UNCENSORED DC

Last night, we headed to the Punch Garden at the Columbia Room for UNCENSORED DC's Media Preview Party! We snapped UNCENSORED pop-up shop "Makers Market" curator Jenn Barger with Proper Topper's Anna Fuhrman and D.C. Public Library Executive Director Rich Reyes-Gavilan. The Preview Party kicked off the celebrations surrounding the D.C. Public Library Foundation's Banned Books Week, which culminates with UNCENSORED: The Cocktail Party.

Attendees enjoyed access to an open bar featuring a specialty punch and a variety of beer and wine. Here, Compass Coffee's Michael Haft, Katie Walton and Harrison Suarez join BYT's Kaylee Dugan and Mary Godier in sampling some of the delicious cocktails in the Punch Garden. 

In addition to the open bar, attendees also enjoyed a sampling of bar snacks and appetizers. Here, WAMU's Rebecca Feldhaus Adams joins D.C. Public Library Foundation Executive Director Linnea Hegarty. 

This year's event is appropriately titled, UNCENSORED Underground, to reflect the event’s new location at Dupont Underground while the pervious venue, MLK Jr. Library, is under renovation. Here, the D.C. Public Library Foundation's Sally Ginsburg and Tiffany Gary with the Newseum's Sonya Gavankar. 

Team Zaytinya: Felicia Perez, Jaclyn Stetler and Jonathon Luna, who will be providing cocktails during the UNCENSORED Underground cocktail party on Sept. 30 at the Dupont Underground.