Kick off 2011 with Sugar & Champagne! Tickets on sale now!

Submitted by Washington Humane Society, Washington Humane Society

Thursday, January 6th, 2011, 11:09am

Kick off 2011 with Sugar & Champagne! Tickets on sale now!

Start the New Year off right by bringing your pup to the 10th Annual Sugar & Champagne Affair on Tuesday, February 1st at The Ritz-Carlton, Washington DC. The event hosted by Chef Todd and Ellen Gray of Equinox Restaurant is the pet friendly foodie event of the year!

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"That's A Lot Of Bags": D.C. Residents React to Bag Tax Netting $2 Million

Submitted by Simon Landau, Community Web Producer

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011, 1:37pm

D.C. city officials say the plastic bag tax netted a total of about $2 Million this year.

Check out the video above to see how much D.C. locals guessed the tax brought in, and their amusing reactions when they heard the official number.

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A Nickel-A-Bag Nets $2 Million

Submitted by WUSA9 Web Staff

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011, 11:54am

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Washington shoppers have spent approximately $2 million on paper and plastic bags in the past year, one nickel at a time.

The city's 5-cent tax on bags began last January, but consumers spent much less pocket change than predicted to pay for bags from grocery, liquor and convenience stores. City officials had guessed the fee would raise $3.5 million to clean up the city's Anacostia River before the end of 2010, but it has raised a little more than half that.

City officials said they were surprised so many consumers appear to have changed their habits, bringing reusable bags to carry everything from milk and eggs to shampoo and toilet paper.

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DC May Collect Mega-Millions, In Unpaid Fines

Submitted by WUSA9 Web Staff

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011, 7:40pm

WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- The District is owed more than 300 million dollars in outstanding parking tickets and fines that date back for years.

The DMV under Mayor Adrian Fenty had a plan for an amnesty for
violators and that plan may be implemented by the new administration
under Mayor Vincent Gray.

While its far from a done deal, Officials today expressed support in
private conversations. DC Council members, including Chairman Kwame
Brown and Mary Cheh also seemed to support an amnesty in their comments.

The amnesty story was first reported Tuesday by the Washington Examiner.

DMV Officials confirm they have considered a program whereby people
who haven't paid their tickets would be allowed to pay the original
fine. The added penalties would be forgiven.

It would be welcome news to drivers who got tickets today outside the
DMV where they were already trying to pay existing tickets.

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Your One Fashion Resolution for 2011

Submitted by Kaarin Moore, Fashion Writer

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011, 7:10pm

If you only have one fashion resolution for the New Year, let it be this: only buy things that make you feel fantastic. It may sound simplistic, but many times people purchase things that they are just "eh" about. Sometimes those purchases are made for very practical reasons - lack of time / money / energy, or it is just difficult to find clothing that fits correctly. But, one purchase that is just "okay" leads to more purchases that "will do"....and that leads to an entire closet of "meh" clothing. It's one of the reasons people can have an entire closet full of clothes, yet feel like they have nothing to wear.

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Clouds at the Corcoran

Submitted by Corcoran Gallery of Art

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011, 2:16pm

Saturday, January 22 from 10:30 a.m- 12 p.m.

5-7 year olds

Soar up, up, and away to explore the different types of clouds floating in the Corcoran! Discover the variety of ways to visually represent clouds in the special exhibition Spencer Finch: My Business, With the Cloud, then use your sky-high inspiration to create your own mixed-media clouds in the studio. For more information, visit http://programs.corcoran.org/products/clouds-at-the-corcoran.

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Preserving the Washington Color School Paintings at the Corcoran

Submitted by Corcoran Gallery of Art

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011, 2:10pm

Preserving the Washington Color School Paintings at the Corcoran

Thursday, January 20 at 6:30 p.m.

Gallery Talk

Free with Gallery admission; pre-registration encouraged.

Join Jay Krueger, senior conservator of modern paintings at the National Gallery of Art, as he discusses some of the unique techniques that artists of the Washington Color School employed in their abstract canvases. These innovative painting methods advanced the artists’ exploration into color, but pose problems for museum conservators seeking to protect these important artworks.

Image: Gene Davis, Junkie's Curtain, 1967. Acrylic on canvas, 115 x 225 inches. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Gift of the artist, 1970.17. © Estate of Gene Davis.

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