Vintage Virginia®, a great summer tradition, is a must see for everyone from newbies to foodies. There will be over 250 different wines from 25 + Virginia wineries. The festival will return to Bull Run Regional Park Saturday, June 2nd from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm and Sunday, June 3rd from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.
For those athletic attendees we have added The Northern Virginia Wine Run on Sunday June 3rd at 9:30 a.m. Entry fee is $49 in advance and includes: Entry into the race, souvenir t-shirt, souvenir glass, unlimited wine tasting from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and live music. VIP tickets are $59 in advance.
Vintage Virginia Tickets are available online at www.vintagevirginia.com . Options include a VIP Admission One Day Pass for Saturday or Sunday $49 advance/$55 onsite and a General Admission One Day Pass for $39 in advance/$45 onsite. Designated driver tickets are also available on site.
Step out of the summer heat and relax at Aura Spa. The popular day spa is hosting a Summer Mixer at its Logan Circle location, promising a night of pampering on Wednesday, June 6 from 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. at 1517 15th Street NW. Complimentary champagne and desserts will be served throughout the evening.
Sample various spa products and enjoy a refreshing night with free chair massages and skin analyses by expert Aura Spa estheticians. Aura Spa swag bags will be provided, while attendees can preview brand new summer skin treatments. Guests will also be entered into a raffle to win an assortment of Aura spa services and products. This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP here, and for more information on Aura Spa, visit www.auraspa.net.
WHO: Aura Spa – Logan Circle
WHAT: Summer Mixer
Complimentary Summer Cocktails & Desserts
Complimentary Skin Analyses & Chair Massages
WHEN: Wednesday, June 6th
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: Aura Spa – Logan Circle
1517 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
RSVP: Guests may RSVP here.
SweatCon Rally flips the script on a bar crawl and instead of drinking 175 participants will sweat at boutique fitness studios around the city. Completing three thirty minute classes at three different studios back-to-back-to-back. From Dupont Circle to Shaw we’ve partnered with 15 of the hottest boutique studios including Corepower Yoga, Solidcore, Cut Seven, Orangetheory, and Cyclebar.
Prior to kicking off the work outs, we will throw a kick-ass check-in party featuring like-minded brands to create a unique experience for all attendees. This year the new 880P will host the check-in party with a GLAMSQUAD braid bar, sweetgreen salad bar, juice bar by JRINK, animated GIF booth courtesy ofMINDBODY, DJ and shopping courtesy of our title sponsor Reebok. Each participant will receive a complimentary event tank top as well as a swag filled with goodies from RX Bar, Progenex, High Brew Coffee, Vita Coco and more.
Over the last three years we have put on three SweatCon Rally events in Boston. The first hosting 30 people, then 200 and the most recent event with 450 participates (selling out in five days with a waitlist of 250 people). Building off the success of Boston we knew it was time to bring this event to more cities. This spring came to Boston (4/28), New York (5/12) and now Washington, D.C. (6/16).
Studio List:
CorePower Yoga Dupont Circle
Blast DC
SolidCore West End
Solidcore Shaw
Cut Seven
Flow Yoga 14th Street
The Bar Method
Orangetheory Fitness Mount Vernon Triangle / Shaw
CorePower Yoga City Center
YogaWorks 14th Street
Zengo Cycle Logan Circle
Elevate 14th Street
NUBOXX
CycleBar Noma
Barre3 Union Station
DC recreational focus organization, DC Fray. today announced the 2nd Annual DC Field Day will take place on Saturday, July 28th at the RFK Stadium Grounds. Known for their mission to make fun possible for adults throughout the DMV through their sporting leagues and events, this signature event is a throwback to grade school, built with adults in mind. The event brings out hundreds of professionals wanting to let their hair down and enjoy a nostalgic time over classic games with a twists such as sack races, tug-of-war, giant ping-pong, dizzy flip cup, giant bowling, two legged hula hoop relay, an obstacle course, and a few other surprises. In addition to the lawn fun, the event will include, food trucks, a bar, live music and a Field Day market with samples & swag for individuals and teams. Individuals are encouraged to grab their friends, start a team, join as a group, or sign up solo and get ready for the ultimate day of fun, friends, and games to celebrate summer.
Standard team tickets cost $45/per person and includes a beer ticket voucher and a voucher to spend in the Field Day shop and all the field game fun. There is also options for corporate level team pricing in which a business can cover up to 25 players to participate from their firm.
Last year’s inaugural event had approximately 300 individuals come out for DC Field Day fun. For event details, game list and ticket information, visit www.dcfieldday.com. DC Field Day is presented by Events DC.
EVENT DETAILS
What: 2nd Annual DC Field Day
Hosted by: DC Fray Presented by: Events DC
When: Saturday, July 28, 2018
Where: RFK Stadium Grounds, Washington, DC
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Cost: $45 per player. Corporate team packages also available.
Website/Event Registration: http://retrofieldday.com/
Start your Sunday off right by flowing to a hip hop playlist featuring a mix of hits from the 90’s and today! Alia’s playlists are always a blast, and this one is peppered with old favorites and fun surprises. Join us Sunday, August 12th for the Now vs. The 90’s Hip Hop rendition of our Sanity Sunday Yoga Series. Doors open for exclusive shopping access at 9:30am, yoga starts at 10. Bring your mat, grab some La Colombe, and let’s wring out whatever’s left of your Saturday night. Tickets are just $10 and will go fast, so sign up today!
VIDA Fitness is mixing things up and taking National Coking Day to the next level. On Tuesday, September 25 from 6:00-7:30 p.m., VIDA’s City Vista location will host Cook & Crunch – a free 30-minute full body workout followed by a 30-minture healthy cooking seminar led by in-house dietitian Rachel Sheahan. Mighty Meals is providing healthy bites and Grape Intentions is offering wine sips. The complimentary fitness and cooking workshop is open to the public.
The National Cooking Day celebration was established to honor and commemorate the joys of home cooking with the purpose to experience something new and enjoyable in the kitchen, while preparing extraordinary and delicious food for loved ones. Embracing healthy lifestyles, VIDA Fitness decided to expand upon National Cooking Day with nutrition and wellness educational tips.
To reserve your spot, please register at www.vidafitness.com/cookcrunch.
WHO: VIDA Fitness City Vista
WHAT: Free Cook & Crunch Fitness and Nutritional Cooking Workshop
Bites from Mighty Meals
Wine from Grape Intentions
WHEN: National Cooking Day
Tuesday, September 25
6:00-7:30 p.m.
WHERE: VIDA Fitness City Vista
445 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Visitors have the rare chance to flip through and purchase a piece of history at the 43rd annual Washington Antiquarian Book Fair: September 28 & 29, 2018 at Holiday Inn Rosslyn.
WABF is the D.C. region’s only curated festival of rare and collectible books, manuscripts, autographs, maps, drawings and other fine ephemera.
Among this year’s highlights:
1st edition of Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897): bound in publisher’s original cloth
Limitededition copy of Betty Crocker’s Picture Cook Book: signed by the author
1st edition of Thunderball (1961): Ian Fleming’s first novel featuring notorious James
Bond villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld
1st printing of Thomas Pynchon’s 1973 novel, Gravity’s Rainbow
You needn’t be a veteran collector – or a gazillionaire – to enjoy WABF. More than 60 exhibitors
will offer items for all budgets and interests.
WABF director Beth Campbell says the personal nature of WABF is something worth
celebrating, especially “with the advent of doing business online.” She calls WABF “an active
museum, a forum to access diverse knowledge gathered in one place.”
WABF is “about connectedness and discovery,” Campbell says. “The exhibitors are connected
to their collections, each other and the fairgoers. The fairgoers are connected to a particular
genre, author or time. We all discover more when we connect and converse with one another.”
Special features at the 43rd annual WABF include personalized impromptu haikus from
“wordsmith minimalists” Haiku Gals, and the chance to make bookmarks and bind pamphlets
with renowned bookbinder and conservator Jill Deiss of Cat Tail Run Hand Bookbinding.
What: 43rd Annual Washington Antiquarian Book Fair (www.wabf.com)
When: Friday, September 28, 2017: 5pm – 9pm
Saturday, September 29, 2017: 10am – 5pm
Where: Holiday Inn Rosslyn: 1900 Fort Myer Dr., Arlington, VA, 22209
Tickets: Fri. + Sat.: $15. Sat. only: $10 ($5 for students & librarians w/valid ID).
Children 12 & under free. Purchase tickets at wabf.com or at the door.
Find Us: Twitter: @theWABF (#WABF18) / Facebook: facebook.com/thewabf
Contact: Beth Campbell: bcampbell@wabf.com / (202) 3634999
Visitors have the rare chance to flip through and purchase a piece of history at the 43rd annual Washington Antiquarian Book Fair: September 28 & 29, 2018 at Holiday Inn Rosslyn.
WABF is the D.C. region’s only curated festival of rare and collectible books, manuscripts, autographs, maps, drawings and other fine ephemera.
Among this year’s highlights:
1st edition of Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897): bound in publisher’s original cloth
Limitededition copy of Betty Crocker’s Picture Cook Book: signed by the author
1st edition of Thunderball (1961): Ian Fleming’s first novel featuring notorious James
Bond villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld
1st printing of Thomas Pynchon’s 1973 novel, Gravity’s Rainbow
You needn’t be a veteran collector – or a gazillionaire – to enjoy WABF. More than 60 exhibitors
will offer items for all budgets and interests.
WABF director Beth Campbell says the personal nature of WABF is something worth
celebrating, especially “with the advent of doing business online.” She calls WABF “an active
museum, a forum to access diverse knowledge gathered in one place.”
WABF is “about connectedness and discovery,” Campbell says. “The exhibitors are connected
to their collections, each other and the fairgoers. The fairgoers are connected to a particular
genre, author or time. We all discover more when we connect and converse with one another.”
Special features at the 43rd annual WABF include personalized impromptu haikus from
“wordsmith minimalists” Haiku Gals, and the chance to make bookmarks and bind pamphlets
with renowned bookbinder and conservator Jill Deiss of Cat Tail Run Hand Bookbinding.
What: 43rd Annual Washington Antiquarian Book Fair (www.wabf.com)
When: Friday, September 28, 2017: 5pm – 9pm
Saturday, September 29, 2017: 10am – 5pm
Where: Holiday Inn Rosslyn: 1900 Fort Myer Dr., Arlington, VA, 22209
Tickets: Fri. + Sat.: $15. Sat. only: $10 ($5 for students & librarians w/valid ID).
Children 12 & under free. Purchase tickets at wabf.com or at the door.
Find Us: Twitter: @theWABF (#WABF18) / Facebook: facebook.com/thewabf
Contact: Beth Campbell: bcampbell@wabf.com / (202) 3634999