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The National Multiple Sclerosis Society National Capital Chapter's Ambassadors Ball is at the Grand Hyatt Washington. Tickets: $500. Call 202-296-5363.
Sept. 23
From Sea to Shining Sea: A Celebration of America, the 2005 Wolf Trap Ball, is at the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts. Tickets: $350 and $800. Call 703-255-4030.
The Congressional Black Caucus Spouses Evening Fashion Show and concert at the Washington Convention Center. Tickets: $120 (general admission) and $350 (scholarship tickets). Call 202-263-2800 or visit http:/
Sept. 24
The Congressional Black Caucus Spouses Luncheon Fashion Show. Tickets: $75 (general admission) and $250 (scholarship ticket). Call 202-263-2800 or visit http:/
The awards dinner of the Congressional Black Caucus is at the Washington Convention Center. Tickets: $750. The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's After Dinner gala at the Washington Convention Center features entertainment by Cameo, Chuck Brown and Kid Capri. Tickets: $60. Call 202-263-2800 or visit http:/
The National Symphony Orchestra Ball at the Kennedy Center follows the orchestra's season-opening concert -- Music Director Leonard Slatkin conducting Emanuel Ax, Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma). Concert and ball tickets start at $1,000. Call 202-416-8102.
Sept. 26
Lost and Found is the theme of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction gala at the Folger Shakespeare Library. The event offers a cocktail reception, readings by Stanley Crouch, Ha Jin, Shirley Hazzard, Elizabeth Swados, Maxine Hong Kingston, James Salter, Scott Simon, Tayari Jones, Jane Hitchcock, Rick Moody, David Anthony Durham, Richard McCann, Hilma Wolitzer, David Gates and Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, and dinner. Tickets: $400. Call 202-636-8745.
Sept. 27
Mark Russell is the featured performer at a benefit at the Renaissance Washington Hotel for the NYUMBANI Hospice/Orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya. WJLA's Kathleen Matthews is the emcee. Tickets: $250. Call 703-934-8534.
