The Fourth Annual Taste of DC will take over Pennsylvania Avenue Saturday, October 11 and Sunday October 12, 2014. The largest Mid-Atlantic culinary festival will bring to the Nation’s Capital two days of the region’s very best food, drink and entertainment. WHAT: Attendees will be able to sample food from more than 70 of the region’s most popular restaurants, food trucks, caterers and purveyors; taste over 50 beers in the Stella Artois Beer Garden; sample more than 100 wines on the Taste of DC Wine Walk and enjoy nonstop entertainment on three different stages.
Saturday, October 11 – 3 PM: The 4th Annual Ben’s Chili Bowl World Chili Eating Championship. Contestants include some of the world’s most famous professional eaters including Joey “Jaws” Chestnut and Sonya “The Black Widow” vying for the World Championship title. The competition takes place on the Taste of DC Main Stage.
Sunday, October 12 – 4-8 pm: Heritage BBQ Cochon 555 Five local superstar chefs will create their version of a globally-influenced menu featuring whole heritage bred pigs. Each will make 6 dishes. Competing chefs: Scott Drewno (The Source by Wolfgang Puck), Erik Bruner-Yang (Maketto), Kyle Bailey (Birch & Barley), Joe Palma (Bourbon Steak), George Pagonis (Kapnos). Ten other chefs also will prepare BBQ items.
This event is ticketed: General admission: $100, VIP Early Admission $200. WHERE: Pennsylvania Ave. between 9th – 14th Streets NW
WHEN: Saturday, October 11 and Sunday October 12 – Noon to 7 p.m. each day. Special ticketing packages will be available for every Taste, including Beer Lovers, Wine Lovers and Heritage BBQ Cochon 555: Information at www.thetasteofdc.org/tickets. PRICE: General admission: $10; Children 6-12 yrs $5; children under 5 free.
The Fourth Annual Taste of DC will take over Pennsylvania Avenue Saturday, October 11 and Sunday October 12, 2014. The largest Mid-Atlantic culinary festival will bring to the Nation’s Capital two days of the region’s very best food, drink and entertainment. WHAT: Attendees will be able to sample food from more than 70 of the region’s most popular restaurants, food trucks, caterers and purveyors; taste over 50 beers in the Stella Artois Beer Garden; sample more than 100 wines on the Taste of DC Wine Walk and enjoy nonstop entertainment on three different stages.
Saturday, October 11 – 3 PM: The 4th Annual Ben’s Chili Bowl World Chili Eating Championship. Contestants include some of the world’s most famous professional eaters including Joey “Jaws” Chestnut and Sonya “The Black Widow” vying for the World Championship title. The competition takes place on the Taste of DC Main Stage.
Sunday, October 12 – 4-8 pm: Heritage BBQ Cochon 555 Five local superstar chefs will create their version of a globally-influenced menu featuring whole heritage bred pigs. Each will make 6 dishes. Competing chefs: Scott Drewno (The Source by Wolfgang Puck), Erik Bruner-Yang (Maketto), Kyle Bailey (Birch & Barley), Joe Palma (Bourbon Steak), George Pagonis (Kapnos). Ten other chefs also will prepare BBQ items.
This event is ticketed: General admission: $100, VIP Early Admission $200. WHERE: Pennsylvania Ave. between 9th – 14th Streets NW
WHEN: Saturday, October 11 and Sunday October 12 – Noon to 7 p.m. each day. Special ticketing packages will be available for every Taste, including Beer Lovers, Wine Lovers and Heritage BBQ Cochon 555: Information at www.thetasteofdc.org/tickets. PRICE: General admission: $10; Children 6-12 yrs $5; children under 5 free.
The Chris4Life Colon Cancer Foundation will host its annual Blue Hope Bash to raise colon cancer awareness on Thursday, October 16, from 6:00-10:00PM at the Four Seasons Hotel, in Washington, D.C. The theme this year is “Beyond The Limits” – elevating the awareness and need to talk about colorectal cancer, the prevention measures and research advancements. An evening of hope, inspiration and celebration will feature live entertainment by Sound Impact, speeches from notable VIP’s, dinner, signature cocktails, silent auction, local business leaders, celebrities and inspirational stories from colon cancer survivors.
Honorary Co-Chairs and special guest that will be in attendance include U.S. Congressman Mark Warner (D-VA), Congressman Donald Payne Jr. (D-NJ), Delegate Eleanor Holmes-Norton (D-DC), Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA), Dr. John Marshall (Chief of Hematology/Oncology at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center), Dr. Louis Weiner (Director of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center), Dr. Patrick G. Jackson (Chief of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital), Dr. Sandra Swain (Medical Director Washington Cancer Institute at MedStar Washington), Michael Jakaitis (Morning Drive Editor, WTOP News), andMichelle Money (ABC’s Bachelor in Paradise).
The event will be emceed by Dan Shapiro, Ph.D. the Garner James Kline Professor of Humanities in Medicine and the Chair of the Department of Humanities at Penn State College of Medicine. Shapiro has written three books, Moms Marijuana, about his personal cancer experience, and a second memoir, Delivering Doctor Amelia, which focused on his psychological treatment of a physician. His third book, And in Health, focuses on thriving as a couple in the face of cancer was released in May, 2013 and featured in the New York Times soon after.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the Chris4Life Colon Cancer Foundation, which is dedicated to finding a cure for colon cancer by funding and facilitating cutting edge research programs across the nation.
2014 Blue Hope Bash sponsors include Genentech, Medstar Georgetown Hospital, Sanofi, ABC7/WJLA-TV, News Channel 8, WTOP News 103.5FM, Bisnow, Covidien GI Solutions, Barrick Gold, Boston Biomedical, The Sampson Foundation and Fairfax Colon & Rectal Surgery.
EVENT DETAILS
What: Chris4Life Colon Cancer Foundation – 4th Annual Blue Hope Bash
Presented by: Chris4Life Colon Cancer Foundation
When: October 16, 2014
Where: Four Seasons Hotel, 2800 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, D.C.
Time: 6:00-10:30 PM (6PM Cocktail Reception, 7:30PM Dinner, Auctions, Presentations & Entertainment
Website: http://www.chris4life.org/bluehopebash/
Social: @chris4cure #bluehopebash #loveyourbutt
Event Tickets: Range from $250-$1,000. Sponsorship opportunities also available.
Attire: ‘Something Blue’ Cocktail Attire
David Sedaris has leveraged his sardonic wit and incisive social critiques to become one of America’s preeminent humor writers. Beginning with his wildly popular “Santaland Diaries,” the great skill with which Sedaris slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that he is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition. He visits his D.C. “home away from home,” the Music Center at Strathmore, on Friday, October 17, 2014 at 8 p.m. Says the San Francisco Chronicle: “Sedaris belongs on any list of people writing in English at the moment who are revising our ideas about what’s funny.” For more information or to purchase tickets, call (301) 581-5100 or visit www.strathmore.org.
In addition to “Barrel Fever,” Sedaris is the author of “Holidays on Ice,” as well as collections of personal essays, “Naked,” “Me Talk Pretty One Day,” “Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim,” “When You Are Engulfed in Flames,” and his most recent book, “Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls,” each of which became an immediate bestseller. The audio version of “Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls” was a 56th Annual Grammy nominee for Best Spoken Word Album. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling collection of fables entitled “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary.”
Sedaris’s pieces appear regularly in The New Yorker and have twice been included in “The Best American Essays.” There are a total of seven million copies of his books in print and they have been translated into 25 languages.
He and his sister Amy Sedaris have collaborated under the name “The Talent Family” and have written half-a-dozen plays which have been produced at La Mama, Lincoln Center, and The Drama Department in New York City. These plays include “Stump the Host,” “Stitches,” “One Woman Shoe,” which received an Obie Award, “Incident at Cobbler’s Knob,” and “The Book of Liz,” which was published in book form by Dramatists Play Service.
David Sedaris’s original radio pieces can often be heard on This American Life. David Sedaris has been nominated for three Grammy awards for Best Spoken Word and Best Comedy Album. His most recent audio recording of new stories (recorded live) is “David Sedaris: Live for Your Listening Pleasure.”
A feature film adaptation of his story “C.O.G.” was released after a premier at the Sundance Film Festival (2013).
What: Go Formal for Justice Gala
When: Saturday, October 18th; 8 pm to 12 pm
Where: Mayer Brown, LLP, 1999 K Street, NW, Washington DC 20006
Who: DC Bar Foundation Young Lawyers Network
Why: To support civil legal services
Purchase Tickets: http://goformalforjustice14.eventbrite.com
Questions? goformal@dcbarfoundation.org
Back for its second year after the sell-out success of last year’s inaugural event, and kicking off National Pro Bono Week, the DC Bar Foundation Young Lawyers Network presents Go Formal for Justice 2014, the hottest ticket in town for DC’s young lawyers. A fantastic excuse for a date night, or a chance to mix, mingle, and have a fun night out, this year’s Go Formal will feature an open bar, dancing to music from Crazy in Stereo, light hors d’oeuvres and desserts, auction, photo booth, tarot card reader, liquor tasting, and more!
Proceeds from the event will go to the DC Bar Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the leading private funder of civil legal services in the District of Columbia, and contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowable by law. For questions or information about a public interest price, contact goformal@dcbarfoundation.org.
On Wednesday, October 22nd, culinary tastemakers chef José Andrés, restaurateur Danny Meyer and chef Charlie Palmer will host an exclusive dinner celebrating the culinary community’s 30-year long commitment to fighting hunger at home and abroad in partnership with Share Our Strength. The October 22 dinner will offer guests a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience cuisine from acclaimed chefs hailing from London, united for a cause: ensuring all children have the healthy food they need, every day.
The multi-course dinner will be preceded by a cocktail reception and will feature a live auction in which guests can bid on a variety of luxury culinary and travel items. All proceeds from the event will support Share Our Strength’s work to fight hunger in the U.S. and internationally.
Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Location: Charlie Palmer Steak
101 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
Time: Rooftop cocktail reception begins at 6 pm, dinner is served at 7 pm
Admission: Individual tickets are $500, table sponsorships start at $5,000
Guest Hosts: José Andrés, Chef & Owner, ThinkFoodGroup, Washington, DC
Danny Meyer, CEO, Union Square Hospitality Group, New York, NY
Charlie Palmer, Chef & Owner, Charlie Palmer Group, New York, NY
Participating Chefs: Richard Corrigan, Corrigan’s Mayfair
Angela Hartnett, Murano
James Knappett, Kitchen Table at Bubbledogs
Jeremy Lee, Quo Vadis
Danny Bohan, The River Café
These renowned London chefs have been inspired by the success of Share Our Strength’s work in the U.S. While in DC, they will have the opportunity to learn more about the strides the organization has made towards ending childhood hunger in America.
“I’m thrilled to host the London Calling dinner,” said chef Charlie Palmer, co-host of the event. “As chefs, we feed people every day and we need to ensure all kids have the healthy food they need, every day. Together, we can make that happen.”
“Everyone has the opportunity to use their time, talents and passion to change someone’s life. Through food, we can make a big impact on the lives of children around the world,” said chef José Andrés. “We are honored to have these great chefs join us here in Washington and help us continue the fight against hunger.”
Share Our Strength was founded in 1984 in response to the Ethiopian famine. Since that time, more than half a billion dollars have been invested in the United States and around the world to fight hunger.
For tickets and more information about the event, please visit NoKidHungry.org/London-Calling
The 2014 Georgetown Gala, the annual black tie Citizens Association of Georgetown (CAG) event that brings together over 400 residents, organizations, businesses, and politicos to celebrate Georgetown and CAG’s mission of historic preservation and improving the life of the community, will be held on Friday, October 24.
The event will be held at the stunning Italian Embassy on Whitehaven Street. Ambassador and Mrs. Claudio Bisogniero will be Honorary Chairs. The “Fly Me to the Moon” theme will give the gala a cool Rat Pack/Mad Men vibe in its cocktails, gourmet Italian dinner buffet, fabulous entertainment, unique live auction items, and hip After Party.
The honorees, Jack and Michele Evans are long-time Georgetown residents and activists. Jack Evans, is D.C Council’s longest serving councilmember having representing Ward 2 since 1991. Jack serves as chair of the Committee on Finance and Revenue, which oversees the District’s finances, including tax policy. In addition to earning a reputation as one of DC’s toughest budget and tax stewards, Jack has used this committee to secure approval of many major legislative tax reforms including: reducing tax rates, simplifying DC’s antiquated tax code and establishing incentives for businesses.
Co-Chairs Jennifer Altemus, Colleen Girouard and Robin Jones along with their committee, are putting together the evening’s entertainment to include crooner Danny Meyers and his DC Love band playing dance music during cocktails and dinner, a live auction featuring FOX News Commentator, Griff Jenkins , followed by DJ Trophy Brothers upping the tempo for more
The Gala’s honorary chairs are: Ambassador and Mrs. Claudio Bisogniero, The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton, The Honorable Selwa “Lucky” Roosevelt, Senator and Mrs. Joseph Lieberman, and John J. DeGioia, President of Georgetown University.
Back by popular demand, the Gala will extend into the night with an After Party at the Embassy, starting at 10:30 PM. The host committee is busy planning a soiree that riffs on the Gala’s mid- century theme: expect good music, good dancing, a well-stocked open bar, and lots of late night
Lindy Promotions and Coors Light present DC’s largest roaming costume party, the 15th annual, Nightmare on M Street. On Saturday, October 25th from 5pm-1am, thousands of patrons will be bar-hopping throughout DC in some of the best and most creative Halloween costumes that you will ever see!
Due to popular demand, Nightmare on M Street has expanded to feature not only bars and restaurants in Dupont but also in Chinatown/Gallery Place.
Over 30 of your favorite establishments will be participating including: 51st State, Barcode, Black Rooster Pub, BlackFinn, Bottom Line, Bread & Brew, Buffalo Billiards, Café Citron, Front Page, Irish Whiskey, James Hoban’s, Lindy’s Red Lion, Mackey’s, McFadden’s, MIA Lounge, Midtown Party Plex, Ozio, Panache, Pizza No. 17, Public Bar, Recessions, Rumors, Sign of the Whale, The Exchange, Fado, RFD, Jackpot, The Greene Turtle, and more to come!
During Nightmare on M Street, participants will receive $2 Coors Lights, $3 Blue Moons, $4 Bacardi Drinks, and various other food and drink specials throughout the night. To cap off the festivities, there will be a Midnight Costume Contest to win great prizes!
For more information on Nightmare on M Street, please contact Springer at 301.652.7712 or shane@lindypromo.com.
As the largest national lebian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, HRC envisions an America where LGBT people are ensured of thier basic equal rights, and can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community
On Thursday, October 30, amid a media storm and public outcry critical of bad behavior by NFL players, Washington-area professional athletes will step out as fashion models and step up as role models at the 6th Annual Walk This Way Charity Fashion Event. DC-based nonprofit organization Becky’s Fund, returns to the Italian Embassy (3000 Whitehaven St. NW) to host its highly anticipated annual fashion show, featuring global luxury clothing brand, GANT. Washington Redskins’ wide receiver Pierre Garçon and Washington Nationals’ pitcher Gio Gonzalez are just a few of the stars confirmed to hit the catwalk in support of this year’s event. Ticket sale proceeds will benefit Becky’s Fund’s “Men of Code” program — training high school athletes to become leaders in the movement to end violence against women. The show will also showcase cocktail and black-tie attire from notable designer, Karen Millen.
Moët Nectar Impérial Rosé and Belvedere will serve as the official spirits for the VIP and Players’ Lounge, adding an air of elegance to the always beautiful main atrium at the embassy.
Attendees will have the chance to rub elbows with the DMV’s favorite professional athletes, Grammy award winning performers, politicians and elected officials, business leaders and fashion influencers. Tickets for the high profile event start at $150 for general admission and $300 for VIPs, and will include specialty drinks, gourmet food and tasty desserts, as well access to the night’s buzz-worthy feature show.
For more information about Becky’s Fund and the Men of Character and Ownership, Dedicated to leading by Example, please visit www.beckysfund.org.
EVENT DETAILS:
Thursday, October 30, 2014
6:30 p.m.
Embassy of Italy
3000 Whitehaven St. NW
Washington, DC 20008
General Admission Tickets – $150
VIP Tickets – $300
Tables – $1,200 to $5,000
Sponsor Packages – $5,000 to $25,000
Event Chair – Michelle Schoenfeld of Renu Medical Spa
