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

Party photographer Dan Swartz’s monthly roundup.

Written by Dan Swartz | Published on December 23, 2022

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

Patrick Jackson, chief of MedStar Georgetown University Hospital’s General Surgery Division; Supreme Court justice Ketanji Brown Jackson; and Michael Sapienza, CEO of the Colorectal Cancer Alliance.

Opening reception for the National Air and Space Museum’s new galleries | October 7

DAT-Air-and-Space - Washingtonian — National Air and Space Museum director Christopher Browne, Mary Beth Browne, Kathy Knittel, and Jeffrey Knittel, chairman and CEO of Airbus Americas.

Hamilton Hotel’s “A Glamorous 100th Anniversary” | October 11

DAT-Hamilton-Hotel-1 - Washingtonian — Opal Vadhan, personal aide to Vice President Kamala Harris; Kirsten Allen, press secretary for the Vice President; and CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.

DAT-Hamilton-Hotel-2 - Washingtonian — Bonnti cofounder Maude Okrah, activist Tarana Burke, CNN’s Abby Phillip, and MSNBC’s Brittany Packnett Cunningham.

DAT-Hamilton-Hotel-3 - Washingtonian — Model and advocate Christy Turlington, Glamour editor in chief Samantha Barry, and Ashley Biden, daughter of the President.

The Wharf’s five-year anniversary celebration | October 12

DAT-Wharf - Washingtonian — Michael Fuerstman of Pendry Hotels; Monty Hoffman of Hoffman & Associates; Barry Koslow, executive chef at Pendry Washington DC—The Wharf; and Alan Fuerstman of Montage International.

Axios Presents “A Party in Smart Brevity” at the Line DC | October 14

DAT-Axios-1 - Washingtonian — Axios editor in chief Sara Goo, Boeing’s Ziad Ojakli, Sheridan Strategies partner Devon Spurgeon, and Jonathan Karl of ABC News.

DAT-Axios-2 - Washingtonian — Axios’s Mike Allen, Roy Schwartz, and Jim VandeHei.

Akris 100th-anniversary celebration at Akris Washington D.C. | October 19

DAT-Akris - Washingtonian — West Front Strategies’ Ashley Davis, CityCenterDC general manager Timothy R. Lowery, Washington Ballet artistic director Julie Kent, and Akris creative director Albert Kriemler.

Nü Androids Presents: Black Coffee at A.i. | October 23

DAT-Nu-Androids - Washingtonian — DJ Black Coffee and Nü Androids’ Nayef Issa and Connor Keenan.

2022 Colorectal Cancer Alliance Blue Hope Bash at the Ritz-Carlton Washington, D.C. | October 29

DAT-Colorectal-Cancer-2 - Washingtonian — Avi Benaim of A.B.E. Networks, Karen Paris, Estee Portnoy of Jump Management, and Elliott Portnoy of Dentons.

2022 Halcyon Awards at the Schuyler | October 20

DAT-Halcyon-1 - Washingtonian — Inspire Capital’s Patrice King Brickman, former NBA star Metta World Peace, and Adeft Capital’s Carol Melton.

DAT-Halcyon-2 - Washingtonian — ServiceNow’s Nichole Francis Reynolds, Halcyon’s Kate Goodall, and Martha Metz, founder of Metz Investments and board chair of Halcyon.

DAT-Halcyon-3 - Washingtonian — Tuskegee City Council member Johnny Ford and EverFi’s Tom Davidson.

This article appears in the December 2022 issue of Washingtonian.

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