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20 Dec

Choral Arts Society Holiday Gala @ Kennedy Center

Last Monday I shot the Choral Arts Society’s annual holiday concert and Gala, held at the Kennedy Center. Some shots from the evening:

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Tagged choral arts society, christmas, concert, gala, holiday gala, holidays, kennedy center, washingtonian
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01 Nov

Byt does the National Science Fair

A week or so ago I attended the National Science Fair for Byt. Lots to science, cute kids, ton of military contractors doing early recruiting, …

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Tagged brightest young things, brightestyoungthings, byt, downtown, national science fair, science
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26 Oct

Pinkberry opening

Last Thursday Pinkberry opened a store in Fairfax, VA. I was on-hand to document the lines, the performances, and the free Pinkberries:

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Tagged Events, fairfax, food, frozen yogurt, istrategylabs, opening, pinkberry
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12 Oct

Burst!

Here are some snaps from Saturday night’s Burst! launch party for Artisphere, hosted by BrightestYoungThings and the Pink Line Project.

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Tagged art, artisphere, brightest young things, brightestyoungthings, burst, party, pink line project
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17 Sep

District Sample Sale

Last night was the District Sample Sale, benefiting GW Mannovan. I shot it for Washingtonian; here’s what it looked like:

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Tagged cadys alley, district sample sale, fashion, food, georgetown, washingtonian
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15 Sep

Vince Gray won!

Last night was Vince Gray’s mayoral victory party. Crazy times:

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14 Sep

Byt does the Small Press Expo

This past weekend I went with funnyman/fellow Byt contributor Seaton Smith to the Small Press Expo, which is basically indie-Comicon-meets-Crafty Bastards. Very interesting stuff– there …

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Also posted in Misc
Tagged art, artists, brightest young things, brightestyoungthings, byt, comics, graphic novels, small press expo, sxpo
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13 Sep

National Opera Opening Night Gala

This past weekend the Washington National Opera held its Opening Night Gala at the Embassy of Italy. I photographed the event for Washingtonian:

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Tagged embassy of italy, food, gala, italian embassy, Music, national opera, opening night gala, opera, washington national opera, washingtonian
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13 Sep

Philip Glass @ the Corcoran

Last week I got to see legendary composer Philip Glass give a talk at the Corcoran. Here were the photos I snapped for Byt:

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Tagged brightest young things, brightestyoungthings, byt, composer, corcoran, lecture, Music, musician, philip glass, talk
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28 Aug

White Party @ Phillips Collection

Thursday was the End of Summer White Party at Phillips After 5, held in association with the Pink Line Project. Bluebrain, interactive drawing on the …

By Chris
Tagged art, bluebrain, dancing, museum, philippa hughes, phillips after 5, phillips collection, pink line project
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19 Aug

Pink Sock

Last night was another Pink Sock. Pictures speak for themselves:

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Tagged brightestyoungthings, byt, gay, pink sock, stripper wedding, wonderland, wonderland ballroom
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19 Aug

Mod Madness @ Textile Museum

Last night the Textile Museum put on their second PM @ TM. Everyone got dudded out in their Mad Men best for Mod Madness– midcentury …

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Tagged event, mad men, mod madness, museum, ready set dc, readysetdc, textile museum
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20 Jul

Claudio Bros

On Sunday I shot the delightful Mario Bros-inspired musical Claudio Bros, shooting it for Thrillist. Funny stuff

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Tagged capital fringe, claudio bros, fringe fest, fringe festival, mario, play, studio theater, theater, thrillist, video games
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21 Jun

DC Week Closing Party @ 930 Club

This past Saturday DC Week had its closing party at 930 Club, sponsored by iStrategyLabs and ReadySetDC. The roster was 10+ bands long and included …

By Chris
Also posted in Music
Tagged 930 club, concert, dc week, dcweek, digital capital week, istrategylabs, little bigheart, Music, peter corbett, readysetdc, show, stout cortez
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17 May

Best of Arlington

This weekend I attended the mini street/food festival Best of Arlington. So much decadent free food.

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Tagged arlington, best of arlington, brightest young things, byt, food, seaton smith, street festival
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06 May

Social Safeway Gala

Yesterday I attended the bizarre Social Safeway Gala, aka the re-opening of the Georgetown ‘Social’ Safeway. Fancy people, fancy clothes, fancy speakers, all in a …

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Tagged gala, grocery store, opening, reoprning, safeway, social safeway, washingtonian
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05 May

Pork mania

This weekend I had probably the most intensely decadent Sunday of my life. On assignment for Byt, I attended and photographed Cochon 555. For the uninitiated, …

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Also posted in Misc
Tagged bacon, beer, chefs, cochon 555, drink, food, foodies, ham, pig, pork, ritz carlton, swine, wine
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27 Apr

WARL Rescue Me Gala

Saturday I shot Washington Animal Rescue League’s Rescue Me Gala, held at Union Station

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Tagged charity, charity ball, dogs, union station, warl, washington animal rescue league, washingtonian
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13 Apr

Bum Rush the Boards

This past weekend I covered the Bum Rush the Boards Hip Hop Chess tournament for ReadySetDC. Very interesting event! I wrote it up and also …

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Tagged bum rush the boards, chess, event, hip-hop, hip-hop chess tournament, interview, mazi, mutafa, wbl, words beats life
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29 Mar

Leukemia Ball

On Saturday I shot the Leukemia Ball–DC’s largest non-political fundraiser–for Washingtonian. It was a pretty massive and visually overwhelming experience, with over 2,000 in attendance.

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Tagged ball, charity, fundraiser, leukemia & lymphona society, leukemia ball, washington convention center, washingtonian
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29 Mar

Friday at Fly Lounge

This past Friday I shot Fly Lounge for Ezra Qassim and Jamie Hess. Here’s what the evening looked like:

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Also posted in Music
Tagged club, dancing, dj, ezra qassim, fly, fly lounge, jamie hess, Music
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24 Mar

The circus is in town, and as with most bizarre and sometimes scary things, BrightestYoungThings did some in-depth coverage. We went to a pre-show event and interviewed some performers, stayed for the main show (pretty impressive stuff!), and got weird with people in the mezzanine. A few days later, based on an anonymous tip, we crashed the circus’s temporary home (aka a desolate railyard across the city) and met Tommy and Johnnie Walker, two members of the train crew that graciously shared a 12 pack of Bud with us and regaled us with stories about life on the circus train. Here are the photos that came of this unique experience:

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Also posted in Misc
Tagged brightest young things, brightestyoungthings, byt, circus, clowns, feature, railroad, railyard
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24 Mar

Marc Maron @ Black Cat

On Monday I contributed my first piece for ReadySetDC–photos and a review of comic Marc Maron. Here’s what I wrote up: Marc Maron is a little …

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Tagged black cat, comedian, comedy, comic, marc maron, ready set dc, readysetdc
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27 Feb

LEED certification party @ Finnish Embassy

Here’s a little write-up and pictures I took for Byt, covering the party at the Finnish Embassy on Wednesday celebrating the building’s new LEED gold …

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Tagged brightestyoungthings, byt, dj, event, finland, finnish embassy, food, leed, nordic, party
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27 Feb

‘Pre-Wedding’ Wedding Party @ Bloomingdales

On Thursday I shot the ‘Pre-Wedding’ Wedding Party at Bloomingdales for Washingtonian. This was an opportunity for shoppers to see the product offerings of a …

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Tagged bloomingdales, bridal, pre wedding wedding party, registry, washingtonian, wedding
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27 Feb

NASDVA winter conference

Last week for work I shot the National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs (NASDVA)’s mid-winter conference. Held in Alexandria, the highlight was the …

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Tagged alexandria, eric shinseki, nasdva, national association of state directors of veterans affairs, secretary of veterans affairs, shinseki, warrior gateway, warrior gateway project, work
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21 Feb

Burlesque show @ Palace of Wonders

On Saturday right after attending Reaganpalooza I headed over to the Palace of Wonders on H St. for their Burlesque show. An interesting event–packed, energetic, …

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Tagged burlesque, byt, h st., palace of wonders
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21 Feb

Reaganpalooza @ Hawk n Dove

On Saturday I shot “Reaganpalooza,” hosted by the Young Conservatives Coalition and held at Hawk n Dove, as the final event of the Conservative Political …

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Tagged byt, conservative, conservative political action convention, cpac, gipper, jellybeans, reagan, reaganpalooza, ycc, young conservatives coalition
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21 Feb

Byt Cruisin

To cap off the DC Best Dressed List sponsored by Byt, Farinellis, and Proper Topper, Byt threw a big party on a boat: Cruisin’. Here …

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Tagged best dressed list, brightestyoungthings, byt, cruisin, farinellis, party, people, proper topper
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21 Feb

Virginia is for Heroes conference in Richmond

Some photos from a wounded veterans conference I shot for work.

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Tagged richmond, virginia is for heroes, warrior gateway, work
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Category Archive: Events

Choral Arts Society Holiday Gala @ Kennedy Center

Byt does the National Science Fair

Pinkberry opening

Burst!

District Sample Sale

Vince Gray won!

Byt does the Small Press Expo

National Opera Opening Night Gala

Philip Glass @ the Corcoran

White Party @ Phillips Collection

Pink Sock

Mod Madness @ Textile Museum

Claudio Bros

DC Week Closing Party @ 930 Club

Best of Arlington

Social Safeway Gala

Pork mania

WARL Rescue Me Gala

Bum Rush the Boards

Leukemia Ball

Friday at Fly Lounge

Byt does the circus

Marc Maron @ Black Cat

LEED certification party @ Finnish Embassy

‘Pre-Wedding’ Wedding Party @ Bloomingdales

NASDVA winter conference

Burlesque show @ Palace of Wonders

Reaganpalooza @ Hawk n Dove

Byt Cruisin

Virginia is for Heroes conference in Richmond

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