Think you’ve done everything there is to to in DC? Even longtime residents might not know that they can attend a tradition at the “Oldest Post of the Corps.” The Marine Barracks Sunset Parade has become a universal symbol of the professionalism, discipline, and Esprit… Read More
Opaline Restaurant in the Sofitel brought Paris back to Lafayette Square with its Bastille Day Celebration on Saturday (July 14th). The second annual French National Day (Bastille Day) event featured picnic fare, photo fun, a caricaturist, champagne, rosé, tri-color snowcones, musical entertainment, and prizes for… Read More
Starting today, DCers can feast on Hip Hop with their oysters as “The Hip-Hop Museum Pop-Up Experience” opens at the Union District Oyster Bar & Lounge (501 Morse Street NE) in the Union Market District. D.C. native and founder of The Source magazine Dave Mays,… Read More
DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) — the only city-wide jazz festival in the mid-Atlantic region — is a Capital area tradition. Now in its 15th year, with 150 performances in 40 venues, it solidifies some 100,000+ people’s love of jazz music (or introduces them to the… Read More
Cinco de Mayo: It’s the day the Mexican army defeated France in the Franco-Mexican War in 1862. It’s also known as Battle of Puebla Day. And while it’s celebrated in Mexico, in the United States it has evolved into an almost fabled level of fiesta. … Read More
There was a Fiesta y Danzón at the Organization of American States in late March as the New Orchestra of Washington (NOW), under the patronage of H.E. Jorge Lomónaco (the permanent representative of Mexico to the OAS) and the Mission of Mexico to the OAS, held… Read More
As many people sit in anticipation of a new season of Game of Thrones to tell a fictional story of deception, murder, betrayal and lies, little does the world realize that a REAL game of thrones may have been played in North Korea for over… Read More
We’ve been posting a good bit about development in Georgetown lately, and all of this news could not make us happier. Today, we’re tipping our sombrero to Guapos, a Tex-Mex favorite, for opening a new location on the Georgetown Waterfront later this month (August 20th)!… Read More
Arts in Foggy Bottom presents its 6th biennial neighborhood installations, Absence and Presence. Co-curated by DC artists Helen Frederick and Peter Winant, Absence and Presence is a collection of 15 artist’s works, some sculptures, others varying public artworks, that share “the history of the neighborhood and stories of… Read More
After a multi-year transformation, 1 West Mount Vernon Place — also known as the 19th-century mansion, The Hackerman House — and home to the Walters Art Museum, is now re-opened. In the heart of Mount Vernon in Baltimore, the home originally served as a home during… Read More
