CITYWIDE EVENTS
Take a Bite Out of Breast Cancer and Dine n’ Wine at Proof this Sunday!
Need an excuse to dine or wine at Proof? We never do but if we can entice you to pop by this Sunday, October 2nd you’d be helping support Take a Bite out of Breast Cancer for Pink Jams! For the entire month of October, DC area chefs and restaurateurs have committed their establishments for one day, a week, or the entire month, and will generously donate a portion of their food and beverage sales to Take a Bite out of Breast Cancer — an outreach and fundraising campaign focusing on educating Washington, DC area residents about the importance of early detection and awareness and supports Pink Jams!, a DC area non-profit promoting breast cancer awareness to young men and women.
Save the Date for DC Wine Week!
Have you heard of DC Wine Week? Neither had we — so DCeventjunkie & Pivot Point Communications have joined forces to make it happen! October 15-22, 2011 will be a week long celebration of all things related to wine in Washington, DC and surrounding neighborhoods.
Top 10 Funniest #DCQuake Tweets. Hey, it’s an event!
@ColinStorm Colin Storm
The debt ceiling just fell in Washington. #DCQuake
@rkref roadkillrefugee:
Streets have cleared. People in DC don’t like to mill around outside. Unless it’s billable.
Dancing in the DC Streets
So you think DC can dance? DC Commission Young Artist Grantee Micheline Heal intends to show you just that with her five part contemporary modern dance performances through the streets of Washington, DC. With a goal to provide more exposure to the thriving local dance community, Heal’s dance company –Mich-Mash Productions– will perform free for unsuspecting audiences in different locations around the city.
Georgetown Celebrates Fashion Night Out
Fashionable media-ites gathered last night to learn what to expect at this year’s Fashion‘s Night Out on September 8. With more than 80 participating stores, the 2011 experience will feature individual events at Georgetown stores led by members of the Fashion’s Night Out committee, which include Kate Michael of K Street Kate, Angie Goff from WUSA9, Samy K from Hot 99.5, Kelly Colis from 94.7 Fresh FM, and Phillipa Hughes of The Pink Line Project, to name a few. For the second year, the Fashion’s Night Out event will benefit Labels for Love, a charity founded by DC local Mary Amons (“Real Housewives of DC”) to raise awareness for local and national women’s and children’s causes, including Cancer Schmancer.
Library of Congress 2011 National Book Festival
The 11th Annual Book Festival will take place on the National Mall September 24 -25th, 2011. Organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, the honorary chairs are no less than President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama. This public event will feature more than 100 authors including David McCullough, Russell Banks, Dave Eggers, Terry McMillan, Pulitzer Prize-winners Siddhartha Mukherjee and Jennifer Egan, Garrison Keillor, Amy Chua & Toni Morrison. Books will be available for sale at the Barnes & Noble Book Sales Pavilion, so be sure to pick up any copies you’d like signed ahead of time.
Scoutmob’s Guide to Local Living Launches Today in DC
Last night I popped by Lamont Bishop Gallery to check out the prelaunch event for Scoutmob, a whole new way to do deals in DC. Yeah, I know, another deals site! Well from what I can see Scoutmob is doing it better. No need to pre-purchase anything that you’re likely to forget to redeem (I’m guilty there) or that expires before you use it. But what entices me to fan Scoutmob over any of the other leading deal sites is the editorial content and crowd-sourcing efforts to get the local DC community involved. They’ll be covering what’s what, where and when around DC, local faces to know in your city, artists and up-and-coming musicians, designers and writers to admire — while local food bloggers you know and love will weigh in on what to eat and where. Read on for details on their public launch event tonight…
Belgian Restaurant Week in Washington DC
Were you aware of all the fine Belgian establishments we had right here in Washington, DC? Or that they had their very own Belgian Restaurant Week? Read on for a list of all the players and where to find game this week!
Feel Magnifique with the French on Bastille Day in DC
I’m sure it’s as entertaining for the French on Bastille Day as it is for the Irish on St. Patrick’s Day…well maybe not as much, but it’s still fun!
With the loss of Les Halles you might have thought the Bastille Bartender Race was a story of the past, but never fear — PAUL Bakery & Cafe plans to spice things up with a Bastille Day Baguette Relay Race! And with promises of participants in French Maid outfits, well how could one resist? Read on for menu specials from Central, Sofitel and BLT Steak!
Interns Rock DC Week
Did you know there was a website dedicated to Interns in Washington DC? No? How about a week dedicated to interns in DC? Well apparently they’ve got their own week to ROCK and it starts this Friday. From June 10 – 19th anyone interning in DC will receive special discounts at participating restaurants, museums, tour companies, music venues and retail stores.
