Oct
17
Sat
Tysons Fall Festival
Oct 17 @ 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM

The Trigger Agency proudly presents the 2nd   annual Tysons Fall Harvest on October 17th & 18th and October 24th & 25th.  Show hours areNoon – 5PM all four days.  Festival attendees can enjoy an enriched fun family experience with everything fall related. Enjoy a diverse selection of ciders, beers, and six popular Virginia wineries to sample all of your fall favorites.

The outdoor festival will have lots of fall favorites including hot ciders, a pumpkin marketplace, live entertainment, family fun, and many more free activities. Activities will include:

The largest hay pyramid in the DC area.

Full petting zoo

Pony Rides

Moon Bounces

Craft corner

Children’s Candy walk

Hay Maze

Fun Photo Ops

Corn Cannons

Pumpkin Bowling

 

Adult Admission for the event is $10.00 in advance and on site. Adults can also purchase a $25.00 all-you-care-to-taste admission ticket for unlimited sampling of cider, beer and wine.  Kids 15 and under and on-site parking are FREE. For more information or to purchase tickets in advance, please visit:http://www.tysonsharvest.com/ for more information.

 

Oct
18
Sun
Tysons Fall Festival
Oct 18 @ 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM

The Trigger Agency proudly presents the 2nd   annual Tysons Fall Harvest on October 17th & 18th and October 24th & 25th.  Show hours areNoon – 5PM all four days.  Festival attendees can enjoy an enriched fun family experience with everything fall related. Enjoy a diverse selection of ciders, beers, and six popular Virginia wineries to sample all of your fall favorites.

The outdoor festival will have lots of fall favorites including hot ciders, a pumpkin marketplace, live entertainment, family fun, and many more free activities. Activities will include:

The largest hay pyramid in the DC area.

Full petting zoo

Pony Rides

Moon Bounces

Craft corner

Children’s Candy walk

Hay Maze

Fun Photo Ops

Corn Cannons

Pumpkin Bowling

 

Adult Admission for the event is $10.00 in advance and on site. Adults can also purchase a $25.00 all-you-care-to-taste admission ticket for unlimited sampling of cider, beer and wine.  Kids 15 and under and on-site parking are FREE. For more information or to purchase tickets in advance, please visit:http://www.tysonsharvest.com/ for more information.

 

Oct
27
Tue
Howl-O-Ween Trick or Treating @ Fairmont Hotel
Oct 27 @ 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

Fairmont Washington, D.C., Georgetown is inviting friends and neighbors to stop by with their canine companions to Howl-O-Ween Trick or Treating on Tuesday, October 27th in the hotel’s courtyard between 6:00 pm and 7:30 p.m.

All dogs will be pawsatively treated to peanut butter doggie biscuits created by the Fairmont’s pastry team.  Plenty of canine coolers will be strategically placed throughout the courtyard.

For dogs donning costumes, prizes will be given for most creative and most adorable.

People will enjoy a cup of “Witches’ Brew” for only $5, and a cash bar will also be available.

Fairmont’s Howl-O-Ween Trick or Treating for Dogs is free and open to the public.  For those who would like to help less fortunate dogs in our city, a collection box will accept monetary donations for the Washington Animal Rescue League, and there will be a few dogs available for adoption.

Those attending are asked to enter through the M Street Alley way straight into the courtyard.

Located at 2401 M Street, NW, Fairmont Washington, D.C., Georgetown is convenient to the finest museums, theaters (including the Kennedy Center), shopping and dining.  Close to two metro stations, it is five miles from Reagan National Airport and 33 miles from Dulles International Airport.  At 415 rooms and luxury suites, Fairmont Washington, D.C., Georgetown offers a wealth of facilities while maintaining an air of tranquility insured through the design of intimate spaces, plenty of natural daylight, and a cascade of plants both inside and out

Oct
30
Fri
Trick-Or-Treat at Mount Vernon @ Mount Vernon
Oct 30 @ 3:30 PM – 6:30 PM

George Washington’s Mount Vernon opens its doors to trick-or-treaters for a spook-tacular evening! Join Mount Vernon’s costumed cast of interpreters for a special opportunity to trick-or-treat in the historic area at George Washington’s estate. Take part in a scavenger hunt stopping at 12 locations on the estate! All trick-or-treaters are invited to join in the children’s costume parade around the Mansion at 5 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for the best “George” and “Martha” costumes!

Participate in a Halloween craft activity in the greenhouse. Listen to Halloween-themed stories in the straw bale amphitheater, enjoy colonial games and dancing demonstrations, and take a wagon ride. Watch special trade demonstrations, like 18th-century wool spinning and laundry washing, in the historic area. Mount Vernon’s blacksmith shop will be open and providing demonstrations throughout the afternoon.

The Mansion house and Donald W. Reynolds Museum will be closed this event. Tickets are required for all adults and children to attend Trick-or-Treating at Mount Vernon. Adults (12 and above): $10; youth: $5. Tickets are available online at MountVernon.org or in person at the Ford Orientation Center.

Mars Chocolate North America is proud to sponsor Mount Vernon’s Halloween activities featuring AMERICAN HERITAGE™ Chocolate.  This Halloween, visitors to Mount Vernon will be able to enjoy some of their favorite candy brands as well as learn the history of chocolate in colonial America. Guests will be able to touch, taste, see and smell how chocolate was enjoyed by George Washington at Mount Vernon and have the chance to sample AMERICAN HERITAGE™ Chocolate—an authentic historic chocolate drink recipe.

 

Nov
11
Wed
Dress Responsibly Eco-Ethical Forum @ Thos. Moser Showroom
Nov 11 @ 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Wednesday, November 11, 2015, 5:00PM-8:30PM, Join Fashion Fights Poverty and the Thos
Moser Handmade American Furniture for the Dress Responsibly eco and ethical panel discussion
faced by the fashion industry at all level. Follow by a networking reception. Register
Nov
13
Fri
Fashion Fights Poverty @ French Embassy
Nov 13 @ 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Friday, November 13, 2015, 7:00PM10:00PM, Come celebrate Fashion Fights Poverty 10 years of doing good while looking good in fashion that empowers with commentary from celebrity guest host Will Thomas (Fox 5 News). Get your ticket herehttps://ffpgala2015.eventbrite.com/ visit www.fashionfightspoverty.org

Nov
16
Mon
FGI DC’s Men In Motion Workshop @ The Loft
Nov 16 @ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

On Monday, November 16, 2015 at 7p.m. The Fashion Group International® of Greater Washington, DC, Inc will present a workshop at The Loft at 600 F.

The “Men in Motion” workshop will be a panel discussion talk on the male’s perspective of the predominately female-dominated fashion industry moderated by Michael McCarthy from DC Modern Luxury Magazine and complimentary gourmet bites to enjoy.

Panelists will include:

  • Tobiah Taylor, Product Line Manager for Men’s Basketball, Under Armour
  • Renatto Balladares, Men’s Trend Analyst, Urban Outfitters
  • Gary Williams, Photographer, Masterwilliams Photography
  • Mike Gilman, Founder, Grooming Lounge

FGI DC’s Workshop series provides fashion and creative industry focused entrepreneurs with knowledge, tools, and resources that will grow and strengthen their businesses.

Tickets cost $20 for FGI members and $35 for non-members. For more information, RSVP, and purchase tickets, please visitfgidcmeninmotion.eventbrite.com.

#FGIDCMen

FGIDC’s Men in Motion @ The Loft at 600F
Nov 16 @ 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Fashion Group International® of Greater Washington, DC Invites You
MEN IN MOTION: A talk on the male’s perspective of the predominately female-dominated fashion industry

Moderated by Michael McCarthy, Editor-in-Chief DC Modern Luxury Magazine

Panelists:
Tobiah Taylor, Product Line Manager for Men’s Basketball, Under Armour
Renatto Balladares, Men’s Trend Analyst, Urban Outfitters
Gary Williams, Photographer, MasterWilliams Photography
Mike Gilman, Founder, Grooming Lounge

Come, enjoy complimentary gourmet bites as well as whiskey and beer, and bring a friend, colleague, or entrepreneur that has a stake in the mens lifestyle sector or is simply interested in this market.

#FGIDCMen

November 16, 2015
7:00p-8:30p
The Loft at 600 F
600 F Street NW Washington, DC 20004

FGIDC Members – $20
Non-Members –  $35

Nov
20
Fri
Art Soiree’s ManneqArt Show @ Ritz Carlton
Nov 20 @ 8:00 PM – 11:59 PM
Art comes to life at the Ritz-Carlton, Georgetown this Friday, November 20th as ManneqArt Show presents the extravagant world of wearable art.
Ensembles made of circuit boards, silk flowering vines and glossy magazine pages are the norm in this one of a kind show where innovation reigns. Celebrating the inventive and artistic fashion, ManneqART Show blurs the boundaries of art and fashion bringing to life over 30 incredible creations of designers from around the nation who have taken on the challenge of creating 3-D wearable art pieces from most unconventional materials – metals, paper, spray foam and even melted plastic bags.
Friday, November 20th 2015 | 8pm-12am
The Ritz-Carlton, Georgetown 3100 South Street NW, Washington DC
Tickets: $15 early bird $25 day of http://manneqart.eventbrite.com
benefiting ManneqART 501(c)3 nonprofit arts and education organization with a mission to INSPIRE CREATIVITY and REWARD EXCELLENCE in the field of WEARABLE ART. 
Timeline:
8:00pm – Doors Open
8:30pm-10:30pm – Interactive Presentation of 30 unique costumes
10:30pm – Mix & Mingle w/ models & artists
Music by DJ Playin’fields aka Enea Diotaiuti – Music Producer & EDM DJ, who is widely known as a pioneer of Deep House and House Music in the Washington DC area.
Nov
21
Sat
Dewdrop’s DecorSwap #HouseCrush @ Keller Willaims Arlington location
Nov 21 @ 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Dewdrop, known as an organizer of clothing swaps in the Washington, DC area, is excited to announce their first-ever home décor swap. Please join Dewdrop on Saturday, November 21, 2015 from 1-4 p.m. at the Keller Williams Arlington location by Courthouse Metro.

Dewdrop asks attendees to bring your pre-loved, stylish home décor items to swap with fellow design lovers. All items have to fit in a blue Ikea bag. All items remaining from the swap will be donated to Goodwill of Greater Washington.

There will be a complimentary cocktail hour which includes Dewdrop’s signature drink with appetizers, vendors such as Rodan + Fields, Stella & Dot, Jamberry, and more, and “mini-presentations” on home decorating and home buying on a budget.

For tickets and more information, kindly visit http://housecrush.eventbrite.com