Monday Night Football Kickoff Reception at NCTA–The Internet & Television Association
The National Football League’s Brendon Plack, NCTA’s Cliff Riccio, Disney’s Bill Bailey, and the Entertainment Software Association’s Stanley Pierre-Louis.
September 15
JW Marriott Reston Station Opening Celebration
Chris Clemente and Tracy Schar of Comstock Holding Companies, sculpture artist Lorenzo Quinn, Martha Schar, and Dwight C. Schar, philanthropist and founder of NVR, Inc.
September 17
Level99 Grand Opening
Quetyria Williams, Washington Commanders safety Percy Butler, and Level99’s Matt DuPlessie.Seliana Sainristil, Ron Shaich of Act III Holdings, and Commanders cornerback Mike Sainristil.
September 16
March On! Awards Gala at Dock5 at Union Market
Stanley Nelson and Marcia Smith of Firelight Media with Congressman Maxwell Frost.House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Cory Booker.March On! founder Robert Raben, Marie Sylla-Dixon of Exelon Corp., philanthropist Tiffeny Sanchez, and Reginald Brown of Kirkland & Ellis.
September 19
An Evening With Shinola at the Occidental
Shinola’s Dana Mosa-Basha, Griffin Otto, WHUR’s Sunni and the City, and Shinola’s Greg Verras.
September 23
The Chinatown Lunch Series at Tony Cheng’s
Restaurateur Tim Ma with Monumental Sports & Entertainment’s Zach Leonsis.DC Chinatown Revitalization’s Winston Lord, Aubre Jones, Monumental Sports & Entertainment’s Ted Leonsis, and journalist Chris Wallace.
September 26
Provenance Bourbon Whiskey Launch Celebration at 1048 Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown
Manu Raju of CNN, Viyas Sundaram and Archana Mehta of Middleburg Barrel Company, and Jay West of 1787 Provenance Bourbon.
September 29
Acqua Bistecca Grand Opening
Chef Michael Mina of Acqua Bistecca; Jeff Morgan of Conrad Washington, DC; chef Victor Albisu (Taco Bamba, Electric Bull); and Chris Schmid of Prestige-Ledroit.
September 30
An Evening With Gary Player at the People’s House of the White House Historical Association
C5 Capital’s André Pienaar, General Catalyst Institute’s Hemant Taneja, golf star Gary Player, and CGI’s Teresa Carlson.Gloria Dittus of Story Partners and Judee Ann Williams of CAA Sports.Matt Lauer of Qorvis; Norah O’Donnell of CBS News; Catherine Granito of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, & Nutrition; and Samantha Sault of Qorvis.
September 8
Monday Night Football Kickoff Reception at NCTA–The Internet & Television Association
The National Football League’s Brendon Plack, NCTA’s Cliff Riccio, Disney’s Bill Bailey, and the Entertainment Software Association’s Stanley Pierre-Louis.
September 15
JW Marriott Reston Station Opening Celebration
Chris Clemente and Tracy Schar of Comstock Holding Companies, sculpture artist Lorenzo Quinn, Martha Schar, and Dwight C. Schar, philanthropist and founder of NVR, Inc.
September 17
Level99 Grand Opening
Quetyria Williams, Washington Commanders safety Percy Butler, and Level99’s Matt DuPlessie.Seliana Sainristil, Ron Shaich of Act III Holdings, and Commanders cornerback Mike Sainristil.
September 16
March On! Awards Gala at Dock5 at Union Market
Stanley Nelson and Marcia Smith of Firelight Media with Congressman Maxwell Frost.House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Cory Booker.March On! founder Robert Raben, Marie Sylla-Dixon of Exelon Corp., philanthropist Tiffeny Sanchez, and Reginald Brown of Kirkland & Ellis.
September 19
An Evening With Shinola at the Occidental
Shinola’s Dana Mosa-Basha, Griffin Otto, WHUR’s Sunni and the City, and Shinola’s Greg Verras.
September 23
The Chinatown Lunch Series at Tony Cheng’s
Restaurateur Tim Ma with Monumental Sports & Entertainment’s Zach Leonsis.DC Chinatown Revitalization’s Winston Lord, Aubre Jones, Monumental Sports & Entertainment’s Ted Leonsis, and journalist Chris Wallace.
September 26
Provenance Bourbon Whiskey Launch Celebration at 1048 Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown
Manu Raju of CNN, Viyas Sundaram and Archana Mehta of Middleburg Barrel Company, and Jay West of 1787 Provenance Bourbon.
September 29
Acqua Bistecca Grand Opening
Chef Michael Mina of Acqua Bistecca; Jeff Morgan of Conrad Washington, DC; chef Victor Albisu (Taco Bamba, Electric Bull); and Chris Schmid of Prestige-Ledroit.
September 30
An Evening With Gary Player at the People’s House of the White House Historical Association
C5 Capital’s André Pienaar, General Catalyst Institute’s Hemant Taneja, golf star Gary Player, and CGI’s Teresa Carlson.Gloria Dittus of Story Partners and Judee Ann Williams of CAA Sports.
This article appears in the November 2025 issue of Washingtonian.
