Archive for the ‘Special Events’ Category

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

We Love Sports: Nats U for Women

There’s a scene in the 1992 movie “A League of Their Own” where catcher Dottie Hinson, played by Gina Davis, her younger sister Kit and their future teammate Marla Hooch first set foot on the warning track of the fictional Harvey Field for the first-ever All-American Girls Baseball League tryouts. It’s that first glance inside [...]

Fringe 2011: Tactile Dinner Car

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! For a crash course on what to expect from Fringe, you can’t do better than banished? productions mad avant-garde experience, Tactile Dinner Car. It’s a crazy sociological experiment playing [...]

2011 Capital Fringe Festival

” courtesy of ‘erin m’ Last night I got tied up to two people. We were force fed food through a syringe. Several people ate bugs. A couple needed the Heimlich. It blew all our minds. Welcome to Fringe! Judging by the happy crowd buzzing through the heat at the Baldacchino Gypsy Tent last night, [...]

LLS To Host Bobby Mitchell Hall of Fame Golf Classic in Leesburg This Weekend

’170/365′ courtesy of ‘Danilo.Lewis|Fotography’ The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is hosting the Bobby Mitchell Autotrader.com Hall of Fame Golf Classic this weekend at Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Va. from July 8 through the 10. Over $7 million have been raised in support of this annual event since 1988. Now, 21 years into the effort, its [...]

Fireworks Flashback: 7/4

‘D.C. Fireworks’ courtesy of ‘Dwood Photography’ Ah, Eh, Oh…and sometimes Y! Just 364 days until Fourth of July 2012. Until next year, sit back and relive the wonder and beauty of the pyrotechnics! ‘Ground burst’ courtesy of ‘ianseanlivingston’ 5 people like this post. Like Unlike

A Capitol Fourth 2011 Rehearsal in Photos

Pictured: Kelli O’Hara and the U.S. Army Band On Saturday July 3, some of the finest names in American entertainment assembled to rehearse for what would become PBS’ Capitol Fourth concert on the West Lawn of the Capitol building. The show’s talent included Broadway’s Kelli O’Hara, Glee‘s Matthew Morrison, American Idol’s Jordin Sparks, vocal sensation [...]

So You Want to See the National Fireworks on the Mall?

’2010 – Fourth of July – I Stand with the General’ courtesy of ‘mosley.brian’ So you want to see the National Fireworks on the Mall? But you’ve heard all this about talk about crushing crowds, insane Metro rides home, and a constant threat of rain just before the fireworks are supposed to fly. Yeah, that [...]

A Capitol Fourth: 2011 Concert Lineup Announced

If you’re anything like me then you tend to steer clear of the National Mall on Independence Day due to massive crowds. This year, though, I may make a trip down there. Why? The lineup for the Capitol Fourth concert sounds like fun. Acts ranging from multi-platinum recording artist Josh Groban to rock legend Little [...]

NMAI’s Indian Summer Showcase Not Just for Natives

‘Bill Miller and Derek Miller (no relation) perform at the 2010 Indian Summer Showcase at NMAI’ courtesy of ‘bhrome’ Tomorrow afternoon, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian is hosting a free outdoor concert to kick off their yearly Indian Summer Showcase. This year, the Indian Country/Country Indian concert will feature Victoria Blackie (Navajo), [...]

Capital Pride 2011

DC Street Art Scene: G40 Summit is Just the Beginning

When I first introduced myself as the newest We Love DC arts writer to Lauren Gentile, Director at Irvine Contemporary art gallery on 14th Street, she warned me that I would struggle to find works that would meet my “street art” beat. At the time, I was researching the P Street Shepard Fairey mural, and [...]

June Happenings at SAAM

Looking for some great things to do over the summer while the tourists flood in? There are several great programs (free!) being hosted by the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) in Penn Quarter this month. Take some time to check them out! Opening Night of the IV BrazilDocs Documentary Film Week: Santiago June 9, 7 [...]

Drinks Special: SAVOR

SAVOR added a second night for its 2011 event, as 72 breweries displayed their wares at the National Building Museum on June 3 & 4, 2011.

Saturday Memorial Concert for Adam Hosinski and Rory Weichbrod

On October 9th, 2010, Adam Hosinski and Rory Weichbrod, were crossing Rockville Pike in North Bethesda, when they were struck and killed by a driver who was later arrested on DUI charges and convicted of manslaughter. This Saturday, from 2-7pm, friends and family will gather at The Bullpen, across from Nationals Stadium, to celebrate the lives of these two [...]

Legal Analysis on the Jefferson Dance Restrictions

‘Jefferson Memorial’ courtesy of ‘qr7d88 (Alex) *mending*’ Summer is a time for re-runs and apparently that goes for protest events too. Adam Kokesh and others have indicated their intention to show up at the Jefferson Memorial this Saturday at Noon for a repeat performance of last Saturday’s civil disobedience. There’s over 2500 folks RSVPed on [...]

National Memorial Day Concert: Behind the Scenes

Each year, PBS presents the National Memorial Day Concert live from the National Mall. The show features some of the top musical acts in the nation and around the world. This year’s show had special meaning to the production crew, performers, veterans, active soldiers, and all Americans due to the recent capture of Osama Bin [...]

The Punch Bowl: Book Launch Tonight

Remember how I said I reached out to Dan Searing about a launch event for his book? I found out earlier today that launch event is tonight, at 6pm in the Warehouse Theater behind the Passenger. I’ve already made use of the book, as you might discern from the above picture. That’s an oleo-saccharum in [...]