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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

The Millrock Free Pour Latte Art Championship will be held this weekend at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Hall E (801 Mount Vernon Pl. NW).

Preliminary rounds of the competition are Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon; the final is Saturday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Admission is free. (The event is in conjunction with Coffee Fest, a coffee retailer trade show.) For more information, call 425-283-5058.

The Washington area is represented in the competition by baristas from Caffe Pronto Coffee Roastery in Annapolis (90 Russell St., Suite 500, 410-626-0011; and 2329 Forest Dr., Suite G, 410-266-5776; http://www.caffepronto.com) and Murky Coffee (3211 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, 703-312-7001; and 660 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, 202-546-5228; http://www.murkycoffee.com).