Musicians Brandi Carlile, Holly Laessig, Jess Wolfe, and Sara Bareilles at the 2023 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song honoree dinner at the Library of Congress.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s 23rd annual gala benefit at the Kennedy Center
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater artistic director Robert Battle (second from right) with Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation’s Bennett Rink, Daria L. Wallach, and Anthony Kendall.Gala co-chairs Yelberton Watkins, Sela Thompson Collins, Lisa Warner Wardell, and Lyndon Boozer.Invariant’s Nicole Venable and FedEx’s Gina Adams.
February 23
Greater Washington Board of Trade’s 103rd Mid-Winter Dinner at Washington National Cathedral
Greater Baltimore Committee CEO Mark Anthony Thomas, Greater Washington Partnership CEO Kathy Hollinger, and Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington president and CEO Shawn Townsend.DC deputy mayor for planning and economic development John Falcicchio, Greater Washington Board of Trade president and CEO Jack McDougle, DC mayor Muriel Bowser, Akin’s Anthony Pierce, and PNC Bank’s Jermaine Johnson.Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s Brian Dwyer, Regina Sullivan, and Randy Clarke
February 25
Duke’s Grocery Navy Yard opening party
Duo Group’s Daniel Kramer and Angie Duran with Raman Santra, who runs the Barred in DC website and Twitter account.
February 25
HQ DC House soft-opening celebration
HQ DC House by the Burns Brothers VP and founding partner John Burns, Real Housewives of Potomac star Wendy Osefo, attorney Eddie Osefo, and HQ DC House by the Burns Brothers president and founding partner Mike Burns.
February 28
2023 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song honoree dinner at the Library of Congress
Musicians Annie Lennox, Angélique Kidjo, and Herbie Hancock.Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and 2023 Gershwin Prize honoree Joni Mitchell.
March 1
Musicians On Call benefit concert at the 9:30 Club
Actor Towanda Underdue, 97.1 WASH-FM host Toby Knapp, Z104.3 Baltimore’s Mike Klein, and DC101’s Tamo Sein.Musicians On Call’s Pete Griffin, the Recording Industry Association of America’s Mitch Glazier, musician Diplo, and Spotify’s April Boyd.I.M.P.’s Audrey Fix Schaefer (center) with RIAA’s Michele Ballantyne and Jessica Richard.
March 2
N Street Village 50th-anniversary gala and auction at Marriott Marquis
N Street Village’s Kenyatta T. Brunson and Hillary Baltimore with Park Hotels & Resorts’ Tom Baltimore.N Street Village’s Peter Shields and Ruth Sorenson.
This article appears in the April 2023 issue of Washingtonian.
