In Washington, landing a Whole Foods near you can feel like winning one of Willy Wonka’s golden tickets—a sign your neighborhood has arrived. The upscale chain, after all, is credited with catapulting ...

Sherri Dalphonse joined Washingtonian in 1986 as an editorial intern, and worked her way to the top of the masthead when she was named editor-in-chief in 2022. She oversees the magazine’s editorial ...

On July 7, 1865, shortly after 1 PM, three men and one woman were lead to the gallows in the prison yard of the Old Arsenal Penitentiary, on the shores of where the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers meet.

For Father’s Day, Buffalo & Bergen owner Gina Chersevani decided to create a social media promotion using ChatGPT for her DC bagel shops. Her husband—the father of her two young girls—died last fall, ...

June 13: This story has been updated since its original posting. It was 2 PM, and some of the earliest spectators to arrive outside the Kennedy Center were Louise Weiner and Julia LaVilla, who sat ...

Our Solar System contains tens of thousands of potentially dangerous asteroids that could wipe out an entire city, or worse. In Washington, a NASA office is leading efforts to spot and neutralize ...

Guest List is Washingtonian’s fantasy cast of who we’d like to invite over for dinner each month. The ex–police chief isn’t directly implicated in the crime-data scandal, but an internal report ...

Last week, the Coast Guard announced that there would be major closures on the Potomac and Anacostia rivers for the July 4 holiday weekend. Since then, several cruises have reported having to refund ...

Fairfax County students John Poncy and Allie Blanchet will be performing tonight on Broadway. The pair won best leading actor and actress at the Brandon Victor Dixon Awards, DC’s regional high school ...

The Oak Room and Bernadette’s. 1218 Wisconsin Ave., NW. The Oak Room in Georgetown wants you to feel like you’ve been transported to a Gilded Age private club in New York or London, where you can ...

The World Cup has taken over DC, but today the big news is centered around football, not fútbol. The NFL officially announced the dates for the 2027 NFL draft, set to take place in Washington, and ...

A DC National Guard spokesperson did not immediately return a request for comment about whether the Guard were stationed at the pool or just passing by. Other law enforcement officers were on the ...