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Everybody Wins! DC 15th Annual Gala

Published on 03/09/2010 in Affairs and Home. 0 Comments Tags: DC, events, everybody wins! dc, philanthropy.

Annual Gala: Open Books – Open Doors

* Keynote Speaker: U.S Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan

Join Us for Our Annual Gala Celebration

Our salute to youth literacy and its enormous influence on our society’s future will celebrate our children, mentors, community leaders and corporate partners through a remarkable evening of celebrity readings, award presentations and auctions. This annual fundraiser is a cornerstone in the financial framework that has made EW!DC the largest children’s literacy and mentoring program in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

For some great pictures from the 2009 gala click here including General Colin Powell, USA (ret.) who was the keynote speaker, U.S Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Senator Harkin and Congressman Moran and our students, mentors, award recipients and corporate partners.

Please join us in support of our efforts to reach out to underserved youth and transform their lives through the power of reading and the inspiration of caring mentors. Their future – our future – depends on our commitment to offer all children the tools necessary to fully and successfully participate in society.

How You Can Help

You can make a difference by becoming a sponsor or purchasing tickets (just fill out the form), contributing items to our live and silent auctions, or by volunteering on the night. Contact us to find out how you can help!

When

March 9, 2010 from 5:30 to 9 p.m.

Where

The Capital Hilton, 16^th & K Streets, NW, Washington, DC

Event Schedule

Chapter I:   Cocktail Reception &  Silent Auction

Chapter II: Seated Dinner & Program

Chapter III: Dessert and Coffee & Live Auction

Contact

Vinny Hughes                       Roopa Purohit

Operations Manager            Development & Communications Manager

(202) 347-9467 ext. 17       (202) 347-9467 ext. 15

Fashion For Paws shopping party at Urban Chic

Published on 03/08/2010 in Affairs, FashionWire and Home. 0 Comments Tags: DC, events, fashion, fashion for paws, philanthropy.

2010 Brewer’s Ball to benefit Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Published on 03/05/2010 in Affairs and Home. 0 Comments Tags: beer, cystic fibrosis foundation, DC, events, philanthropy.

2010 Brewer’s Ball

Shine up those shoes and pick up your dry cleaning – the 2010 Brewer’s Ball is just around the corner! On Saturday, March 6^th, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will sponsor the 6^th Annual Brewer’s Ball event, to be held this year at the United States Chamber of Commerce.

Seventeen area breweries will be participating, along with ten food stations for an all-inclusive event where the cost of your ticket includes food, beverages, entertainment, and an auction, too.

Breweries will include:
Capitol City Brewing Company
Clipper City Brewing
Fordham Brewing Company
Old Dominion Brewing Company
Dogfish Head Alehouse
Flying Dog Brewery
Front Street Brewery
Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant
Holy Brew Company
Hook & Ladder Brewing Company
Hops Grill & Brewery
ICS Group – Capital Eagle
Rust Belt Brewing Company
Starr Hill Brewing Company
Tuppers Hop Pocket Beers
Vintage 50
Williamsburg Alewerks

The Brewer’s Ball offers more than 800 guests the opportunity to sample a variety of handcrafted ales and lagers from top microbreweries and brewpubs in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area. The evening will feature live entertainment as well as a silent auction, to raise both money and awareness for cystic fibrosis research. The 2009 Brewer’s Ball was able to contribute 95 cents of every dollar raised available for investment in vital CF research, care and education programs. By donating to Brewer’s Ball you know that your money is being spent in the most effective way possible – to save lives!

Individual tickets are on sale for $115 each, $40 of which is tax deductible. Sponsorships are available, as well. For more information, or to purchase tickets, visit http://metrodc.cff.org/brewersball or call the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation DC Chapter at (301) 657-8444.

So stupid, a caveman could like you

Published on 03/03/2010 in Home and Politics. 0 Comments Tags: DC, Politics, tv.

The Geico caveman was in the District yesterday, and he has this message for President Obama:

ARTrageous! at the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Published on 03/02/2010 in Affairs, FashionWire and Home. 0 Comments Tags: artrageous, DC, events, fashion, Smithsonian.

It was a night of art for all ages. The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s ARTrageous gala was fun for both seasoned art historians as well as young attendees just beginning their collecting experience. Wide-eyed and dressed to the nines, ARTrageous guests brought out their most artistic accessories, like funky jewelry, bedazzled ties, pastel-dyed feather boas, sequined headpieces, and everything in between.

The centerpiece was a fabulous glass form of a dress, created by Karen LaMonte. “Reclining Dress Impression with Drapery” was the perfect piece for the evening’s blend of art and fashion. Guests swilled designer cocktails and ate delicious decadent bites while dancing around the illuminated piece.

Nick Verreos of “Project Runway” fame was also one of the VIP guests, doling out fashion advice as though he was one of the many perky attendants offering up Champagne everywhere you turned. Verreos took pictures with starstruck guests, who prodded on his take over following seasons’ contestants and the beauty of LaMonte’s sadly unwearable beautiful glass dress.

The evening concluded with a kicky DJ spinning everything from pop to techno to old frat house throwbacks. It was an evening replete with every form of art and fashion to span all ages and tastes.

Images courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, photo by Tony Brown/Imijination Photography.

AskMissA.com re-launch

Published on 03/01/2010 in FashionWire and Home. 0 Comments Tags: andrea rodgers, blogs, DC, Press.

Contact: Andrea Rodgers
Phone: 202-422-2692
Email: missa@askmissa.com
Website: www.askmissa.com

WATCH OUT O, HERE COMES A!
Askmissa.com launches national e-magazine

(WASHINGTON, DC) –A year and a half after the launch of the DC-area lifestyle blog AskMissA.com, the company makes its debut today as a national e-magazine. Inspired by Washington socialite Andrea Rodgers’s LateNightShots moniker, “Miss A,” AskMissA.com’s popularity blossomed from 5,000 to 60,000 unique monthly readers between August 2008 and February 2010. AskMissA.com publishes advice, recommendations, and views from topical writers who cover women’s well-rounded lifestyle interests — cultural, political, and social issues; art and literature; design and entertaining; style and skincare. Forty percent of the website’s monthly visitors come from outside the DC/MD/VA area, with the largest percentage coming from other major cities.

“We are thrilled to begin our national expansion across the United States. AskMissA.com has been listening to our national readers,” says Andrea Rodgers, Editor-in-Chief of AskMissA.com. “While much of our topical content is universal, we recognize that our readers in other major cities have regional preferences and want local content. Our writers across the country will reflect the style and culture of their individual city.”

AskMissA.com is expanding across the nation’s heartland with new writers who, like Miss Rodgers, are in-the-know in their respective major city. New writers from New York, Atlanta, Charleston, Charlotte, Miami, Palm Beach, Houston, Chicago, LA, and San Francisco will give her nationwide readers local content, while sharing the scoop about life in other cities with national readers. More readers are expected to “Ask Miss A” for help regarding their love and social lives, as this expansion is expected to increase the national reach of AskMissA.com tremendously.

“This isn’t just a makeover. It’s a true transformation,” says Mike Carson, also known as “Guy Friday” and AskMissA.com’s web producer. “The design improves the website, but maintains the Miss A brand. The new magazine layout allows readers to better access the diverse and extensive content on the site. The traditional blog format was much too limiting.”

About AskMissA.com

Founded by Andrea Rodgers in 2008, AskMissA.com is a national lifestyle e-magazine that provides heartfelt — rather than commercial — content for women’s well-rounded lifestyle interests — cultural, political, and social issues; art and literature; design and entertaining; style and skincare. AskMissA.com was originally inspired by Washington socialite Andrea Rodgers’s LateNightShots moniker “Miss A,” under which she gave advice to thousands of exclusive subscribers. Readers continue to “Ask Miss A” for advice and recommendations on everything from style to self-help, and are assured to get an answer that is heartfelt with a touch of Miss A’s Southern charm and sass. AskMissA.com tosses aside the superficial and shallow to deliver sensibility and substance with style. AskMissA.com’s authentic, informative, and witty editorial voices from women-in-the-know across the United States informs, inspires, and entertains an audience of over 60,000 unique monthly visitors. AskMissA.com is focused on creating an authentic community for women of style and substance, and continues to grow organically by building a powerful online network of women.

Aid for Haiti at The Georgetown Club

Published on 03/01/2010 in Affairs and Home. 0 Comments Tags: DC, events, georgetown, philanthropy, the georgetown club.

ARTrageous! at the Smithsonian

Published on 02/26/2010 in Affairs and Home. 0 Comments Tags: DC, events, fine arts, philanthropy, Smithsonian.

Artrageous logo

Spend an ARTrageous evening at the Smithsonian American Art Museum!

Purchase tickets at the ARTthusiastic Sponsor level ($1,000) and attend an exclusive dinner and discussion with Project Runway contestant Nick Verreos and artist Karen LaMonte, whose artwork Reclining Dress Impression with Drapery will be featured.

Tickets to the gala reception ($150) include live music by Blues Alley; a dinner buffet and open bar; and late-night dancing with DJ Menan.

7:00–9:00 p.m. Special Dinner with artist Karen LaMonte and fashion designer Nick Verreos
8:00–11:30 p.m. Gala Reception with live music
Smithsonian American Art Museum
8th & F Streets, NW, Washington, D.C.
Purchase tickets below, or call (202) 633-4550 for assistance.

Artrageous 2009