Washington Project for the Arts will host the first poolside soiree of the season! The WPA SLEEPOUT pajama-jam will warm-up WPA’s new home at the Capitol Skyline Hotel, 10 I (Eye) Street SW, on Saturday, April 20 from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m.
SLEEPOUT will feature slumber party-themed performances, music, movies, art, and other participatory happenings.
“Bring a tent or sleeping bag, sport some stylish loungewear, and party under the stars with WPA,” said Executive Director Lisa Gold. “Come for part of the night or stay through breakfast the next morning…either way, we can’t wait to connect with the community in our new home.”
Tickets to SLEEPOUT include two drink tickets, in addition to s’mores and storytelling, late-night movie-screenings, nighttime traditions such as
karaoke with Jeremy Flick. DJ’s Patrick White and Sean Peoples of Fatback will spin funk and soul to get the party started, and artist Megan Blafas will set the slumber scene.
Washington Project for the Arts ● Capitol Skyline Hotel 10 I (eye) St. SW, Washington, DC 20024 ● Tel: 202-234-7103 ● Fax: 202-234-7106 ● www.wpadc.org
*In February, WPA took up temporary residence in a suite on the fourth floor of the Capitol Skyline Hotel for the next year as the organization finalizes plans for securing a long-term location to house both administrative and exhibition space.
This annual fashion show features ladies’ teens’ and children’s collections with Bloomingdale’s donating 10% of proceeds from the event to ChildHelp
Experts The Image, LLC. presents the 3rd Annual Night of 100 Stars Fashion Celebration produced and directed by Mr. Harvey Star Washington on Sunday, April 21st, 2013. This fashion show is of high premier capacity as it is held at one of the largest venues in the District of Columbia, The Walter E. Convention Center. It will also feature top couture designers from New York and DC as well as featured guest celebrity model Traci Braxton.
As part of Mr. Washington’s philanthropic contribution back to the community, he will be donating a significant portion of sales to Dreams for Kids DC!
Dreams for Kids DC is a local non-profit benefiting the local community through adaptive sports clinics for at-risk and homeless youth, and children with disabilities. They are dedicated to making dreams come true one child at a time, through mentoring and community based involvement. Dreams for Kids meets the needs of a demographic often forgotten. They choose to see the potential in every child regardless of mental or physical impairment. While often rejected from an athletic arena of participation in sports and physically demanding activities, Dreams for Kids DC gives these children the opportunity to go beyond their limits and achieve higher goals. Dreams for Kids is honored to be part of the fashion show. The organization has chosen 6 children to walk in a special scene dedicated to the organization. We are extending this e-mail to everyone in various networks that would be interested in attending the show. Tickets can be purchased through Lauren Morgan the show production manager directly or online at www.harveystarwashington.
Ticket and package information is attached below.
General Admission: $55.00
VIP Admission (Includes Souvenir Book & VIP Seating): $85.00
SPRING BEAUTY NIGHT OUT
Style & Image Network invites you to experience a night of beauty, pampering and socializing with beautiful people, entertaining company and yours truly at Long View Gallery.Will you be at Beauty Night Out?
Keep the focus on you with makeovers by jet-set makeup artists, skincare consultations with experts, mini-spas treatments, and array of delicious scents prime for spring spritzing and more. And as an added bonus to you, with your advanced ticket sales take home our fabulous beauty bag filled with the must have beauty products.
THE DISH:
what: Spring Beauty Night Out
When: April 24, 2013 5:00-10:00PM
Where: Long View Gallery, 1234 Ninth Street, NW Washington, DC
Price: $35 in advance; $45 at the door (No Beauty Bag) Get your ticket now!www.sinbno.comADVANCE BUYERS are guaranteed the Beauty Bag
A portion of all ticket sales will be donated to Fashion Fights Poverty’s (www.fashionfightspoverty.org) Youth Fashion Programs
Note: You must be 21 years old or older to attend this event. Proper ID will be required at the door
Tim Laman, a renowned photographer who specializes in capturing images of the elusive creatures of the rain forest canopy, recently joined forces with Cornell University ornithologist Ed Scholes to document in images and video all 39 species of New Guinea’s spectacular birds of paradise. This amazing duo has spent countless hours high in the treetops recording the birds’ secret lives, bizarre displays, and dazzling courtship antics—as showcased in a new National Geographic book, television special, magazine article, and exhibit. Meet these determined scientists as they share their wild wilderness adventures in search of these astonishing, rare birds.
By popular demand, NatGeo is repeating this program from last season.
Eight-time Grammy winner Gladys Knight has packed many lifetimes into a career that has embraced gold records, sold-out concerts, film performances and most recently a spin on “Dancing with the Stars,” and on Thursday and Friday, April 25 and 26 at 8 p.m. she brings her showmanship and soul-stirring voice to Strathmore. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (301) 581-5100 or visit www.strathmore.org.
Georgia-born Gladys Knight began her ascent in music after forming The Pips with her brother and cousins, which later became Gladys Knight and the Pips. The group debuted their first album in 1960, when Knight was 16 years old, going on to achieve icon status with memorable songs of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, Top 20 hits like “Every Beat of My Heart,” “Letter Full of Tears,” “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” and the #1 smash “Midnight Train to Georgia.” Knight enjoyed another #1 hit in 1985 when she teamed with Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Dionne Warwick on “That’s What Friends are For.” Knight has recorded more than 40 albums over the course of her career.
Her involvement in other creative undertakings has been extensive. In 1986, she produced and starred in the Cable Ace Award-winning “Sisters in the Name of Love,” an HBO special co-starring Dionne Warwick and Patti LaBelle. That same year, she co-starred with Flip Wilson in the CBS comedy “Charlie & Co.” Other acting roles followed on such TV shows as “Benson,” “The Jefferson’s” and “New York Undercover,” and in such television films as “Pipe Dreams,” “An Enemy Among Us” and “Desperado.” She recorded the title theme for the James Bond movie License to Kill. In 1999, she completed a starring run on Broadway in the smash musical hit Smokey Joe’s Café.
In 1995, Knight earned her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and the next year, Gladys Knight & The Pips were inducted into the Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame. Knight published an autobiography, Between Each Line of Pain and Glory, in 1997, and the next year, she and The Pips were presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame. In 2004, Knight received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual BET Awards ceremony.
Strathmore Presents
Gladys Knight
Thursday, April 25 and Friday, April 26, 2013
8:00 p.m.
Tickets $58-$128 (Stars Price $52.20-$115.20)
A photo safari that lets you see the sun come up behind the Capitol and the Potomac River shoreline come alive with activity: runners along Rock Creek Parkway and shell and kayak enthusiasts digging their oars into the river in the early morning mist. And it all makes a great picture, especially with a full moon setting slowly behind Rosslyn and the Key Bridge!
5:45am til 8:15am, Fri Apr 26 @ Thompson’s Boat House, 2900 Virginia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20037
Our Photo Safari, timed to coincide with the rising sun and the setting of a full moon, is led by architectural photographer and Washington Photo Safari director E. David Luria. It starts at Thompson’s Boat House right below the Kennedy Center, where we catch the boaters shouldering their long scullls and, in one coordinated motion, easing them into the Potomac. Then we photograph their colorful boats silhouetted against the morning sun as they make their way along the river, with the backdrop of Roosevelt Bridge and Key Bridge and the Rosslyn skyline. Next we capture the magnificent Swedish Embassy in the early morning light, and the colorful Washington Harbour complex before moving along Rock Creek Parkway up to the beautiful Arlington Memorial Bridge, with the sun shining through its arches. Great photo subjects , in color OR black and white! Mr. Luria begins the safari with general tips on low-light photography, F stops, shutter speeds, white balance and ISO settings and composition and works individually with each client on any camera issues. Now, with the weather in this town we cannot guarantee mist or a visible sunrise or moonset, sorry! But, whatever the weather, bring a tripod, a neutral density filter and a circular polarizing filter and we will help you make all the rush hour traffic on the bridge and on Rock Creek Parkway DISAPPEAR! How cool is THAT? And, on weekday sessions, the safari ends early enough so that you can get back to your office, if you must!
2013 Spring Gala
Lighting the Way: Celebrating the Brilliance of Women Artists
Join co-chairs Diane Casey-Landry and Sharon Stark for the National Museum of Women in the Arts’ annual Spring Gala.
On Friday, April 26, the 2013 Spring Gala, “”Lighting the Way: Celebrating the Brilliance of Women in the Arts,” will include cocktails, a silent auction, seated dinner, and dancing.
This gala is inspired by NMWA’s exhibition, A World Apart: Anna Ancher and the Skagen Art Colony.
RESERVATIONS:
Required. Tickets start at $650 for individuals.
Eight-time Grammy winner Gladys Knight has packed many lifetimes into a career that has embraced gold records, sold-out concerts, film performances and most recently a spin on “Dancing with the Stars,” and on Thursday and Friday, April 25 and 26 at 8 p.m. she brings her showmanship and soul-stirring voice to Strathmore. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (301) 581-5100 or visit www.strathmore.org.
Georgia-born Gladys Knight began her ascent in music after forming The Pips with her brother and cousins, which later became Gladys Knight and the Pips. The group debuted their first album in 1960, when Knight was 16 years old, going on to achieve icon status with memorable songs of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, Top 20 hits like “Every Beat of My Heart,” “Letter Full of Tears,” “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” and the #1 smash “Midnight Train to Georgia.” Knight enjoyed another #1 hit in 1985 when she teamed with Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Dionne Warwick on “That’s What Friends are For.” Knight has recorded more than 40 albums over the course of her career.
Her involvement in other creative undertakings has been extensive. In 1986, she produced and starred in the Cable Ace Award-winning “Sisters in the Name of Love,” an HBO special co-starring Dionne Warwick and Patti LaBelle. That same year, she co-starred with Flip Wilson in the CBS comedy “Charlie & Co.” Other acting roles followed on such TV shows as “Benson,” “The Jefferson’s” and “New York Undercover,” and in such television films as “Pipe Dreams,” “An Enemy Among Us” and “Desperado.” She recorded the title theme for the James Bond movie License to Kill. In 1999, she completed a starring run on Broadway in the smash musical hit Smokey Joe’s Café.
In 1995, Knight earned her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and the next year, Gladys Knight & The Pips were inducted into the Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame. Knight published an autobiography, Between Each Line of Pain and Glory, in 1997, and the next year, she and The Pips were presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame. In 2004, Knight received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual BET Awards ceremony.
Strathmore Presents
Gladys Knight
Thursday, April 25 and Friday, April 26, 2013
8:00 p.m.
Tickets $58-$128 (Stars Price $52.20-$115.20)
Greg’s List DC and What Do I Wear invite you to step back into the Roaring Twenties at The Great Gatsby Movie Party, to be held Friday, April 26th, at 8pm, in the historic SunTrust Bank’s penthouse overlooking The White House.
The event will feature an open bar (including the signature cocktail of the era, Mint Juleps!), light hors d’oeuvres, desserts, the chance to snag advance screening passes to THE GREAT GATSBY (starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire), movie swag, and a pop-up photo booth down in SunTrust Bank’s antique vault. Guests will dance the night away with new and old tunes spun by one of DC’s hottest DJs, while enjoying a rarely seen panoramic city view.
Make your grand entrance on the red carpet in the company of models dressed as The Great Gatsby movie characters. Upon arrival, guests will be able to snap pictures with a vintage Rolls Royce in front of the building, complete with chauffeur clad in 1920s attire.
Tickets are $40 for early birds, increasing to $60 after Monday, April 22, athttp://greatgatsbymovie.
Sponsors: Filibuster Bourbon, Deep Eddy Vodka, Clyde May’s Whiskey, Bombay Sapphire, Pop Chips, Beuchert’s Saloon, and Batch 19 Pre-Prohibition Lager.
