L’Enfant Café is proud to announce the 11h annual Bastille Day party, a cultural celebration of all things French, on Saturday, July 11 from 3pm to 10pm. After celebrating the 10th anniversary on Vernon St last year, the folks at L’Enfant have decided to re-locate the fête to sister venue, Wunder Garten (150 M St NE), the all new beer garden space in NoMa.
Entry to this year’s event and D.C.’s biggest masquerade ball is $7. Advance ticket purchase is required and capacity is limited. Purchase online through www.lenfantcafe.com or www.wundergartendc.com. Guests will storm the Bastille via M St NE, just steps from the NoMa metro stop (Red Line).
The memorable performances have also moved to the new location, including can-can dancers, a New Orleans style brass marching band, burlesque dancers and the royal guests of honor, King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette.
The signature folly of the event, the world-famous ‘French Maid Relay Race,’ will take place at approximately 6pm in which racers, men and women, must each wear the risqué black and white maid costume while running back and forth across the street in order to fill a Champagne glass with soup spoons of water. Très chic! Contenders must pre-purchase a costume, with ticket purchase, before the limited supply is sold out.
Enjoy this full line up of entertainment or entertain yourself on the dance floor while listening to a host of live DJs and musical guests. Throughout the event, revelers have the option to sip on the official beer of Bastille Day, Stella Artois, or enjoy Leffe, Stella Cidre, red and white wine, and Champagne. DC Slices and Crepes Parfait food trucks will be on hand to dish out delicious snacks.
Like any good revolution, the celebration doesn’t end there. For the real Bastille Day, the team invites you back to where it all began: L’Enfant Café. On Tuesday, July 14, the French restaurant will offer happy hour from open to close, featuring $5 Stella Artois, red, white and sparkling wine, and highballs. A DJ will provide entertainment while French maids offer fantastique service (read: more entertainment)
L’Enfant Café is a European-style restaurant located at 18th and U Street NW, between Dupont Circle and Adams Morgan. It is known for its casual French-influenced menu, offers a full bar, and Saturday and Sunday brunch. L’Enfant is home to La Boum, a popular Saturday afternoon brunch party. With its cozy interior and an expanded sidewalk patio with flower boxes, L’Enfant Caféis DC’s shortcut to Paris.
WHAT:
To commemorate France’s National Holiday, PAUL invites the public to come have some fun and participate in our 5th Annual “Baguette Relay Race” which will take place in front of PAUL Penn Quarter.
Gather Your Friends to create relay teams! Cheering Spectators are welcome!
WHERE:
PAUL Bakery and Café in Penn Qtr. (at the US Navy Memorial)
801 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
Tel: 202-524-4500/01
WHEN: Tuesday, July 14, 2014 at 11am (Kids Race), and 11:30am (Adult Race)
HOW:
We’ll divide up racers into four teams of five people. Each team will be led by a PAUL employee. Each racer will “quick-walk” one lap around the circle of the US Navy Memorial, and then hand off his/her baguette (baton) to the next teammate. All members of the winning team will get a FREE LUNCH (sandwich + viennoiserie pastry) at PAUL!
Additional Info:
About Bastille Day
Bastille Day, the French national holiday, commemorates the storming of the Bastille, which took place on 14 July 1789 and marked the beginning of the French Revolution. The Bastille was a prison and a symbol of the absolute and arbitrary power of Louis the 16th’s Ancient Regime. By capturing this symbol, the people signaled that the king’s power was no longer absolute: power should be based on the Nation and be limited by a separation of powers.
After Hours, the signature late-night event at the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, returns Friday, Sept. 18, 8 p.m.–midnight, with the support of idobi Network. The ticketed event features a performance by post-rock/ambient electronic band Tycho, as well as a last chance to see “Shirin Neshat: Facing History,” a major exhibition that presents the work of the internationally acclaimed artist in the context of the history of modern Iran; it closes Sept. 20.
Since 2007, After Hours has been a favorite of local audiences, attracting up to 2,000 people a night to events that have featured performers such as Zola Jesus, Dan Deacon and the Madison Sounds of Deliverance; DJs such as Nancy Whang, Shea Van Horn and Fatback; and artists such as Semiconductor and Bec Stupak and Honeygun Labs.
Known for expansive instrumental soundscapes, Tycho is led by San Francisco-based musician and designer Scott Hansen. Originally a solo project that highlighted the use of drum machines and analog synthesizers, Tycho has grown into a full-fledged band whose precise and hypnotic live performances are accompanied by visuals designed by Hansen. The performance begins at 10:30 p.m.
Exhibitions on view include “Le Onde: Waves of Italian Influence (1914–1971),” which examines the importance of Italian art and thought to developments in futurism, spatialism, op art and kinetic art, and “Sergio Caballero,” which comprises a video work by the Spanish artist that blends homespun puppet animation and live action to tell the grotesque and darkly comic tale of an exorcism. “At the Hub of Things: New Views of the Collection,” a thematic rehanging of largely contemporary works from the collection, is ongoing. All museum galleries will be open until 10 p.m., with last entry at 9:30 p.m.
Tickets go on sale Aug. 25 at hhafterhours2015.eventbrite.com. General admission tickets are $35, and VIP tickets are $100. VIP ticket holders have early access to the event, at 7 p.m., as well as access to a private lounge area with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. In addition, VIP ticket holders are invited to exclusive curators’ tours at 7:30 p.m.
After Hours is supported by idobi, in partnership with Smithsonian Enterprises. For more information about After Hours, visit hirshhorn.si.edu/collection/after-hours/. For more about idobi, visit idobi.com.
Mount Vernon re-creates a lively early-American marketplace with demonstrations, crafts and entertainment at its Colonial Market & Fair on Saturday, September 19, and Sunday, September 20, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. More than forty juried artisans from across the nation will demonstrate their trades and sell their wares while two stages of family entertainment delight audiences with 18th-century amusements. Try your hand at 18th century cricket! Demonstrations and cricket games will be played throughout the weekend.
Mount Vernon’s Colonial Market & Fair is the most authentic and diverse event of its kind, bringing together distinguished artisans working in colonial attire and a dozen entertainers who re-create the amusements loved by early Americans. As visitors shop, artisans demonstrate their crafts and explain the historic trades used to make items similar to those George Washington purchased in the 18th century.
General Washington will preside over a host of amusements including: Mr. Bayly, Conjuring and Entertainments; Signora Bella, Equilibrist; Professor Thompson S. Gunn, Mystic Arts of Asia, the Far East, & India; and more! Fair fare will be available from the Mount Vernon Inn Restaurant concession stands.
Free Potomac River sightseeing cruises are available while supplies last. Costumed interpreters will be demonstrating the 18th-century chocolate-making process using an authentic colonial recipe!
The event is included with regular admission: adults, $17; youth, 6-11 $9; children 5 and under, free. Save one dollar off of an admission ticket by purchasing in advance at MountVernon.org.
The Heurich House Museum in Dupont Circle will celebrate its fourth annual Oktoberfest on Saturday, September 19 from 1-4 pm. Entry includes unlimited pours of Oktoberfest-inspired local beer courtesy of DC Brewers Guild members: 3 Stars Brewing Company, Atlas Brew Works, Bluejacket, DC Brau Brewing Company, District ChopHouse & Brewery, Gordon Biersch Navy Yard, Hellbender Brewing Company and Right Proper Brewing Company.
Food will include German-style soft pretzels by Das Pretzel Haus, fresh grilled German sausages courtesy of Café Berlin and sauerkraut and pickles from Number 1 Sons. Dance the afternoon away with traditional Oktoberfest music from Die Drei. Learn about Germany today and celebrate 25 years of German unity with representatives from the German Information Center USA, a branch of the German Embassy. Tour the historic home of German-born brewmaster Christian Heurich and his family from 1-2 pm.
The museum is grateful for the support of Oktoberfest sponsors Café Berlin, DC Brewers Guild and German Information Center USA, a branch of the German Embassy.
Tickets are $60 per person with all proceeds benefiting the Heurich House Museum. Ticket price is all-inclusive of food and beer. Guests must be 21 or older. Please visit www.heurichhouse.org for tickets and additional information.
HONORARY HOSTS
His Excellency The Ambassador of Italy
and Mrs. Claudio Bisogniero
BALL CO-CHAIRS
Ms. Hillary Baltimore
Mr. Charles Prow
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015
Reception 7 pm | Dinner and Dancing 8 pm
Black Tie | Valet Parking | Guest List at the Door
On the Filene Center Stage
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
1551 Trap Road
Vienna, Virginia
| PLEASE JOIN US |
HOST SPONSORS
Daniel and Gayle D’Aniello
Proceeds from the Wolf Trap Ball benefit
Wolf Trap Foundation’s arts and education programs.
Mount Vernon re-creates a lively early-American marketplace with demonstrations, crafts and entertainment at its Colonial Market & Fair on Saturday, September 19, and Sunday, September 20, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. More than forty juried artisans from across the nation will demonstrate their trades and sell their wares while two stages of family entertainment delight audiences with 18th-century amusements. Try your hand at 18th century cricket! Demonstrations and cricket games will be played throughout the weekend.
Mount Vernon’s Colonial Market & Fair is the most authentic and diverse event of its kind, bringing together distinguished artisans working in colonial attire and a dozen entertainers who re-create the amusements loved by early Americans. As visitors shop, artisans demonstrate their crafts and explain the historic trades used to make items similar to those George Washington purchased in the 18th century.
General Washington will preside over a host of amusements including: Mr. Bayly, Conjuring and Entertainments; Signora Bella, Equilibrist; Professor Thompson S. Gunn, Mystic Arts of Asia, the Far East, & India; and more! Fair fare will be available from the Mount Vernon Inn Restaurant concession stands.
Free Potomac River sightseeing cruises are available while supplies last. Costumed interpreters will be demonstrating the 18th-century chocolate-making process using an authentic colonial recipe!
The event is included with regular admission: adults, $17; youth, 6-11 $9; children 5 and under, free. Save one dollar off of an admission ticket by purchasing in advance at MountVernon.org.
“Intriguing Past, Vibrant Future” is the theme for this year’s WalkingTown, DC tours of Mount Vernon Triangle on Sunday, September 20th from 10:00 AM to Noon and Monday, September 21st from Noon to 1:00 PM. Tours are led by Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District President, Claire Schaefer Oleksiak. As one of Washington, DC’s most beloved and historic neighborhoods, participants will learn about the history and recent development of this lively downtown community just east of Mount Vernon Square, a few blocks north of the Verizon Center and just south of Petworth and other longstanding residential communities. Learn about its roots as the home of the original Northern Liberties Market and visit Prather’s Alley, one of DC’s original commercial alleyways, as you hear about the social and economic forces that led to Mount Vernon’s development, decline, and current revitalization. The tour will end with a rooftop visit.
Registration is at http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/portal/walkingtown-dc1, then proceed to one of the two Mount Vernon Triangle tour listings. WalkingTown, DC is sponsored and programmed by Cultural Tourism DC, Inc.
This tour is wheelchair and stroller accessible and will be an easy walk of less than one mile. There are a number of local restaurants and coffee shops nearby for breakfast or lunch including A Baked Joint, Le Pain Quotidien, Busboys & Poets, Taylor Gourmet, Chipotle, Sweetgreen, L’Hommage Bistro Francais, Alba Osteria, Silo and Philos.
“Intriguing Past, Vibrant Future” is the theme for this year’s WalkingTown, DC tours of Mount Vernon Triangle on Sunday, September 20th from 10:00 AM to Noon and Monday, September 21st from Noon to 1:00 PM. Tours are led by Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District President, Claire Schaefer Oleksiak. As one of Washington, DC’s most beloved and historic neighborhoods, participants will learn about the history and recent development of this lively downtown community just east of Mount Vernon Square, a few blocks north of the Verizon Center and just south of Petworth and other longstanding residential communities. Learn about its roots as the home of the original Northern Liberties Market and visit Prather’s Alley, one of DC’s original commercial alleyways, as you hear about the social and economic forces that led to Mount Vernon’s development, decline, and current revitalization. The tour will end with a rooftop visit.
Registration is at http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/portal/walkingtown-dc1, then proceed to one of the two Mount Vernon Triangle tour listings. WalkingTown, DC is sponsored and programmed by Cultural Tourism DC, Inc.
This tour is wheelchair and stroller accessible and will be an easy walk of less than one mile. There are a number of local restaurants and coffee shops nearby for breakfast or lunch including A Baked Joint, Le Pain Quotidien, Busboys & Poets, Taylor Gourmet, Chipotle, Sweetgreen, L’Hommage Bistro Francais, Alba Osteria, Silo and Philos.
Enjoy the ultimate Japanese libation from 20 sake brewers. Guests will also find Japanese beer and sochu, along with exceptional cuisine.
