Alfonso Ribeiro Announced as Host of 2023 A CAPITOL FOURTH
Actor and television personality Alfonso Ribeiro has been announced as the host of the 2023 A CAPITOL FOURTH performance.
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Parties/Events
Awesome Con Returns For its 10th Anniversary
Over 50,000 fans of comic books, television and film, science and tech, and over-the-top cosplay will gather to kick off the milestone 10th-anniversary celebration of geek culture at Awesome Con June 16 – 18, 2023. And to get it all started, Mayor Muriel Bowser will officially proclamation June 16th, 2023 as “Awesome Con Day.”
Read MoreDC Veg Restaurant Week Kicks-Off With Celeb Hosts at DC Vegan
The inaugural DC Veg Restaurant Week kicked-off its second year at DC Vegan with a celebration of vegan
cuisine and tasty bites to get mouths watering for the many renowned DC-area establishments registered to participate over eight days with plant-based specials from May 6-13.
Netflix and Shondaland Preview “Queen Charlotte” at NMAAHC
Netflix and Shondaland hosted a special screening of the highly anticipated upcoming series QUEEN CHARLOTTE: A BRIDGERTON STORY at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, inviting fans of the series and all of Shonda Rhimes’s talented works to be among the first to preview the new spin-off series.
Read MoreThree Top Coronation Celebrations in DC
While there are plenty of British pubs in DC and watch parties all around, we’d prefer to mark the occasion of the crowning of King Charles III with pomp, political diplomacy… and definitely some over-the-top pastries!
Here are three of the top events around town to fête the crowning of the British Monarch…
Read MoreAnd Samaritan Inns Winner of DC’s Best Mocktail Is…
More than 200 people were in attendance and helped to raise nearly $100,000 to work toward addiction treatment and recovery services for the homeless and at-risk at Samaritan Inns’ inaugural Battle of the Mocktails.
Read MoreTheatre Washington Celebrates 2023 Helen Hayes Awards Nominees
A special reception to recognize DC 2023 Helen Hayes Award nominees was recently held at the Perry Belmont Mansion in Dupont Circle. The evening celebrated work from 131 eligible stage productions presented in the 2022 calendar year — including 39 musicals, 97 plays, and 38 world premieres — and the actors, crew, and staff that brought them to life.
Read MoreHay Adams Celebrates the Arts with Music Salons
Did you know that the Hay-Adams Hotel hosts musical salons, just as John Hay and Henry Adams hosted lively salons in their homes (where the hotel now stands) in the late 1800s?!
Read MoreOlympic Gymnast Dominique Dawes Headlines HerStory 5k
More than 4,000 participants — the largest number of attendees in FITDC HerStory 5k’s five-year history — joined in on Saturday, March 5th, making the Women’s History Month tradition that focuses on citywide fitness a huge success.
Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes, who lives in the DC-area, served as guest host, bringing her whole family out to pump up the crowd and provide words of inspiration before taking part in the race and the events following.
Read MoreHouse of Sweden Hosts Santa Lucia Festival with Diplomacy
As guests greeted, enjoyed carols, and nibbled from beautiful tablescapes of edible sweets at the House of Sweden’s Lucia Holiday Celebration, Ambassador Olofsdotter reminded all in attendance that the evening was made possible by diplomacy, cooperation, and shared values.
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