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| | | When | Sunday, February 28, 2010, 2 – 4pm | | Where | Charles Houston Recreation Center, 901 Wythe Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 | | Note | Join the Alexandria Black History Museum and members of the NAACP
for the annual Black History Month lecture and soul food tasting. The featured guest speaker will discuss the 2010 Black History
Month Theme "The History of Black Economic Empowerment." Following the lecture, guests will sample a variety of
African-American traditional foods. This year’s event returns to the Charles Houston Recreation Center. Free! / (703) 838-4356 / Email: black.history@alexandriava.org | | Link | www.alexblackhistory.org |
| | | When | Sunday, February 28, 2010, 6pm | | Where | Kennedy Center-Millennium Stage, 2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC | | Note | A partnership between Washington Performing
Arts Society and District of Columbia Public Schools in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Capitol Jazz Project
provides support for music education in select schools through a series of coaching sessions in music performance through
classroom study, master classes, and concerts by and with local teaching artists in the field. Featured will be students from
six D.C. middle schools—play swinging standards. Free! / 202-467-4600 | | Link | www.kennedy-center.org… |
| | | When | Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 7 – 9pm | | Where | Fairfax at Embassy Row Hotel, 2100 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20037 | | Note | The first annual Capital Wine Festival, which will feature more than 50 wines from around the
world. Intimate, four-course winemaker dinners will be hosted by either the winemaker or the proprietor. Dishes for each dinner
will be created by Jockey Club’s new Chef, Levi Mezick, to compliment the vintner’s selection. In addition, 20
percent of the proceeds from the tickets purchased in January to the Capital Wine Festival will be donated to the Red Cross’
Haiti Relief and Development Fund. Concludes: March 19 : 7 p.m. Price: $85.00-$145.00
/ (202) 736-1453 | | Link | www.capitalwinefestival.com |
BLACKS OVER 40 PARTY 2010 The Party exclusively for African American men and women over 40! Join Blacks Over 40 as we celebrate BE THERE Magazine 10th Anniversary This
is a party for those truly grown folks who put the "P" in PARTY. You are in the company of your peers, where you
can meet and mingle with mature folks from all over DC, MD, AND VA, renewing old friendships and making new ones.
By Us and For Us, Blacks Over 40 Party is for singles, couples, families and friends that celebrate being 40 and Fabulous,
50 and Fantastic, 60 and Sensational and yes, even 70 and Spectacular. So come and enjoy the camaraderie of your peers in
an atmosphere where you can relax your mind, body and soul. You don't want to miss
this one! To get on the A-list e-mail me at - betheremagazine@yahoo.com or call 202-726-1541 |

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Bargain Happy Hours
We scoured DC, Virginia, and Maryland looking for bars with the best cheap burgers,
bites, and booze. Here are some of our favorite spots. Where do you head to get happy hour snacks on the cheap? Let us know
in the comments.
THE BARKING DOG, 4723 Elm St., Bethesda; 301-654-0022; thebarkingdogonline.com.
Appetizers like buffalo shrimp and spinach-and-artichoke dip run between $4 and $14 at this friendly tavern—but during
happy hour, they're a dollar off. The discount also applies to all draft and bottled beers, rail drinks, and glasses of
house wines. Happy hours: Monday - Friday 3 to 7.
BISTRO BISTRO, 4021 Campbell Ave., Arlington;
703-379-0300; bistro-bistro.com. We felt as though we were the only people who didn't know the waitstaff or the patrons,
but Bistro Bistro's friendly atmosphere and great half-price appetizers, like the smoked-chicken quesadilla, made us feel
at home. Rail drinks are $3.50, domestic beers $1.99, and premium drafts $2.99. On Tuesdays, martinis are half-price, and
Thursdays, domestic bottles are $1. Happy hours: Monday through Saturday 3 to 7 PM.
Our pick: Jamaican-jerk-chicken
spring rolls ($3.95). Ask for teriyaki sauce.
CAFE CITRON, 1343 Connecticut Ave., NW; 202-530-8844;
cafecitrondc.com. Check out this Dupont Circle hotspot for a tropical-flavored happy hour. The fried plantains and mini crab
cakes are delicious. Fruity drinks like mojitos ($4) and tropical rum lemonade ($4), and bottled beers like Corona ($3) and
Portuguese Sagres ($3) are discounted. Happy hours: Monday through Friday, 5 to 7 PM.
Our pick: Bolivian potato
cakes stuffed with beef and cheese ($6.95).
CHADWICKS, 203 S. Strand St., Alexandria, 703-836-4442;
also in Georgetown; chadwicksrestaurants.com. This Old Town pub offers $4 appetizers, $3 rail drinks and house wine, and $2.50
bottled domestic beers. On Monday, the bar sweetens the deal with half-price burgers; on Thursday, it's "fire and
ice"—35-cent hot wings and $2.95 Molson Ice. Happy hours: Monday through Friday 4 to 7 PM.
Our pick:
country-fried chicken tenders with house-made honey-dijon and barbecue sauces ($4 during happy hours).
DIVINO
LOUNGE, 7345-B Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda; 240-497-0300; divinolounge.com. At this trendy, dimly lit lounge,
we enjoyed half-price Argentinean tapas: sausage, chicken croquettes, olives, and mushrooms. Rail drinks, martinis, and beers
are half price. Happy hours: Wednesday through Friday 5:30 to 7:30 PM.
Our pick: mushrooms in white-wine sauce
($3 during happy hours).
FACCIA LUNA, 2909 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, 703-276-3099; also in Alexandria;
faccialuna.com. It's technically not a happy hour, but the Monday-night special at the Arlington location is one of the
best deals in town. Two people can feast on house salads or an appetizer such as a grilled eggplant with mozzarella and marinara
or tomato bruschetta, a pizza with two toppings, and two glasses of house wine for $24.24. On Tuesday night, enjoy half off
on a featured wine. Specials offered from 5 to 10:30 PM.
Our pick: mozzarella and tomato with fresh basil. GRILLFISH,
1200 New Hampshire Ave., NW; 202-331-7310; grillfishdc.com. Domestic bottled and draft beers, select glasses of wine, and
appetizers such as buffalo shrimp and steamed mussels are half price. Cocktails such as the "Kokonut Kamikaze,"
a blend of coconut rum, sour mix, and pineapple juice, are $4. Happy hours: Monday through Friday 4 to 7 PM, Saturday &
Sunday 5 to 7 PM.
Our pick: mixed grill of shrimp, swordfish, salmon, and a scallop. HERITAGE INDIA
BRASSERIE, 1337 Connecticut Ave., NW; 202-331-1414. Dishes from the small-plates menu--inspired by Indian street
food--are a steal at half price ($2.50 to $3.50). The classy, low-key bar is a nice break from the wilder Dupont bar scene.
Domestic beers are $2.50, imports $3.50, martinis $4.50, mojitos $6 and rail drinks $4.75. Happy hours: Monday through Friday
5 to 7 PM (food) 4.30 to 7.30 PM (drinks).
Our pick: the "frankie"--grilled chicken rolled in flatbread
and cheese ($3.50).
MCCORMICK & SCHMICK'S, 7401 Woodmont Ave., Bethesda; 301-961-2626;
also in Chinatown, downtown DC, Tysons Corner, and Reston; mccormickandschmicks.com. Because McCormick & Schmick's
is on the ground floor of a Bethesda high-rise, much of its clientele comes after work from the building's upper floors.
The bar, which is separate from the dining room, has a $1.95 appetizer menu that includes tasty burgers, wings, quesadillas,
oysters, and spinach and artichoke dip mussels. There is a $2.95 two-beverage minimum for the special, but it's worth
it. Happy hours: Monday through Friday 3:30 to 6:30 PM and Monday through Thursday 9:30 to 11.
Our pick: oyster
shooters.
TUNNICLIFFS TAVERN, 222 Seventh St., SE; 202-544-5680; tunnicliffstaverndc.com. You'll
find specials almost every weeknight here. Monday, they have Wine Night, with any two entrees you get a bottle of wine for
half price. Tuesday Lasagna Night, enjoy lasagna with a side of house salad and a glass of wine for $14. Friday all selected
appetizers are half price. Get a Bud Light for $2. Between 11 PM and 1 AM there is a Late Night Menu with burgers and salads
for half price and pizzas $7. Happy hours: Monday through Friday 4 to 7 PM.
WHITLOW'S ON WILSON,
2854 Wilson Blvd., Arlington; 703-276-9693; whitlows.com. Whitlow's fantastic apps—like peel-and-eat shrimp and
spinach-and-artichoke dip—and good drink specials make it a favorite. Get there early—you can't sit at a table
unless you're ordering dinner, and bar stools fill up. You can feast on half-price burgers all day Monday. Mug night is
Thursday from 4 to 9 PM; buy a mug ($5) and refill with the beer of the night ($1.50). On Friday from 4 to 8, appetizers such
as cheese fries are $2 off. Tuesday through Friday from 4 to 7 8 PM selected drafts are $2.50. Wednesdays, drink half-price
wine from 4 to 9 PM.
http://www.bohemiancaverns.com During the height of the jazz era in Washington, U Street served as the epicenter of that
form of music catering to the cultured elite, and no other club was better recognized for it's assemblage of jazz musicians,
performers, and impromptu amateurs than one located in the basement level of 11th and U Street. It was known the world over
as Bohemian Caverns. http://www.rhythmplaza.com/cafenema.htm Cafe Nema is a small, homey bar nestled into a bottom-floor space on U Street Bright decorative
elements -- textiles, interesting wire light fixtures, art hanging on the walls, a black light – help to warm up the
essentially shabby space. http://www.fullmoon-saloon.com We are the only club in Baltimore that offers live blues seven nights a week. We feature
local, regional and national acts. We want everyone who comes here to feel like they are at home.
http://www.madamsorgan.com/ Located in the center of Adams Morgan (18th & Columbia), Madam's Organ Blues Bar
is fast becoming known as "Washington DC's place to hear the blues". You'll hear live blues seven nights
a week from national R&B/blues artists and old time blues legends. You'll never know who you'll see hanging out
at Madam's. View the blues band up close and personal from the dance floor. http://www.takomastation.com Since 1984 jazz lovers in Washington DC and surrounding areas have had a home. Takoma Station
Tavern, a family owned and operated club located in the historic Takoma Park area, has consistently provided quality entertainment
and a comfortable, "make yourself at home" atmosphere.
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