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The Punch will be taking the rest of the week off from posting (ACK). Please enjoy your Labor Day holiday safely and we will be back next week with plenty of scoop on events, people, places and things to do in Washington. We can’t help it.
As always, thanks for reading and keep sending those emails!
Get a bit of culture into your ever busy life by attending The Gallery at Flashpoint’s Season Opening Reception on Friday September 5th from 6-8pm. Thanks to Cara Pomponio at the Cultural Development Corporation for getting this press release over to the Punch:
WASHINGTON, DC –The Gallery at Flashpoint is pleased to launch its 2008-2009 season with Anthony Cervino’s Anti-Plastic, the artist’s first solo exhibition in Washington, DC. Cervino transforms the parts taken from toy model kits, in concert with plastic resin and paints, to construct low-relief sculptures on canvas. Situated somewhere between wall sculptures and paintings, these chromatically reductive works are evocative of architectural structures, disaster scenes and abstract landscapes. Opening Friday, September 5, Anti-Plastic, comments on mass production, consumption and various acts of assembly.
The sculptures in Anti-Plastic are typified by three-dimensional compositions painted a uniform gray that appear to float in lightly-tinted color fields. Many of the individual components are recognizable as scraps of toys or the wiry, plastic structures typically used to contain the parts of pre-assembled model kits, such as planes or cars. Since the sculptures are wall-based and affixed to a two-dimensional surface, the viewer approaches them like a painting and the compositions thus suggest an aerial perspective. This bird’s-eye view implies a reading of the works as abstracted landscapes and perhaps more ominously, as sites of crashes, floods or warfare. Each of the sculptures is constructed with a strong sense of predetermined arrangement, but is also positively reactive to the fluidity and plasticity of the materials. In creating the works, Cervino carefully balances rigorous attention to a structured composition with a playful, but threateningly destructive element of chance provided by the liquid plastic poured onto the canvases.
Please mark your calendars for Wednesday, September 3rd 7-10pm. Sure, it’s after Labor Day, so of course the event schedule is heating up and there are shocklingly multiple events that night as well as many others going forward.
Make sure the "Young Capital Benefactors of Capital Hospice Happy Hour" is one of the functions you at the very least visit, enjoy a drink special, check out the raffle prizes, mix and mingle with your friends and learn more about Hospice.
This is the second in a series of Happy Hours leading up to the October 4th Gala, "Argentina and Its Passions".
The Happy Hour will take place at The Rookery (great food by the way!) which is located at 2519 Pennsylvania, NW.
The suggested donation of $10 (or more, of course) will get you Happy Hour prices of $3 Bud Lights, $6 rail drinks, and $7 house wine.
No RSVP is necessary. Thank you for your support of Capital Hospice and the Young Capital Benefactors!
For more information on the Gala, or to buy tickets, tables, sponsor or donate auction items, please go to http://www.capitalhospice.org/support/events/gala.asp
Awhile back I had mentioned the new novel by former GOP fundraiser/turned international activist, Nicole Sexton, called Party Favors: A Novel of Politics and Greed. At the time, Ms. Sexton was in town promoting her book. Fortunately, I got to read it and unfortunately, it ended. Don’t you hate it when a good story comes to its close?
Party Favors is for sure a “Punch Pick”, especially with the conventions and race heating up.
Yes, it’s a juicy tell-all, but in the way of fiction of course. It’s a tale of a young up and coming party planner in New Orleans named Temple Sachet, who takes her sharp mind, quick wit, smarts and people skills all the way to the Hill to make millions for her Party, the Republicans. With graceful humor and candor, Ms. Sexton presents her readers every emotion she probably felt when she lived that life. But don’t think this is all about the professional life Temple lives. The book offers us a well-rounded view of work, romance, personal and family life when succumbing to a world that the heroine did not quite expect.
Party Favors is found in most bookstores now and definitely online. Enjoy and share this Punch Pick.
Calling all lovers of the sweet nectar of the grape. Skye Lounge has just announced "Wine Wednesdays", where those who appreciate a sip, a gulp, or just a good deal, can indulge in half-priced bottles of wine with and without bubbles every Wednesday night.
If you want pairings, the staff can recommend Spanish and Italian cheeses to complement your glass as well. Nothing says "end of summer" better than a nice wine and cheese on a comfortable patio.
To reserve your space for a little W&C on a Wednesday at Skye Lounge, please call 202.331.5800.
**Skye Lounge is a Special Highlighted Partner of Pamela’s Punch**
It looks as though proprietor/businessman/restaurateur/entrepreneur Jim Speros figured out his recipe for a good thing because his “good thing”, Velocity Five Restaurant, has just produced a sister further west of its Falls Church, VA location.
Opening tonight in Potomac Falls, VA, at 5pm, is the sports bar’s second location. Velocity Five is found at the corner of Algonkian Parkway and Lowe’s Island Boulevard in the Great Falls Plaza across from the entrance to Lowe’s Island.
If you enjoyed the amenities the original offered, you are in luck. This venue will continue the tradition of rich wood finishes, dozens of flat screen HDTV’s, the much applauded menu, and cool lounge atmosphere. In addition, it boasts a 2,000 square foot outdoor patio, with a bar, tables and all-season awning. Bonus: those Northern Virginian’s who despise smoke filled bars (yes, they still have those here), this will be a non-smoking destination, as is the first Velocity Five.
Doors open tonight at 5:00 PM, and will be open daily from 11:00 AM to 2:00 AM.
After two years of serving the Park Hyatt Washington as the sweet and spunky Marketing Communications Manager, the lovely Avishag "Avi" Kichel is leaving us. She bids the capital city a sad farewell as she heads for greener pastures, her last day with the hotel being Wednesday, August 27th.
If you get a chance to call her or email her, or even stop by to say good-bye and good luck, I am sure she would appreciate it.
Best of luck to you Avi … from the Punch.
Tonight at 9pm, “The Black List: Volume One” will be premiered on HBO. Thank you to The Beltway Media Group for bringing this to the attention of the Punch, as this film was sold at Sundance 2008, earned the Audience-Award at the AFI International Film Festival and is just the beginning for the massive diversity brand program called “One Million Stories.”
This evening’s movie offers the stories of 23 of the most influential and inspiring African Americans of our time. Delivering beyond the sound-bites and practice prose of popular-press, these authentic accounts furnish us with a genuine look into real American stories. This documentary and subsequent national roll-out, promotes diversity, tolerance and achievement.
One Million Stories demonstrates the radical convergence of integrity, content and purpose. This multi-media brand mission allows award winning content to populate a host of media vehicles including the film, museum tour, school & college curriculum, print, television and digital platforms and more.
Please tune in at 9pm to watch “The Black List” and look for more to come regarding our Nation’s Capital’s involvement with “One Million Stories” from many angles.
Dress designer Kathlin Argiro may have left her DC home to head north and call NYC her new world, but every once in awhile, we are fortunate to have her grace us with her presence back in the District.
For those who cannot wait for her next appearance in the Metro area and don’t have time to visit her showroom in the Big Apple, check out her lineup online:
Kathlin has dressed A-list celebrities on the Red Carpet, bridesmaids all over the country, ladies who lunch, sip tea and watch polo, women who love dinners out, entertaining in, evening cocktails, formal galas, and mid-day brunches. A Kathlin Argiro dress fits your body and the occasion, no matter what it is.
Planning a jaunt to New York? Schedule a private appointment
for a Fall Preview and One on One Styling Tips at our NYC Showroom.
Contact: Courtney@KathlinArgiro.com or Call: 212 268 8774. Please tell them the Punch sent you!
If you thought shopping was one of your bad habits, now you can feel good about it. Put your vice towards something great with "The Power of Shopping" all day event on Saturday October 4th.
Join Tysons Galleria and YouthAIDS as they partner together for an all day extravaganza. Participating retailers will donate 5% of their sales to YouthAIDS. The YouthAIDS Gala is October 3rd, so recover from the party, champagne and dancing by strolling through one of the Metro area’s most exclusive, high-end, fashionable collection of boutiques, and spend away.
The Power Shoppers already include:
- Sheila C. Johnson
- Lynn Leonsis
- H.M. Queen Noor
- Frederique van der Wal
- Christine Weinberg
The list of ladies is growing as are the list of participating stores. Look for more details to come on this fun and unique way to give to YouthAIDS.
Tysons Galleria (or Tysons II) is located in McLean, VA off the Beltway.
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