"Architectural and Design Photography: The Art of Imaging" Coming to the Washington Design Center Thursday night

"Architectural and Design Photography: The Art of Imaging" at the Washington Design Center in partnership with Dodge Chrome, Inc. The exhibition opens tomorrow September 8 through Oct. 21, 2011 and features over 100 works by very best area architectural, interior design, landscape, and fine-art photographers. The epic Beatles photograph by Mike Mitchell and ones by Kenneth Wyner are amongst the top photographs being exhibited.

Opening Reception

Thursday Sept. 8

5 to 8 p.m.

Washington Design Center, 300 D. Street SW, Washington DC

RSVP to rsvp@dodgechrome.com

Ford’s Theatre FREE Monday Night Programs with Leaders

Beginning in October, Ford’s Theatre presents a month of free Monday night discussions featuring historians, journalists, congressional leaders and young adults.

• October 3: Chris Matthews moderates a discussion about diversity and leadership titled “E Pluribus Unum: Seeking Unity, Respecting Diversity” featuring a panel of Congressional leaders.
• October 10: Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Cynthia Tucker moderates the program “Jews and Race Relations in the South,” featuring playwright Alfred Uhry and historian Eli Evans.
• October 17: Washington Post columnist Gene Robinson and members of the press explore the media’s influence on the public’s discourse on diversity.
• October 24, Legacy Project Partner Operation Understanding D.C., a youth organization that brings together Jewish and African-American high school students, hosts an open discussion for their peers.

CLICK HERE for full details.

Adam's Morgan Day Festival this Weekend

It's back. And neither hurricanes nor rain will keep us away! Click HERE for full schedule of events.

H Street Festival Just Around the Corner

Click HERE for more details.

Washington National Cathedral presents “A Call to Compassion" this Weekend

September 9, 10, and 11, Washington National Cathedral presents “A Call to Compassion,” a three-day series of events to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. These events include a “Concert to Honor” featuring Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, the Marine Corps Chamber Orchestra and United States Navy Band Sea Chanters on Friday, September 9, feature a community day with “A Concert to Heal” with performances by local artists Sweet Honey in the Rock and others, and culminate with “A Concert for Hope” Sunday, September 11, which includes remarks from President Barack Obama, and performances by country star Alan Jackson, R&B legend Patti LaBelle and renowned mezzo soprano Denyce Graves. CLICK HERE for a full list of events.

Fashion's Night Out Hits Georgetown this Thursday

Check out the full schedule of events HERE.

Bethesda Arts Walk this Friday

Click HERE for more details.

Ekster Antiques Barn Sale Event this Weekend

Ekster Antiques opens their 8,000-square-foot former dairy barn several times a year for weekend sales events and fills it from top to bottom with fantastic European, Belgian and Scandinavian-style old and new furniture and home accessories. Lucky us, it's that time again!

Ekster Antiques
38532 Pheasant Hill Lane
Hamilton, Virginia 20158
9/2: 10am - 5pm
9/3: 10am - 5pm

CLICK HERE for more details.

If you haven't seen this movie yet, you can't call yourself a foodie

El Bulli: Cooking in Progress. Now showing at West End Cinema in DC. Click HERE for tickets.

Join Women Chefs & Restaurateurs as they present their annual World Fare: A Street Food Festival this October

Join Women Chefs & Restaurateurs (WCR) as they present their annual World Fare: A Street Food Festival this fall. Stroll through the “World Fare” and enjoy fabulous street fare menu items while meeting the region’s top women chefs, sommeliers, farmers, bee keepers, cheese makers, food truck operators and more. Sample beer and wine and craft cocktails from the nation’s best women brewers, wine makers and mixologists from around the country.

CLICK HERE to purchase tickets.

Come prepared to bid on fabulous food experiences and culinary packages at the silent and live auctions with emcee Nycci Nellis of Foodie and the Beast.

Willow Restaurant
4301 N. Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22203

Sunday, October 2, 2011
5:00 to 8:00 PM

Tickets: $65 per person in advance, $75 per person at the door

Libations by:

Gina Chersevani, PS 7's
Alison Christ, Northside Social, The Liberty Tavern, Lyon Hall
Megan Coyle, Hank’s Oyster Bar and Lounge
Daedulus Cellars Company, Oregon
Holly Grove Vineyards, Virginia
New Belgium Brewing, Colorado
Puriri Hills Wine of New Zealand
St. Francis Winery & Vineyards

Street fare by:

Marianne Ali, DC Central Kitchen
Beverly Bates, Vidalia
Laurie Bell, Great Falls Tea Garden
Mikala Brennan, Hula Girl Truck
Somchet Chumpapo, L’Academie de Cuisine
Vaishali P. Chitnis, Stratford University
Ruth Gresser, Pizzeria Paradiso
Ellen Gray, Equinox Restaurant, Todd Gray’s Watershed and Todd Gray's Muse at the Corcoran
Carla Hall, Alchemy by Carla Hall and co-host of ABC’s The Chew
Anne Hutchinson, Hank’s Oyster Bar and Lounge
Kate Jansen, Willow
Ris Lacoste, Ris
Jamie Leeds, Hank’s Oyster Bar and Lounge
Janis McLean, 15 Ria
Sue McWilliams, Paint Branch High School
Tracy O’Grady, Willow
Shannon Overmiller, The Majestic
Melanie Parker, 701 Restaurant and Bar
Zena Polin, The Daily Dish
Michelle Poteaux, Bastille Restaurant
Nora Pouillon, Restaurant Nora
Susan Soorenko, Moorenko’s Ice Cream
Allison Sosna, DC Central Kitchen
Linda Vogler, DC Central Kitchen
Samantha Weigand, L’Academie de Cuisine

Supporting Sponsor:

American Roland Food Corporation

Traditional Home Magazine and Washington Design Center Invite you to an Evening of Design Sept. 15th

An exclusive opportunity for consumers to shop the WDC DreamHome and its showrooms, with talks by a Traditional Home editor and book signings with designers Matthew Patrick Smyth and Barry Dixon. Shoppers will also be treated to a progressive wine tasting throughout the building and individual showroom receptions. CLICK HERE to register and for more information.

International Volunteering: What to Expect

Recently I wrote part I of a two part series for the Catalogue of Philanthropy on international volunteering. Read the full piece HERE.

DC Shorts Coming this September 8-18th

The DC Shorts Film Festival will feature 145 films, from 23 countries. The films run the gamut in genre, style and subject, but are unified by their abbreviated run times - 20 minutes or less.

DC Shorts Film Festival takes over Landmark’s E Street Cinema, H Street’s Atlas Performing Arts Center, the U.S. Navy Memorial Theatre and the festival will also make its first visit to Virginia with films at Artisphere in Rosslyn. CLICK HERE to see a full list of shows and purchase tickets.