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Weekend Roundup, Dec. 19-22
A Big Day on Capitol Hill
April 26, 2018
•National security was the link between Wednesday’s two mega-events on Capitol Hill: one in the House chamber and the other in and around the Supreme Court.
Georgetown Gateway Designs Shared
April 23, 2018
•The designs will be presented at the next meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E on Monday, April 30, and are expected to have a preliminary review by the Old Georgetown Board soon after.
Georgetowners Remember Barbara Bush
April 19, 2018
•The former first lady, who died April 17 at age 92, will be laid to rest in her adopted city of Houston. Georgetowner Boyden Gray, who started working for the Bush family in 1980, will be among the mourners present at the funeral.
French Market Returns April 27 to 29
April 18, 2018
•More than 40 Wisconsin Avenue merchants, restaurants, salons and galleries will be proclaiming “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité” on the last weekend in April, when Georgetown’s French Market returns to Book Hill, […]
Georgetown Theater Building Sold
April 12, 2018
•Robert Bell, who bought the formerly rundown property at 1351 Wisconsin Ave. NW in 2013, sold the iconic Georgetown building in early March to Martin-Diamond Properties LLC.
LAST CHANCE: Thursday’s Breakfast With Scott Tucker
April 9, 2018
•RSVP to Georgetown Media Group’s May 3 Cultural Leadership Breakfast, at which the Choral Arts Society of Washington’s artistic director will speak, by emailing richard@georgetowner.com.
Not a Good Friday for Georgetown Zara
April 5, 2018
•No explanation was given for the closure of the Wisconsin Avenue store. Signage referred customers to locations in Bethesda, Maryland; Pentagon City and Tysons Corner, Virginia; and downtown Washington, D.C.
Bruning Gets Breakfast Attendees Moving
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Diane Coburn Bruning, founder and artistic director of Chamber Dance Project, carried out some basic choreography on three volunteers at Georgetown Media Group’s April 5 Cultural Leadership Breakfast.
Remembering APRIL 4, 1968: The death of Martin Luther King Jr.
April 4, 2018
•A bulletin had just come in reporting Martin Luther King’s wounding by a sniper in Memphis. Shortly after, a second flash told the world of his death.
Georgetown Main Street Picks Board of Directors, Offers Grants
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It’s been almost six months since the District Department of Small and Local Business Development designated the new nonprofit organization Georgetown Main Street to receive a $174,000 grant, meant for […]