Statue of Former Mayor Marion Barry Unveiled (photos)
• March 5, 2018

One of three African Americans with a full-body statue erected and standing in Washington, D.C., Barry is the first local elected official to be honored with a statue.

Florida High School Alums Grieve in D.C.
• March 1, 2018

Well over 100 Stoneman Douglas alumni came together in Georgetown with supporters and legislators on a few days’ notice Feb. 27 to grieve, to support and to plan.

Weekend Round Up March 1, 2018
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Dorrance Dance is at Strathmore and Bowen McCauley Dance is at the Kennedy Center. Also this weekend: a showcase of Oscar-nominated short films at the National Archives.

Trump Takes Over CPAC (photos)
• February 26, 2018

With the exception of Ted Cruz, none of the other 2016 presidential contenders bothered to show up at this year’s event, held Feb. 22 to 24 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.

LAST CALL: Georgetown Night at ‘Hamlet’
• February 22, 2018

Use the GEORGETOWNER55 code to order your tickets for the Thursday, March 1, performance of this attention-getting Shakespeare Theatre Company production, including a special pre-show reception.

Deputy Mayor for Education Resigns
• February 20, 2018

Jennifer Niles resigned just days after the mayor was alerted that she had helped Public Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson’s daughter make a non-lottery transfer to Wilson High.      

This Thursday: Breakfast with Air and Space’s Jakab
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Peter L. Jakab, chief curator of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, will speak at the next Cultural Leadership Breakfast at the George Town Club.

D.C. Powerhouse Peggy Cooper Cafritz Dead at 70
• February 19, 2018

A mover-and-shaker for decades, Cooper Cafritz, cofounder of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, died Feb. 18 of complications from pneumonia.

DREAMers’ Fate Hangs on Congress, Trump, SCOTUS
• February 15, 2018

As of Thursday morning, Feb. 15, there were four Republican proposals, ranging from more or less parroting the president’s four pillars to pushing broad immigration reform and legalizing the parents of DREAMers.

2 Powerful Operas: ‘Maria di Rohan’ and ‘Don Carlo’
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Washington Concert Opera presents Donizetti’s “Maria di Rohan” on Feb. 18; Washington National Opera follows with Verdi’s “Don Carlo” from March 3 to 17.