If you don't see images, click here to view Story Ideas  .  Events  To ensure delivery, please add newsletter@bisnow.com to your address book, learn how PUBLICATIONS: Daily Business | Real Estate | Legal | Tech/Fed IT | Association/Non-Profit | Medical | The Scene CITIES: Washington | New York | Chicago     June 1, 2009              Clothes and Plays Join Everybody Wins DC for its Chocolate for Literacy event at Co Co Sala, 925 F Street NW. TONIGHT, June 1 at 7pm. Featuring chocolate themed appetizers, desserts and drinks. Live Art by Cargo Cult. Click here for $50 tix to support EWDC children's mentoring and literacy.   We went to Georgetown’s L2 Lounge to help local designer Aidah Fontenot celebrate the first anniversary of her clothing line.   Style in a Nutshell’s April Lee and Chris Loney were pleased to preview Aidah’s collection, which expanded to include menswear.     Designer Aidah Fontenot with 1st Seed Recordings’ Charles Banks.   Wright & Talisman’s Corey Kuhns and My Sister’s Place’s Agatha Tomasik. Mais Oui!   French Ambassador Pierre Vimont opened his spectacular residence in Kalorama Thursday night for a reception in honor of Arena Stage’s current world premiere of Legacy of Light. We snapped this of him with Arena’s artistic director Molly Smith.   Legacy of Light is written by award-winning DC playwright, Karen Zacarias (right), who’s with Arena Stage’s Janet Butler Berry and board member Roderic Woodson.   Arena board members Judy Lynn Prince and Beth Newburger Schwartz raved about the play. The Play’s the Thing!   We headed to Arena’s Crystal City stage to check out Legacy of Light and see what everyone had been talking about. Actress Lise Bruneau as scientist Emilie du Chatelet shares the stage with Stephen Schnetzer as Voltaire.   The play transitions between 18th century France and modern day America. Carla Harting as Olivia, an astrophysicist who struggles to grasp motherhood, scientific discovery, and the art of juggling work and family, shares the stage with Lindsey Kyler as Millie and Michael Russotto as Peter. You can see it through June 14. Food!   We were at Grosvenor Auditorium at the National Geographic building for a private screening of Food, Inc. which opens June 12. Featuring interviews with Eric Schlosser of Fast Food Nation, filmmaker Robert Kenner posits that the corporations that control our food supply often violate our health, worker safety, and the livelihood of farmers. During a discussion with the director, we were advised to purchase from local farmers’ markets and go without meat one day a week. WHERE TO BE SCENE:   Monday, June 1 from 7:00 - 10:00 PM, join Everybody Wins DC for its Chocolate for Literacy event at Co Co Sala, 925 F Street NW. Featuring chocolate themed appetizers, desserts and drinks.  Live Art by Cargo Cult. Tickets $50 at www.everybodywinsdc.com Contributions support EWDC children's mentoring and literacy programs. Tickets $50; 202.347.9467 ext 17. Monday, June 1 from 7:00 – 10:00 PM, join the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for its monthly Art Salon at Artomatic, 55 M St., SE to converge the DC creative community. Cocktails and live music. Admission is FREE. RSVP to dccahevents@gmail.com Tuesday, June 2 from 5:30 - 6:00 pm VIP reception, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm general reception, join Internews Network for the 3rd annual Internews Media Leadership Awards honoring James Nachtwey at DLA Piper, 500 8th Street NW, to honor media leaders and raise funds for local media development worldwide. Cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, awards ceremony. Tickets: $100 general reception, $500 VIP reception. www.internews.org/imla/2009 Thursday, June 4, from 6:30 -11:30 p.m., indulge your senses in Asia and get your weekend started in style at ASIAFTER DARK, the newest after hours series at the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries. The Gallery invites young professionals to explore the arts of Asia, sip cocktails and mix and mingle to psychedelic grooves from emerging DJ artists. Guests will also enjoy food tastings from area restaurants, dance performances, hands-on activities, spotlight tours, and raffle prizes. Tickets: $15 in advance, $18 at door. http://store.freersacklershop.com/asiaafterdark.html  Thursday June 4 at 6:00-8:30, Join a strong host committee on the roof of The University Club, 1135 Sixteenth St, to celebrate and benefit the 3-year old DC Squash Academy and its partnership with The Stokes School. $30 Entry fee with open bar, intriguing raffle, and a great crowd on one of the best rooftops in DC. No Denim, No Athletic Shoes and No Shorts permitted. Friday, June 5 from 6-9PM, join Hillyer Art Space for First Friday featuring Frank Warren’s hit exhibition PostSecret: Confessions of Life, Death and God and soundscapes by DJ Underdog at 9 Hillyer Court, NW. Art, live DJ, free food and refreshments. Suggested donation $5. No RSVP required. contact Chelsea at events@artsandartists.org or (202) 338-0680 with questions. Saturday, June 6 from 7:00 – 10:00 PM, join the Washington Humane Society for its 22nd Annual Bark Ball at the Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Ave., NW to raise funds for homeless, abused and neglected animals. Washington, DC's Only Black-tie Gala for the Four-on-the-Floor Crowd. Cocktails, dinner, auction, music. Tickets: $250 at http://www.washhumane.org/barkball.asp Saturday, June 6 from 4:00 – 7:00 PM, join the My Vision Foundation for its DC fete at the Hudson Restaurant and Lounge, 2030 M St. NW, to raise funds for women of reproductive age with breast cancer. With special guests and local celebrities, a spoken word performance, cocktail reception, complimentary food, and cash bar with special MyV pricing. Tickets: $40 (or $50 at the door)  here Sunday, June 7, from 4-7pm: Join The Potomac Riverkeeper for its annual Potomac River Gala on board the Cherry Blossom, 3 Cameron Street, Alexandria, Virginia, to raise funds to restore and protect our Potomac River and its tributaries. Cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, river cruise, silent and live auctions. Tickets: $75/person, $125/couple at www.potomacriverkeeper.org. 202 222-1717. Wednesday, June 10, 5:30 p.m. (reception) 6:45 (dinner), join the Food Research and Action Center for its 19th Annual Benefit Dinner at the Capital Hilton, 16th and K Streets, to support the Campaign to End Childhood Hunger.  Tickets: www.frac.org. Thursday, June 11, from 6:30pm-9:30pm, join the Children's PressLine at the Press Club for two occasions: the launch of the Children’s PressLine DC News Bureau and the Children’s PressLine Excellence in Journalism Award Ceremony — awarding Judy Woodruff and Tim Russert, to be accepted by Luke Russert. To register and for more information about The Children’s PressLine, please visit: www.cplmedia.org. Thursday, June 11, from 6:00 - 11:00 PM, Kismet for Kidsave, to  benefit Kidsave at The Naval Heritage Center, 701 Pennsylvania Ave NW. VIP Kismet Lounge, live and silent auctions, networking with local celebrities, business leaders and sports figures and after party.  $150 VIP and $75 General Admission.  Buy tickets at www.kidsave.org. Vanessa Meccarielli and Makeda Saggau-Sackey contributed to this issue. Want to see more pictures?  Join our facebook group: Send story ideas: TheScene@Bisnow.com         CONTACT EDITORIAL CONTACT ADVERTISING CONTACT GENERAL INFO This newsletter is a journalistic news source which accepts no payment for featured interviews. It is supported by conventional advertisers clearly identified in the right hand column. You have been selected to receive it either through prior contact or professional association. 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