Celebrate National High Five Day at Mandu
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f people randomly try to high five you this Thursday, don’t freak out. April 18th, 2013 is National High Five Day and it’s all for a good cause: to help raise money for five cancer research centers nationwide. So high five!
Performance Art Drummers at Kushi
Come and witness the incredible live performance at Kushi Izakaya & Sushi on April 11 (Thursday) this year. As part of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, Kushi will host an extraordinary performance of Japanese drummers by Tamagawa University (Tokyo) starting at 8PM. This is Kushi’s 2nd year holding the event. The drummers are back in full force this year again.
Restaurant opens at 5:30pm. $5 Admission at the door.
In addition, the evening will feature a Cherry Blossom inspired cocktails and special buffet dinner. The All You Can Eat Buffet is $40 per person (+ Tax & Tip), the buffet hours are 5:30PM – 9:30PM. We will also have our “Kushi-Moto” Food Truck parked outside near our patio area serving warm donburi bowls and sushi rolls.
Help celebrate the Japanese culture and very special Cherry Blossoms with an evening of entertainment, cocktails and cuisine.
There will also be a sake tasting event on the same day at 5:30pm.
See more about the sake tasting event here: www.eventbrite.com/event/6090413591
D.C. by the Book Launch Party
MVT Santa Event at 5th & K
On Thursday, November 29, the Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District will hold its third annual Photos with Santa Claus event from 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. at the intersection of 5th and K Streets, NW. Children and those young at heart are invited to meet Kris Kringle, give him their wish list, and pose for a photo at his new workshop. All children will be given a candy cane – if they have been nice throughout the year.
Photos will be available just in time to use for holiday cards. Images taken by staff will be uploaded on the MVTCID FaceBook page, and guests are welcome to bring their own cameras to use. This event is free and open to the public and will go on snow or shine!
If interested, follow the links to Santa event recaps from 2010 and 2011.
MVT Pet Costume Contest
The 3rd Annual Mount Vernon Triangle Pet Costume Contest and Parade will be held on Saturday, October 27 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Prizes will be awarded in three categories:
Best Costume,
Fashion Pioneer, and
Best Float.
This fun event will start in the pocket park located at 5th and Massachusetts Avenue, NW (next to the House of Ruth). Pets should gather in the park at 1:00 p.m. and at 1:30 p.m. will parade to the awards ceremony at 5th and K Streets, NW.
This event is free and open to the public, and will go on rain or shine. All pets are welcome to enter!
Travel Channel to film at Chinatown Coffee on July 24
The Travel Channel, on a mission to introduce the world to popular food trucks and quick-serve food vendors across the U.S., will be taking to the streets of DC on Tuesday, July 24 to meet and film some of DC’s favorite food truck crews.
Their final stop of the day? Chinatown Coffee Co. for a Happy Hour event with the Fojol Brothers food truck!
Join us this TUESDAY, July 24 from 6:30-8:00pm for Happy Hour drink specials – $3 beers & a great selection of wine and absinthe – and some of the best food on wheels.
The truck will be parked on the corner of 5th and H Street NW . So grab food from Fojol and bring it inside to eat, drink, and make your international TV debut!
Make sure to follow us on Twitter (@ChinatownCoffee) for event updates.
Visit www.chinatowncoffee.com for more information.
Drink in the District event on July 28
Drink the District will be held on July 28, 2012, at 500 New York Avenue NW in Mount Vernon Triangle. There will be two sessions from 12-4 and 5-9 PM, and guest can purchase tickets to one of the sessions online for $30 (tickets will also be available at the door for $40). Guests receive unlimited tastings of all beers; entertainment and water will be provided. 10 of DC’s favorite food trucks will be on-site, but food is not included in the ticket price (sorry!). For more information and to buy tickets, go to drinkthedistrict.com. Tickets are limited.
Drink the District appeals to this market’s existing interest in craft beer while allowing guests to sample a wide variety, including beer enthusiasts’ favorites like Flying Dog, Magic Hat, Ommegang, and New Belgium.
“As a Mount Vernon Triangle resident, this event will be one of the first celebrations that brings our community together around everyone’s favorite summer drink- an ice cold beer,” explains event producer John Leader, 23. With such accessibility and variety, Drink the District is a true community event that brings together great food, friends, and drink in a celebration of summer and beer.
Taste of the Triangle – Saturday May 5th
Taste of Mount Vernon Triangle — Saturday, May 5; 2:00-5:00 p.m.
BicycleSPACE hosts BikeSnobNYC
News of an upcoming event at BicycleSPACE:
Rub wheels with internet royalty. Give cycling’s most notorious blogger a piece of your mind. BikeSnobNYC begins his nationwide book tour at BicycleSPACE.
Join us for an evening social ride through the heart of DC with special guest, Eben Weiss. Let’s see if we can make him bristle and earn his “seal of disapproval”. Are you smug enough?
This party on wheels should not be missed–it promises to be at least 20% more laterally stiff and vertically compliant than anything else you can do on a Wednesday night. Participants who can garner the most disapproval will win prizes. Come dressed up as any of the types of cyclist that Bike Snob loves to skewer. Tridork, Retro-Grouch, Fred, Lone-Wolf? Extra points for a Mario Cippolini skin suit.
Be sure to find us at our new location on 7th Street by the Convention Center– Mount Vernon Square’s shoulder hair?! Lend a disembodied hand to your friends and pass on the info.
Downtown DC Playground Group meeting tonight
Wednesday, March 14th, the Downtown DC Kids (website | facebook) playground group will meet at Calvary Baptist Church at 6 pm. The agenda includes updates, organizational planning for creating a new friends group and planning of their second pop-up play event on Saturday, April 21st at an outdoor location. Downtown DC Kids need lots of volunteers to help make the event a huge success, which they hope will draw a lot of attention from our public officials.
Children are welcome to play in the gym while during the meeting.
WHAT: Downtown DC Playground Group Meeting
WHEN: Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 at 6 pm
WHERE: Calvary Baptist Church, Shallenberger Hall/Gym
For more information on the organizations playgrounds initiative read the op-ed that Downtown DC Kids founders Caroline Armijo and Danielle Pierce contributed to Greater Greater Washington yesterday.
Image Credit: Playground image is from flickr user xcode
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