Haute Haus Agency hosts Rock the Runway DC, an original couture NY-Fashion Week preview of headlining designer Marchesa. Musical accompaniment to collections convey the aesthetic of a designer’s work in ways which presenting the collection on its own, cannot, so a live performance will be paired with the original runway production to artistically convey that creativity is style. Live music is now adding to the manifestation of runway; the shows of many major fashion houses now like concerts, its musicians their muse.
Guests will be presented with an original couture fashion show, live concert, Kendra Scott trunk show, two open bars, haute gift bags, and more. Proceeds benefit Music Unites, a 501(c)3 charity that supports music education around the world.
VIP guest: singer/songwriter Traci Braxton (Braxton Family Values) and hosts HeyFrase/FOX5 hosts Sarah Fraser and Samy K; live entertainment to be announced soon.
Chef Andrew Markert has a huge heart and loathes violence. Like many of us, he is frustrated and sickened by the endless string of gun-induced violence here in America. Chef Markert has observed these atrocities with grief, quietly supporting the advocacy that could help to stop them but unable to participate in the conversation. Not willing to remain silent any longer, he decided to do what the hospitality industry does best—invite your talented friends over to the restaurant and work together to raise money to go toward advocacy and awareness.
On Sunday July 31st, Beuchert’s will host “Forks up, Guns down” at its Capitol Hill location starting at 6:00pm. Joining Andrew will be Chef Anthony Lombardo (his final event in DC) from The Hamilton, Chef Jesse Miller of Bar Pilar,Chef Kyle Bailey of Sixth Engine, and Celebrity Chef Rock Harper. To complement the amazing cuisine, Chef Markert invited top beverage folks including Tyler Hudgens (The Dabney), Nate Mann (Room 11), and Chas Jefferson (Cotton & Reed) to name a few. Cocktails featuring Charm City Mead, Whistle Pig, and other stellar brands will be available all night. Chefs and mixos will have various stations in the open kitchen and behind the bar. Gourmet Symphony will be on sight to provide musical entertainment throughout the evening, as well.
Tickets will be $50 and can be purchased through Eventbrite at www.eventbrite.com/e/forks-up-guns-down-tickets-26573045695. The entire ticket price will be donated to The Coalition to Stop Gin Violence. Founded in 1974, the CSVG states on their website “we seek to secure freedom from gun violence through research, strategic engagement and effective policy advocacy.”
In addition to that donation, all servers at Beuchert’s that evening will be volunteering their time. Any tips given to servers or bartenders will be donated to Everytown for Gun Safety. Everytown says it is “…a movement of Americans working together to end gun violence and build safer communities.” They seek to achieve this using “Voices of the Movement” which include Moms, Mayors, and Survivors.
Chef Markert hopes you will join him and his friends for this outstanding event on July 31st.
- Jenn Gustetic, Small Business Innovation Research Program Executive at NASA
- Mike Piotnek, District Manager at Boston Beer Company
- Dan Milano, Managing Editor, Social Media at Circa
- Dan Zak, Reporter at the Washington Post
Environmental Film Festival Presents Not Without Us
What: Special Year-round Festival Screening of Not Without Us (USA, 2016, 90
min.), followed by discussion with filmmaker Mark Decena
When: Thursday, August 18, 7:00 p.m.
Where: E Street Cinema, 555 11 th St., NW
Who: Presented by the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital
How: Tickets, $10. Reservations required. Purchase at http://notwithoutus.bpt.me/
Film Description: Not Without Us immerses us in the moving, personal journeys of
seven grassroots activists from around the world as they prepare and head to Paris
to challenge the 21st session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference
(COP21) that took place in Paris last December. Building on the momentum of the
2014 People’s Climate March in New York, the Paris mobilizations were slated to be
civil societies’ largest and most urgent show of force yet. The deal made there was
acclaimed as a historic success, but the film examines the type of agreement that
was adopted and the questions that still remain: Can the COP21 Agreement stop
climate change? If it can’t, is it up to us? In English and French with English subtitles.
Directed by Mark Decena.
Arena Stage Season Kick Off Carnival
WHEN: Sunday, August 28, from noon to 6:00 p.m.
WHERE: Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater (1101 Sixth St., SW – Waterfront Metro)
WHY:
Arena Stage is celebrating the new 2016/17 season with a full day of FREE family-friendly activities inspired by two of this season’s most anticipated productions — Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel (10/28-12/24) and Lookingglass Theatre Company’s Moby Dick (11/18-12/24).
Guests of all ages can try their luck on the midway with classic fair games run by Arena Stage’s finest barkers, marvel as aerialists from Gwynne with Wings Aerial Entertainment perform death-defying feats overhead and enjoy carnival inspired food and drink as they stroll down the lobby promenade. Plus kids will love the giant “Carousel” bounce house and petting zoo. Throughout the day there will be special season discounts, prizes and so much more!
Please see the illustrations attached for Carousel (by Nigel Buchanan) and an image from our upcoming production of Moby Dick (featuring the cast of the Lookingglass Theatre Company’s production of Moby Dick. Photo by Liz Lauren).
Join Friends of the National Zoo (FONZ) on September 1 to party with the primates and make a toast to conservation at our Grapes with the Apes event. Uncork and unwind with wine tastings from local and national wineries after hours at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo.
The Zoo’s six western lowland gorillas and six orangutans will be staying up late as guests mix and mingle at the Great Ape House. Attendees will enjoy animal demonstrations, live music, culinary delights sold from popular DC food trucks, a one-of-a-kind sale of animal art, and a chance to win zoo-themed prizes and gifts.
General admission and VIP tickets are available for purchase. General admission tickets include unlimited wine tastings, a commemorative wine glass, animal encounters, and the opportunity to purchase wine to take home and enjoy later. General admission tickets are $50 for FONZ members and $65 for nonmembers. VIP tickets include the general admission benefits plus a private wine and hors d’oeuvres happy hour at the Think Tank exhibit, access to the VIP-only “Crush Pad,” delicious tastings from DC restaurants, exclusive animal encounters, and a take-home gift. VIP tickets are $115 for FONZ members and $150 for nonmembers. Tickets are available now at www.FONZ.org/grapes
Grapes with the Apes is sponsored by Uber and WRQX – mix107.3.
This event is for adults 21 years of age and older. Children, infants, strollers, and infant carriers are not permitted. Grapes with the Apes will be held rain or shine.
The Details
Event: Budoir Bohème
Date: 09.17.16 // Time: 8pm to 3am
Venue: Malmaison – 3401 Water St NW – DC
Attire: Costumes encouraged
(click here for inspiration)
Tickets: click here //
Performers & Music
Veronica Varlow (Burlesque) website
Thievery Corporation’s Rob Myers – page
Black Masala – website
The Love Show – website
DJ Enea Diotaiuti – page
Lilin Lace (Contortionist)
Elijah Easton (Saxophonist)
Joseph Brotherton (Trumpet)
Just in time for this fall’s political cycle, piano-playing political satirist Mark Russell returns to Ford’s Theatre (511 Tenth Street NW) for one night only, Monday, September 19, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. With impeccable timing, twinkling eyes and shock-of-recognition insights into American politics, Russell draws from material ripped from daily headlines. Russell’s unique brand of comedy earned him the Mark Twain Award for political comedy and made him a popular favorite on PBS.
Tickets for An Evening with Mark Russell: I’m So Mad I Could Sing! range $18 to $67, and are available atwww.fords.org. This performance is recommended for ages 16 and older.
MARK RUSSELL
Long before Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, Mark Russell dared to joke and sing about the often-absurd political process. Though he actually knew little about politics when he began performing, his ability to find humor in anything made him an immediate hit. After serving in the Marines, Russell began playing at a piano bar on Capitol Hill before he earned a 20-year stint at the Shoreham Hotel. Russell’s television credits include nearly 30 years on public television on the eponymous Mark Russell Comedy Specials. His composing credits include two children’s musicals for the Kennedy Center: Teddy Roosevelt and the Ghostly Mistletoe (premiered December 2009) and Teddy Roosevelt and the Treasure of Ursa Major (2006).
Reading three or four newspapers a day allows him to constantly update his material. The result is that no two shows are ever identical. “I thrive on newspapers,” he frequently states. “And it looks like I’ll be thriving longer than them.” Russell performs annually at colleges, conventions and theatres, including frequent visits to Ford’s Theatre. He and his wife live in Washington. Russell is the father of three and the grandfather of seven.
Ford’s Theatre Society
One of the most visited sites in the nation’s capital, Ford’s Theatre reopened its doors in 1968, more than a hundred years after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Operated through a partnership between Ford’s Theatre Society and the National Park Service, Ford’s Theatre is the premier destination in the nation’s capital to explore and celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s ideals and leadership principles: courage, integrity, tolerance, equality and creative expression.
The Ford’s Theatre Society was founded under the guidance of executive producer Frankie Hewitt, who, during her 35-year tenure, established Ford’s as a living, working theatre producing performances that highlighted the diversity of the American experience. Since the arrival of Paul R. Tetreault as Director, critics and the theatregoing public have recognized Ford’s for the superior quality of its artistic programming. With works from the nationally acclaimed “Big River” to the world premieres of “Meet John Doe,” “The Heavens Are Hung In Black,” “Liberty Smith,” “Necessary Sacrifices,” “The Widow Lincoln” and “The Guard,” Ford’s Theatre is making its mark on the American theatre landscape. In the last decade, the mission of Ford’s Theatre Society expanded to include education as a central pillar. This expansion led to the creation and construction of the Center for Education and Leadership, which opened in February 2012. Currently, under the leadership of Board of Trustees Chairman Eric A. Spiegel, the Society is building Ford’s Theatre into a national destination for exploring Lincoln’s ideas and leadership principles and finding new ways to bring Lincoln’s legacy to life for the 21st-century learner.
