Inauguration Week Festivities
• January 19, 2017

The first of more than two dozen parties, balls and galas takes place tonight…

‘The Dictator’s Wife’ Shows Lots of Initiative at WNO
• January 16, 2017

It’s a common complaint that you hear about opera, especially from some younger people when they look up from their phones. What’s it to us? It’s old. What does it have to do […]

Escape D.C. During the Inauguration
• January 13, 2017

With the presidential inauguration set to descend on Washington, D.C., there are many who would rather avoid the congestion and crowds expected Jan. 20. Luckily, there are some great surrounding […]

Weekend Round Up November 17, 2016
• November 21, 2016

The pre-Thanksgiving weekend may be the richest of the year for classical music. To leave room for a few other arts events — along with sales of art at Glen Echo and cashmere at Via Umbria — we mention performances by the NSO, WNO, the Emerson Quartet and viola and viol (at the Phillips) only in passing…

Weekend Round Up November 3, 2016
• November 7, 2016

On this last pre-election weekend, D.C.-area residents can celebrate the Day of the Dead and the reopening of the National Gallery’s East Building. There are also walks to give thanks and end lung cancer, concerts from Bach to Zarzuela and the Visi Prep Christmas market.

Rigged Elections in D.C.? Really?
• October 27, 2016

With the 2016 presidential election just two weeks away (early voting in D.C. started Saturday), the talk last weekend was all about rigged elections. But how much of a threat […]

New Law Will Help Cyclists Get Accident Benefits
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A bill was signed into law last week that could be very significant for the exploding number of bicycle commuters and weekend riders on Georgetown’s heavily trafficked narrow streets and […]

Rigged Elections in D.C.? Really?
• October 26, 2016

With the 2016 presidential election just two weeks away (early voting in D.C. started Saturday), the talk last weekend was all about rigged elections. But how much of a threat […]

‘Don’t Wing the Swing’ Signs Protest Hyde-Addison Plans
• October 24, 2016

The deputy mayor seems set on moving kids to Meyer School, and Hyde-Addison parents aren’t happy.

Weekend Round Up September 29, 2016
• October 3, 2016

It’s a weekend of but-once-a-year events: the Taste of Georgetown, the DC Design House preview, the Smithsonian’s Autumn Conservation Festival, Rosh Hashanah and the Blessing of the Animals at St. John’s.