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Knowing and loving your heart!!
While at the 4th annual WTOP/Adventist HealthCare "Love Your Heart Expo" at Westfield Montgomery Mall we learned about our heart's age!
Thin mints.. yum... hmmm
Girl Scout Cookies are on sale in the Greater Washington Region. Girl Scouts are taking orders now for delivery of cookies by the end of February. Girl Scout Cookie booths outside local stores will run from February 22 ‐ March 24, 2013 for information on the app to find cookie booths click here. Each box of Girl Scout Cookies cost $4.00 with all proceeds staying in the Greater Washington Region to support local Girl Scout activities. Click here to meet Mia- Girl Scout Cookie Media Spokesperson from Silver Spring.
One can of soda a week increases risk of diabetes by 33 percent
WTOP's Veronica Robinson
Where future Opera stars and fans come from??
Would you believe The Wolf Trap Opera Company?!?! It is considered one of America's top residency programs for emerging young professionals hoping to make it in Opera. And now Wolf Trap Opera has announced it's 2013 summer season and the line-up of Filene Young Artists and Studio Artists. The diverse roster includes 36 up-and-coming singers selected in a comprehensive nationwide audition tour. The season will feature three new productions, including Verdi's masterpiece La traviata; Rossini's The Journey to Reims and Verdi's Falstaff. Tickets go on sale at 10am March 16th and can be purchased online by clicking here, by calling 1(877) WOLFTRAP or at the Wolf Trap Box Office located at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts at 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, Virginia.
Not talk! Actual cars!
New ideas are driving people to the 2013 Washington Auto Show! Among them green car technologies, including clean diesel, CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) and hydrogen. And there is a chance to take a road trip back in time. The Washington Auto Show runs thru Sunday, Feb 10th at the Washington Convention Center
Wed. 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Thur. 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Fri. 12:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Sat. 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
Sun. 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Walter E. Washington Convention Center 801 Mount Vernon Place, N.W.
Macho military men on oogle parade
The GI Film Festival partnered with Sip With Socialites to hold an exciting military bachelor auction hosted by the Embassy of Austria. It was to raise funds and awareness for the upcoming GI Film Festival 2013, taking place May 6-12 throughout the DC area. The highest bidders won a dinner date with some of DC's most eligible military bachelors at one of DC's Top restaurants. The ringer for this first ever event for the GI Film Festival actor Scott Elrod, recently seen in the film Argo and soon to appear in Lone Survivor alongside Mark Wahlberg. Son of an F-16 pilot, Scott followed in the footsteps of his father and served in the United States Air Force as an air traffic controller from 1994-2000.
Coming soon -- lotza laffs!
With Washington's Only Original Political, Satirical Musical Comedy
Revue: HEXAGON 2013: A
Raucous Caucus It's all fun and all volunteer and all for charity.
Hexagon selects HEXAGON 2013: A
Raucous Caucus It's all fun and all volunteer and all for charity.
Hexagon selects ALS
Association-DC/MD/VA Chapter as beneficiary for 2013
Silver Spring, MD — Montgomery College Community Arts Center: 3/1
— 3/16
Arlington, VA — Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre: 3/21 —
3/23
Baltimore bars full of purple as fans cheer team
Giddy Baltimore Ravens fans are hugging, cheering, and pouring into the streets following the 34-31 victory of their team over the San Francisco 49ers.
New app 'Bang with Friends' draws criticism, concern
It's called 'Bang with Friends,' a new Facebook app meant to connect people for casual sex. The app only launched a week ago and is receiving a flurry of criticism, however it already has 20,000 users.
Its an honor to be nominated!
And while everyone wants to win, the nominees for theatreWashington's Helen Hayes Awards (April 8th)are very excited to have been nominated. You can see the full list here. or if you wish you may watch how things unfolded in the Helen Hayes Gallery of the National Theatre with the webcast of the evening which WTOP's Bob Madigan co-hosted with Rebecca Sheir of WAMU. And for a quick break down of the numbers listen to the two clips below.
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