2023 Social Scene Highlights: Ford’s, Wolf Trap, NMWA, Tudor Place  

January 18, 2024

Ford’s Theatre Rita Moreno received the Lincoln Medal at Ford’s Theatre’s Annual Gala on June 11.      Wolf Trap Wolf Trap’s 2023 Ball, “The Golden Hour,” was held on […]

G.U. Welcomes Neighbors for Holidays

December 14, 2023

It’s become a happy, neighborly Christmastime tradition: Georgetown University’s annual open house for the holidays — set in the Victorian-style Riggs Library at the landmark Healy Building. This year, university […]

City Tavern Celebrates Its Past & Future


The City Tavern Preservation Foundation held its annual gala — “Celebrating the Past, Preserving the Future” — on Dec. 1. More than 100 guests attended the elegant reception and dinner […]

Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company Marks 30th Season


The dancers, designers and founding choreographer of Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company (DTSBDC) were met with a standing ovation by a sold-out crowd at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, […]

Four Seasons and Children’s National Hospital ‘Light Up the Season’   

December 7, 2023

“Light Up the Season” returned to the Four Seasons for the seventh year. The Christmastime favorite invites “guests to revel in an elegant holiday display inspired by Children’s National Hospital […]

Community Christmas Tree Lit at Book Hill Park


Under the leadership of Georgetown Main Street — the nonprofit that helps small businesses along the Wisconsin Avenue commercial corridor — Georgetown now boasts its own community Christmas tree, after […]

DC Chamber at 85: ‘Elevate, Advocate, Connect’

November 20, 2023

The DC Chamber of Commerce saluted its 2023 Chamber’s Choice Award recipients during its annual 2023 Chamber’s Choice Awards & Gala, “Elevate Advocate Connect,” on Nov. 10 at the Washington […]

Theatre Lab Cabaret Honors GALA Theatre Founders


The Theatre Lab’s Cabaret Benefit Dinner and Auction was held  at the Ritz-Carlton Washington, D.C. on Nov. 5. The benefit featured a silent auction and cocktail reception followed by a […]

Mozarteum Brasileiro Celebrates Cultural Exchange

November 16, 2023

Aniko and Nash Schott hosted a sumptuous buffet, good conversation and plenty of musical anecdotes to introduce their visiting friend Countess Sabine Lovatelli to their guests on Nov. 2.   […]

36th Bark Ball: ‘Treasured Pets Regaled’

November 9, 2023

It would be incorrect to call the Human Rescue Alliance’s 36th annual Bark Ball at the Washington Hilton a “howling” success because the pawed honorees were far too well behaved. […]