Ellington School Ribbon-Cutting Is Aug. 19

August 17, 2017

Mayor Muriel Bowser and Public Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson will cut the ribbon at a public ceremony in the auditorium of the Classical Revival-style main building of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts.

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.

Plank Group Sells Top Georgetown Corner Property to Capital One

August 10, 2017

3150 M St. NW has been sold for a record $50.2 million — and Capitol One may also get the Verizon Center naming rights.

ANC 2E to Hold Special Meeting Wednesday

August 7, 2017

This week’s meeting of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission, which does not normally meet on a Wednesday or in August, also has an early start time: 5 p.m.

Overheard at Lunch: D.C. Gossip Girls

July 26, 2017

Female House Dems Defy Sleeve Rule Using a play on words, Democratic congresswomen donned sleeveless dresses and pantsuits in support of what Rep. Jackie Speier (D-California) tweeted as “the right […]

Hyde-Addison School Construction Project Begins

July 24, 2017

On July 20, representatives of all the major stakeholders met to go over neighbors’ concerns.

Future Is Complicated for DREAMers

June 19, 2017

On Friday, June 16, the Department of Homeland Security announced decisions on two executive orders instituted by President Obama in 2012 and 2014 to protect certain groups of illegal immigrants […]

Kennedy’s Space Vision

May 24, 2017

JFK made quite an impact on my life, even though he’s the only president of the last 50 years I never met.” So tweeted Buzz Aldrin, the second man to […]

JFK We Knew Him Here


When Democrat John Fitzgerald Kennedy became President of the United States — by the thinnest of margins — I was a few months removed from high school graduation and weeks […]

Behind the Walls: The 89th Annual Georgetown Garden Tour

May 3, 2017

Baby turtles, weddings, the Whiffenpoofs, a great blue heron, a cat burial ground (really). Life, death and rebirth in every corner of every garden are tucked behind the high brick […]