Peggy Cooper Cafritz: A Life in Arts and Education
• February 21, 2018

Washington, D.C., is a city of some who — with ambition and originality — are champions of both beauty and justice. When we lose such champions, the loss is felt […]

Love and Balance
• February 7, 2018

During this month of love — and black history — not long after the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, we recall King’s words of 1967, in a speech titled “Where […]

DACA Recipients and DREAMers: Who Are They?
• January 25, 2018

Over the next three weeks, discussions in Congress and in the media about DACA recipients and DREAMers — already heated — will intensify.

Facing Online Competitors, Stores Get Creative
• January 24, 2018

As an unrepentant fan of local retail, The Georgetowner has challenged the idea that online shopping will wipe out our brick-and-mortar stores. Online and face-to-face shopping have their own advantages and […]

GU’s Atonement for Slave Sale Continues
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In the last year or so, Georgetown University has earnestly taken on the task of righting an awful wrong — if such a thing can be done. The university is […]

Predictions for Georgetown
• January 10, 2018

Seems like everything is in transition right now, Georgetown included. Though some businesses — like Martin’s Tavern and Georgetown Tobacco — have become iconic Georgetown brands that everyone needs to […]

The Muffled Roar of Change
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When we look back and look forward, change is always in the middle, the motor of any discussion. In looking back at 2017, you can hear singular themes being struck. […]

Dockless Bikes Come to Georgetown’s Attention
• January 4, 2018

Last week, one allegedly cranky Georgetown resident wrote on the Georgetown Forum, a Citizens Association of Georgetown community bulletin board, that residents ought to call 911.

2017 Georgetowners of the Year
• December 20, 2017

This year’s group includes a relentless advocate for the homeless, a police officer who knows Georgetown better than most Georgetowners, an all-volunteer business group, a social and dining club and a famed journalist and author.

Did Christmas Need Saving?
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In case you forgot, the omniscient, the omnipresent, the great and powerful you-know-who has claimed that he saved Christmas. Was that really necessary? Christmas needs many things — some sprucing […]