Angela Davis, Alice Walker, and Danny Glover will be at Busboys & Poet’s Peace Ball. The vice president elect’s pantsless doppleganger will attend a “Unity Ball” benefiting Planned Parenthood and Bread for the City.
The 40,000 people who eventually piled into the exclusive upper ballrooms and cavernous underbelly of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center looked like they were having a good time.
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Once upon a time, President Obama skeeved fat financial donations from registered lobbyists and shied away from taking individual contributions in excess of five figures. Well, that was for his 2009.
Did Ticketmaster screw you out of tickets to the inaugural ball? That’s OK. On Craigslist, you can buy them for $4,000 a pair!
Ticketmaster, which is handling the ticketing for the sole official inaugural ball open to the public, goofed yesterday when it emailed invitations to purchase tickets to some people, prompting an early run on some of the hottest tickets of the year.
New mayor Vince Gray’s inaugural ball, featuring the aural stylings of go-go maestro Chuck Brown among others, will take place this Sunday — and you can crash the party. Free tickets for the ball are available today, tomorrow and Thursday, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. inside Room 145 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. There are 7,500 tickets available to the public and a 2 ticket maximum per person — you’ll need to show valid D.C. identification to claim tickets.
Photo by digital_don There might be some shakeups in the way that the District’s government celebrates the inauguration. The Washington Post reported in December that Mayor Adrian Fenty was planning an inaugural party at the D.C. Armory on Sunday, January 18. The paper went on to report that Fenty was looking to snag performers Kanye West, Mary J. Blige and possibly another big name, and that the party would serve as a benefit for…
Sure, sure, we all know the big news about the D.C. Council allowing bars to serve alcohol until 5 a.m. And D.C. Wire delivered the scoop that the District government is hosting their Inaugural Ball “for the people” — at City Hall. This year, District pols are going with a “51st State” theme: For $51, attendees will enjoy the legendary Chuck Brown and an implicit lecture on statehood. Not a bad deal considering how Inaugural…
Have you been dying to get a few minutes to ask D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty questions about his controversial plan to take over the District’s public schools? Washingtonpost.com will give you a chance this afternoon at 1 p.m., when they moderate an online chat with the Mayor about his proposal. You can submit your own questions for the Mayor here. We’d really like to know what the Mayor thinks about Colby King’s idea to…
