated the Sept. 3 meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E.
New Restaurant From Peacock Cafe Opens on P St.
September 4, 2019
•The modern Persian restaurant near Dupont Circle is named after 1978, the year the Farivar brothers came to the United States from Iran.
Capital One Café Opens in Georgetown
August 28, 2019
•Besides the brews and sweets provided by its partner, Peet’s Coffee, the corner spot has desks, couches, private nooks, meeting rooms and a conference table with a television and screen projector.