Art Soiree Productions will present its 4th annual Live Viewing Night of OSCARS – 85th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, February 24, 2013 at the Georgetown Ritz-Carlton, 3100 South Street NW, Washington, DC. The event is organized to celebrate and toast to the winners and all the talented people in the movie industry that entertain us throughout the year with their creations.
Night’s guests will enjoy a true Hollywood Glamour experience with Red Carpet, Flash Lights, Cameras, Interviews, Live Broadcasting, Live Music, Live Entertainment, Specialty Themed Cocktails, Oscars Pool and watch a live telecast of the 85th Academy Awards on multiple screens. The evening will feature special live performance by St. Charles String Quartet playing songs from the Oscar nominated movies.
Art Soiree’s Live Viewing Night of Oscars is the most visible and successful event in Washington, DC on Oscar night. The night benefits Art Soiree’s local artistic efforts and the funds are used to support organization’s wide range of initiatives, including production of local art exhibits showcasing local talents and sponsoring DC artists on a national and international levels such as showcasing them at the annual Art Basel Miami Beach fair.
The Ritz-Carlton and epgPR have partnered with Art Soiree Productions as the evening’s generous Co-Sponsors.
Tickets for the event are on sale and can be purchase at http://oscarsdc2013.eventbrite
Regular package: $30 Pre-Sale, $40 General
Event is 21+, Strictly Black Tie Attire, Red carpet, photo props, step and repeat, admission to Degrees lounge area, 5 tv screens, cash bar, and more
VIP package: $75 Pre-Sale, $90 General
Event is 21+, Strictly Black Tie Attire, Red carpet, admission to ballroom with lounge seating and broadcasting on 7.5x10ft screen, complimentary hors d’ouevres, private cash bar, gift bags, live entertainment, musical band, photo props, step and repeat, and more
Pump Me Up: D.C. Subculture of the 1980s is the first exhibition to explore the thriving underground of Washington, D.C., during the 1980s, giving visual form to the raucous energy of graffiti, Go-Go music, and a world-renowned punk and hardcore scene.
Curator’s Talk: Roger Gastman
Wednesday, February 27, 7 p.m.
$10 Members; $12 Public
To complement Pump Me Up, the exhibition he curated, graffiti historian Roger Gastman discusses the graffiti of Washington, D.C. Gastman began writing graffiti as a teenager in Bethesda. An exhibition viewing and book signing follows the talk.
The exhibition explores the visual culture of the “other D.C.,” demonstrating its place in the history of street art as well as that of America’s capital city. In the midst of notorious problems with drugs and corruption, D.C. gave birth to an infectious visual culture captured in the exhibition through posters, graffiti, graphic art, archival photographs, and ephemera. Pump Me Up tells a local history from a local point of view, while providing a framework for the contemporary surge of interest in street art and underground graphics.
Pump Me Up traces the history of graffiti in Washington while emphasizing its inextricable ties to the burgeoning forms of local music. The exhibition highlights the vibrant scene that sprang up around Go-Go, a local form of funk pioneered by Chuck Brown and others, including the stripped-down “Go-Go graffiti” style. Started by neighborhood “crews,” this style became a hallmark of the D.C. style of graffiti writing. Around the same time, an underground hardcore and punk scene sprang up in venues like the Wilson Center and the 9:30 Club.
Ephemera, photos, flyers, posters, records, newspaper clippings, stage clothes, instruments, video loops, and much more, all made largely between 1980 and 1992, will fill the Corcoran’s Atrium and Rotunda, bringing the era to life. The exhibition includes sections on graffiti writers (notably the work of COOL “DISCO” DAN), the D.C. punk, hardcore, and Go-Go scenes, concert posters made by the Baltimore-based Globe printing press, and visual culture from the drug wars.
Pump Me Up is curated by Roger Gastman, who began writing graffiti as a teenager in Bethesda, Maryland. Since then, he has founded and published the pop culture magazines While You Were Sleeping and Swindle, with Shepard Fairey, and authored a dozen graffiti art books including The History of American Graffiti (with Caleb Neelon; 2011). In 2011 he curated, with Jeffrey Deitch and Aaron Rose, the exhibition Art in the Streets at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Gastman’s film production credits include Banksy’s Exit through the Gift Shop and the graffiti documentary Wall Writers, and he is currently directing a documentary for Sanrio/Hello Kitty on the history of the brand and its fans.
The fifth anniversary of Commedia dell Media will take the stage at The Hamilton on Thursday, February 28. Commedia dell Media will feature a record-breaking lineup of thirteen vying for the title of “DC’s Funniest Journalist.” Emceed by Brandon Wetherbee, assistant editor of The Huffington Post and host of the comedic talk radio show “You, Me, Them, Everybody,” the show will be driven by the comic stylings of Jon Allen and Patrick Reis of Politico, C-SPAN’s Libby Casey, Rich Edson of Fox Business News, Elahe Izadi of the National Journal, NPR’s Renita Jablonski, CBS Radio’s Chris Lingebach, Natalie McGill of The Nation’s Health, Valerie Paschall of DCist, The Washington Post’s Alexandra Petri, Meredith Shiner of CQ/Roll Call, Kat Timpf of Washington Times 24/7, and CCTV’s Mike Walter.For more info about the performers and charities, see our websites, or contact organizer Christina Davidson at Christina@journopalooza.com
Commedia dell Media
Thursday, February 28, 2013
at The Hamilton
600 14th St. NW
Doors 7:00; Comedy 8:00
Tix: $20 advance; $30 day-of-show
The oldest symphonic choral ensemble in Washington, D.C., the Cathedral Choral Society (CCS), is holding its Angel of the Arts Award Gala on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at the Embassy of Italy at 6:00 p.m. Named for arts philanthropist, Laura E. Phillips, the Angel of the Arts Award honors a deserving man or woman who has dedicated their career and brought their passion for the arts to the Washington community. This year’s recipient is Douglas H. Wheeler, president emeritus of the Washington Performing Arts Society (WPAS). This is the first time the Angel of the Arts award has been given in four years.
The 2013 Angel of the Arts Award honoree is the distinguished Douglas H. Wheeler, president emeritus of the Washington Performing Arts Society (WPAS). WPAS and CCS have a long history dating back to the 1980s.
Mr. Wheeler’s historic career spans nearly five decades of incubating local talent and bringing national and international artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Midori, Yo-Yo Ma and Luciano Pavarotti to Washington audiences. In addition to more than 60 performances each year, WPAS, an independent, nonprofit professional arts organization, forges community partnerships through educational projects with schoolchildren and develops innovative art forms with emerging artists. Today, as president emeritus of WPAS, Mr. Wheeler is developing WPAS’s Legacy Society, works on special projects with nonprofit organizations, and serves on several national boards.
CCS is the resident symphonic chorus of Washington National Cathedral. Founded in 1941 by Paul Callaway who served as music director until 1984, the 130-voice chorus is the oldest symphonic choral ensemble in Washington. Since 1985, J. Reilly Lewis has conducted the Society in musical masterpieces from plainsong to the classics to contemporary works. CCS has presented numerous world premieres; many of them commissioned by the Society, and has maintained a tradition of showcasing both promising young soloists and internationally known artists.
Gala attendees will include community, business, philanthropic and arts leaders and patrons from the D.C. region.
24th Annual Casino Night Benefiting the National Kidney Foundation Serving the National Capital Area
Honorary Chairs:
Lorenzo Alexander, Washington Redskins Linebacker & Pro Bowler
& wife Manjanique
Special Guests:
Reed Doughty, Washington Redskins Safety & wife Katie, kidney donor
Anthony Armstrong, Dallas Cowboys Wide Receiver
Rick “Doc” Walker, Former Super Bowl Champion, Co-host of “Inside the Locker
Room” on ESPN 980
Masters of Ceremonies:
Jummy Olabanji, Reporter, “Good Morning Washington” on ABC7, kidney patient
Scott Jackson, Co-host, “Inside the Locker Room” on ESPN 980, kidney patient
ABOUT THE EVENT:
Casino Night is an exciting black-tie optional event that raises funds for the
National Kidney Foundation Serving the National Capital Area. The event attracts
a diverse and affluent group of more than 500 guests and volunteers from the
business, medical and philanthropic communities in the National Capital Area.
Casino Night 2013, with a feature:
• Casino-style Gaming (Blackjack, Craps, Roulette)
• Premier Silent Auction Items
• Complimentary Beer & Wine
• Hourly Spirit Tastings
• Hors d’oeuvres and Desserts
• Dance Music
• Photo Booth
The Washington, DC area has the highest prevalence of kidney disease in the
nation. Proceeds from Casino Night support medical research, patient and
community services, professional education and organ donation awareness in the
DC region.
PRICE:
Early Bird Special (January 2-January 13): $85
Standard Ticket (January 14-February 17): $100
I’m Feeling Lucky (February 18-March 2): $125
Corporate sponsorships begin at $2,500
Tuesday, March 5, 7 p.m.
Free; Pre-registration encouraged
Ian MacKaye—D.C. native, musician, producer, and co-founder of Dischord Records—became an important voice in the development and influence of D.C. hardcore music in the 1980s. A member of bands such as Minor Threat, Teen Idles, Embrace, Fugazi, and the Evens, MacKaye continues to make music. For over three decades, he has remained a strong advocate for maintaining an independent identity in the music business. MacKaye sits down with Pump Me Up curator Roger Gastman to discuss growing up in the capital, the culture and energy of the city in the 1980s, and the legacy of D.C.’s punk rock music scene.
Bustin’ Loose: Stories from D.C.’s Underground Music Scenes
Panel Discussion
Tuesday, March 12, 7 p.m.
$8 members; $10 public
Go-Go and hardcore emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s as uniquely Washingtonian urban youth subcultures. Iley Brown of Stride Records, 9:30 Club owner Seth Hurwitz, D.C. Go-Go and hip-hop figure DJ Kool, and musician Alec MacKaye (Untouchables, The Faith, and Ignition) share stories from these two underground music scenes and discuss their origins, folkways, and parallels. The panel is moderated by Washington City Paper managing editor Jonathan L. Fischer.
Go-Go Music: The History and Evolution of DC’s Legendary Beat
Monday, March 18, 7 p.m.
$8 members; $10 public
Join Kip Lornell, Adjunct Professor of American Music and Ethnomusicology at George Washington University and co-author of The Beat: Go-Go Music from Washington, DC, as he chronicles the development and ongoing popularity of go-go music, the only musical form indigenous to Washington, D.C. In the mid-1970s, Chuck Brown pioneered the iconic go-go sound, influenced by local Latin percussion ensembles, disco, Grover Washington’s hit single “Mr. Magic,” and funk. By the mid-1980s, bands such as Rare Essence (RE), Trouble Funk, and Junk Yard Band had emerged. Today we are in our third generation of go-go, and the music tradition continues to evolve and thrive in the district, with most recent bands playing what’s known as “bounce beat” go-go. Dr. Lornell’s talk will highlight this nearly 40-year history with musical excerpts and video clips.
The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s legal affinity group, the Bard Association, unveils Expert Witnesses, a new series of interviews with prominent members of the legal community who have bridged the gap to the arts world. Former Senator and television star of Law & Order, Fred Thompson, will inaugurate a sequence of high profile, one-on-one interviews with Bard Association Chair Abbe David Lowell (Chadbourne & Parke LLP). Expert Witnesses will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, March 18, 2013, at the Lansburgh Theatre (450 7th Street NW).
Before joining the cast of the critically-acclaimed and long-running series Law & Order, Thompson represented Tennessee as a U.S. Senator for nearly a decade. He experienced first-hand the drama of politics as a leader on the Senate committee investigating the Watergate scandal in the early 1970s. Thompson transitioned to the screen in 1985 by starring in the film Marie, which dramatized his real-life role in a Tennessee public corruption case. Since then Thompson has played authoritative roles in many legal and governmental film and television thrillers such as In the Line of Fire, The Hunt for Red October and Law & Order: SVU.
Lowell, a prolific attorney to high-profile cases and former counsel to the House of Representatives, has known Thompson since before his days in show business. “I have known Fred since he was a ‘real’ lawyer and a very good one in Tennessee,” Lowell said. He heralded Thompson as an esteemed first guest for the new series. “It is a real feather in the cap of the Bard Association to get Fred to be our first one-on-one interview. He represents the epitome of what we want to explore – a person with real legal experience who used that experience to launch an acting career, but did so in a way never to totally leave his legal roots. Fred can share a unique perspective on the law and the arts that few people in the country can.”
Following Lowell’s interview of Thompson, the pair will engage in a Q&A session with the audience. Patrons are also invited to round off their evening at a reception immediately following the discussion at STC’s second theatre in Penn Quarter. Attendees will have the chance to speak with Thompson and Lowell over light refreshments in Sidney Harman Hall (610 F Street NW).
Expert Witnesses mirrors Classic Conversations with Michael Kahn, in which STC’s Artistic Director conducted interviews with guests Sir Patrick Stewart, Kevin Kline, James Earl Jones, Stacy Keach and F. Murray Abraham. More than 2,300 audience members enjoyed these informal and entertaining discussions covering everything from the actors’ childhoods to their most challenging classical roles.
The Bard Association has already presented four successful Shakespeare and the Law panel discussions, which have laid a foundation for legally focused programming at STC, in addition to the ever-popular and star-studded events, Mock Trial and Will on the Hill. STC’s Chief Development Officer Ed Zakreski notes that the support of the Bard Association has been critical to the theatre’s ability to “conduct in-depth examinations into the roles of lawyers and legal issues in many of Shakespeare’s plays” through these events.
Bard Association Member tickets for Expert Witnesses: Fred Thompson are $35 and go on sale Wednesday, January 30. General Public tickets are $40 and will be available for purchase on Wednesday, February 6. Tickets can be obtained by calling the Box Office at 202.547.1122, option 1.
EW!’s salute to youth literacy and its enormous influence on our society’s future will celebrate our children, mentors, community leaders and corporate partners through a remarkable evening of celebrity readings, award presentations and auctions.
This annual fundraiser is a cornerstone in the financial framework that has made Everybody Wins! DC the largest children’s literacy and mentoring program in the Washington Metropolitan Area.
Join EW in support of its efforts to reach out to underserved youth and transform their lives through the power of reading and the inspiration of caring mentors.
The event includes a:
- Cocktail Reception and Silent Auction
- Program and Live Auction
- Dessert and Coffee
The reception will include cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, musical entertainment, and a silent auction
As well as a program wto include a Keynote with speaker: Ted Leonsis, Founder, Chairman, Majority Owner, CEO, Monumental
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EMCEE: CNN White House Correspondent, Brianna Keilar
