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Wonder Woman Filming to Close Streets
June 11, 2018
•The production team for the film “Magic Hour” plans to shut down Wisconsin Avenue from M Street to Volta Place from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 14.
ANC Monday: DDOT, BID Gateway, Coolidge, Halcyon
June 3, 2018
•The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Halcyon are requesting zoning exceptions to permit nonprofit use of residential buildings in Georgetown.
Branca Shares Memories at Tudor Place
May 31, 2018
•Designer Alessandra Branca spoke about her friend, the late Elizabeth Powell, and her own design philosophy at the May 24 Landmark Luncheon at the historic estate in Georgetown.
Last Chance: Rose Park Art Departs Sunday
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The 81 color-packed panels, measuring 22 feet high, took over part of the Rose Park ball field at P Street and the lower field that leads to M Street, as well as a bit of park land on Massachusetts Avenue, just north of the vice president’s residence.
3 Arrested for Threatening Circulator Driver
May 29, 2018
•The incident occurred at the corner of M Street and Thomas Jefferson Street NW on Sunday, May 27, around 5:30 p.m., while Georgetown shoppers walked the sidewalk.
M St. Sidewalk Expansion on Hold
May 24, 2018
•The Georgetown Business Improvement District’s sidewalk-widening project, which added six feet of sidewalk out from the curb on each side of the street last year, won’t return until late summer or early fall.
Gates Up: Potomac River Crests
May 21, 2018
•Saturday, May 19, saw the river hit 7.56 feet along the Georgetown shore. At Washington Harbour, the boardwalk remains closed and the all-important flood gates are staying up.
Tudor Place to Honor the Late Elizabeth Powell
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Powell, who lived on Dumbarton Street with her husband Jeffrey and two children, Eleanor and Charlie, died at the age of 39 in February of 2017 after a brief battle with cancer.
Georgetown Lutheran Shows Art by Prisoners
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An exhibition of work created in the Lorton Art Program, founded in 1975 by Mia Choumenkovitch, will be on view through June 7 at Georgetown Lutheran Church, 1556 Wisconsin Ave. NW.
GU Commencement Speakers Announced
May 17, 2018
•Among the eight speakers will be Luci Baines Johnson, at the School of Nursing ceremony, and António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, at the School of Foreign Service ceremony.