“We don’t recruit bikers, we recruit people who hate Cancer,” says Chris Timko, executive director of BellRinger, a bike ride that aims to raise funds for cancer research at the […]
“April is the cruelest month,” wrote the poet, T.S. Eliot, and for those following Martin Luther King, Jr. April 4, 1968 was the cruelest day. At 6:01 pm on that […]
Spring has officially sprung in our In Country section! Here are some events in the Virginia countryside this month. Saturday April 16 Easter Bunny Experience at Salamander Resort & Spa […]
Flying home from an L.A. business trip, Georgetowner Lynly Boor, a strategic planning consultant in her mid-50s, suddenly felt listless in her seat, patting her forehead to check for a […]
Hot off the presses — Congratulations to our very own Tour Of Her Own (TOHO) tour guides on publishing “111 Places in Women’s History in Washington, D.C.”! We were delighted […]
Sure, we all turn to Google to launch our web searches and often find what we were looking for in just a few clicks. But, has anyone noticed just how […]
Last month March 23, Madeleine Albright, the first woman U.S. Secretary of State (1997-2001) passed away. She epitomized the American dream – coming to the United States with her family […]
Here at the Mapping Georgetown project, we collect stories. And this one from Michelle Pilliod caught our eye! “I was a hat check person at Whisky A-Go-Go,” Pilliod began… Then […]
Our spring arts preview featured 20 women cultural leaders in Washington, D.C. We wanted to amplify their voices in our online newsletters, spotlighting each of them individually. Our Monday April […]
“Where flowers bloom, so does hope.” ~ Lady Bird Johnson One day, as my mom and I were picking weeds along the alley bricks, I decided to give [the alley] […]