April 13 Shakespeare Theatre Company 40th Anniversary Gala at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium Former Shakespeare Theatre Company artistic director Michael Kahn with gala co-chairs Gail MacKinnon (left) and Emily Lenzner. Musician Wynton Marsalis and actor Wendell Pierce.   April 16 Semafor Gala at the National Portrait Gallery Semafor’s Mirabella Brokate El Baze, Justin B. Smith, Rachel Oppenheim, Ben Smith, and Garett Wiley.   April 17 VIP Sneak Peek at Peruvian Brothers’ North Capitol Street Location Peruvian Brothers’ Mario Lanzone (left) and Giuseppe Lanzone (far right) with Peruvian ambassador to the US Alfredo Ferrero Diez Canseco and NBC4’s Jummy Olabanji.   April 22 Améthyste at the French Ambassador’s Residence Robert Johnson of RLJ Companies, Kellyanne Conway of KAConsulting, and Jim Durrett of Invariant. Heather Podesta of Invariant, Marlo Greer, US trade representative Jamieson Greer, and Steve Clemons of Widehall.   May 1 Book reception for Dana Perino’s Purple State at Fox Corporation’s Government Relations Offices News Corp’s Todd Thorpe, author and Fox News host Dana Perino, and Fox Corporation’s Joanna Orlando and Alex Clark Dillie.   White House Correspondents’ Dinner Weekend April 24 UTA’s “Celebration of America’s Journalists” WHCD Pre-Party at Osteria Mozza UTA’s “Celebration of America’s Journalists” WHCD Pre-Party at Osteria Mozza. Averi Harper (left) and Rachel Scott (far right) of ABC News with Joiwind Ronen of Ned’s Club Washington, DC, and Symone Sanders Townsend of MSNBC. MS NOW’s Jen Psaki and podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen.   April 25 WHCD Garden Brunch at the Beall-Washington House MS NOW’s Stephanie Ruhle, NobleReach Foundation’s Arun Gupta, and Meta’s Dina Powell McCormick. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and Kaitlan Collins. Van Jones of CNN and Olivia Igbokwe-Curry of Amazon Web Services.   April 25 An Evening With Time at the Swiss Ambassador’s Residence Actor Zachary Levi, Swiss ambassador to the US Ralf Heckner, and Congressman Gabe Amo.   April 26 Ned’s Club and Air Mail White House Correspondents’ Week Wrap Party at Ned’s Club Washington, DC Emma Mears of Ned’s Club Washington, DC; Susanna Quinn; and Jocelyn Quinn of the House Committee on Homeland Security. Jenna Groesch of Ned’s Club Washington, DC (left), with Julia Vitale and George Pendle of Air Mail. April 13 Shakespeare Theatre Company 40th Anniversary Gala at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium Former Shakespeare Theatre Company artistic director Michael Kahn with gala co-chairs Gail MacKinnon (left) and Emily Lenzner. Musician Wynton Marsalis and actor Wendell Pierce.   April 16 Semafor Gala at the National Portrait Gallery Semafor’s Mirabella Brokate El Baze, Justin B. Smith, Rachel Oppenheim, Ben Smith, and Garett Wiley.   April 17 VIP Sneak Peek at Peruvian Brothers’ North Capitol Street Location Peruvian Brothers’ Mario Lanzone (left) and Giuseppe Lanzone (far right) with Peruvian ambassador to the US Alfredo Ferrero Diez Canseco and NBC4’s Jummy Olabanji.   April 22 Améthyste at the French Ambassador’s Residence Robert Johnson of RLJ Companies, Kellyanne Conway of KAConsulting, and Jim Durrett of Invariant. Heather Podesta of Invariant, Marlo Greer, US trade representative Jamieson Greer, and Steve Clemons of Widehall.   May 1 Book reception for Dana Perino’s Purple State at Fox Corporation’s Government Relations Offices News Corp’s Todd Thorpe, author and Fox News host Dana Perino, and Fox Corporation’s Joanna Orlando and Alex Clark Dillie.   White House Correspondents’ Dinner Weekend April 24 UTA’s “Celebration of America’s Journalists” WHCD Pre-Party at Osteria Mozza UTA’s “Celebration of America’s Journalists” WHCD Pre-Party at Osteria Mozza. Averi Harper (left) and Rachel Scott (far right) of ABC News with Joiwind Ronen of Ned’s Club Washington, DC, and Symone Sanders Townsend of MSNBC. MS NOW’s Jen Psaki and podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen.   April 25 WHCD Garden Brunch at the Beall-Washington House MS NOW’s Stephanie Ruhle, NobleReach Foundation’s Arun Gupta, and Meta’s Dina Powell McCormick. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and Kaitlan Collins. Van Jones of CNN and Olivia Igbokwe-Curry of Amazon Web Services.   April 25 An Evening With Time at the Swiss Ambassador’s Residence Actor Zachary Levi, Swiss ambassador to the US Ralf Heckner, and Congressman Gabe Amo.   April 26 Ned’s Club and Air Mail White House Correspondents’ Week Wrap Party at Ned’s Club Washington, DC Emma Mears of Ned’s Club Washington, DC; Susanna Quinn; and Jocelyn Quinn of the House Committee on Homeland Security. Jenna Groesch of Ned’s Club Washington, DC (left), with Julia Vitale and George Pendle of Air Mail. This article appears in the June 2026 issue of Washingtonian.The post Journalists, Politicos, Ambassadors: Photos of the Best Parties Around DC first appeared on Washingtonian. ...read more read less