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National Geographic Live: October 2011
The National Geographic Live series is back for the fall and we here at WeLoveDC want to share their great lineup of programming with you once again. Thanks to the generosity of our friends at NatGeo, we’ll be again offering two pairs of tickets for our readers to go and experience some great talks, lectures, [...]
More »Veggies Take Over at This Saturday’s DC VegFest
On September 24, from 11am to 6pm, DC VegFest will showcase ease, fun, and advantages of a plant-based lifestyle at GWU’s University Yard. This annual event, now in its third year, has grown significantly in size – it is the area’s largest vegetarian event with thousands of attendees expected.
Those attendees will have the opportunity [...]
The wedding series continues – who ELSE is using your big day?
‘18 Sep 2010 – No 030′
courtesy of ‘B Jones Jr’
The following is a guest entry by the Social Chair, who is far more qualified than I am to discuss this particular subject matter.
So here’s the problem with being a girl who hasn’t been planning her wedding since she was a little girl:
When it’s time to [...]
Fashion:District IV Announced
ReadySetDC has announced the details of their fourth Fashion:District event. Featuring autumn and winter collections from local designers like DeNada Design, Ginger Root Design, and Hugh & Crye, the premiere DC fashion event has now been expanded to an entire weekend.
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BYT & Embassy of Spain Present YES!
This Friday, the SPAIN arts&culture series for fall/winter 2011 will kick-off with a huge party thrown in collaboration with Brightest Young Things.
When the free event became available for RSVP six weeks ago, the list filled completely within hours. Hopefully, you were lucky enough to snag a spot. If not, maybe try to find a friend [...]
2011 All Roads Film Festival at NatGeo
‘National Archives Film Canisters’
courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
Starting tomorrow, the National Geographic Museum hosts the 2011 All Roads Film Festival. The five-day festival showcases nearly 40 films in 24 countries, created to provide an international platform for indigenous and under-represented minority-culture artists to share cultures, stories and perspectives through the power of film and [...]
We Love Sports: The Wounded Warrior Amputee Celebrity Softball Game
“Not many people get an opportunity to actually come down on the field,” 21-year-old Josh Wege said after his pre-game warm up at Nationals Park with ball and glove in tote. “Well … they actually get to come on the field but to actually play a game on this field, this is incredible.”
It’s true. More [...]
Reminder: Rickey Month Party Tonight
You may recall from previous years that July is Rickey Month. July’s over, but tonight the DC Craft Bartenders Guild wraps things up for 2011 with its Rickey Month Party at Jack Rose.
Finalists, announced via email on Friday, are after the jump, along with a few tasting notes from our team on the ones [...]
Mondavi Salutes Local Hero
‘Alison Kindler’
courtesy of ‘Jenn Larsen’
Interest in gardening is on the rise, from my neighbors growing tomatoes in patio containers to community gardens bursting with multiple produce plots. Increasingly there’s a practical need to provide access to affordable food through growing your own. Early this week I attended an intimate event honoring a local community gardening [...]
Book Signing for the Sleep Deprived
You’ve seen it all over social media. You’ve heard Samuel L. Jackson and maybe even Werner Herzog narrate it. You’ve probably laughed your ass off. Even if you don’t have children and haven’t a clue how agonizingly painfully frustrating it can be to get them down for that nap, I bet you’ve heard of Go [...]
More »Fringe 2011: hookups
I’m reviewing seven plays over the course of the 2011 Capital Fringe Festival, in collaboration with DC Theatre Scene. Get your Fringe button and join me!
hookups is about as naked as it can get at Fringe. A quintet of engaging actors make use of an air mattress and the barest essentials to create a series [...]
Fringe 2011: Patrick and Me
Part of our continuing coverage of the 2011 Capital Fringe Festival, in collaboration with DC Theatre Scene.
Avenue Q asked the question, “What Do You Do With A B.A. In English?”
Historian Anthony Cohen asks the audience a similar question, “What do you do with a history degree?” In his one-man Fringe show Patrick and Me he [...]
Fringe 2011: A Piece of Pi
I’m reviewing seven plays over the course of the 2011 Capital Fringe Festival, in collaboration with DC Theatre Scene. Get your Fringe button and join me!
There is no pie in A Piece of Pi.
I feel it’s necessary to point this out, because after all, there are clowns. So one might expect some pie-throwing with a [...]
Fringe 2011: Cecily and Gwendolyn’s Fantastical Capital Balloon Ride
I’m reviewing seven plays over the course of the 2011 Capital Fringe Festival, in collaboration with DC Theatre Scene. Get your Fringe button and join me!
True experimental theater breaks down the divide of expectations between performer and audience. Extroverts usually love this. Introverts, not so much. No surprise then that the long-form improvisation Cecily and [...]
Fringe 2011: Crave
I’m reviewing seven plays over the course of the 2011 Capital Fringe Festival, in collaboration with DC Theatre Scene. Get your Fringe button and join me!
Every heartbreaker eventually gets their heart broken. Cosmic justice, karma, the wheel of fortune – whatever you call it, the seesaw of relationships will always go from up to down [...]
Quick Contest: BLT Cooking Class
Happy Friday everyone! In celebration of the end of the week, BLT Steak and WeLoveDC are giving away two seats for this Saturday’s (aka tomorrow’s) South American Asado cooking class. The two hour plus class will be held at BLT Steak, starts at 12:30pm and features in-depth instruction from Executive Chef Victor Albisu on how [...]
More »Fringe 2011: Sanyasi
I’m reviewing seven plays over the course of the 2011 Capital Fringe Festival, in collaboration with DC Theatre Scene. Get your Fringe button and join me!
Can you ever truly detach from the world? From emotions, like heartache, greed, love? From the mundane, the pettiness of every day existence? Is this truly liberation, or is renunciation [...]
Fringe 2011: The Malachite Palace
I’m reviewing seven plays over the course of the 2011 Capital Fringe Festival, in collaboration with DC Theatre Scene. Get your Fringe button and join me!
Though there’s definitely an element of raunchy radicalism about Fringe, it’s important to remember that there are performances suitable for all. If you have a small child in your life, [...]
