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October 22, 2009
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Wonderful Folks!
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| This Friday, it's the Roberto Benigni of DC parties. The Italian Party, from The Scene Bisnow and Italians in DC at Eye Bar, 1716 Eye St, NW. Oct 23, 9pm-2am. Peroni models, drink specials including the Negroni, and, of course, Italians! RSVP |
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| So many people in DC are busy giving back to the community, as the first four stories show. Yesterday we attended Salute to the Stars at downtown Morton’s Steakhouse as the Washington Wizards honored military and their families by serving them drinks and dinner. |
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Wizards player Javaris Crittenton, Asst Coach Wes Unseld, Jr, teammate Caron Butler, with Walter Reed’s Kelly Longenecker after dinner. Who knew Caron was an experienced chef!
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We snapped seven foot forward JaVale McGee with Andrews Air Force Base’s Chakara Reeves and Tanika Cornish.
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Pie Time!
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We stopped by the downtown JW Marriott Tuesday for the launch of Food & Friends Thanksgiving pie sale, Slice of Life. Each pie you purchase provides a day of meals to someone battling a life-challenging illness. ABC 7 News reporter Cynne Simpson with Food & Friends Executive Director Craig Shniderman.
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Food and Friends volunteers Stacey Norman, Sapna Batheja, and Carrie Stoltzfus tell us five types of pie will be delivered or be available for pick-up at 15 locations on Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Funds raised provide meals, groceries, and nutrition counseling to 2,800 people with AIDS, cancer, and other life-challenging illnesses. www.foodandfriends.org/pie
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Helping Kids!
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Last night, we also visited Glover Park’s Town Hall for Sip then Shop happy hour. With the purchase of a $50 Care for Kids card, supporters receive a 20% discount at 500 DC metro area stores and restaurants from this Friday through November 1. Supporters: The Hill’s Matt Perin, Innocents at Risk’s Cherie Short, LWM Strategies’ Lisa Waltzman, and Procter & Gamble’s Ben LaRocco.
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PNC Realty Investors' Sean Sullivan, Thaier Hidden Creek’s Tim Frend, Capital One’s Jessica Dillon, and Steptoe & Johnson’s Jessi Frend; 100% of the proceeds from each card sold benefit Children’s National Medical Center. Cards can still be purchased, plus find a full list of participating merchants, at www.careforkidscard.com.
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Business Buddies!
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We stopped by Reston’s Paolo’s to join Best Buddies Mid-Atlantic for an Oktoberfest happy hour last Thursday night, and snapped sponsors of Best Buddies Virginia: Booz Allen Hamilton’s Mark Colturi, Steve Tulk, Eric Purnhagen, Peter Asiap, Chris Munley, and Frank Landefeld.
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Konica Minolta Business Solutions’ Scott Meikle, AT&T’s Chad Navarrete, Audi’s Rachel Sattler and Katie Smith, and AT&T’s Jeff Smith. Best Buddies helps people with intellectual disabilities become part of mainstream society.
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Fright at the Museum!
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We attended the National Museum of Crime and Punishment’s preview of its Halloween adventure: Dead Men Walking: Fright at the Museum Monday night, a haunted house based on historic criminal events: 125 men who were executed in a Tennessee electric chair. GW theatre students Leah Gravius, Aly Seeberger, and Christine Doyle discovered the ghosts moved with the chair to DC.
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Here: GW students Jessica Watters, Elaine Till, and Jeremiah Kirstein. Fright at the Museum opened yesterday, and runs Wednesday through Saturday the next two weeks.
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Comedy Tonight!
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We spoke to Aubrey Plaza, currently featured in Parks & Recreation and Funny People, one of 60 comedians performing in DC as part of Bentzen Ball, tonight through Sunday. Seven venues near U Street, with top names from the Sarah Silverman Program, the Daily Show, the Tonight Show.
Bisnow: Where are you answering these questions from?
Aubrey: Nicolas Cage's patio. I'm using his macbook.
Bisnow: Anybody in particular you’re excited about doing stand-up with here in DC?
Aubrey: Nick Offerman from Parks & Rec is doing some shows so it will be fun to hang out and do comedy with that old mustache. [Click here for the whole interview.]
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WHERE TO BE SCENE:
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| Featured Events This Week-end!
Friday, October 23, join The Scene Bisnow and Italians in DCat Eye Bar, 1716 I st NW, for The Italian Party! Peroni models serving the Beer of Fashion, drink specials including the Negroni, and a fashionable crowd of Europeans, American professionals, and of course, Italians! Come support The Scene Bisnow’s second party this year rsvp: http://www.bisnow.com/events/dc/2009/italian-party/
Saturday, October 24, The Corcoran Gallery of Art’s 1869 Society Presents: Fall Fête: A Nautical Affair, at The Corcoran Gallery of Art 500 Seventeenth Street NW, from 8pm to midnight. Music by DJ Neekola, Private viewing of the exhibition Sargent and the Sea. Cocktail buffet, desserts, and open bars at one of DC’s most glamorous venues make this one of the hottest events of the season. Tickets to this Black Tie Encouraged affair are still available from $90 to $200; all proceeds benefit CorcoranArtReach. (202) 639-1753 or click here.
Saturday, October 24, The International Club of DC is holding is 6 Anniversary Gala & Masquerade Ball, from 7pm to midnight at the Grand Ballroom of the National Museum for Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave NW. Period formal attire from the 1800s, 1900s, and the Renaissance is encouraged. Tango/Merengue and Viennese Waltz lessons will be offered until the event date, and tickets are still available at www.internationalclubdc.com
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Thursday, October 22 come to featured event for Design Week DC at Georgetown's Cady’s Alley, 5:30 PM with the unveiling of an installation sculpture "Cache" at The Coverings House, followed by Capitol Pecha Kucha Night from 6:30 - 10:00PM and closing the evening with an After Party at L2. http://designweek-dc.com/
Thursday, October 22 from 6:00-9:00 PM, come to a reception to preview the MARK T. SMITH Exhibition at Tysons Galleria on the 2nd floor between Chanel & Ferragamo. brought to you by Habatat Galleries. When you visit the exhibit, which runs Oct 22-25 or attend the artist reception you can purchase an original design Mark T. Smith t-shirt! All proceeds benefit YouthAIDS! Questions, 703.989.7110. RSVP for reception – infoVA@habatatgalleries.com
Thursday, October 22, Please join The Washington Blade and One in Ten, for their double Celebration, The Washington Blade's 40th Anniversary Party and The Best of Gay DC Awards, at the Harmon Center for the Arts. Cocktails and Hors d'Oeuvres will be served, please make sure to be fabulously attired either in business or cocktail attire. We also invite you to stay at the Harmon Center to Enjoy the 8:30pm, Real Affirmations feature film, "Love of Siam" Tickets are sold ahead of time or at the door for $10. RSVP@washblade.com.
Thursday, October 22nd, 8pm, join Patton Oswalt (of "Ratatouille" and "Big Fan") and His ComedianFriends (including Tig Notaro &Todd Barry...) for the grand opening show of Bentzen Ball, a comedy festival presented by Brightest Young Things, at the Lincoln Theater, 1215 U Street, NW, tickets: $30 at http://www.bentzenball.com/ or http://www.thelincolntheatre.org/. www.Brightestyoungthings.com for more Bentzen Ball details and line-up.
Thursday, October 22, 6:30 - 10 pm, singer/songwriter Ari Hest returns to The Barns after a double encore performance in 2008. The Wolf Trap Young Professionals Society (WTYPS) and Smithsonian Young Benefactors Society invite you to experience Hest in the intimate Barns setting. 6:30 pm Reception, 8:00 pm concert. $35 per person (includes dinner and performance seating) Info/tickets available here.
Thursday, October 22 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM, join the Foundry Gallery and local artist Luba Sterlikova for a special silent auction dedicated to breast cancer survivors at the Foundry Gallery in Dupont, 1314 18th St NW. Proceeds will benefit a local team fundraising and walking in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. Cocktails and light refreshments served. Entry is FREE and open to the public. For more information please visit http://www.foundrygallery.org/
Vanessa Meccarielli, Kristina D’Ambrosio, Heather Mahoney and Mary-Kate Rasa contributed to this issue.
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