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Celebrate our country’s 250th birthday with some of the DMV’s best theater. You don’t need a UFC boxing ring or no-talent concert to show your patriotism. Spend a few bucks […]

A reverie for an esteemed playwright. Arthur Miller owned Broadway for eight glorious years. From 1947 to 1955, the playwright dominated 20th-century American theater with productions of “All My Sons,” […]

By Leland Schwartz The Red Truck, the mascot of Red Truck Bakery in Marshall and Warrenton, Virginia, started out in life not red, but cobalt blue. Wow! Who knew? It’s […]

Which of the following statements is false? All tortoises are turtles. All toads are frogs. All lotuses are water lilies. While A and B are true (believe it or not), […]

Were you expecting things to quiet down after the Fourth of July? This weekend may be just as celebratory in D.C., what with the Japanese Star Festival at Hillwood, Bastille […]

Photo by M.V. Jantzen.Good morning Georgetown, here’s your weekly news round-up:Don’t be alarmed by the blasting sounds you might hear soon:it’s part of a DC Water project.New president starts at GU.I’m heading off to the beach later this week, so I’ll be taking a break from the site for a week or so. See you in late July!

Today for Georgetown Time Machine, I’m checking out another shot from the DC Historical Society. It’s from 1977 and shows an old commercial building–now long gone–in lower Georgetown.The building was at 1026 30th St. and it housed W.T. Galliher and Bro. This was a lumber company that was founded in the District in 1889 by William T. Galliher and his brother Charles. Funnily I’m not sure if the com

In last month’s Auction Block: a pastel of a British horse race by artist Paul Lucien Maze, an Andy Warhol “Marilyn” print, an Art Deco Movado watch, a Louis Vuitton trunk owned by Ambassador Chuck Bohlen and a print of a John Lennon poem.  Doyle  The Trundle, […]

Wow, that was amazing. Was it good for you, too? America’s 250th celebrations on the Fourth of July had something for everyone. For those in Georgetown and downtown Washington, D.C., […]

The 44th annual RAMMYS Awards and Gala, presented by the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington, took place at Arena Stage’s Mead Center for American Theater on Monday, June 29. The […]

Last Wednesday, July 1, was Eduardo Peñalver’s official first day as the 49th president of Georgetown University. “I would like to take a moment to express my gratitude to the […]

In: Scheele’s Market Gets 4-Month Reprieve The landmark Scheele’s Market — the 130-year-old grocery store at 1331 29th St. NW — set to close at the end of July, has received an extension to Nov. 30, […]

Last month in my constituent newsletter, I reported on the application of a new licensed pot shop at 1658 33rd St. (in the Coco Health Spa space). I questioned how a permit could be issued for that location since it was within 400 feet of an existing licensed cannabis dealer (Capital Connect, on Wisconsin Ave.)I’m happy to report that following my inquiries to ABCA, the placard (i.e. the applicati

By Callie Solomon As cheers from the FIFA Fan Zone carried across the National Mall in near-100-degree heat, Great American State Fair visitors moved among different state booths, danced to […]

Washington, D.C., as in detention center, is feeling anxious this 4th of July on America’s 250th birthday. It didn’t have to be this way, but we do feel sort of […]

By Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson In the early decades of the 19th century, a traveler heading west from Washington on the stage road through Fauquier County would have arrived in Salem, a […]

By Mia Dinunzio One of the nation’s most recognizable landmarks now offers visitors a perspective few have ever experienced. The National Park Service has opened the Lincoln Memorial Undercroft Museum, […]

Photo by M.V. Jantzen.Good morning Georgetown, here’s your weekly news round-up:That juice bar at N and Wisconsin seems to have shut down.Here are some more comings and goings, including a new tenant of the old Third Edition space.Remember, trash/recycling shifts to Saturday this week, despite the fact it is the Fourth of July.

When’s the last time the Fourth of July fell on a Saturday? 2020, but what with Covid, we barely noticed. This weekend, you can celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday at […]

Hello, and welcome to the July Northwest Georgetown ANC Update!Disruptive DC Water Construction ComingLead poisoning is no joke. It can seriously harm your brain development and impact your life permanently. Some have made the persuasive case that lead poisoning explains the explosion of crime across the world in the latter part of the 20th century (and its eradication explains the subsequent fall