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 […]

ANC Monday: MedStar, S&R, ABC, the Wing
• April 2, 2018

On the April agenda: an update from MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Regarding Georgetown University’s Central Utility Plant Project.

Live from Brooklyn … It’s ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’
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On Easter Sunday, April 1, the audience yelled when John Legend as Jesus himself showed off his upper range, when a roaring trio of guitars did their thing, when Brandon Victor Dixon as Judas blasted the title song out into Brooklyn and beyond. 

Dog of the Week: Olive
• March 29, 2018

In the Georgetowner’s second Dog of the Week column, we feature a Wheaten Terrier, Olive — named for the Georgetown street, not the garnish in your martini.

‘Enough Is Enough,’ Say the Kids
• March 26, 2018

On Saturday, March 24, they all came together — 800,000, 500,000 or 250,000 strong, depending on the reports you believe — for the March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C.