Holiday Party Season in Full Bloom

Posted by Susanna at 1:47 PM, Dec 11, 2009 (Comments)

Category: Events

Bipin Badhe, Janine Tursini (executive director) and Leslie Andrus of AFTA Arts, Inc.

THE HOLIDAY party season is here, and in December one event follows another in the nation's capital. On Thursday night, December 10, Long View Gallery on Ninth Street, N.W., several hundreds of people gathered for the ReadySetDC launch party "For the love of DC," with DJ Tittsworth, Bullfight Academy, Henry Mills & DJ Fleg performing. The majority of the proceeds from the event will benefit Arts for the Aging (AFTA), a nonprofit organization founded by Lolo Sarnoff to provide visual, performing, literary and intergenerational arts outreach programs specially designed to enhance the health and well-being of seniors (http://www.aftaarts.org/).

Sarah Newman and Joff Masukawa

THE SAME NIGHT the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C. held its Helmut Schmidt Prize Lecture and holiday party. Richard Tilly, a renowned expert on the history of financial institutions in Europe and the United States, and professor emeritus of economic and social history at the University of Münster in Germany, was awarded the prize for this year. The Helmut Schmidt Prize is sponsored by the Ebelin and Gerd Bucerius ZEIT Foundation. The event was held in cooperation with the German American Business Council.

Manpriya Samra, Jehan-Ara Khan, Lauren Wessler and Tommy Gonzalez

D.C.'s fashion-forward, trend-setters Eric Brewer and Kristin Guiter

Henry Thaggert and Michael Cummings

Jonathan Guyer

Janine Tursini and Kristin Guiter

Reception and holiday party at the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C.

ReadySetDC launch party "For the Love of DC" at Long View Gallery

Midsummer painting by Swedish artist Anna U. Davis at Long View Gallery in Washington, D.C.

ReadySetDC launch party "For the Love of DC" at Long View Gallery

ReadySetDC launch party "For the Love of DC" at Long View Gallery

ReadySetDC launch party "For the Love of DC" at Long View Gallery

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