Post-WHCD, No Rest for D.C. Party Hoppers
Anyone get up to anything interesting this weekend?
For those of you who did not brave the press-packed ballrooms and glitterati-studded after-parties that have come to define White House Correspondents’ Dinner weekend, This Town just finished indulging in epic amounts of booze , bad jokes and selfies .
The good news is there’s only 360-odd days until Hollywood next invades the nation’s capital — and immediately regrets it:
Boy, after being in Washington I feel like I need to take a shower. Time to get back to a much more grounded city. Hollywood, here I come.
— Emile Hirsch (@EmileHirsch) May 4, 2014
Assuming you and your liver remain on speaking terms, there are still plenty of opportunities to mix and mingle with local “celebrities” in the days ahead:
On Tuesday, the Asian Republican Coalition plans to introduce itself to sitting politicos via a splashy rollout at the Newseum (555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW). The program — which is expected to feature complimentary speeches by Sens. Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, and Patrick J. Toomey, R-Pa., as well as House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. — kicks off promptly at 6:30 p.m. and flows right into cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Republican Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Dean Heller of Nevada should interrupt the festivities at some point to provide their two cents (four cents?) on Asians and the GOP.
Also on Tuesday, the ASCAP Foundation , the engagement arm of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, will give another round of musicians their due at the “We Write the Songs 2014” celebration.
Performers at this year’s event, scheduled to take place at the Library of Congress beginning at 7 p.m., include:
Freewheeling bandleader Jon Batiste