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Musicians, Politicos, Directors: Photos of the Best Parties Around DC

Party photographer Dan Swartz’s monthly roundup.

Musicians, Politicos, Directors: Photos of the Best Parties Around DC
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Party photographer Dan Swartz’s diary of bashes, benefits, and galas.

December 7

National Children’s Museum 50th Anniversary Dreamers Gala at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium

Gala co-chair Heather Zimmerman, host-committee member Kristin Harrison, and Michelle Lee.
Kiryn Hoffman of the National Children’s Museum, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Crystal Bowyer.
Host-committee members Jason Zuccari and Sepe Zuccari (left) with gala co-chairs John Legittino and Lauren Pratapas.

 

December 8

2024 Kennedy Center Honors

Musician and actor Queen Latifah.
Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead.
Musician Maggie Rogers.
Maryland governor Wes Moore and first lady Dawn Moore.
Actors Alessandra Garcia and Andy Garcia.
Director Francis Ford Coppola.
Mellody Hobson of Ariel Investments and director/producer George Lucas.
Musician Bonnie Raitt.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
Paul Pelosi and Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi.
Musician Grace VanderWaal.
The Apollo Theater’s Jonelle Procope, Kamilah Forbes, and Michelle Ebanks.
White House Cabinet Secretary Evan Ryan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Peter Ellefson; the Kennedy Center’s Deborah Rutter and David Rubenstein; and Caryn Zucker.
Weijia Jiang of CBS News.
Delilah Fishburne and actor Laurence Fishburne.

 

December 11

Arlo Washington DC Opening Party

Sunny Makhni (left) and executive chef Pepe Moncayo of Arlo Washington DC with Fiona Hynes of Arlo Hotels.
Oleg Pavlov of Quadrum Global and Arlo Hotels, DC deputy mayor for planning and economic development Nina Albert, Quadrum Global’s Amir Setayesh, and Cordell Nelson of Arlo Washington DC.
Andre McCain of HalfSmoke restaurant and Marcus Goodwin of Cushman & Wakefield.

 

December 16

44th Annual Choral Arts Gala at the Kennedy Center

December 7

National Children’s Museum 50th Anniversary Dreamers Gala at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium

 

December 8

2024 Kennedy Center Honors

 

December 11

Arlo Washington DC Opening Party

 

December 16

44th Annual Choral Arts Gala at the Kennedy Center

This article appears in the February 2025 issue of Washingtonian.