Middleburg’s Spring Social Scene
• April 14, 2026

Just like Washington, D.C., Middleburg, Virginia — recognized as the country’s horse and hunt capital — has a packed spring social scene. Grab a mint julep and your finest hat and head to these glamorous gatherings.     Saturday, April 18   […]

Caisson Horses May Move to Middleburg  
• April 13, 2026

By Leland Schwartz The U.S. Army is intent on moving its famous “Old Guard” caisson horses to a Middleburg, Virginia, facility that local horsemen are desperate not to lose. Hundreds of racehorses have gotten their race cards at the 149-acre Middleburg Training […]

In Baltimore: ‘Amy Sherald: American Sublime’
• March 19, 2026

Two high-profile District of Columbia losses have benefitted the city’s red-brick stepsister, 40 miles up the road. No longer the Kennedy Center’s resident opera company, Washington National Opera will present […]

Gainsborough Portraits in New York at the Frick
• February 26, 2026

Perfectly in tune with the spacious elegance of the expanded and modernized Frick Collection is “Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture,” an exhibition of 25 portraits — including one of a […]

Robert Duvall: To Virginia, He Was ‘Bobby’
• February 17, 2026

By Leland Schwartz To the world, Robert Duvall was the Hollywood superstar. Out in The Plains, Virginia, where he lived with his wife, Luciana Pedraza, he was “Bobby” and a […]

A North Pole Christmas at National Harbor
• December 11, 2025

You’re probably familiar with the concept known as six degrees of separation. But have you ever heard of a nine-degree attraction? Nine degrees Fahrenheit, that is. Though the outdoor temperature […]

Slipping into Fells Point, Baltimore
• November 20, 2025

Along a single block of Fells Point’s Thames Street are six spots for eating and drinking — eight if you count the Cannon Room and Rec Pier Chop House across […]

Fall Foliage Finds: Leaf Peeping Getaways Near Georgetown
• October 7, 2025

By Minza Mirza For leaf peepers enthralled by the autumn feel and eager to hear the crunch of boughs of leaves under their boots, the Georgetowner compiled a list of […]

In Baltimore: Latin American Art at the Walters
• September 4, 2025

Beginning in his teens, Henry Walters, born in 1848 in Baltimore, spent his life elsewhere: in Paris during the Civil War; at Georgetown College, then Harvard; in Wilmington, North Carolina, […]

The Wylder Hotel of Tilghman Island: An Idyllic Bayside Getaway 
• August 4, 2025

By Annabel Taylor  As August melts into September, many Georgetowners are looking for a final summer getaway before autumn routines kick in. Twenty minutes southwest of St. Micheals, a lesser-known […]