Laissez Foure at Bayou Bakery's Katrina 10

Bayou Bakery in Courthouse is throwing a party to celebrate 10 years of New Orleans recovering from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 on Saturday August 29. The Katrina 10 event is from 5-7pm and Jazz quartet Laissez Foure is providing the live music. The celebration of recovery includes New Orleans style food and drink and an open mic for guests sharing their own Katrina story.

That day also kicks off our week-long Charity Book Sale, continuing until Sept. 5 with all proceeds from copies of DamGoodSweet sold going to The Roots of Music. Children are the future and this nonprofit provides youths with musical education and instruments while preserving New Orleans culture through music.

More info on the Facebook event page here.

Mad Rose Players and Pets

Hold on for this post, there is a lot happening on Thursday August 6 at Mad Rose.

The Clarendon night spot is hosting an awareness event for dog adoption to benefit the DC Shiba Inu Rescue, who might be providing some puppies for a "pet fashion show" that night. Attendees are encourage to wear as much black as possible to blend with the "blackout" theme from 8pm to 1am.

Many local celebrities and TV personalities will be in attendance, including:

Wilson Ramos, Nationals catcher
DJ Skribble, Midee Man from MTV
Valeria Barriga, Telemundo reporter
Brittany Athey, Miss Virginia 2015
Jamie Sullivan, WJLA 7 reporter
Allyson Rae, WUSA 9 metorologist 
Autria Godfrey,WJLA 7 anchor
Kristyn Caddell , Reporters on the Run

Contact Giovanni if your company would like to sponsor a pet adoption for the event.