Making It All Click
With dizzying energy, Jack’s Boathouse owner Paul Simkin teaches students to move with the latest technology as the director ...
With dizzying energy, Jack’s Boathouse owner Paul Simkin teaches students to move with the latest technology as the director ...
ATM comes not to bury Caesar, but to give a call to action to save him.
The conversation with Michael Saylor, author of "The Mobile Wave," continues with ideas and indications of "the Next Great Age of America."
“The mobile wave is going to sweep through and obliterate billions of jobs and millions of small businesses and that ...
Other than the birth of the newspaper whose influence far exceeds its size, Georgetown has an important place in the ...
Much has been written about the seminal Supreme Court decision to uphold the Obama health care law. But perhaps less ...
Ari Shapiro, White House Correspondent for National Public Radio, moonlights as a singer in the band, Pink Martini, and last year made the local scene at Bethesda's Strathmore. But the story's a little wilder than that.
In the book and then movie Money Ball, a contrarian baseball general manager defies the sport’s orthodoxy to build ...
It was not so long ago that the buzz in media was all about Web 2.0 – the sharing, the ...
In the not-for-the-faint world of D.C., you do not exist politically if you are not loathed by at least one group. But David Frum is in an elite category – he is hated by both sides of the fence.
Nathans, the bar and restaurant on the corner of Wisconsin and M Street, seemed to have been there forever, and for many regulars and others anchored in Georgetown, it was a neighborhood staple. “Happiest day of my life when it finally closed,” said Carol Joynt, the last owner.
A quick look back at the year in media so far. Only four months you might say, but what a four months. Reality TV, for instance, has helped turn cupcakes into pastry Google.
Next time you’re at Georgetown’s Rugby Cafe, say ‘Hi’ to co-owner Lincoln Pilcher, a former rugby player and Ralph Lauren model. In 1999, 20-year-old Pilcher arrived in New York to model and shoot fashion photos. Last week, he shared beer and kangaroo with Australian Prime Minster Julia Gillard. This is Pilcher’s intriguing story.
Kaya Henderson can command a room, as when she went with Gray on a series of town hall meet-and-greets that introduced her to the community. She came in out of her office hands outstretched to sit with me at one of those big long conference tables. This is a woman who doesn’t leave you much room not to like her. She’s direct, with an open, animated face that breaks easily into a smile or laughter. She is also a serious person, whose comfort zone is probably three-hour banter about policy.
The night when the organization bestows awards on the finest actors in DC – this city’s answer to the Tony’s – is one of Linda Levy Grossman’s most inspiring and challenging ventures. “Immediately after the presentation the curtain comes down and I’m wandering around and hearing people say, ‘Gosh. I wish I had seen that,’” she recalls. “And I ask myself how can we lasso that energy and get them to the theater?”
There is a new level of irony in Juan-gate at NPR. Senior Vice President for News Ellen Weiss, who spent ...
The Washington Wizards came back from a 15 point fourth-quarter deficit and defeated the Philadelphia 76ers in an overtime thriller ...
Upon the release of the first movie installment of the last novel in the Harry Potter series. Are we underwhelmed? Or are we just underwhelming?
The announcement of Jim Brady’s departure from TBD is not just the old “different direction” story. It is akin to Roger Ailes leaving FOX, Aaron Sorkin leaving the West Wing, or Steve Jobs leaving Apple. TBD, Brady’s visionary idea for the next great media thing, was a truly online local news organization that leveraged all those much-ballyhooed elements of new media — blogs, linking, social media etc. It really was a different concept.
The Veterans Day National Ceremony is held each year on November 11th at Arlington National Cemetery . The ceremony commences precisely ...
Gilbert Arenas made his first regular season appearance at the Verizon Center as the Wizards battled the Cleveland Cavaliers on ...
In its third year, FotoWeek DC has already proven to be one of the most comprehensive and innovative photography festivals, not only in Washington but the world. The week-long festival takes place November 5 – November 13 and is comprised of programs that include monumental photo projections on the façades of DC’s famed architecture, all-night photo experiences, evocative exhibitions of award-winning images, as well as lectures and workshops led by internationally renowned photographers.
These photos provide a sampling of the estimated 215,000 people that attended a rally organized by Comedy Central talk ...
The DC region is already among the top ten areas hit by the recent bed bug infestation, and it’s predicted to approach the notoriously overrun New York City in a year or two. Denizens disturbed by the news should take something from the creatures for a change.
The Georgetowner hits the town with WaPo food critic Tom Sietsema, who, depending on what he writes, is either the most beloved or the most reviled man in the Washington restaurant universe.
Each year, there are approximately 75 film festivals in the D.C. area. What's next in your neighborhood?
While every White House correspondent in town was dusting off their tuxedo or getting a blow dry, there was Kitty Kelley in the heart of Georgetown, selling and signing her books for the benefit of the Georgetown/D.C. Public Library.
Are you getting the most out of your smart phone?
George’s at the Four Seasons salon lands high on the list of places to go that cost that extra dollar but are worth every penny.