Gala Opening of Opera Camerata 2013 Season: Mozart’s The Magic Flute.
Date: April 27.
Location: Residence of the Ambassador of Colombia on Dupont Circle.
Cocktail Reception, Performance, Dinner Buffet. 6:30pm
Tickets: $150. Cocktail Attire.
Chat with five of Washington’s highly coveted designers, including David Mitchell, Andrew Law, and Camille Saum, who invite you into their dapper digs to an evening of dinner and cocktails. All proceeds benefit the Smithsonian Craft Show, one of the country’s most prestigious juried exhibitions.
Bidding starts at $200
smithsoniancraftshow.org
In celebration of Mother’s Day, this single show will feature readings from 15 local writers about the humor, heartbreak and horror of maternity. A portion of ticket sales will benefit Rachel Women’s Center in Washington.
Annual Gala After Party: La Dolce Vita
Fri., May 3, 9 p.m.–1 a.m.
Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven St., NW
Pose for paparazzi alongside Ducati motorbikes in your finest 1960s-inspired cocktail attire at the glamorous Italian Embassy, designed by architect Piero Sartogo to invoke a Tuscan villa. Indulge in Italian savories and sweets, an espresso bar, classic martinis, and modern midnight bocce ball. Then dance the night away to Amaretto and DJ Michaelangelo L’Acqua. $200 (includes one-year, individual membership to The Phillips Collection); $150 Phillips members; registration required
CityDance and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, in partnership with renowned dancer and producer Rasta Thomas, will present the CityDance DREAM Celebration on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 7pm and Sunday, May 5 at 4pm at Washington, DC’shistoric Lincoln Theatre on U Street.
The concert will feature performances by some of the country’s top ballet and contemporary companies including Bad Boys of Dance, Ballet X, Cartier Williams, Clifton Brown, Dorrance Dance, Joseph Phillips, Lar Lubovitch, Philadanco and more. There will also be special appearances by CityDance Conservatory and students from the CityDance DREAM program.
The proceeds from the event will support CityDance’s after-school DREAM program, a youth development and arts education program providing free performances, in-school arts learning and summer camps to the region’s most underserved neighborhoods. For VIP guests, Saturday’s gala performance will be followed by a dance party and mingling with the artists at Lost Society, a nightclub on the U Street corridor.
WHO: CityDance
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Rasta Thomas and friends
WHEN: Sat., May 4, 2013 7pm
Sun., May 5, 2013 4pm
WHERE: Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St NW, Washington, DC 20009
TICKETS: $20, $35 for general tickets
$150 VIP (Saturday night only)
The bipartisan favorite of both theatre and political fans, Will on the Hill returns to theShakespeare Theatre Company this spring. This year’s Will on the Hill is marked by a performance of Toil and Trouble, an original play by Peter Byrne written with assistance from The West Wing Writers Group. Will on the Hill will be directed by STC Associate Director Alan Paul and take place on Monday, May 6, 2013, in Sidney Harman Hall (610 F Street NW). The evening begins with a VIP cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m., followed by the performance at 7:30 p.m. and a buffet dinner immediately following the performance.
Will on the Hill welcomes Members of Congress, Senators and distinguished Washington insiders onto the Shakespeare Theatre Company stage to perform scenes from Shakespeare infused with comedic references to contemporary politics. The event pays tribute to the unique dynamic of our city and provides a wonderful way to engage new audiences. This year’s cast for Will on the Hill includes acclaimed actor and Creative Coalition member John Leguizamo, best known for roles in the feature films Romeo + Juliet,Moulin Rouge and Ice Age, among others. Anna Chlumsky, known for her performances in VEEP and In the Loop, will co-star with Leguizamo in this year’s event.
Toil and Trouble offers a hilarious look inside Washington media. In the Washington studios of a national news network, the staff is on high alert. The White House has announced that it will be delivering a major statement at any moment, but that’s all—no details, no hints. With nothing to go on, but plenty of air time to fill, two veteran anchors try to hold onto their audience (and their sanity) by bringing on a series of guests. Unfortunately, the only guests available are attending a Shakespearean costume ball, lending an improbably comic air to the proceedings.
Many Senators and members of Congress will join Leguizamo and Chlumsky on the STC stage, includingSenator Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Mike McIntyre(D-NC), Jared Polis (D-CO), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) and Peter Welch (D-VT). Other illustrious cast members include Marla Allard, Jonathan Allen (Senior Washington Correspondent,Politico), Rita Braver (National Correspondent, CBS Sunday Morning), Robin Bronk (CEO, The Creative Coalition), Rose Carter, Bob Cusack (Managing Editor, The Hill), Major Garrett (Chief White House Correspondent, CBS), Rick Klein (ABC News’ Senior Washington Editor, World News with Diane Sawyer),Chris Matthews (Hardball with Chris Matthews) and Susan Stamberg (NPR’s Weekend Edition). The Honorary Co-Chairs for the event are Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Speaker John Boehner (R-OH),Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA).
A select number of performance-only tickets to this popular event are available online athttp://www.shakespearetheatre.
Proceeds from this event support STC’s many education, artistic and community engagement programs including in-school workshops and online learning resources that inspire new and diverse audiences and deepen the connection to classical theatre in learners of all ages.
Please note: The Shakespeare Theatre Company is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The Company does not retain or employ registered lobbyists or foreign agents.
Cast members subject to change.
JUST IMAGINE…The Annual Children’s Ball: The Great Adventure, chaired by Elizabeth Cho-Fertikh and Karen Galanti, is Imagination Stage’s gala exclusively for children! Coinciding with Imagination Stage’s production of James and the Giant Peach, families are invited to enjoy the performance followed by a buffet reception and creative activities for children of all ages.
Sweetgreen, the much-loved, organic, farm-to-table salad shops founded in Washington, D.C., and soon opening in NYC and Boston, has announced the lineup for the fourth annual sweetlife 2013: an unforgettable music + food festival on Saturday, May 11th, at the Merriweather Post Pavillion in Columbia, MD. The festival attracts a curated selection of cutting edge artists and 20,000 attendees – not to mention outstanding food from top chefs, food trucks, local purveyors and farmers. Tickets can be purchased at TicketFly.com.
Created by sweetgreen founders Nicolas Jammet, Jonathan Neman and Nathaniel Ru, the Festival is now in its fourth year and attracts a curated selection of cutting edge artists and 20,000 attendees – not to mention outstanding food from top chefs, food trucks, local purveyors and farmers. An annual celebration of flavorful music and delicious and wholesome food, the event embraces good living, along with health and well-being, community and sustainability, and leaves a gentle footprint as a carbon-neutral event – a party with a purpose.
This year’s Main Stage will feature the bands Phoenix, Passion Pit, Kendrick Lamar, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gary Clark Jr., Solange and Lindsey Stirling. The second stage, a.k.a. The Treehouse, will showcase some of sweetgreen’s favorite new artists, including Holy Ghost!, Youth Lagoon, Foxygen, Haerts, Robert DeLong, MS MR, twenty | one | pilots, Shark Week, Nicky Blitz, and Knocked up Kids.
FOOD:
The food lineup at the event is just as sweet. The VIP section will feature a sweetgreen grab-and-go stand, as well as some of D.C.’s top chefs: James Beard Award-winning chef RJ Cooper of Rogue 24; 2013 James Beard Award-nominated chef Spike Gjerde of Woodberry Kitchen; and Food & Wine magazine’s “People’s Best New Chef” nominee Erik Bruner-Yang of Toki Underground. In the Experience Forest, general admission ticket-holders will enjoy a decidedly local flavor with a pop-up sweetgreen restaurant and various sweetgreen grab-and-go stands; delicious offerings from Toki Underground; D.C.’s most popular food trucks such as Pepe by Jose Andrés, Takorean, The Big Cheese, and Kushi Moto by Kushi Izakaya & Sushi; all things we love to eat from the Chesapeake Bay; locally sourced fruits and vegetables from nearby farms; delicious snacks from some of our favorite healthy purveyors; and local wine and beer on tap (see below for more detailed listings).
VIP:The festival’s VIP section will be divided into two exclusive areas: VIP Main and VIP Treehouse. VIP Main will feature a sweetgreen grab-and-go stand, as well as Rogue 24’s chef RJ Cooper who will preview his forthcoming restaurant, Gypsy Soul, with dishes inspired by the new menu. In VIP Treehouse, chef Erik Bruner-Yang of Toki Underground will bring his stellar modern take on traditional Taiwanese dishes, and chef Spike Gjerde of Woodberry Kitchen will showcase his 100% locally-sourced, nose to tail cooking. Also included: covered cabana lounges and seating, complimentary sweetgreen salad tasting and free filtered water, and two separate VIP viewing areas.
THE EXPERIENCE FOREST was designed to further enhance the venue’s beautiful forest setting, with three separate entrance points to give festivalgoers the sensation of walking through the woods and discovering different food villages. Here’s a rundown of what festivalgoers can expect to find in the Experience Forest:
For the first time, sweetgreen will have a pop-up restaurant and various sweetgreen grab-and-go stands at the event, offering its hugely popular salads, wraps, grain bowls, yogurt and house-made lemonade to festivalgoers. Fuel up for a day of fun with something healthy and delicious.
the Roadies
- Access to viewing areas (prime seating and pit access in the Main Pavilion plus a viewing area and lounge at The Treehouse)
- Covered Cabana Lounges and seating
- Outstanding food and drink offerings curated by Rogue 24’s RJ Cooper, Toki Underground Erik Bruner-Yang, and Spike Gjerde’s Woodberry Kitchen.
- Complimentary sweetgreen salad tasting
- Free filtered water
The Shakespeare Theatre Company, recipient of the 2012 Regional Theatre Tony Award®, presents its Annual Dinner and Mock Trial at Sidney Harman Hall (610 F Street NW) onMonday, May 13, 2013. The Mock Trial begins with dinner at 5:30 p.m., followed by the trial, The Pen vs. The Sword, at 7:30 p.m. A special session of the Supreme Court of Rome will convene at Sidney Harman Hall to hear the case of the estate of Coriolanus (Appellant) vs. The Latin Herald (Appellee), based on characters in the play Coriolanus by William Shakespeare.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will preside with Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Justice Stephen G. Breyer, Judge Merrick B. Garland, Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh and Judge David S. Tatel. Seth P. Waxman of WimerHale LLP will serve as counsel to the Appellant and Lisa S. Blatt of Arnold & Porter LLP will serve as counsel to the Appellee. Pamela Talkin, Marshal of the United States Supreme Court, will serve as Marshal during the Mock Trial and Abbe D. Lowell, STC Trustee, will moderate.
Since 1994, the Shakespeare Theatre Company has hosted a Mock Trial based on one of each season’s plays. This season’s Mock Trial focuses on the characters in William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, which runs in repertory with Friedrich Schiller’s Wallenstein from March 28-June 2, 2013 in the Company’s Sidney Harman Hall. The Trial aims to examine the links between classic works and contemporary legal theory that is both thought-provoking and entertaining. Past Mock Trials have explored whether Malvolio (Twelfth Night) was entitled to damages for wrongful imprisonment; whether Iago (Othello) was guilty of the murders of Desdemona and Othello; whether Hamlet (Hamlet) was insane when he murdered Polonius; and whether Sir John Falstaff (Henry IV) should have been compensated for his services to Prince Hal and reinstated as a member of the royal court.
MOCK TRIAL TICKETS
Trial only tickets will be available for STC Bard Association members to purchase on Monday, March 11, 2013. STC Season Subscribers and Contributor level patrons ($150+) can purchase trial only tickets on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Dinner and trial tickets can be purchased by calling 202.547.3230 ext. 2330 or e-mailing MockTrial@ShakespeareTheatre.
Project Create’s 5th Annual Art Auction + Benefit on May 16, 2013. The event features curated artworks selected by Reyes + Davis Independent Exhibitions each for sale that night. Guests will enjoy music by DJ Jahsonic, wine and hors d’oeuvres, as well a student exhibition.
Project Create provides accessible arts education to promote positive development in the lives of children experiencing homelessness and poverty. I have served on their board for just under a year. Learn more about Project Create at www.
PURCHASE Tickets $50 to $100 (includes selected artwork print) at http://projectcreatedc.
May 16, 2013
6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Paul Hastings, LLP
875 15th Street, NW
(McPherson Square Metro)
Washington, D.C.
Honorary Chair: Brigitte Reyes | Reyes + Davis Independent Exhibitions
Hosted by:
~ Monica Bussolati | Bussolati
~ Ines Barlerin | Artist
~ Ray Farmer | Time Magazine
~ Jade Floyd | The Case Foundation
~ Pam Fredrick | ArtSPACE Management, LLC
~ James Gilbey | Discovery Communication
~ Flora Kanter | ArtSPACE Management, LLC
~ Kira Marchenese | Project Create Board of Directors
~ Sara Farley | The Global Knowledge Initiative
~ Ora Nwubueze | The Dunes/Vera Cruz Gallery
~ Adra Williams | Otis Williams
~ Matt McGuire and Sarah Craven
~ Christie Walser and Tom Mullins
~ Charles Small
~ Dorothy T. Sales
~ Doug Heye
Tickets: General $50
Student $20 (valid student ID required)
VIP $100 (includes original print by artist Dennis O’Neil)
Buy tickets online at http://projectcreatedc.
Why: Join Project Create as we Create Art, Create Opportunity & Create Community in Washington, D.C.! Project Create provides accessible arts education to promote positive development in children, youth, and families experiencing homelessness and poverty in the District. The Project Create Art Auction & Benefit is an exciting and unique opportunity to learn about the organization’s important work while enjoying art, hors d’oeuvres, and live music in the company of artists and art enthusiasts.
The auction, curated by Brigitte Reyes of Reyes + Davis Independent Exhibitions, features artwork donated by emerging, mid-career, and established artists representing various media including photography, works on paper, painting and sculpture. Featured artists include: Sondra Arkin, Ines Barlerin, Carol Barsha, Barbara Bickley, Renee Butler, Billy Colbert, Donald Davidson, Georgia Deal, Andrew Faulkner, Freya Grand, Marta Luz Gutierrez, Linda Hesh, James Huckenpahler, Anne Marchand, Cristina Montero, Dennis O’Neil, Maryanne Pollack, Edward Riddell, E. Brady Robinson, William Schneider-White, and Lori Sturgess. All artwork is donated by the artists themselves or by the following collectors: Studio E Partners, Tim Christensen & Walter Ochinko, Juanita & Mel Hardy, Tracy & Gerardo Martinez, Jessica Racine-White, and Chris & Beverly With.
All auction proceeds benefit Project Create’s arts education and enrichment programs in Washington, D.C.
Hors d’œuvres and beverages will be provided.
Please note that this is a 21+ event.
