Primed for Otakon - The Georgetowner
WEBAug 1, 2024 · After a few years in Maryland’s Hunt Valley and Virginia’s Crystal City, then 18 in Baltimore, Otakon busted out of the Baltimore Convention Center, relocating to the District in 2017. As a primer for first-timers and baffled D.C. residents, a glossary of basic terms follows. It all begins with manga, Japanese comics and graphic novels.
‘Art All Night’ Returns to Host Live Events in Georgetown and City …
WEBSep 16, 2021 · Shop Made in DC (at 1353 Wisconsin Ave. NW), a retail initiative to help D.C.’s makers and artists grow, will host a DIY water coloring postcard station with a live DJ. An outdoor art exhibit with banners—”Georgetown Celebrates the Arts”—will feature artwork to be installed on street poles on Wisconsin Ave. beginning September 24 to ...
Mapping Georgetown: Interfaith Understanding of the Sukkah
WEBSep 24, 2021 · Kesher Israel: the Georgetown synagogue has erected one in Georgetown since its founding in 1911. Annually, this has been built in the kesher Israel courtyard at 2801 N St. Starting with the hiring of kesher’s new rabbi Hyim Shafner, we began erecting a second sukkah one block from the congregation in Rose Park at 27th & N streets to ...
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Cheers to 85 Years: Martin's Tavern | The Georgetowner
WEBSep 13, 2018 · Come in this week or whenever, and you’ll be part of year 85 at Billy Martin’s Tavern,which encompasses a lot of history, a lot of presidents, a lot of Georgetown itself. Try to get the legendary booth where JFK proposed to Jackie. There is a lingering memory of political power brokers leaning over bourbon or scotch and steak, whispering ...
CEO Ana Harvey’s Notes From Underground | The Georgetowner
WEBApr 29, 2024 · Dupont Underground, that is, the eight-year-old contemporary arts venue in Dupont Circle’s subterranean streetcar station, shuttered in 1962. Though the ballet company “took a big risk,” according to Dupont Underground CEO Ana Harvey, speaking at The Georgetowner’s April 25 cultural breakfast at …
Mapping Georgetown: Stories From The Tombs | The Georgetowner
WEBOct 24, 2022 · Billed as the “veteran university haunt in a converted 19th-century townhouse serving comfort fare, brews & pub grub,” the classic establishment has a rich history, is quite close to campus, and is always alluring at 1226 36th St. NW. Georgetown alumnus Richard McCooey founded The Tombs in 1962 ten years after graduating.
'Georgetown,' a Film About Murder. Or Is It? | The Georgetowner
WEBMay 20, 2021 · It happened in Georgetown. In August of 2011. A murder and investigation that verged on the “you can’t make this stuff up” category. Now a fictionalized movie about the bizarre case has been released this week in theaters (locally at Union Market) and on streaming TV, “Georgetown” stars three award-winnning actors: Christoph Waltz, Vanessa Redgrave and Annette Bening.
National World War I Memorial Opens in D.C. (photos)
WEBApr 17, 2021 · The District welcomed its newest national monument on Friday, April 16, with a solemn ceremony and a flag raising. The National World War I Memorial, located on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, is now open to the public. The memorial, which features sculptures, fountains and quotes, honors the 4.7 million …
‘George Soros: A Life in Full’ An uneven look at an extraordinary …
WEBMay 16, 2022 · George Soros, now 91, cites 1944 as the best year of his life. He was 14 years old, living as a non-practicing Jew under the Nazis in Hungary, and hiding in various places throughout Budapest. His adored father had changed the family name from Schwartz to Soros, and moving from house to house, young George learned to …