A Fallen Tree: The Life and Times of Dick Gregory

August 22, 2017

Comedian and activist Dick Gregory died Aug. 21 at the age of 84 in Washington, D.C. Biographer Shelia Moses penned this remembrance.

First Day of School, Busing for Hyde-Addison Kids

August 21, 2017

Under the watchful eyes of parents, students from Georgetown’s only public elementary school, now being renovated, boarded buses to Meyer School.

Jerry Lewis Goes Silent at 91


The manic comedian and filmmaker, who became a star paired with laid-back Dean Martin, died Aug. 20 in Las Vegas.

Slur Against Jews Found on Burleith Building

August 17, 2017

The anti-Semitic graffiti, now painted over by workers, was spotted by a Georgetown University graduate student.

Weekend Round Up August 17, 2017


Flavors of Italy, comedy and theater, ukeleles, guitars and sitars — just another summer weekend in D.C.

Capital One Café Coming to Georgetown

August 16, 2017

An eatery will indeed return to the southeast corner of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street, but it may not be what you expected.

Business Ins & Outs: Take Care Party Aug. 17; Rene Ruiz Gone

August 14, 2017

Changes are coming to (where else?) Georgetown’s main retail strips: Wisconsin Avenue and M Street.

Back to School in Mid-August?


The August openings are bringing more D.C. schools into the “extended school year” fold.

Leading From Behind on the Alt-Right


The key phrase for many Americans in the president’s initial response was “this egregious display of hatred, bigotry on many sides, on many sides.”

All About Politics: Charlottesville


A look at what Virginia officials and politicians had to say about Saturday’s events in Charlottesville.