Waterfront park view of Rosslyn by Dani920.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Update on Mr. Smith’s lawsuit.
- Georgetown Cupcake opened up its new Bethesda branch yesterday.
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Chris Murray Speaks at CAG Gallery Opening
Last night CAG hosted an opening reception for its inaugural art show GeorgetownArts 2009 at the old Smith and Hawken space. To help mark the occasion, the founder of Govinda Gallery, Chris Murray, shared his story of art and Georgetown to the assembled crowd.
Murray came to Georgetown from Manhattan to attend Georgetown University. After seeing the university through the tumultuous late 60’s, Murray graduated in 1969. As he told the crowd, Govinda Gallery was born when he was driving back from his job teaching at Georgetown Day School. He passed the building on 34th and Prospect and saw that it was for rent. Out of curiosity he called up the landlord and found out that the rent was cheap. Although he lacked any idea or business plan for the space, he jumped at the chance to run a small shop. Govinda Gallery is still at that same spot 34 years later.
The idea to run a gallery grew slowly. At first he had a couple of artist friends and held a show for them. In telling this story, Murray waxed nostalgic for all the great galleries that existed in Georgetown in the early 70s. He mentioned Harry Lunn (who “discovered” Ansel Adams), Barbara Frederick, Jose Nunez, and Lee Silverstein (who, according to Murray, didn’t suffer fools gladly). It’s evident that even from the beginning Murray relished the village and all its comings and goings. Continue reading
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Man by Dean and Deluca by cristinabe.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Carol Joynt tours the shops of upper Wisconsin Ave.
- Georgetown developer snaps up Columbia Heights condo building at auction.
- Holy crap it rained hard last night.
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Montrose Park Birthday Parties Are Getting Out of Hand
Montrose Park is a beautiful park. In GM’s estimation, it’s the nicest urban park in the city. It’s only natural that people like to gather in the park and throw a picnic or a party. GM himself hosted a post-wedding brunch in the park (by-the-by, said brunch was catered by Griffin Market, who did an amazing job. GM heartily recommends their services for your next event).
Montrose Park only has a handful of picnic benches. As a result, when a family wants to host a birthday party there, a parent inevitably has to show up in the morning and “reserve” the table with table cloths and balloons.
This has created a relatively self-policing system. Groups get to host events in a beautiful setting, yet the parties are not so frequent or large as to affect regular users. That unfortunately may be starting to change. Continue reading
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Anachronistic Soldier Outside Old Stone House by M.V. Jantzen.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Notorious Philly P’s to keep getting notoriousier until January.
- Is that house on N and 30th a good deal?
- Anthony Lanier plays it cool, may end up with West End parcel after all.
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Come Out and Support Georgetown Artists
This weekend, CAG is hosting GeorgetownArts 2009, a festival highlighting Georgetown artists. The show will take place at the old Smith and Hawken. It will be kicked off tomorrow night with a talk by Lovinda Gallery founder Chris Murray. Wine, cheese, and (of course) Georgetown Cupcakes will be served.
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M St. at Sundown by Jim Malone.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Next Q & A Cafe on December 9 will have the two owners of Georgetown Cupcake.
- More on the hubbub over Hardy: the Post reports, reader/parent responds.
- Merriment in Georgetown coming back! Let’s hope it’s not the absolute coldest day of the year like it was last year.
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