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Zac Efron and Claire Danes at the Impact Arts + Film Fund Me and Orson Welles Screening
The W Hotel Washington and John Legend put on a grand opening performance, Pollywood style
By Michael M. Clements
Operatic performers set a classical mood. Photo by Tony Powell
Purple lights flooded the historic Beaux Arts exterior of the officially opened W Hotel Washington on a perfect fall evening. There was a formidable red carpet with a large logo-emboldened step-and-repeat with a special “VIP-only” entrance – for those worthy of being photographed in front of said corporate logos; photographers who waited patiently outside the velvet rope for the star power to roll in; and black-clad PR mavens with clipboards and headsets greeting guests with “Are you on the list?” Indeed, it was an event game-planned straight out of film screening/celebrity restaurant openings of Los Angeles and New York. But, this isn’t Los Angeles or New York. It’s Washington. Not to say Washington can’t be chic. It can be. But we don’t have to be Los Angeles or New York, or Miami for that matter. In fact, we revel in not being any of these cities because of how hard they try sometimes. If the opening of the W Hotel Washington proves anything, it’s that Washington is continuing to develop its unique Pollywood style – and that, is a good thing.
John Legend
Location: Washington Convention Center
WL SPONSORED - Photos by Tony Powell
THE EVENT: Fight For Children’s “Back to School with the Stars” benefit rocked this year thanks to a knock-out performance from Grammy winner John Legend. THE SCENE: 800 partygoers received a $100 certificate to the website www.donorschoose.org to support a micro-financed school project – such as buying art supplies for a class room in the District. Three schools: Strong John Thomson Elementary School, E.L. Haynes Public Charter School, and San Miguel School received the $100,000 Fight For Children’s Quality Schools Initiative Award. By the end of the night, over $1.5 million was raised to support Washington schools. THE GUESTS: Joe Robert, Jr., Mayor Adrian and Michelle Fenty, Katherine and David Bradley, Jim Kimsey, and Roger and Vicki Sant.
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