Sat. January 10
Mai Thai
1200 19th St, NW (b/w M & N)
Doors open at 11pm

For guestlist and additional inquiries, email Sayo at fisayo@playtheparty.com

WASHINGTON – Roland Burris tried to take President-elect Barack Obama’s Illinois Senate seat Tuesday but failed in a scripted piece of political theater staged just before the opening of the 111th Congress. “Mr. Burris is not in possession of the necessary credentials from the state of Illinois,” declared Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada.

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Academy Award-winning singer Jennifer Hudson is reportedly being considered by President-elect Barack Obama’s political team to perform at his upcoming inauguration in Washington, DC this month.According to New York Post, both individuals are from the Chicago, Illinois area and are in talks of having her first public appearance be seen at the traditional event.

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The Inauguration After-Party
@ TUSCANA WEST
1350 I St. NW DC
(btwn 13th & 14th St)

Jan 20th, 2009 will go down as one of the most important days in history. It wont just be a presidential inauguration, but it’ll mark a benchmark in the advancement of civil rights and provide hope for a brighter future. Join us, along with people from all over the country that will be in town, to celebrate that historic day.

Music by WKYS 93.9’s own DJ Trini
Live hosting by UK SENSATION

21+ | Proper ID is necessary to ensure admission.
Your finest attire is required. Chic & fashionable as we reserve the right to deny entry based on attire or attitude.

*With an expected influx of millions of people in the DMV for this historic week, we’d advise you to purchase your tickets in advance as many of our out of town patrons have already begun doing:
http://nfinityentertainment.eventbrite.com

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Exhibition Dates:
January 11 - January 31, 2009

Gallery Hours:
10 AM-5 PM, Tuesday-Sunday
(Closed Inauguration Day, 1/20/09)

Location:
The Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
801 K Street, NW (at Mount Vernon Square);
Washington, DC 20001

Contact
202.882.7764

In celebration of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. and the Women of Color Quilters Network have partnered with The Group for Cultural Documentation (TGCD) to present Quilts for Obama: An Exhibit Celebrating the Inauguration of our 44th President, opening Sunday, January 11, 2009, and continuing through January 31, 2009.

The exhibition comprises over 60 interpretive quilts by master quilt makers to celebrate the inauguration, to welcome the Obama family to Washington, and to celebrate their roots and history: 44 mainly newly made quilts from across the US, one or more from each of four African countries (Kenya, South Africa, Liberia and Ghana), historical quilts from Hawaii and Kansas (including one from the historical society of El Dorado, KS), and quilts from Georgetown, South Carolina (including one made by Mrs. Carrie Nelson, the oldest living member of Michelle Robinson Obama’s family).

A partial list of artists in the show includes:
Dr. Denise Campbell, Sew Chick Elle, Laura Gadson, Peggy Hartwell, Charlene Hughes, Catherine Lamkin, Marlene O’Bryant, Edna Patterson-Petty, Cookie Washington, and Trish Williams. Many of the quilt makers will attend the exhibit opening.

The theme of the journey resonates in many of these celebratory quilts; Carolyn Maloomi’s “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around”, honors those marchers who participated in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March which was the summit of the civil rights movement.

On March 7, 1965, as non-violent marchers neared the Edmund Pettus bridge, they were tear-gassed, beaten, and their processional stopped by Alabama State troopers. This historic event, known as Bloody Sunday, resulted in the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Similarly, L’Merchie Frazier’s “The Journey: We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For” acknowledges the fact that President Obama stands on the shoulders of a long line of freedom fighters whose vision has fashioned his national and global victory.

Donnette Cooper’s quilt, “America at the Crossroads,” focuses on our perennial challenge to reconcile the competing imperatives of race, gender, religion, class, nationality and sexual identity as we struggle to realize the vision of “a more perfect union.”

Guest curator Roland L. Freeman is a folklorist and photo-documenter whose career began during the Civil Rights movement. For more than 40 years he has been documenting the continuity of traditional African-American cultural practices, and is currently a research associate at the Smithsonian Institution’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. His own quilt, “Hand Me Down My Mother’s Work” incorporates Dr. Ja Jahannes’s poem of the same name.

Join us Saturday as we welcome back the young professional party, the returning graduate school students and the return of an era, Sayo&Scottie parties. RSVP at fisayo@playtheparty.com or g4guestlist@gmail.com to get on the guestlist. Ladies free on the guestlist through midnight. Guys free on the guestlist until 11 p.m. What would a Sayo & Scottie party be without $5 drinks until midnight?

To RSVP please include the full name and email address for each guest. RSVPs without full names and/or emails will not be added.

Doors open at 10 p.m.
Mai Thai
1200 19th Street, N.W.
Valet Parking available
Guestlist closes at 12 a.m.
Drink specials until 12 a.m.

As always dress code matters. If you have to ask if its appropriate, don’t wear it.
Guestlist closes Saturday at 5 p.m.

For table reservations, contact Sayo or Scottie by email.

In his first 24 months as the District’s chief executive, Fenty and his team have made a few apology-worthy mistakes. They plagiarized a schools document, they botched the response to a police shooting, and they managed the summer jobs program like a bunch of interns.

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