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RPM Italian: A Lively, Happy Grand Opening BY J OSE P HINE HIL L
RPM Italian Restaurant held a grand opening party, full of friends and family, June 27 for its first D.C. location, on Massachusetts Avenue near the convention center. Celebrity couple Bill and Giuliana Rancic — he
being Donald Trump’s first “Apprentice” and she being a reality TV star from Bethesda — partnered with Chef Doug Psaltis and R.J., Jerrod and Molly Melman of Lettuce Entertain You to debut the third RPM restaurant.
RPM co-owner Bill Rancic with Bret and Amy Baier. Photo by Robert Devaney.
Bill Rancic, Giuliana Rancic, R.J. Melman, Chef Doug Psaltis, Molly Melman, Christopher Meers, executive partner of Lettuce Entertain You, and Jerrod Melman. Courtesy RPM.
Giuliana Rancic with some of her friends. Photo by Daniel Swartz.
Erin Como and Christopher Smith of Fox 5 News and Sarah Fraser. Photo by Robert Devaney.
An ice sculpture at the RPM opening. Photo by Elizabeth Webster.
Chamber Dance Project Mixes ‘Ballet & Brass’ BY MARY B IRD
The Chamber Dance Project and its artistic director, Diane Coburn Bruning, celebrated their third season in D.C. with "Ballet & Brass" at the Lansburgh Theatre June 23 to 26. The company presented three choreographers’ world premieres with scores performed by CDP’s string quartet and D.C.’s Brass Connection band, a street band often heard outside Verizon Center. D.C. hip-hop artist Victor Adebusola debuted “Festival,” inspired by New Orleans’ Mardi Gras. Following the opening night performance, Brass Connection led guests around the corner to Hotel Monaco, where Hani Miletski and Traudel Lange co-chaired a post-party with the artists.
Gert Bruning and Diane Coburn Bruning, Chamber Dance Project’s founder and artistic director.
Jill Nevius with husband Fred Schwartz.
Members of the Brass Connection with Artistic Director Diane Coburn Bruning.
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