Covid Memorial: A Gift for America
• September 30, 2021

Photos by Jeff Malet “In America Remember.” begs the sign with numerals that change regularly and continue to awaken, annoy, amaze those who walk amid the increasing amount of tiny […]

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 […]