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Helen Hayes Awards for English, Spanish ‘In the Heights’
May 16, 2018
•There may still be some vestigial confusion resulting from the practice of bestowing Helen Hayes Awards on the basis of the ratio of Actors’ Equity contracts involved in a particular production, […]
ANC Tonight: Gateways, Food Trucks, Bus Stops
April 30, 2018
•There is a full agenda for the ANC’s “May” meeting, held on the last day of April, including consideration of a resolution on DCRA’s new food truck regulations.
Georgetown Flair on Display at House Tour
April 18, 2018
•On this Saturday’s Georgetown House Tour: seven residences, a well-known retail location and the City Tavern Club, built in 1796.
Milos Forman, R. Lee Ermey: More Than Movie Originals
April 16, 2018
•The world of movies and movie-makers and making is a universal circus — even now in the age of super heroes and Marvel Comics. The movies are populated and peopled by […]
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Marks 25 Years (photos)
April 11, 2018
•The museum’s 25th Anniversary National Tribute Dinner on April 9, during the Days of Remembrance, was attended by more than 1,700 persons, including 138 holocaust survivors and their families.
ANC Monday: MedStar, S&R, ABC, the Wing
April 2, 2018
•On the April agenda: an update from MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Regarding Georgetown University’s Central Utility Plant Project.
14 Rescued on Potomac at Georgetown Waterfront
March 15, 2018
•Rough waves on the Potomac River overturned two boats around 4 p.m. March 14: a rowing scull and an accompanying skiff from the Bishop O’Connell High School girls rowing team.
Plank House Yours for Under $30 Million
February 26, 2018
•Purchased in 2013 for $7.8 million, the house at 1405 O St. NW, known as “Sagamore South,” is on the market at $29.5 million, the highest asking price right now for a D.C. residence.
Heads Up: Parking at ANC, Bring Back Johnson’s, GU Hospital Work
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Two important meetings tonight, Monday, Feb. 26: ANC 2E at Georgetown Visitation (parking is on the agenda) and an American University town hall (with an appeal to save Johnson’s Garden Center). Starting Wednesday: site prep for Medstar’s new surgical pavilion.
Hot Ticket, ANC Monday: Parking Changes Considered. Be There.
February 22, 2018
•Expect a large crowd (and some verbal fireworks) at the Feb. 26 meeting of the Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission, when a proposal on the perennial issue of parking is presented.