| EVENT REPORT 11.10.09 2:50 PM |
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More Photos From Fight Night/Knock Out Abuse: Stogies, Laser Shows, and a VW Bus Bar
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Fight for Children celebrated the 20th anniversary of its marquee event, Fight Night, with a bevy of boys on Thursday, while across town, Knock Out Abuse held its female-friendly gala on the same night. Per tradition, the two groups met up for a late-night dance party, joining two of the most production-heavy annual benefits in town. As a follow-up to our story, here are a few more images from both events and the after-party.
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| TOP 100 EVENTS 06.22.09 11:30 AM |
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Washington's Top Benefits 2009
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Photo: Tony Brown/Imijination Photography for BizBash |
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1. Knock Out Abuse and Fight Night Gala
This two-in-one party encompasses the Knock Out Abuse Against Women gala—a lavish women-only fete for 650 at the Ritz-Carlton, Washington, D.C.—while 2,000 men simultaneously enjoy Fight Night, an evening of boxing matches at the Hilton Washington. The two parties join for a gender-neutral after-party. The dual fund-raisers for anti-domestic-violence causes and the health care nonprofit Fight for Children return November 5.
2. The Opera Ball
The Washington National Opera’s elite event brings some 500 guests—including Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Congressman Dennis Kucinich in 2008—to a different ambassador’s residence each year. The German ambassador hosted this year’s June 5 ball.
3. YouthAIDS Benefit Gala
Ashley Judd, Sharon Osbourne, and Anna Kournikova were among the 550 guests at Population Services International’s 2008 benefit at the Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner. The rock 'n' roll theme party, which raised $1.2 million for the organization, returns this November.
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Washington's Top 100 Events, Knock Out Abuse Against Women, Fight for Children, Washington National Opera, YouthAIDS, Corcoran Gallery of Art, National Italian American Foundation, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Prevent Cancer Foundation, Meridian International Center, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Washington Ballet, Heart of America Foundation, Smithsonian American Art Museum, March of Dimes Foundation, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Folger Shakespeare Library, N.F.L. Players, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Phillips Collection, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Spina Bifida Association, Washington Performing Arts Society, Trust for the National Mall, Capital Area Food Bank, American Red Cross, D.C. Scores, Washington Humane Society |
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| TOP 100 EVENTS 09.26.08 1:50 PM |
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Washington's Top Fashion & Beauty Events 2008
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 | The Fashion Fights Poverty runway show
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1. Fashion Fights Poverty Runway Show
The United Nations Association of the National Capital Area partners with PR and event planning firm Style and Image Network for this fund-raiser. The fourth annual event, was held September 25 at the St. Regis hotel, benefiting NEST, which provides loans to women in the third world. Michael Dumlao of the Style and Image Network is the show’s creative director.
2. Nordstrom’s Designer Fall Preview
This annual fashion and shopping event shows off the latest in American and European clothes from Nordstrom, with the proceeds going to the nonprofit Knock Out Abuse Against Women. The June 17 show, organized by Nordstrom event marketing coordinator Gina McGowan, was held at the National Building Museum. The event raised $60,000 from 500 guests.
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Washington's Top 100 Events, The United Nations Association of the National Capital Area, NEST, Nordstrom, Knock Out Abuse Against Women, Washington Humane Society, D.C. Fashion Week |
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| EVENT REPORT 06.20.08 12:54 PM |
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Nordstrom Preview Lets Guests Shop, Watch, and Shop Some More
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 | The runway show at the Nordstrom Designer Fall Preview
Photo: Lara Shipley for BizBash |
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Nordstrom attracted some 500 Washington fashion-focused types on Tuesday night for the retailer’s seventh Designer Preview show, held for the second year at the National Building Museum. The evening showcased more than 100 coming-soon looks from big-name designers such as Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, and Jil Sander, offering shoppers the chance to preorder items from the fall 2008 collections.
The sold-out event, for which tickets started at $125, benefited Knock Out Abuse Against Women, a nonprofit that supports shelters for victims of domestic violence. Since last year, the show saw a jump in attendance, up from last year’s 300, and in fund-raising, which grew from $42,000 to $60,000. The event's layout changed, too, as Nordstrom event marketing coordinator Gina McGowan wanted to keep guests on their (in some cases, Jimmy Choo-clad) toes. “We needed some change to keep it fresh,” she said, noting that the elevated runway moved to the middle of the building’s atrium for a more dramatic effect.
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| EVENT REPORT 05.20.08 2:57 PM |
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Equinox Grand Opening Uses 25-Foot Skylight for Fitness-Forward Performances
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 | Trapeze artists performed at the grand opening of the Equinox Fitness Club in Tysons Corner.
Photo: Chris James/Courtesy of Linda Roth Associates |
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The 46,000-square-foot Equinox Fitness Club in Tysons Corner had its soft opening on February 4, but last Thursday marked its official opening bash, benefiting the nonprofit Knock Out Abuse Against Women. Hosted by Washington Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell, and with Equinox C.E.O. Harvey Spevak on hand, the event transformed the main fitness floor into party setting for 350 guests.
"There is an undercurrent of fitness involved with all the workings of a cocktail party," said Carrie Foster, publicist and vice president at Linda Roth Associates, which produced the event. "Everything is among the equipment so it adds a very fitness-forward feel."
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| EVENT REPORT 11.13.07 11:31 AM |
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Debauchery Reigns at Separate Single-Sex Events
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 | Lenny Kravitz performed at the coed joint after-party.
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The men and women of Washington parted ways last Thursday evening, heading to two separate, (mostly) single-sex fund-raisers where the eye candy was plentiful. The men smoked cigars (thanks to a last-minute smoking waiver), watched some fierce boxing matches, and ogled models, Hooters girls, and nearly naked cheerleaders. The women had their fun, too, kicking back in a South Beach-style lounge and ripping the T-shirts off male models dressed as lifeguards. The two decidedly different events—Fight Night and the Knock Out Abuse Against Women gala—eventually met up for a joint after-party, where Lenny Kravitz performed.
Per tradition, the 18th annual Fight Night indulged masculine fancy, treating its 2,200 guests—music producer Quincy Jones, actor Chris Tucker, and Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia among them—to a night out with the boys. Held at the Washington Hilton and Towers, the event featured a new branding strategy and a cameo by rocker Ted Nugent, along with the customary parade of boxing legends and revving motorcycle engines.
The biggest challenge this year was the city’s new smoking ban, which threatened a hallmark of Fight Night’s throwback culture. The Hilton and Fight for Children, the charity that puts on the event, applied jointly for a waiver, and late last week it finally came through. “It was certainly stressful not knowing,” said FFC director of external relations Jeff Travers. “We made the case in our application that this was a highly stylized event and that the cigar-smoking was part of that." The waiver allowed guests to smoke only in the main ballroom, so staffers and volunteers put up signs at every exit.
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| NEWS 10.18.07 3:04 PM |
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Uncle Junior to Entertain Knock Out Abuse V.I.P.s
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Yeas and Nays reports today that Dominic Chianese (better known as The Sopranos' Uncle Junior) will perform a litany of Italian ballads at an intimate dinner for Knock Out Abuse Against Women at the Decatur House next Thursday. The V.I.P. dinner for 75 is a thank-you to the anti-abuse organization’s sponsors.
Knock Out Abuse is deep in planning its 14th annual gala, set to take place for the seventh year at the Ritz-Carlton Washington D.C. on November 8 (the same night as the like-minded Fight for Children’s Fight Night). Webster Group director Ellen Blankenstein is handling production for the gala, which is expected to garner some 750 guests this year. A South Beach theme is on tap. —Courtney Thompson
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Knock Out Abuse Against Women, Fight for Children |
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