{"id":2214,"date":"2018-04-13T16:41:06","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T16:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/?p=2214"},"modified":"2018-04-23T11:54:05","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T11:54:05","slug":"coming-in-may-musical-benefit-with-denyce-graves-mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/?p=2214","title":{"rendered":"Coming in May: Musical Benefit with Denyce Graves &#038; Mother&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you or a loved one has ever experienced the impact of having a child in need of extended medical care, you understand the\u00a0struggles the situation places on families <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2223\" src=\"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Graves-gold-shirt-small-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Graves-gold-shirt-small-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Graves-gold-shirt-small.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>and their daily lives. We want to partner with <a href=\"http:\/\/rmhcdc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ronald McDonald House Charities\u00ae of Greater Washington, DC<\/a>, launched in 1978, to assist families in these trying times.\u00a0Join\u00a0us for<strong> Guest Chef Night &#8211; If Music Be the Food of Love with Denyce Graves, Tuesday, May 8 at 6 pm, <\/strong>and know that you are impacting numerous local families when you purchase your $350 ticket.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Together with her students from the Peabody Conservatory, internationally-renowned, mezzo soprano, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denycegraves.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Denyce Graves<\/a> will present arias of Verdi, Puccini, Donaudy and Offenbach as well as Neapolitan love songs. An opera-themed menu &#8211; prepared by Denyce and her friends &#8211; with premier wines will be offered in a comfortable, casual, communal atmosphere. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/guest-chef-night-if-music-be-the-food-of-love-with-denyce-graves-tickets-44021061179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get tickets &amp; see menu<\/a> (Picture credit: IMGARTISTS.COM)<\/p>\n<p>It is known that most Italians have stronger feelings of loyalty to their families than they have to their country . . . and mothers are the foundation of the family. So it is no wonder Mother&#8217;s Day is an important holiday in Italy. Treat your mother to a special day, and create a lasting memory with us at our<strong> Festa della Mamma &#8211; Mother&#8217;s Day Sparkling Celebration, Sunday, May 13 from 12-6 pm<\/strong>. Order off our regular or children&#8217;s menus, or try something from <a href=\"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Festa-della-Mamma-MENU-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our featured Mother&#8217;s Day menu<\/a>. Reserve your table now by calling (202) 835-0459.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you or a loved one has ever experienced the impact of having a child in need of extended medical care, you understand the\u00a0struggles the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-specials","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2214"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2244,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214\/revisions\/2244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}