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.
D.C. Music Download and Raise Your City Present
An Autumn Spectacular!
For one night only, D.C. will come together for a massive fall celebration complete with music, art and comedy to raise money for Guitars Not Guns (recently featured on ABC affiliate, WJLA). Four of the District’s top bands will headline this very special event at the historic Howard Theatre.
Typefighter
The Sea Life
http://thesealife.bandcamp.com/
Teen Mom
Lowercase Letters
http://www.lowercaselettersmusic.com/
Also Featuring:
LIVE SCREEN PRINTING by The Arcade!
COMEDY from our official MC of the night, Andrew Bucket!
More exciting surprises to be announced soon!
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.
Project Create will host its 20th Anniversary Celebration, “Home is where the ART is” on Thursday October 23, 2014 from 6:00pm-9:00pm
at Paul Hasting LLP(875 15th Street NW, Washington DC 20005). The evening will feature an art exhibition by Project Create teaching artists and students, as well as a live dance performance by the Washington Ballet at THEARC. Guests will enjoy hors d’oeuvres, an open bar and music by DJ Trevor Martin.
Proceeds from ticket and art sales directly support arts education and programming at Project Create’s new artspace opening Winter 2014 in Anacostia, SE, DC. Tickets are available for purchase online at http://projectcreate.
Tickets are:
General admission tickets ($50), student tickets ($20 with a valid student ID), and VIP tickets ($100 includes an art print and Project Create Tee
About Project Create:
Project Create provides accessible arts education to promote positive development in children, youth and families experiencing homelessness and poverty. Our goals are to:
Create art. Students discover their natural talents, skills and potential for achievement through professionally-led visual and performing arts courses.
Create opportunity. We offer consistent, comfortable and safe after-school options that nurture the healthy development of skills such as problem-solving, communication and cooperation, and instill self-esteem, confidence and pride.
Create community. Children explore and connect to their local environment through artistic & cultural experiences while developing a sense of belonging and positive identity through artistic collaboration. We promote mentoring relationships between competent, caring adults and young people in need of positive role models.
FREE PIE TASTING ON THURSDAY
STOP BY FOR A BITE & VOTE FOR APPLE VS. PUMPKIN
Celebrate Food & Friends’ Slice of Life Thanksgiving pie sale. Join the organization at Pie Day for free pie samples and the chance to cast your vote for Apple Pie vs. Pumpkin Pie! The winner of Food & Friends’ “In Pie We Crust” election will go on FLASH SALE from 3:00pm – midnight on Thursday. Your vote will enter you into a drawing to win a full Thanksgiving dinner for 4 plus 2 pies.
WHAT: FREE PIE BITES!
WHEN: Thursday, November 6th | 11:30am – 1:30pm
WHERE: Farragut Square (Corner of 17th & K Street, NW)
You can also participate in the “In Pie We Crust” election on Twitter. Post about your favorite flavor and be sure to include @foodandfriends and #SliceofLifeDC.
Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show
November 8th and 9th
MetroCooking DC’s Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show has become DC region’s premier event for the specialty food, culinary, and entertaining community. The 9th edition of MetroCooking DC will be held November 8-9, 2014 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
Join me and Dolci Gelati in the Grand Tasting Pavillion for a two day culinary and entertaining event brings together more than 18,000 consumers to shop, dine and drink. MetroCooking DC engages the consumer market by offering a unique culinary experience featuring appearances by Food Network celebrities, a multitude of DC’s James Beard award winning chefs, tastings from DC’s most noted restaurants, beer wine and spirits samplings, culinary classes, entertaining workshops, book signings, and more. Plus a marketplace full of shopping! Purchase tickets here: http://www.metrocookingdc.com/tickets/
Noche de Pasión: The Tango Soirée
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Organization of American States
Join me, the members of The Washington Ballet’s Women’s Committee, Jeté Society and Latino Dance Fund Host Committee for Noche de Pasión: The Tango Soirée on Saturday, November 8, 2014. This inaugural event will benefit TWB’s scholarship programs and the Latino Dance Fund as well as celebrate TWB’s fall repertory program “Masterworks,” showcasing 5 Tangos by world-renowned choreographer, Hans van Manen, among other works.
Noche de Pasión: The Tango Soirée will take place at the stunning Organization of American States, which will be transformed into a sultry Buenos Aires Tango club, full of drama, passion and intrigue. At the VIP reception hosted by TWB’s Artistic Director Septime Webre and members of the diplomatic community, patrons will sip signature “Evita” champagne cocktails and have an opportunity to mix and mingle with dancers who have benefited from the Latino Dance Fund. Following the VIP reception, guests attending the main party will enjoy an exclusive performance by The Washington Ballet, sample the finest in South American wines and spirits, savor delectable Argentine-inspired cuisine, bid on “Super Silent Auction” items and be part of the best dance party to hit Washington, DC in decades. The event will bring together a dynamic group of hundreds of leaders across business, arts, politics, community and culture.
To purchase tickets, click here: http://www.washingtonballet.org/contribute/special-events/noche-de-pasion-the-tango-soiree_copy
Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show
November 8th and 9th
MetroCooking DC’s Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show has become DC region’s premier event for the specialty food, culinary, and entertaining community. The 9th edition of MetroCooking DC will be held November 8-9, 2014 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
Join me and Dolci Gelati in the Grand Tasting Pavillion for a two day culinary and entertaining event brings together more than 18,000 consumers to shop, dine and drink. MetroCooking DC engages the consumer market by offering a unique culinary experience featuring appearances by Food Network celebrities, a multitude of DC’s James Beard award winning chefs, tastings from DC’s most noted restaurants, beer wine and spirits samplings, culinary classes, entertaining workshops, book signings, and more. Plus a marketplace full of shopping! Purchase tickets here: http://www.metrocookingdc.com/tickets/
Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show
November 8th and 9th
MetroCooking DC’s Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show has become DC region’s premier event for the specialty food, culinary, and entertaining community. The 9th edition of MetroCooking DC will be held November 8-9, 2014 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
Join me and Dolci Gelati in the Grand Tasting Pavillion for a two day culinary and entertaining event brings together more than 18,000 consumers to shop, dine and drink. MetroCooking DC engages the consumer market by offering a unique culinary experience featuring appearances by Food Network celebrities, a multitude of DC’s James Beard award winning chefs, tastings from DC’s most noted restaurants, beer wine and spirits samplings, culinary classes, entertaining workshops, book signings, and more. Plus a marketplace full of shopping! Purchase tickets here: http://www.metrocookingdc.com/tickets/
