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Google and The Hollywood Reporter welcomed guests to Friday night party at the W hotel's Great Room with an alphabet-board sign.

Friday's event was the first time Google and The Hollywood Reporter teamed for a White House Correspondents’ Association weekend party.

New York-based event production company MKG built sets embedded with video screens.

The MSNBC party produced by Dufour & Company Productions at the Embassy of Italy Saturday night had a mirrored dance floor that was full for most of the evening.

Dramatic chandeliers set the tone at the MSNBC party.

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow tended bar for part of the evening.

The MSNBC menu, designed by Occasions Caterers, served warm, crisp bacon on tiny hooks.

Occasions Caterers served hors d’oeurves based on steak house classics, plus a procession of breakfast items later on.

Bloomberg and Vanity Fair decorated the lawn of the the French ambassador’s residence for their celebrity-filled party after the dinner on Saturday night.

Capitol File put the visual focus on an arrivals area with photographers and its sponsors, shining the names of its sponsors on a wall of the Newseum.

Chandeliers hang underneath tables at Capitol File's event, produced by Gala Design Group.

Atlantic Media owner David Bradley hosted a dinner at his home on Friday night. The tent in the backyard had an African theme meant to raise awareness of the fight against malaria. Photos from a United Nations exhibit hung near tables with African-print tablecloths.

The New Yorker returned to the W hotel’s rooftop bar Friday night for its third annual party. DJs Andrew Andrew used iPads to control the music.

At The New Yorker's party, a raw bar was well-stocked with oysters, giant shrimp, and lobster tails, and a slider bar served mini burgers, lobster rolls, and Reuben sandwiches.

Solange spun the music at the National Public Radio party Friday at the Gibson Guitar Showroom. It was the first time N.P.R. hosted an event over the party-packed weekend.

Funny or Die, The Atlantic, National Journal, and Impact Arts & Film Fund hosted the First Amendment party on Friday in a giant retail space that previously housed a Borders store.

Thomson Reuters hosted pre- and post-dinner cocktails Saturday in the Washington Hilton's Georgetown Room.

The Saturday afternoon brunch hosted by Tammy Haddad and friends (including BizBash C.E.O. David Adler) returned to the Beall-Washington House for the second year.

Design Cuisine served tiny blueberry pies on sticks at Tammy Haddad’s garden brunch on Saturday.

The event, at the Beall-Washington House, hosted guests on the first floor and in large tents in the back yard.

The brunch raised money for CURE Epilepsy and the White Ribbon Alliance.

In the tented backyard of the Georgetown home of Politico publisher Robert Allbritton, Antje Wood of Ver Tige designed a lush, pink-and-green look with peonies, hydrangeas, and shrubbery.

With catering duties shared by the Source by Wolfgang Puck and Design Cuisine, the Politico brunch offerings included made-to-order steak and eggs.

The "Creative Coalition Celebrates Leading Women in Media" dinner Thursday was at the Ritz-Carlton, Washington, D.C.

DJ Mia Moretti and Caitlin Moe performed at the "Off the Record" party with Rock the Vote Thursday, the after-party following a private dinner by the Creative Coalition and Elle Leading Women in Media event.

The "Off the Record" party Thursday featured catering from Cuisine Solutions and dessert from Georgetown Cupcake.