Phillips after 5: Let's Be Friends

PHILLIPS AFTER 5: LET'S BE FRIENDS Thursday, December 3, 5-8:30 pm Celebrate friends old and new. Create matching friendship bracelets and send postcards for faraway friends. Enjoy amicable food and drink pairings and make it a #squadgoal to expand your social circle through our art meet-up challenge. Trace artistic friendships between collectors and artists on tours of the special exhibition and the permanent collection. GALLERY TALK 6, 6:30, 7, & 7:30 PM 15-minute focused discussions about works in the museum’s permanent collection. MUSIC 5:30–8 PM Enjoy the jazz tempo of “Emergence” with internationally acclaimed DC-based pianist/composer Federico Peña performing with Romeir Mendez on bass and CV Dashiell on drums. TASTING Enjoy delicious bites from Pinstripes, a sophisticated entertainment venue located in the heart of Georgetown. Offerings include jumbo lump crab cakes, tenderloin sliders, and mini Margarita Italianos–an Italian twist on a classic with limoncello and a splash of pomegranate. Catering provided by Geppetto Catering. $12; $10 for visitors 62 and over and students. Members always admitted free, no reservation needed. Event web page: http://www.phillipscollection.org/events/2015-12-03-phillips-after-5 More about the Gauguin to Picasso: Masterworks from Switzerland exhibition: http://www.phillipscollection.org/events/2015-10-10-exhibition-staechelin-im-obersteg Image: Paul Gauguin, NAFEA faaipoipo (When Will You Marry?), 1892. Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 1/2 in. The Rudolf Staechelin Collection © Kunstmuseum Basel, Martin P. Bühler