The Art of Cinema

Release Date: Wednesday, February 9th 2011

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards will be presented in Los Angeles, but the fourth annual Oscar Night® America, hosted by the American Red Cross in the National Capital Region, will take place in Downtown at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (1250 New York Avenue) on Sunday, February 27, from 7:00 pm to midnight. And the Best Picture is …

The glamour and glitz of this black tie event, replete with an open bar and hors d’oeuvres, is sure to impress. Oscar Night® America is the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ grassroots program, which enables charities to host elegant fund-raising soirees for good causes. The Downtown bash is the only official Academy-sanctioned viewing party locally—there are 50 nationwide. It’s also a major Red Cross benefit, meaning local community leaders, philanthropists, politicians, fashionistas and movie buffs will permeate the Museum’s premises.

Don’t want to be left out? Tickets are $100 per person; $175 for the VIP section, which offers a premium bar, valet parking and an official 83rd Annual Academy Awards program--distributed without having to fly to LA to get one!

For more information, email events@redcrossnca.org, or call 703-299-2524. For tickets, visit www.redcrossnca.org.