Celebrating Georgetown and Washington, D.C. Centennials
What Was It Like 100 Years Ago? As we commemorate major centennials, why not travel by Time Machine back 100 years? In 1922 – only four years since the end […]
Fall Arts Preview: Performing Arts
OPERA The D.C. United stadium will become a square in Seville when Washington National Opera brings “Carmen” to Audi Field for this fall’s free Opera on the Field (Sept. 25). […]
Fall Arts Preview : Visual Arts
Sargent and Spain National Gallery of Art Oct. 2, 2022 – Jan. 2, 2023 John Singer Sargent’s decades-long captivation with Spain yielded a remarkable body of work. Over seven extended […]
Death of Queen Elizabeth II Brings Sadness, Inspiration to Washington
The bouquets of flowers were beginning to pile up Saturday morning three layers deep around the image of the Union Jack – flag of the United Kingdom, laid out on […]
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: 1926-2022
With a simple message fastened to the Buckingham Palace gate stating that she died peacefully at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, the world was told that a sense of stability for […]
Architect Arthur Cotton Moore, 1935-2022
A giant of Washington architecture has passed. Arthur Cotton Moore, who designed Georgetown’s Washington Harbour, bringing new life to the Potomac waterfront, and who led the stunning historic preservation and […]
Sept. ANC Update: Back-to-School, Art All Night, Rose Park, Starr Restaurant
Holding its September 2022 virtual meeting on Aug. 29 before Labor Day ensured a low public turnout, but the Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E) still made momentous and potentially […]
National Book Festival Returns to an In-Person Experience (photos)
“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of past centuries.” ― René Descartes Over the course of its 20-year history, the Library of […]
Wawa Shooting Rattles Georgetown
An apparently homeless and mentally disturbed man fired shots in and outside the Wawa convenience store at 1222 Wisconsin Ave. NW around 5:15 p.m. on Aug. 30. Metropolitan Police Officers […]
Star Chef Gilles Epié to Open L’Avant-Garde on M St.
This article was updated on Aug. 30. Georgetown will soon welcome its rock star chef. French chef Gilles Epié plans to open a restaurant on M Street in late September […]