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Dan About Town: The Best of Bashes, Balls, and Benefits This Past May

Party photographer Dan Swartz’s monthly roundup.

Written by Dan Swartz | Published on July 29, 2022

Dan About Town: The Best of Bashes, Balls, and Benefits This Past May

Think of Us’s Center for Lived Experience introduction party at Penn Social. Paris Hilton and Think of Us CEO and founder Sixto Cancel.

“This Present Moment” opening party at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum | May 13

ZSC_0883a copy - Washingtonian — Artist Sonya Clark, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery director Stephanie Stebich, and artist Janet Echelman.

“Invisible Words” reception at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library | May 9

ZSC_3912a copy - Washingtonian — Ignatian Volunteer Corps president and CEO Mary McGinnity, Ignatian Volunteer Corps board member Mary Podesta, “Invisible Words” curator and Cool Globes founder Wendy Abrams, and DC Public Library executive director Richard Reyes-Gavilan.

Think of Us’s Center for Lived Experience introduction party at Penn Social

ZSC_4990a copy - Washingtonian — Shantell Steve, manager of youth and lived experience at Think of Us, and Sarah Fathallah, interim head of Think of Us’s Center for Lived Experience.

2022 James W. Foley Freedom Awards at the National Press Club | May 4

ZSC_1270a copy - Washingtonian — John Foley; Laura Evans, president and founder of Laura Evans Media; and Mike Manatos, president of Manatos & Manatos.

8DS_5620a copy - Washingtonian — Washington Post writer Jason Rezaian, Committee to Protect Journalists senior researcher Yeganeh Rezaian, and Congressman Ted Deutch.

8DS_5538a copy - Washingtonian — CNN anchor and senior political correspondent Abby Phillip; Diane Foley, founder of the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation; and CNN chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins.

Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course | May 21

ZSC_6795a copy - Washingtonian — Baltimore Ravens linebacker Josh Bynes, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh, Maryland first lady Yumi Hogan, and Maryland governor Larry Hogan.

ZSC_6535a copy - Washingtonian — Gayle King, cohost of CBS Mornings, and Belinda Stronach, chairman, CEO, and president of 1/ST, which owns the Preakness Stakes.

ZSC_5961a copy - Washingtonian — Washington Commanders stars Carson Wentz, Jonathan Allen, and Cole Holcomb.

John and Lillian Miles Lewis Foundation Inaugural Gala at the Schuyler at the Hamilton Hotel

8DS_0505a copy - Washingtonian — Musician Common; John and Lillian Miles Lewis Foundation CEO Linda Earley Chastang; Tamara Brown; and Michael Collins, director of public engagement and intergovernmental affairs for the Office of the Vice President.

8DS_1138a copy - Washingtonian — Senator Jon Ossoff, House majority leader Steny Hoyer, and House majority whip James E. Clyburn.

8DS_0418a copy - Washingtonian — A Place for Mom senior-living adviser Mignon Morman Willis, journalist and civil-rights activist Charlayne Hunter-Gault, and Chicago Community Trust CEO and president Helene D. Gayle.

“Carousel Carnival Gala in the Park” at Glen Echo Park | May 14

ZSC_2415a copy - Washingtonian — Jim and Carol Trawick Foundation president and cofounder Carol Trawick, Brand Guild co-CEO and cofounder Barbara Martin, Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture board president Martha Morris, and Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture executive director Katey Boerner.

2022 Books in Bloom at Color Burst Park | May 15

ZSC_5472b copy - Washingtonian — Writers Carl Bernstein, Amanda Montell, and John Paul Brammer.

This article appears in the July 2022 issue of Washingtonian.

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