Best Events Going On In DC This Weekend!

THURSDAY

Come out tonight and get your cheerleader on! Celebrate with the launch of the 2009/2010 Redskins-cheerleader calendar at Public Bar. Cheerleaders will participate in a fashion show, and there’ll be drink specials. $10 gets you in, and another ten bucks will get you a calendar. Maybe they can sign it with their ass for you. Meh, worth an ask.



If cheerleaders aren't your thing, maybe zombies are. Go out and get your zombie on at Black Cat with AHHHHH, Zombies! in the Red Room. Enjoy zombie drink specials (human blood?) and free zombie movies, hopefully like the gem above, starting at 8 PM tonight.

FRIDAY

Looking for something free to do? The Freer Gallery will screen All About Women Friday at 7 and Sunday at 2. The movie, part of the gallery’s Made in Hong Kong Film Festival, chronicles three modern women chasing love. Free tickets, which are distributed two hours before the show or reserved in advance online (for a small fee), are required.

Enjoy a laid-back Friday evening in the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden with Dixie Power Trio, a Fredericksburg jazz group. The free concert starts at 5 PM.

SATURDAY

For you tennis junkies (is there such a thing?!) watch some high-quality tennis when the Legg Mason Tennis Classic kicks off Saturday. Ten bucks gets you into the first qualifying round.

Saturday night the Black Cat is holding a benefit concert with Run For Cover. Lucky for you, helping out is easy with a great lineup of local bands playing covers of some of their favorite artists. The show starts at 9 and costs $10.


Pick up some cool stuff at DC9’s Binge and Purge rummage sale Saturday starting at 2. Stay for one of Washington’s best dance nights, called Kids. Entry is free before 10, with free forties. Yeah, you read that correctly. They run this shit classy. Cover is $6 after 10.

For those of you a little more fashionable, check out Trios at the Community Life Center located at 825 Yale Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21229. Doors open at 5:30pm/Show starts at 6:30pm. Tickets available online at www.teroncestyyles.com/events.


And don't forget Saturday's at the Corcoran is FREE, and the Eggleston exhibit is ahhhmazing!

Come See Me This Friday In Artomatic's 'Art In Fashion' Runway Show!!!

Me wearing a sneak peak of what might be in the show, with the designer Ginger

Runner up best local designer, Ginger, with Booshie Design got asked to be in Art In Fashion this Friday (you can click on the above flier to see details). It's the big bang ending for Artomatic (DC's biggest art show) which has been open since the end of May, and closes on July 5th. Ginger was kind enough to ask me to walk in her pass, and I am honored to do so! Today we had a fitting (see above pic), and wait until you see the blue ball gown she has made for the final pass- epic!! She has put a lot of work into this show, and the event sounds like it's going to be a good time. A little exerp from the site about the fashion show:

"Art in Fashion is a non-mainstream, carnival-like event that combines the creative efforts of artists and fashion designers in a unique show, envisioned not as a typical fashion show in the commercial sense, but as an artistic extravaganza, featuring multiple forms of art including costume and fashion design, drag, choreography/dance, performance art, mime, hair design, body paint, tattoo art, and other disciplines. The runway is four feet wide by 40 feet long and the event is expected to attract 1000-1500 visitors between the start and the end."

Sounds like a party to me! The event starts at 6pm, the runway show will be at 8pm, and the all important after party is from 11pm- 2am, the event is free so no excuse not to come! :)

Free (And $5) Yoga Classes All Week Thanks To DC Yoga Week!!

Several studios are participating in free and $5 classes all week around DC! Check out the DC Yoga Week Website here for participating studios, and class times! Oooommmmm sounds so much better when it's free! ;)

31 Cent Scoop Night Tonight At Baskin Robins

Help your neighborhood raise money for your local fire service organization during Baskin-Robbins 31 Cent Scoop Night. For the third annual event, Baskin-Robbins is partnering with the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) and their National Junior Firefighter Program and will donate $100,000 to the cause. So go out, get your ice cream on, and support your local community!

Today Is FREE CONE DAY At Ben & Jerry's!!

See the official site! It's nation wide, so be sure to go get yours today! :)

March 7, 2009 I'm Going to Be In A Booshie Runway Show!!

Jimmy Valentine's
Saturday March 7, 2009 @ 9pm
1103 Bladensburg Rd NE
Washington, DC 20002

The super stylish, and very creative local designer of Booshie Designs, Ginger, has asked me to be in her runway show this Saturday! ") She has some beaauutttiful hand-made, one of a kind pieces that are going to be showcased, and for sale, at the party. The gift bags alone should be incentive enough to come! (I got a sneak peek of what's going in them, trust me, you want one :) Runway show, live DJ's, some free food, and champague all night. Did I mention she's doing a drawing for a custom made dress, just for the winner?! So come out and watch me rip the runway!

Free Breakfast And Coffee? Yes please!

Get your ass out to any Deny's tomorrow, for a free Grand Slam from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m! While your out getting free shit, head over to your local McDonald's that has a McCafe, (check here for your nearest) from 5-8am and get a free coffee every day in February!

Where To Get Free Booze in DC

This rainy Friday night you may be asking yourself, where can I get drunk for free this weekend? Well, my friends, I have the answers for you below:

Lux Lounge
649 New York Ave
NW Washington, DC 20001
202-347-8100
Fridays, free admission and, more important, free Absolut vodka drinks and Miller Lites from 9 to 11 p.m.

Kstreet Lounge
1301 K St. NW
202-962-3933
Groups of six women receive a free bottle of champagne to share on Friday nights, and groups of 10 get champagne, a round of shooters and a reserved table if they RSVP. Men-free admission before midnight. On Saturday nights, women can RSVP for free admission and an open bar from 10 to midnight.

Lima Lounge
1401 K St. NW
202-789-2800
During salsa night every Monday women get free admission and drinks from 9 to 11 p.m. Men get free admission and salsa lessons.

Tattoo
1413 K St. NW
202-408-9444
On Tuesdays ladies get free open bar from midnight on.

Ultrabar
911 F St. NW
202-638-4663
Free drinks to everyone from 9 to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. (To take advantage of these deals, visit the clubs' Web sites to put your name on a list or print out a pass.)

Not free, but damn good deals:

Ceiba
701 14th St. NW
202-393-3983
Every day, a selected cocktail is $5 from 2:30 to 9:30 p.m.: mojitos on Monday, caipirinhas on Tuesday, pisco sours on Wednesday, sangria on Thursday and margaritas on Friday. Then from 9:30 to 11 p.m. Monday through Saturday, any one of those drinks is $5. Also $5 appetizers and free "bocaditos" (small bar snacks).

Gin & Tonic
2408 Wisconsin Ave. NW
202-337-1313
Thursday, Friday and Saturday beginning at 5 p.m., selected domestic drafts are $1 and mixed drinks $2. Prices rise a dollar an hour until 9 p.m.

DC9
1940 Ninth St. NW
202-483-5000
For a more laid back T-shirt-and-sneakers crowd, from 9 and 10:30 p.m. a 90-minute open bar is included in the $6 cover charge on Friday night's Liberation Dance Party (indie, Britpop and electro music). Also at DC9 a once a month party (the next one is Jan. 10) called Feedback, offers free admission and vodka cocktails until 10 p.m.

Jay's Saloon and Grille
3114 N. 10th St., Arlington
703-527-3093
From 4 to 7 p.m. weekdays, an ice-cold mug of domestic beer is $2, and a bottle is $2.50. Pitchers are $8. A glass of the house wine is $3.50.

Hank Dietle's Tavern
11010 Rockville Pike, Rockville
301-881-8711
From 4 to 7 p.m. weekdays, a mug of Bud or Bud Light or any domestic beer is $1.50. Trade up to a pint for $1.75, or split a pitcher for $6.25. (At 7:01, prices climb to $2.25, $2.75 and $8.75).

-Special thanks to The Washington Post article.

So there you go, enjoy your weekend, and have one on me! :)

Call of Duty 5 Gamestop Event @ Pentagon City Mall

Tuesday night I went to a Call of Duty 5 launch event at Pentagon City Mall. It was pretty funny, me and 100 nerdy gamers.... I guess that makes me a nerdy gamer. :) But they gave out free shirts, hats, dog tags, RedBull, candy, and obviously, pictures. (Yes that's my attempt at a salute). But it was all in good fun, because the Gamestop event was co-sponsored by the USO and a monetary donation was made by Activision to the USO for every copy of the game purchased that night. So not only were we supporting the troops we even got to play against the them, in a real-time, tournament-style competition 6 vs. 6 via Xbox Live. We played soldiers stationed at Fort Drum, NY, and Marines stationed at 29 Palms, CA. This pre-release party, (the official release was yesterday, Veteran's day, quaint for a WWII themed game), only happened at two locations nation wide, a west coast location in Cali, and here in DC. So we played the game before anyone else, got free stuff, and supported the troops. Nice.

(But I've got to say- I like the game better on PS3, and I hate the dogs. You know what I'm talking about all you gamers.)

Richard Avedon Show at The Corcoran

(Above) The September issue of Vogue's article on the Richard Avedon Show. It opens right here on Capital Hell at the Corcorn Gallery. It opens this Saturday the 13th. Tickets are $. Tonight Thursday 11th they are holding a FREE preview of Richard Avedon: Portraits of Power from 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM. Have a glass of wine and enjoy an exhibition tour for participants begins at 7:15 pm. Admission is free but registration is required. I would definitely be there if I didn't have runway practice for the Howard Homecoming show! It might be the only chance to see it for free! Because from September 13th (the official opening) prices for
Adults are $14, Senior/Military $12, Students $10, kids under 6 free. Get tickets at:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/150040F6A9305E01?artistid=1240899&majorcatid=10002&minorcatid=14
The Corcoran Gallery is open 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. 10 a.m.–9 p.m. on Thursday's. Closed Monday and Tuesday. Gallery is located at 500 Seventeenth Street NW Washington, DC 20006. Stay tuned for my review of it next week.

"Richard Avedon (1923–2004), America’s pre-eminent portraitist and fashion photographer, photographed the faces of politics throughout his career. As the country enters the next presidential election season, the Corcoran will bring together Avedon’s political portraits for the first time. Juxtaposing images of elite government, media, and labor officials with counter-cultural activists and ordinary citizens caught up in national debates, this exhibition will explore a five-decade taxonomy of politics and power by one of our best-known artists. "

-Corcoran Website