Tue, Oct 15
|BlackSalt Fish Market & Restaurant
October Luncheon-- Ann B. Friedman, Founder of Planet Word Museum, Opening 2020
Join us for fascinating look into the founding of Planet Word, the new interactive museum of words and language. Ann B. Friedman, its founder and chair, will illuminate the museum's journey as it prepares to open in DC in spring of 2020.
Time & Location
Oct 15, 2019, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
BlackSalt Fish Market & Restaurant, 4883 MacArthur Blvd NW, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Guests
About the event
Charter 100 welcomes Ann B. Friedman, Founder and Chair of Planet Word, DC's newest interactive museum of words and language, opening in spring of 2020. Lunch will be served, and prospective new members are most welcome. Please let us know in advance of any food allergies or special accommodations.
About Our Speaker
Ann B. Friedman is the founder and chair of Planet Word, an interactive museum of words and language in Washington, D.C., opening in Spring 2020. Friedman taught beginning reading and writing in Montgomery County, MD, for 9 years. From 2010-2016 she served as chair of the board of the SEED Foundation, the parent of the nation’s only inner-city, public, college-prep boarding schools, and she remains its vice chair. She is vice chair of the board of trustees of the Aspen Music Festival and School, a long-time trustee of the National Symphony Orchestra, and a trustee of the Aspen Institute. She is a founding member of the Downtown DC Foundation. She lives in Bethesda with her husband, New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas L. Friedman.
Note
Deadline for all reservations is Thursday, October 10, 2019.
Please email charter100dc@gmail.com to receive a refund if your plans change. Refunds will only be issued if a request is emailed on or before Thursday, October 10, 2019.