Friends Night Out!

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We headed to the National Building Museum for the Smithsonian Craft Show's opening night Friends Night Out party. We snapped Lois Jones and Debbie Hertzog with Smithsonian Craft Show co-chair Ethelmary Maddox and the evening's co-chair, Ellen Goodman.

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The evening featured 120 juried artists with fine-art craft on display and for sale, and celebrity bartenders serving craft cocktails. Here, Friends Night Out co-chair Kelley Gillespie with Smithsonian Women's Committee members Ellen Maltz and Gladys Watkins.

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Petworth ANC Commissioner Renee Bowser joins Haitian art gallery owner Toni Monnin and HR director Marcia Todd.

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The 35th annual Smithsonian Craft Show was held this weekend at the National Building Museum. DC friends: Sandy WalkerDawn KapronJanice Faden and Carolyne Starek enjoying the refreshing cocktails and crafts.

Photo credit: Travis Holler

The event featured signature cocktails by four of DC’s top mixologists, with each creating a special drink recipe for attendees using four different liquors. Here Green Hat Gin's John Uselton and Paul Taylor, who helped prepare a celery gimlet featuring celery bitters with gin, lime and sugar.

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