St. Luke’s Help for Haitian Hurricane Victims
• December 21, 2016

Carole Feld welcomed guests alongside Izette Folger and Kate Damon for cocktails and conversation to celebrate the holidays Dec. 7 — and help the children and families of Haiti recover […]

Joseph Hassett Talks ‘Ulysses’ at Founding Friends
• December 7, 2016

PEN/Faulkner’s Founding Friends gathered at the home of Aviva Kempner to hear Joseph Hassett talk about his book, “The Ulysses Trials: Beauty and Truth Meet the Law,” at a Nov. […]

South Korean Embassy Salutes Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company
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South Korean Ambassador Ahn Ho-young and his wife Seon Hwa Lee hosted a Nov. 4 reception to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the dance company founded by fourth-generation Korean-American Dana […]

Dialogue Awards Go to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Susan Carmel
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The National Press Club ballroom was at capacity Nov. 17 as the Sustained Dialogue Institute honored this year’s awardees.  Librarian of Congress Emeritus James H. Billington presented the Associated Global […]

Linda Thompson: ‘A Little Thing Called Life’
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Linda Thompson was at Café Milano on Dec. 3 to discuss her new memoir detailing nearly five years with Elvis, a marriage to Bruce Jenner that produced two sons and […]

Japanese Ambassador Hosts Opera Camerata
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Opera Camerata of Washington, D.C., presented Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi” at the residence of Ambassador of Japan and Mrs. Kenichiro Sasae on Dec. 2.  The evening began with a reception and […]

In Series Preview of ‘Goyescas’
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On Dec. 1, In Series in collaboration with Spain Arts & Culture presented highlights from its upcoming production of the opera “Goyescas” by Enrique Granados at the founder residence of […]

Flamenco Aparicio Dance Company at GALA
• November 9, 2016

GALA, a national center for Latino performing arts in Columbia Heights, opened its 12th Annual Flamenco Festival on Nov. 4 with “Salvador.” Edwin Aparicio, recipient of Spain’s Cross of the […]

Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company Presents “Margin”
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The company presented the world premiere of “Margin” at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in the Kogod Courtyard on Oct. 28.  Burgess is the Gallery’s first choreographer in residence and […]

Salvation Army Fashion Show Luncheon
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Marie Carr and Jackie Roundtree co-chaired the Women’s Auxiliary of Washington, D.C., 67th Annual Fashion Show Luncheon & Auction at The Ritz-Carlton Tyson’s Corner on Oct. 28.  National Capital Area […]