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Race For Every Child To Benefit Children's National Medical Center

Nationally and internationally renowned Children’s National Medical Center in Washington DC—which serves more than 360,000 children and provides more than $50 million in uncompensated care every year—will hold its first annual Race for Every Child 5K (3.1 miles) race/walk on Oct. 5. This event will…

Love It

Blowout Bar DC Now Open!

Blowout Bar DC is now open! Located at 2134 L Street NW, Blowout Bar DC offers blowouts for just $35 in a beautiful, relaxing setting. They also do updos, house calls, and rent out the salon for special events or bridal showers. All appointments come with complimentary snacks and champagne.  "Our …

Awareness

Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra “From Bagels to Bongos” Highlights DC Jazz Festival June 9

  • By Leen
  • May 20, 2013

Celebrating the Convergence of Jewish and Latin Music  WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 — From Bagels to Bongos: Falafel, Fajitas, Mambo and Borscht, featuring Arturo O’Farrill’s Grammy Award-winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO), joined by special guests Steven Bernstein and Anat Cohen is an innovative…

Volunteers Needed

Police Appreciation Luncheon Needs Volunteers and Monetary Contributions

The Citizens Advisory Council of the Second District MPD will sponsor an all day and night Police Appreciation Luncheon for the officers and staff of the Second District MPD on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 from 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.  The goal of the luncheon is to feed all personnel of the Second District…

School

Ways for Georgetown Teachers to Save in the Classroom

Why are Georgetown-area teachers continuing to pay for school supplies out of their own pocket? According to a recent study, 6.4 million public school teachers in the U.S. spend over $3 billion every year. That’s about $480 of their own money.   Georgetown-area teachers are not only educating …

Awareness

Jazz Meets the Latin Classics at The Kennedy Center

  • By Leen
  • May 16, 2013

Paquito D’Rivera’s Pan-Americana Orchestra to Perform Jazz Interpretations of Famed Latin Composers June 14  WASHINGTON, May 13, 2013 — In its ninth year of collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) co-Artistic Director, renowned NEA Jazz …

Accomplishments

D.C. youth encourage healthy living, fight childhood obesity on Global Youth Service Day

Kid Power, Inc., a nonprofit that provides afterschool and youth summer programs, held a wellness event Saturday to encourage their elementary and middle school peers in southwest and northeast Washington, D.C. to learn fun and easy ways to incorporate healthy habits and action in their lives. The …

Awareness

Dutch Embassy Opens Doors for EU Open House, May 11

  Royal Netherlands Embassy   Press Release                                                                                    www.the-netherlands.org                                  May 7, 2013                                                           Royal Netherlands Embassy Opens its Doors for…

Accomplishments

DC Student Writers' Plays Produced Off-Broadway Through Writopia Lab Play Festival

Summer is rapidly approaching, but there is already plenty of excitement in the air for DC-area writers Gavrielle Jacobovitz, Elisa Bayoumi, and Madeleine Brennan, whose plays were produced Off-Broadway this past weekend as part of Writopia Lab's Worldwide Plays Festival. The Festival, which is …

Local Connections

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