Pentagon Row’s summer concert series is kicking it up a notch with Gonzo’s Nose playing tomorrow from
7-9pm. They’re a pretty sweet cover band that play the “best songs from the ’80s, ’90s, and today” (I heard that phrase on a radio station once but it’s the perfect description). Best part is the concert [...]

The Capital Fringe Festival is a celebration of all things artsy and independent. There’s musical comedy, stand up, monologues, dancing and more. Performances range from the serious (Slave Narratives Revisited ) to the delightfully absurd (Jerry Springer: The Opera).
To watch the performances, you’ll need to buy a button ($5) and individual tickets to the shows [...]

Celebrate the founding of Quebec City this Tuesday at the Embassy of Canada. There will be free hot dogs, hamburgers, soda, beer and poutine–a Canadian dish that consists of fries topped with cheese with gravy. Spike Mendelsohn from Top Chef will be at the celebration, along with musician Lennie Gallant and special guest Michelle Campagne.
My [...]

The Washington Ballet’s hip young professionals group is hosting a Soiree tomorrow night to kick off their Studio Sale fundraiser.  Proceeds support The Washington Ballet’s signature education program, DanceDC. Grab a drink and get first dibs on the merchandise before it opens to the public.  If you are willing to deal with the crowds, the [...]

Maybe you read about this event in the Washington Post, or Politico…maybe you’re friends with one of the 25 eligible bachelors and bachelorettes who are being auctioned…or maybe you’re just plugged into the foreign policy world and know that tonight’s event at City Tavern Club, hosted by the Young Professionals in Foreign Policy, is THE [...]

The social event of the summer season is this Saturday!  DC socialite Andrea Rodgers brings us the 5th annual Courage Cup match, where at risk urban youth in the Work to Ride program play along with professional polo players and celebrities.  The “Gavels and Mallets” is the event to watch, where DC law firms throw [...]

Jazz, art, food and wine—the Sculpture Garden has it all.
Brazilian jazz band Origem will be performing this Friday at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden in front of the Pavilion Café. The free concert goes from 5:00 to 8:30 p.m.
You can order a picnic basket online (not free, alas!) stuffed with fruit, [...]

Need more Steve Carell in your life? The Young Benefactors think so.
The Young Benefactors of the Smithsonian Institution are holding an advanced screening of Carell’s new flick, Get Smart. The movie chronicles the misadventures of bumbling detective Maxwell Smart (Carell, obviously) and his lethal partner, Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway). You can see this comedy before [...]

The “1st Annual Jack Heatherly ‘Trey’ Lefler III Memorial Golf Tournament” is a Members Only event memorializing his fateful car accident in November. However, a $20 donation gets you into the kick-off party at THE SPACE club (901 N St. NW). Benefits University of the South scholarships. Friday, June 13th, 8:00 pm.
Donation accepted regardless of [...]

If you took Psych 101 in college, you’ve probably heard of Philip Zimbardo: he’s the man behind the infamous Stanford prison experiment. The now-75-year-old Zimbardo — who has been studying what makes people do bad things for decades – will be at Cato on Thursday (4 p.m.) to discuss his book, The Psychology of Evil: [...]