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On Thursday, Sept. 5 at 6:30 p.m. Tony Horton, celebrity trainer and creator of the P90X® Extreme Home Fitness System, will once again lead a Washington, D.C. audience in a P90X workout session at the National Press Club
The event is part of a week of activities leading up to the 16th annual National Press Club BEAT THE DEADLINE 5K for which Horton will serve as honorary race marshal on Saturday, Sept. 7. All proceeds from the workout and 5K will go to the scholarship and educational efforts of the National Press Club Journalism Institute and its commitment to education of future journalists and promoting diversity in the profession.
Cost of admission for workout is $10 for general public, and $5 for National Press Club members – but space is limited. To purchase tickets for the Tony Horton workout, click here.
Sneakerball is the only black-tie and sneakers gala that annually celebrates the best of sports in the Greater Washington, DC region. The event is organized to recognize the Greater Washington Sporst Alliance Foundation, the non-profit foundtion of the Sports Alliance that uses the philanthropic generosity of individuals and corporate donors to make strategic investments in emerging non-profits that use sports to enhance children’s lives.
Three-time U.S. National Figure Skating Champion and two-time Olympian Michael Weiss announced that the 9th Annual Michael Weiss Foundation “Ice Champions LIVE!” will take place on Sunday, September 15 at The Gardens Ice House in Laurel, MD, beginning at 4:00 pm – bringing some of the brightest stars of figure skating to the Washington Baltimore area for a great cause. Tickets are now on sale at www.MichaelWeiss.org for this spectacular fundraiser, sponsored by Smucker’s and Pandora.
International superstars expected to participate include Olympic and World champion Ekaterina Gordeeva (marking her first appearance in Ice Champions Live!), as well as Bel Air, MD native Kimmie Meissner, former World and U.S. National Champion, Michael Weiss, Ryan Bradley, Adam Rippon and many other Olympic, World and U.S. National Champions (please see full list of skaters below, and watch for updates at www.MichaelWeiss.org).
Weiss, who lived in Olney, MD until high school, created this event nine years ago, each year bringing the most famous faces in figure skating to the Washington region in order to raise money for his foundation, and to further the dreams of even more local athletes with Olympic dreams.
Ice Champions LIVE! is like no other figure skating event, in large part due to the intimate setting of the venue. Weiss twists like a tornado in the air landing in front of the on-ice seats. Nowhere else can attendees experience the feel, the movement, and the actual speed of these skaters as at this exhibition. Each skater brings something different to the ice, providing an evening of chills and thrills, in a fun-filled program that has not been done except at this show.
The Michael Weiss Foundation (MWF) is a non-profit organization offering scholarships to aspiring Olympiads and currently is sponsoring 27 recipients. Knowing first hand how much it takes to get an athlete to the Olympics, Michael gives young skaters this opportunity through his scholarships so they can carry the torch for Olympics of the future. He established the Michael Weiss Foundation as a way of giving back to the sport that his given him so much.
In addition to the ice show, there will be a silent auction that features the skaters’ personal memorabilia. This silent auction also has hundreds of items both from the World Figure Skating Community as well as local artists, jewelers’, restaurants and much, much more.
The event will be held on Sunday, September 15 at 4:00 pm, at The Gardens Ice House in Laurel, MD. Tickets are available at www.MichaelWeiss.org. LIMITED ON-ICE SEATING is available. Ticket prices range from $20-$50 with VIP opportunities – meet and socialize with some of the biggest stars in skating with the VIP package. Proceeds from the ticket sales will go to figure skating scholarships to be awarded later this year.
CURRENT 2013 SKATERS for Ice Champions LIVE!
Katia Gordeeva – Olympic & World Champion Michael Weiss – 3 time U.S. National Champion
Kimmie Meissner – U.S. National & World Champion Richard Dornbush – U.S. National Silver Medalist
Ryan Bradley – U.S. National Champion Adam Rippon – U.S. National Silver Medalist
Sinead and John Kerr – European Medalists, Olympians Michal Brezina – World Silver, current European bronze Rockne Brubaker & Lindsay Davis – U.S. Pairs team
Annie Mae Weiss – local singing talent (and Michael’s daughter!)
For tickets visit www.MichaelWeiss.org
The Library of Congress’ two-day National Book Festival is happening in less than a month, on Sept. 21 & 22 on the National Mall, in Washington, D.C.
Co-chaired by President Obama and Mrs. Obama this year’s event draws an impressive lineup of authors, including Giada De Laurentiis, Khaled Hosseini, Margaret Atwood, Hoda Kotb, and a host of other well-known writers. View the complete author lineup here: http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/
With more than 100 authors, illustrators and poets in attendance, there is a presentation for every personality. On the National Mall throughout the weekend you will find pavilions dedicated to Children, Teens & Children, Fiction & Mystery, History & Biography, Contemporary Life, Poetry & Prose, Graphic Novels & Science Fiction and Special Programs.
What:
The Library of Congress’ 2013 National Book Festival—an annual celebration of books, reading and literature co-chaired by President Obama and Mrs. Obama. This DC tradition gives book lovers of all ages a rare opportunity to interact with and get their books signed by their favorite authors.
When: Sept. 21 & 22
9/21: 10am – 5:30pm
9/22: noon – 5:30pm
Where:
The National Mall, between 9th & 14th Streets
Washington, D.C.
The Library of Congress’ two-day National Book Festival is happening in less than a month, on Sept. 21 & 22 on the National Mall, in Washington, D.C.
Co-chaired by President Obama and Mrs. Obama this year’s event draws an impressive lineup of authors, including Giada De Laurentiis, Khaled Hosseini, Margaret Atwood, Hoda Kotb, and a host of other well-known writers. View the complete author lineup here: http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/
With more than 100 authors, illustrators and poets in attendance, there is a presentation for every personality. On the National Mall throughout the weekend you will find pavilions dedicated to Children, Teens & Children, Fiction & Mystery, History & Biography, Contemporary Life, Poetry & Prose, Graphic Novels & Science Fiction and Special Programs.
What:
The Library of Congress’ 2013 National Book Festival—an annual celebration of books, reading and literature co-chaired by President Obama and Mrs. Obama. This DC tradition gives book lovers of all ages a rare opportunity to interact with and get their books signed by their favorite authors.
When: Sept. 21 & 22
9/21: 10am – 5:30pm
9/22: noon – 5:30pm
Where:
The National Mall, between 9th & 14th Streets
Washington, D.C.
2nd Annual CureNFwithJack DC Golf Classic
September 27, 2013 11:11am
Date: Friday, September 27, 2013
Schedule:
11:00 a.m. – Registration opens
1:00 p.m. – Shotgun Start
Dinner will follow, along with raffle and prizes
Location: Westfields Golf Course
13940 Balmoral Greens Avenue
Clifton, VA 20124
Accomodations: Out of town guests can stay at the Marriot Washington DC ($99/night). To coordinate hotel reservations, please contact Matt at matt.benson@longandfoster.com
Golfers: $275 each
Foursome: $1,000
To view sponsorship opportunities, click here.
During the 2nd Annual CureNFwithJack DC Golf Classic, there will be a medical symposium hosted by Dr. Robert Avery and featuring many of the nation’s leading physicians. While we are playing some golf, they will be meeting ALL DAY to discuss ways to better standardize care for NF patients. Unlike ANY golf event that you may have been a part of, CureNFwithJack DC will allow you to literally “see” your dollars at work before you shank your first drive! Opportunities to meet with the physicians helping our NF heroes will occur after the round. Don’t miss this opportunity to be a DIRECT help to Jack and others all while playing golf at a great course.
If you have questions, please contact Matt Benson at 703-200-4956 or at matt.benson@longandfoster.com
If paying by check, please make checks out to Children’s Tumor Foundation, and note “CureNFwithJack DC” in memo section, and mail to:
Jake Burke
730 Autumn Close
Milton, GA 30004
Sticky Fingers will help celebrate the release of John Schlimm’s new book, ‘The Cheesy Vegan,’ this Friday, September 27 with a pop-up event. The event will include tastes from the book along with a cash bar, door prizes and a raffle. Proceeds will benefit Compassion Over Killing and the Kindness Collective.
The event will take place one door down from Sticky Fingers at 1370 Park Rd NW, and run from 7-9pm.
Tickets are $15 at the door or $50 for a VIP ticket that includes an open bar pass and signed copy of The Cheesy Vegan.
Sticky Fingers will also be participating in the DC Veg Fest on Saturday, September 28, where they will be offering Cowvin Cookies, Brownies, and other treats for purchase along with signed copies of owner Doron Petersan’s vegan cookbook, Sticky Fingers’ Sweets.
Literary Reading: Sena Jeter Nasland
Sunday, Oct. 6, 2–3:30 p.m.
Free, no reservations required.
Critically acclaimed for her novels Ahab’s Wife and Abundance, A Novel of Marie Antoinette, author Sena Jeter Nasland writes fiction that gives life to history. She will read from her new novel, The Fountain of St. James Court; Or, Portrait of the Artist as an Old Woman, which deftly intertwines the life of 18th-century French painter Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun (whose works are on view in the mezzanine level collection galleries) with that of a fictional contemporary writer Kathryn Callaghan. A book signing follows the reading.
DC Bike Party: The Riding Dead is coming! On October 9th, the party group ride which averages between 500-700 participants each month will ride through Washington, DC dressed as zombies and all things un-dead. DC Bike Party, a community organized group ride which held its first ride in July 2012, grew to over 700 riders in September of this year.
The group, departing from Dupont Circle, will set out to complete an approximately 7-mile ride, visiting some of the city’s major landmarks and attractions with a pit stop on Capitol Hill before ending with a celebration at Congressional Cemetery. DC Bike Party participants will be treated to a live show by local favorites, the Bumper Jacksons and a full beer garden set up in the cemetery!
A map of the complete route will be available at DCBikeParty.com 24 hours before the ride. Riders are welcome to join or depart the group at any point—many riders use Capital Bikeshare.
Everyone is welcome to attend or participate. Full details on the event are below:
WHAT: DC Bike Party: The Riding Dead
WHERE: Departs from the middle of Dupont Circle
WHEN: Wednesday, October 9th
Meet at 7:30 P.M.; Depart promptly at 8:00
More information on the organization, including details on future rides, is available at www.dcbikeparty.com.
Ford’s Theatre Society hosts a book discussion and signing with author James L. Swanson and moderator Sam Donaldson on November 12, 2013, at 7 p.m., at Ford’s Theatre (511 Tenth Street, NW). Following the discussion in the theatre, Swanson will sign copies of the book in the Ford’s Theatre lobby.
Fifty years ago, our country was jolted by tragedy: our 35th President was brutally murdered on an American street in front of hundreds of horrified witnesses. In “End of Days: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy” (publication date November 12, 2013), Edgar award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of the highly acclaimed “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer,” James. L. Swanson offers a comprehensive understanding of this historic day, lending edge-of-your seat, storyteller’s mastery to the subject. With fascinating, colorful detail culled from vast historic resources, Swanson sets the stage for his central drama: the unfolding of the private final hours of John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald as their destinies converge in a rifle’s crosshairs—one man bound for infamy, the other for myth. Told in Swanson’s signature, thrilling, ticking-clock narrative style, “End of Days” tracks the seemingly inevitable, and equally improbable, collision course between two men that would change history, devastate a hopeful generation, and spur one of our country’s greatest national mysteries. As the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s death approaches, Kennedy buffs looking for a deeper understanding as well as readers new to the subject will find End of Days to be a comprehensive, fascinating, emotional, riveting must-read.
Tickets for the discussion are free but required and may be reserved in person at the Ford’s Theatre Box Office, at www.fords.org or through Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787 (Ticketmaster fees apply). Seating is available on a first-come basis. Books will be available for purchase on site at the Ford’s Theatre Gift Shop.
