Capital City Symphony Presents: Let Inspiration Be Your Guide

August 30, 2023

Journey from sorrow to triumph in mere moments with Brahms’ vivid Tragic Overture as CCS opens its penultimate concert of the season. The concert’s emotional adventure continues as Coleridge-Taylor’s Ballade […]

Social Scene: Good Deeds & Good Times

May 10, 2023

The Washington Ballet Gala Spring Soirée Kicks off 2023 C&O Canal Season The Phillips Collection Gala: Threads of Connection   Smithsonian Craft Show WHCA: A Weekend of Many Events   […]

Celebrating Social Secretaries at Meridian

August 21, 2019

Meridian Center welcomed more than 120 guests for its annual celebration of Washington’s social secretaries and cultural attachés. To illuminate the significance of their work to advance diplomacy, the Aug. […]

Art Exhibit and Artists’ Reception

August 21, 2018

à deux A Collection of Collaborative Works by Charlene Nield and Ann Pickett September 5 – 30, 2018 Artists’ reception Saturday, September 15, 6 – 8 pm Painting side-by-side in […]

Friends of the National Arboretum 2017 Dinner Under the Stars

July 12, 2017

Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.), U.S. National Arboretum Director Richard T. Olsen, Friends of the National Arboretum (FONA) board members and supporters from business, Capitol Hill […]

Bulgari Hosts National Museum of Women in the Arts

August 15, 2013

The Women’s Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts held its first meeting of the year at Bulgari in Chevy Chase Jan. 18. The meeting was devoted to auction items for the April 26 gala celebrating the museum’s 25th anniversary. Women’s committee president Fran Usher welcomed NMWA Founder Wilhelmina Holladay, Women’s Committee founder Ruthanna Weber, Ambassador of Bulgaria Elena Poptodorova, former Ambassador of Macedonia Ljubica Acevska Novello and Gamila Karjawally, who had been the liaison with Bulgari. Store Manager Andrea Mitchell showed a video and discussed the collection. Guests then enjoyed Bellinis and canapés prepared by Design Cuisine. [gallery ids="101138,140575,140570" nav="thumbs"]