2013 NFTE DC Region Dare to Dream Gala
5:30 pm-Youth Entrepreneur Showcase and Cocktail Reception
7:00 pm-Gala Dinner & Awards
9:00 pm-Dessert Reception and Showcase Reopens
On April 10, 2013 N Street Village, the award-winning social services agency that provides shelter and support to homeless and low-income women in the Washington, DC metro area, is hosting its annual gala to honor the clients,volunteers and supporters of the organization.
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) is the Gala Honorary Steering Committee Chairwoman and Fredrick and Kim Humphries (Fred – NSV Board of Directors & VP of U.S. Government Affairs for Microsoft; KIM – NSV volunteer & supporter), Ken Lowe (CEO Scripps Networks International) are the Gala Steering Committee Chairs.
N Street Village will present Senator and Mrs. Roy Blunt (R-MO) with the Founders’ Award, which recognizes individuals whose professional and personal efforts have provided new opportunities for the most vulnerable in our society.
Supporters of N Street Village choose to donate their time and resources because they believe in the valuable work of the organization. Some members of the community who support N Street Village and are expected to attend the gala on April 10th include, but are not limited to: Senator and Mrs. Roy Blunt, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Senator and Mrs. Tom Daschle, Senator and Mrs. Byron Dorgan, Councilmember Jack Evans, Senator and Mrs. Tim Johnson, Congressman and Mrs. Steven La Tourette.
WHEN:
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
6:30pm EST: Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres
7:30pm EST: Program and Dinner
How is N Street Village Unique?
· N Street Village is the largest provider of women-only services for D.C.’s homeless population, serving over 63% of D.C.’s adult female homeless population.
· N Street Village provides a self-contained continuum of supportive services and housing in order to help women achieve stability and improved quality of life.
· N Street Village focuses on creating a safe and welcoming community where women are empowered to make positive changes in their lives.
How many women does N Street Village help?
· N Street Village is the largest homeless service provider for women. We serveover 60% of the adult, single homeless women in Washington, D.C.
Many clients face multiple challenges:
· 82% of the clients suffer from addiction, mental illness, or both – these factors are often primary contributors to instability in living situations.
· 84% of the clients report a trauma history (physical, sexual, emotional abuse history)
· 11% of the clients report living with HIV
· Additional reasons women come to N Street Village include lack of affordable housing and insufficient permanent supportive housing resources for women with mental illness, chronic physical health problems, job loss, eviction and home foreclosure.
What services does N Street Village provide?
· Basic Needs – Food, clothing, showers, referrals, and crisis support are addressed through Bethany Women’s Center, open 365 days a year.
· Integrated Health – Services that support the mental, physical, and emotional well-being of our clients,including mental health groups and individual counseling, psychiatry, primary medical care, addiction recovery groups, individual wellness counseling, expressive arts classes, and holistic services (e.g., chiropractic, massage, reiki).
· Housing – Five residential programs at two sites provide a range of housing options for women: transitional shelter, addiction recovery housing, long-term transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, and housing for women living with HIV/AIDS. N Street Village also operates 51 units of affordable housing forlow-income individuals and families.
· Income and Employment – The Education and Employment Center provides women with access to training opportunities and job placement and retention support.
More information on the 2013 Gala:
· Gala Honorees: Senator and Mrs. Roy Blunt (R-MO); Senator Kirsten Gillbrand (D-NY)
· 450 people are expected to attend this year’s gala
· Approximately $620,000 will be raised for N Street Village
· All raffle and on-line auction prizes are donated
On April 10, 2013 N Street Village, the award-winning social services agency that provides shelter and support to homeless and low-income women in the Washington, DC metro area, is hosting its annual gala to honor the clients,volunteers and supporters of the organization.
HONORING: Senator Roy and Mrs. Abigail Blunt & Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
with Founders’ Awards presented by Senator Amy Klobuchar
6:30 pm | Cocktails and Hors D’oeuvres
7:30 pm | Dinner and Program
Back by Popular Demand – N Street Village Online Auction – Opening in March 2013!
Business Attire | Valet Parking Available
Continuing efforts to capitalize on Washington, DC’s large community of cycling enthusiasts, build friendships with like-minded individuals, and explore our nation’s capital, DC Bike Party will hold its “Cherry Blossom Chase” riding event to welcome Spring and the Cherry Blossoms in Washington. Participants are encouraged to dress in some of the most notorious “Tourist wear” they can find. The event, which held its first ride in July 2012, grew to over 250 riders last month.
The group, departing from DuPont Circle, will set out to complete an approximately 10-mile ride, visiting some of the city’s major landmarks and attractions with a pit stop in Southwest DC, before ending with a celebration at The Biergarten Haus in the Atlas District. The bar has reserved the entire rooftop and will offer happy hour specials all night for DC Bike Party participants.
From DuPont Circle, the Bike Party will ride to the monuments to view the Cherry Blossoms before heading towards the rest point in Southwest, and ending on H St. A map of the complete route will be available at DCBikeParty.com 24 hours before the ride. Riders are welcome to join or depart the group at any point.
Everyone is welcome to attend or participate. Full details on the event are below:
WHAT: DC Bike Party
WHERE: Departs from the middle of Dupont Circle
WHEN: Wednesday, April 10th
Meet at 7:30 P.M.; Depart promptly at 8:00
More information on the organization, including details on future rides, is available at www.dcbikeparty.com.
Meaning Making. Fragmented Imaginary of Twelve Cantabrian Artists
Organized by the Government of Cantabria and SPAIN arts & culture.
Curated by Mónica Álvarez Careaga
Visiting hours: Monday-Thursday, from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm, and Friday, from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm.
- This exhibition brings together important creators from Cantabria (Spain) to showcase their work and highlight the region’s art history and cultural roots.
- The Department ofEducation, Culture and Sport of the Government of Cantabria (Spain) is putting new internationalisation initiatives into action in order to increase awareness of the creative potential of the region through a coherent series of promotion and publicity activities in the United States and Europe.
- The program includes this exhibition of contemporary art curated by Mónica Álvarez Careaga —Meaning Making. Fragmented imagery from twelve artists from Cantabria— which bring together important artists characterized by an expressive narrative that incorporate references to the history of art and their own experiences, as well as reinterpretations and assemblies of diverse images.
- The exhibition opens on Thursday, April 11 at 6:30 PM at the Embassy of Spain in Washington and will run until May 8.
- Artists include Víctor Alba, Luis Bezeta, Alfonso Borragán, Cristina del Campo, Antonio Díaz Grande, Álvaro González, Raúl Hevia, Javier Lamela, Gorka Mohamed, Cuca Nelles, Gloria Pereda and Álvaro Trugeda.
If we take contemporary art as a way of exploring the infinite complexity of the world and a way of understanding and communicating it, we can interpret the work of the twelve artists from the Spanish region of Cantabria featured at this exhibition as a mapping of new imagery, new awareness and world views.
What Víctor Alba, Luis Bezeta, Alfonso Borragán, Cristina del Campo, Antonio Díaz Grande, Álvaro González, Raúl Hevia, Javier Lamela, Gorka Mohamed, Cuca Nelles, Gloria Pereda and Álvaro Trugeda have in common is that they divide up their works by including various materials: references to history of the arts, documents related to their experience of life or reinterpretations and assemblies of images from a variety of backgrounds.
They are creators who operate with a mechanism for integrating fragments in broader contexts of significance. These fragments (drawings, photos, texts or films) accumulate, overlap, and even contradict each other by reflecting the diversity and the richness of the experience of life. They are, in short, constructors of meanings, private and individual most of the time.
This set of images and narratives constitutes, in the end, a fragmented and heterogeneous fresco of the concerns and interests of a generation of active Cantabrian artists at the beginning of their creative maturity. They do not share any common theoretical program, but with their works they advocate the autonomy of art and prepare ironic messages which are distanced from subjects which include a commentary and anything biographical.
The National Press Club presents an advance screening of the award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns’ latest project, “The Central Park Five”, on April 11 at 6:45 pm.
Co-Directors/Producers Burns, Sarah Burns and two of the Central Park 5 will be in attendance for a questions and answers session and book signing after the film screening.
The film, which premieres April 16 at 9:00 p.m. on PBS, tells the story of five Black and Hispanic Harlem teenagers wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989.
The brutal sexual assault of a white jogger in the late 1980s sparked a media frenzy and public demand for justice that led to the conviction of the five black and Latino teenagers, despite DNA evidence that excluded them and no eyewitness accounts tying them to the crime. A serial rapist later admitted to the crime, but not before the so-called Central Park Five served sentences of between six and 13 years.
“The Central Park Five” is an anatomy of wrongful conviction. Through interviews with the Central Park Five, former New York mayors Ed Koch and David Dinkins and journalists who covered the event, the film documents how the forces of the police, the press, and popular prejudice conspired to undermine the rights of five young men-and condemned them to years in prison for a crime they did not commit.
Doors open at 6:30 pm and the documentary will begin at 6:45 pm followed by questions and answers with the filmmakers. Tickets are free for NPC member and $5 for non-members. Registration is required.
The Press Club is located on the 13th floor, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
You’re Invited to the most exclusive black tie fundraising gala in DC this spring
You are cordially invited to the 2013 LLS Black Tie Fundraising Gala hosted by Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Woman of the Year nominee, Nora Sommerkamp, and Social DC Public Relations on Friday, April 12th from 7-11pm at the Artisphere in Rosslyn, VA.
The fundraising gala will feature a red carpet V.I.P. reception from 7 to 8pm, followed by general admission entry from 8 to 11pm. There will be a variety of appetizers and drinks, as well as live Latin and hip hop dance and music performances like Crash Boom Bang.
Candidates for the LLS’s Man & Woman of the Year title compete in honor of children who are local blood cancer survivors, the Boy & Girl of the Year. Every dollar raised counts as one vote, and the titles are awarded to the man and woman with the most votes at the end of ten weeks; the top local fundraisers in the country win the national titles
If you would like to purchase tickets for the event please visithttp://noramwoy2013.
Please join the Bitches Who Brunch and Nival Salon & Spa for Brunch, Blowouts, and Bubbly. The day will include bottomless mimosas and bellinis, manicures, massages, and face masks, as well as muffins, cupcakes, and fruit tarlets from Something Sweet Bakery.
$20 admission. $50 VIP, which includes a blowout from Nival’s top stylists.
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Nival Salon & Spa, 5481 Wisconsin Ave. N.W., Second Floor, Chevy Chase, Md.
Purchase tickets at: http://beautybrunch2013.eventbrite.com
The Westside Club of Georgetown and Caron Treatment Centers present “Drunk with Hope in Chicago. Tara Handron’s poignant and humorous one-woman play portrays a woman named Hope and many other female alcoholics (some sober, some not so sober) of various ages, ethnicities, and socio-economic backgrounds.
Tara Handron, the playwright and sole actor of this 60-minute play, discards clichéd depictions of recovery and relies on stories with depth, poignancy and humor to expose the raw emotions and experiences so many alcoholic women face.
“I wrote Drunk with Hope in Chicago to bring awareness to the reality that women face as recovering alcoholics” said Handron. “The stories from the play are relatable to so many women and can help those in recovery feel less alone and feel that there is hope and joy to be found.”
The play evolved out of her master’s thesis research of female recovering alcoholics and the comparison of their experiences in traditional face-to-face 12 Step recovery meetings to online meetings. The play is a fictional compilation of many women’s stories along with Handron’s observations, experiences, and imagination.
After premiering at Georgetown University in April 2008, Handron later produced her play at H St Playhouse in Washington, DC. Since then, the play has been featured in recovery-related events, conferences, and at treatment centers. Drunk with Hope in Chicago has also been performed by Handron in the Capital Fringe Theater Festival (DC), Chicago Fringe Theater Festival, the United Solo Festival in NYC, and the Hollywood Fringe Festival
