In the last couple of days, after the Haiti devastation, it has been great to see local businesses rally to offer support. And while there is talk of the donations being bottlenecked and ineffective at this point, it is important to know that the effort continues this week with a number of events. Here is a handy guide of benefits we’ve heard about throughout the week. Click on links for more details and if you know of more, please post the details in the comments:
MONDAY
- The big mamma jamma tonight is the DMV Helps Haiti @ 930 Club. Doors at 6. Tickets are 20 dollars (100$ for VIP access) and the show features anyone who is anyone in the DC hip hop scene: Wale, D.C. Don Juan, Tabi Bonney, Phil Ade, XO, Kingpen Slim, K-Beta, Que (formerly of Day26) + surprise guests.
- Haitian Film + Fundraiser @ The Warehouse / Passenger is presented in conjunction with the Washington Film Institute: doors at 5, movie (”The Agronomist”) at 7:30, 10 dollar donation to go to Red Cross
- Happy Hour @ Public Starts at 5, suggested donation: 40$
- Louis P @ LIV 5$ suggested donation, plus a drive for emergency goods
TUESDAY
- Marvin is hosting a Happy Hour- 6 to 9pm, 20$ suggested donation (which also gets you a free malibu and bud light)
WEDNESDAY
- Every Wednesday for a month LIV is hosting their To Haiti with Love benefit parties presented in conjunction with Young Haitian Professionals Organization. DJs, bands, poets, art. 20$ suggested donation.
THURSDAY
- Haiti Benefit Concert @ BloomBars in Columbia Heights. 5$ suggested donation.
- United for Haiti benefit @ Policy. 25$ suggested donation, 500$ tables.
FRIDAY:
- Tabi Bonney is performing at the Our World Our People Benefit at 411 NY Ave NE Warehouse loft in a benefit ( 5$ donation suggestion).
- Friday for Haiti @ Local 16. Happy Hour that lasts till 10:30. 25$ suggested donation but free beer and “insane” drink specials
SATURDAY:
- A Big Benefit show BLACK: One World for Haiti @ Cre8 Studio Gallery. Music by Adrian Loving, Matt Hemerlein, Laughing Man etc. 5$ donation along with canned goods, 10$ otherwise.
SUNDAY
- The big DC DJ guns come out for Funkin’ for Haiti @ MODERN where Will Eastman, Nadastrom, Fort Knox Five and guests throw probably the funnest party you’ve ever been to for a good cause. $10 minimum donation.
Also, if you’re looking to throw a benefit but may need equipment ScorpioDJs are offering free music and sound equipment for anyone who needs it.
Also, RNR Hotel just announced their benefit for January 31st. 12$ donation feat. Honor by August
Also, Cafe Bonaparte and Napoleon Bistro have extended their restaurant week menus for an additional week, where $5 from the $35.10 will go directly to UNICEF.
Also, starting today through Friday January 22, 10% of all food and beverage sales from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m. daily at every Latin Concepts venue will be donated to Doctors Without Borders. Participating restaurants include: Guarapo, Gazuza, Mate Lounge, Chi cha Lounge, Kitchen 2404, Ceviche and Gin & Tonic
Also, courtesy of We Love DC’s guide (which they also just updated for this week):
The Black Cat will be holding a benefit concert on February 6th. Watch for more details. LiberatedMuse will hold a benefit concert on February 12th.
If you’re looking for volunteer opportunities, the Embassy of Haiti and ServeDC are asking for volunteers to man telephone banks at the Haitian Embassy, 2311 Massachusetts Avenue, NW. If you are able to offer mental health services and grief counseling, please contact the DC Homeland Security Emergency Management Agency at 202-272-6161. Additional information on support and volunteerism can obtained by contacting the Haitian Embassy – Greater Washington Haitian Relief Committee is 202-241-3593.
Let us know of anything else you hear of in comment
also tonight: yoga for haiti @ tranquil space http://www.gregslistdc.com/event/2010/haiti-benefit-yoga-classes
January 18, 2010 at 12:34 pmWed, January 27th, Rock and Roll Hotel
Rock and Roll Relief for Haiti: A Benefit for Partners in Health and Shelter Box at
PIH has been working in Haiti for over 20 years, providing essential medical care to children and adults who otherwise would go without medical treatment.
“PIH strives to achieve two overarching goals: to bring the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need of them and to serve as an antidote to despair.”
100% of the $10 cover and a portion of the bar sales will go to the benefit.
with live performances by:
Caverns
Bonjour Ganeesh
Loose Lips
The Jones
Black Dog Prowl
The Courtesans
Lissy Rosemont
and Djs
Denman (No Control)
Dustin (Becauseitsfun.com)
Erik from PEEL (he was playing that night anyway)
Sequoia (The Midnight Suns)
Washington DC’s own Spelling for Bees (music collective) @ Velvet Lounge
Monthly Residency (1st Tues)
Washington, DC – January 13, 2010 – DC Indie music collective, Spelling for Bees,
“If you’re not entirely sure where you’re going, it can’t hurt to take stock of where you’ve been.”
This very Groundhog Day, with that advice in mind, the Spelling For Bees musical collective will take a
break from peering into the mists of its own future and peer into the haze of DC’s musical past, specifically
the part that centered around Don Zientara’s living room in the 1980s.
At 7:30pm on Feb. 2nd, at the Velvet Lounge, at 915 U St. NW, the songs of Minor Threat and Fugazi will be reworked, re-imagined, replayed, butchered, exalted, deconstructed, reconstructed, and launched pell-mell into the
audience in all sorts of forms familiar and unfamiliar by the 50-odd members of Spelling For Bees, in various
and perhaps improvised combinations.
Expect horns, expect drums, expect strings, expect a five-dollar cover charge, expect an evening of experimentation, expect irreverence, reverently rendered, and expect all proceeds to be donated to disaster
relief efforts in Haiti.
Tues: Happy Hour @ Current Lounge 5:30p – 2:00a
Benefiting Oxfam America Haiti Earthquake Response Fund
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=254578580682&index=1
Black Cat – Sat Feb 6-
A Benefit for the Victims of the Haiti Earthquake w/ TENNIS SYSTEM, THE STATE DEPARTMENT, NUNCHUCKS, + more TBA $10 Mainstage 9:00
January 19, 2010 at 1:48 pm
Black: One World for Haiti
Cre8 Studio Gallery
1314 9th Street, NW
Saturday January 23, 2009
9pm-until
Art Auction featuring works by Moe, Chanel Compton, Gabriel Scindian and others
Music by: Adrian Loving, Matthew Hamerlein, Laughing Man and others
Admission is $5 with a non-perishable canned good. $10 regular admission.
Proceeds go to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.
January 18, 2010 at 11:40 am