35th Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards Televised for First Time
The 35th Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards virtually showcased dynamic performances and surprise guests at its annual evening to recognize and honor the trendsetters of creative Washington.
Mayor Muriel Bowser
Kennedy Center’s ‘REACH’ Opens with Inaugural Parade, Performances
The REACH Opening Festival (September 7–22, 2019) celebrates the Kennedy Center’s newly expanded campus with a festival that will feature more than 500 performances, events, and hands-on activities, from 10:00 am to 11:00 pm across the next two weeks. National headliners — including Arrested Development,… Read More
2019 RAMMY Winners “Blend the Best of Everything Our City Has to Offer”
Looking for the hottest spots to make reservations this summer? No doubt you’ll want to check out the winners of the 37th Annual RAMMY Awards. Last night (6/30/19) top foodservice industry professionals and their fans gathered at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center as Restaurant… Read More
Vid: Andrés’ World Central Kitchen Offers Free Lunch, More to Furloughed Government Employees
On the afternoon of Friday, January 25, just minutes before President Trump announced the deal that would re-open the federal government on the following Monday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser joined acclaimed chef and humanitarian José Andrés at his emergency pop-up kitchen, World Central Kitchen, alongside… Read More
Arena Stage Gala Features Local Musical Great Mary McBride
“I love that we are already spilling drinks,” Mary BcBride laughed as water bottles fell from atop a speaker during the first song of her all-American musical set at the Kreeger Theatre during the 2018 Arena Stage Gala Thursday night. After an awards presentation to… Read More
Congrats to the Recipients of the 2018 District Sustainability Awards
Mayor Muriel Bowser and DOEE Director Tommy Wells recently presented the 2018 District Sustainability Awards at an event at Southeast DC’s Eastern Market North Hall to recognize outstanding sustainability achievement and leadership in areas such as energy and water conservation, renewable energy production, green building,… Read More
New ‘Spirit of Washington’ Christened
On March 28, 2017, Entertainment Cruises, Washington, DC welcomed its newest 175-foot yacht the Spirit of Washington, with an official christening ceremony at the yacht’s new home on Pier 4. Ceremony host Tommy McFly of 94.7 Fresh FM lead the program which included a dockside welcome by VP and GM,… Read More
This Parade is Permitted to Get Funky on U Street (For the 1st Time in 17 Years!)
For as long as anyone can remember — for the last 17 years at least — DC wouldn’t allow U Street NW to be closed for a public event. Well, this week, DC is refreshing its memory, and this policy reversal has many DCers asking ‘What… Read More
A Standing Ovation for DC Teachers
More than 1,000 of the District of Columbia’s most impressive and successful teachers, whose work has helped lead to the historic student achievement gains in the District of Columbia Public Schools, attended the annual Standing Ovation for DC Teachers, now in its fifth year, at the Kennedy… Read More
