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Weekend Roundup, Dec. 19-22
A Pictorial Farewell to 2017 (photos)
December 28, 2017
•The holiday season is a special time in the nation’s capital, as captured in this photo essay by Jeff Malet.
Merry Christmas, Georgetown! Part 1
December 21, 2017
•Send your holiday photos of Georgetown to editorial@georgetowner.com. We will use some of them to make a Part 2 of this festive photo essay next week.
Dana Tai Soon Burgess Debut at Portrait Gallery (photos)
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A new work of contemporary dance based on the National Portrait Gallery’s “One Life: Sylvia Plath” exhibition had its premiere in the museum’s Kogod Courtyard on Dec. 7 and Dec. 10.
Dockless Shared Bikes Surge in Georgetown
December 18, 2017
•“We are all here to find the best way to operate in the area. We can all share up to a point to make this whole thing work,” said DDOT’s Sam Zimbabwe at a packed town meeting on Dec. 5.
Fans Get Their Baseball Fix at Nats Winterfest
December 17, 2017
•At the Washington Convention Center on Dec. 16 and 17, there were interviews and game shows on the main stage and photo opportunities with players, coaches and team mascots.
All About Politics: Doug Jones, Mayor Bowser and Ballou High
December 14, 2017
•Should Tuesday, Dec. 12, have been a national day of jubilation? Our columnist looks at the election in Alabama and what comes next, as well as at two issues in the District.
Weekend Round Up December 14, 2017
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Among the musical holiday celebrations this weekend: Signature Theatre’s “Holiday Follies,” Washington National Opera’s “The Little Prince,” Washington Revels’ “The Christmas Revels” and the Cathedral Choral Society’s “Joy of Christmas.”
Hanukkah Arrives in D.C. With National Menorah Lighting (photos)
December 13, 2017
•The Air Force Band and the “Three Cantors” provided the musical backdrop; Mushka Landa of Connecticut and Elias Greenwood of California read their prize-winning essays; and Dreidelman made his usual appearance.
Carol Schwartz’s ‘Quite a Life!’
December 11, 2017
•If there are people that don’t know Schwartz, that omission has been taken care of with the coming of her book “Quite a Life! From Defeat to Defeat … and Back.”
Glass-Encased West End Library Opens
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The 21,000-square-foot library is the first in D.C. to be entirely planned, funded and constructed as a public-private partnership, according to Deputy Mayor Brian Kenner.