13+ hour, 33+ min ago  (466+ words) After 12 years leading the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Director Melissa Chiu has been named director of another cylindrical landmark, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan, effective Sept. 1. In the April 9 announcement, Mari't Westermann, director and CEO of…...

3+ mon, 11+ hour ago  (422+ words) Georgetown's visual appeal is rooted in its textural immediacy: slurry-coated brick, the undulating flicker of a gas'flame,'the single garden rose nodding to neatly wrestled ivy.'Mature tree roots lift and fracture the sidewalk plane, a product of preservation law…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago  (186+ words) The Georgetowner Transformer Celebrates Global Creativity at The Line Hotel By Christine Warnke " January 8, 2026 0 71 The Line Hotel buzzed with creative energy as arts leaders, cultural diplomats and supporters gathered to celebrate the pioneering work of Transformer, a nonprofit known for…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (407+ words) At The Georgetowner's Dec. 18 Cultural Leadership Breakfast, held at 1310 Kitchen and Bar, Kreeger Museum Director Helen Chason explained how the founders built an exceptional collection of some 250 works of art: "They bought what they loved." Carmen Kreeger favored Monet; her…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (205+ words) We really are pleased with the outcome," Friends of Book Hill Park President Virginia Poole and Georgetown Garden Club member Lee Child told The Georgetowner. All of those improvements have been budgeted, it was announced by city officials at the…...