Events/Things To Do

Mardi Gras Extravaganza DC will be coming to The Showroom [March 5, 2019] on Fat Tuesday from 6PM-10PM. Join the co-chairs – N’awlins native chef David Guas and chef Spike Mendelsohn, along with Gina Chersevani, one of the most beloved mixologists in the DC area, and Bruce Pike of Pike Productions known for elaborate event productions. The all-you-can-eatand drink [$55] night of indulgence benefits DC Central Kitchen. New Orleans-style food is presented by 20 of the top chefs in DC including Chiko, The Salt Line, Rocklands BBQ, Julii,District Doughnut, Good Stuff Eatery and more! Sip on cocktails crafted by 12 of the top mixologists, including Sarah Rosner of Bourbon Steak and Frankie Jones of Occidental Grill & Seafood, as the best bartenders in DC battle it out for the title of “Best Hurricane” in the cocktail competition. And, flying in from New Orleans for the occasion, mixologist Ryan Gannon of Curein New Orleans – winner of the 2018 James Beard Award for Outstanding Bar Program – will be serving up authentic, spirited sips. To top it all off, there’ll be a costume contest and live New Orleans style tunes – and, back by popular demand, 3 gorgeous drag queens. PAY ONE PRICE!Tickets are $55 per person, ORDER HERE. A limited number of tickets will also be available at the door. All attendees must be 21 years or older.

• Colleen Murphy of Blue Duck Tavern
• Tracy O’Grady of 1789 Restaurant
• Lauren Matthews of Urbana
• Kelsey Burack of DBGB Kitchen & Bar by Daniel Boulud
• Chef Ruth Gresser of Pizzeria Paradiso
• Georgetown Cupcake
• Hank’s Oyster Bar

Women chefs, authors, culinarians, innovators and entrepreneurs will have a Shark Tank opportunity to present their ideas to a panel of professional experts as Les Dames d/Escoffier’s DC Chapter presents Pitch Fest, Saturday, March 9.

Local food entrepreneurs in retail, marketing and public relations will form the panel and will judge the pitches. The entrepreneurial winner will receive three hours of consulting services from the panelists plus a gift certificate to Michelin-starred restaurant Bresca.

Aviva Goldfarb, marketing executive and founder of “The Six o’ Clock Scramble” will moderate the panel that will include Stacey Adams, president and founder of Annapolis’ Tastings Gourmet Market; Susan Callaghan, chef and lecturer at University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Jill Collins, founder of hospitality PR firm Jill Collins Public Relations Group.

The brunch and presentation experience will be held at Mission Navy Yard from noon until 3 pm. Tickets, at $35 including brunch, may be obtained at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dc-pitch-fest-march-9-2019-noon-3-pm-tickets-55413950618

Food innovators wishing to make their pitch may sign up at https://tambrastevenson.typeform.com/to/N9TqWL

Les Dames d ’Escoffier Pitch Fest

Saturday, March 9, 2019

Noon – 3 pm

Mission Navy Yard – 1221 Van Street SE (corner Van & N Streets, across from Nats Stadium)

$35 includes brunch and presentations

Early Music Seminar: Tastes of the Mediterranean

Led by Robert Eisenstein, this lively seminar offers a sneak peek at the upcoming concert Tastes of the Mediterranean: Music of 16^th-Century Spain and Italy. Wine reception included.

Location: Folger Haskell Center

Hours: 6pm

Tickets: $20

Info: www.folger.edu/events or (202) 544-7077

Cellist Amanda Gookin takes a major step forward in her mission to make classical music an active force for political good with her Forward Music Project on March 29 at 9:00 p.m. inside Dupont Underground.  Praised for “Gookin’s focus and ferocity—coupled with expert technical work” (The Strad), Forward Music Project is presented by National Sawdust Projects—the producing arm of National Sawdust. As part of DIRECT CURRENT’s initiative to take Kennedy Center artists and programming out into the world beyond the traditional concert hall, Forward Music Project reaches new Washington-area audiences at Dupont Underground, a reclaimed 75,000-square-foot art exhibition and performance space built inside the only underground station in D.C.’s old streetcar system.

Forward Music Project commissions seven original multimedia works for cello by some of today’s most forward-thinking composers: Leila Adu, Angélica Negrón,Amanda Feery, Allison Loggins-Hull, Nathalie Joachim, Jessica Meyer, andMorgan Krauss. Pushing the boundaries of traditional writing for cello, Gookin’s performance incorporates singing, chanting, staging effects, and projection art in collaboration with video and projections designer S. Katy Tucker (NSO Pops: West Side Story, the Ring Cycle). The stylistically contrasting compositions focus on the first-person perspectives of women, highlighting issues from the LGBTQ+ community and reproductive rights to harassment and human trafficking.

Ticket Information

Amanda Gookin’s Forward Music Project will be performed on Friday, March 29 at 9 p.m. at Dupont Underground. Tickets ($20) are available at the Kennedy Center Box Office, on the Kennedy Center website, and via phone through Instant Charge, (202) 467-4700; toll-free at (800) 444-1324. For all other ticket-related customer service inquires, call the Advance Sales Box Office at (202) 416-8540

In celebration of Women’s History Month, City Tap Dupont invites guests to a Bad & Boozy Brunch on Sunday, March 31, from 11am to 3pm. Brunchers are invited to raise a glass in honor of the phenomenal women of the world with bottles of bubbly and mixers for build-your-own mimosas ($20), as well as the usual $18 bottomless mimosas, beermosas, and build-your-own bloody marys. From 11:30am – 2:30pm DJ Ducky Dynamo will have powerful female artists playing throughout the restaurant for guests to dance and sing along with while enjoying brunch favorites such as strawberry sundae pancakes, shrimp & grits, and woodfired pizzas. To make a reservation at City Tap Dupont, visit https://www.citytap.com/location/dupont/.