A Fallen Tree: The Life and Times of Dick Gregory
• August 22, 2017

Comedian and activist Dick Gregory died Aug. 21 at the age of 84 in Washington, D.C. Biographer Shelia Moses penned this remembrance.

‘Big Fish’ at Keegan
• August 19, 2017

That’s some fish, that “Big Fish.” The Keegan Theatre’s production of the hit Broadway musical — based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the film adaptation directed by Tim […]

Welcome Home, Duke
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Mayor Muriel Bowser welcomed students, faculty, administrators and friends of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts “back home.”

Ellington School Ribbon-Cutting Is Aug. 19
• August 17, 2017

Mayor Muriel Bowser and Public Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson will cut the ribbon at a public ceremony in the auditorium of the Classical Revival-style main building of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts.

40 Years After His Death, Elvis Presley Stays With Us
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Forty years ago, on August 16, Elvis Presley, “the King,” died of what was officially called a heart attack in a bathroom of his Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee. He […]

Capital One Café Coming to Georgetown
• August 16, 2017

An eatery will indeed return to the southeast corner of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street, but it may not be what you expected.

Business Ins & Outs: Take Care Party Aug. 17; Rene Ruiz Gone
• August 14, 2017

Changes are coming to (where else?) Georgetown’s main retail strips: Wisconsin Avenue and M Street.

Plank Group Sells Top Georgetown Corner Property to Capital One
• August 10, 2017

3150 M St. NW has been sold for a record $50.2 million — and Capitol One may also get the Verizon Center naming rights.

Staff Picks: The Sweetness of Summer
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Sonya Bernhardt Recently, I was searching for a good frozen recipe for a summer dinner party and discovered this Aperol sorbet concoction. It is delicious, even without the Prosecco. This […]

Liverpool: Beatles and Birdies at the British Open
• August 9, 2017

Standing beneath the liver bird-topped buildings of Liverpool, surrounded by “Scoucies” wearing Doc Martens next to statues of the Beatles, I found it hard to believe that the British Open […]