Fourth Sunday of every month

FEATURING 2011 NEA National Heritage Fellow and "Guitar Man" WARNER WILLIAMS

Guitarist and songster Warner Williams is one of the greatest unsung heroes of the Piedmont blues—an Eastern seaboard style that incorporates fiddle tunes, ballads, country and popular songs, ragtime, and gospel.

The son of a cement finisher and a house cleaner, Williams was one of 11 children raised in a musical family. He was a garbage collector in Maryland for nearly 60 years.

By his early teens, Williams was hopping streetcars to get to the District, often paying his fare with a song. He’d wander through the city, playing tunes for change until police shooed him away.

At 22, he won an on-air talent show on WWDC hosted by Jackson Lowe, a white DJ who was an early champion of R&B. Williams started playing juke joints and house hops around the Maryland suburbs soon after.

When Williams married his wife, Karoline, and started his family, he continued to play on weeknights and weekends. All the blues legends tried to get him to go on tour with them — B.B. King the most notable. But he was afraid he would die on a tour bus, and he did not want to leave his family, so he always said no, only playing with them when they came to D.C.

Williams’s major-label debut, “Blues Highway,” was released in 2004 and helped bring him to wider attention. Summerour has also helped guide Williams to bigger gigs at Wolf Trap, the National Folk Festival and other spots in recent years, but Williams is still more likely to be found playing a house party or a small club or busking on a street corner.

At the age of 88 Mr. Williams plays the fourth Sunday of each month at O Museum in The Mansion.

Bring your groupies, entourage and guitar, banjo or whatever you want to play (or not) and participate in a live jam session with Warner.

Musicians no entrance fee. If you would like to attend a jam and you are not a musician, please reserve the "friends & family jam & tour".

— Cash Bar
— Includes a deck of cards and a secret so you can do your own magic!

One of the busiest corporate entertainers in the world — Richard Bloch is a frequent headliner on Las Vegas and Atlantic City stages. He is a five-time nominee for Stage Magician of the Year, a 2006 Fellowship recipient at Hollywood’s famed Magic Castle and he served as scriptwriter and magic consultant to the legendary Orson Welles.

In 2010, Rich opened Dickens Parlour Theatre in Millville, Delaware, which has quickly become a favorite entertainment spot for both local residents and tourists, as well as a much desired venue for performing magicians from all over the world. And, he is the founder of the highly successful “Magic Castle At Sea” program, exclusive to Crystal Cruises, which provides their vessels with world class magic performers on every cruise.

At home in Washington, D.C., he lives with his wife, Susan, a Professor of Constitutional Law at Georgetown University, a Golden Doodle and a parrot that does card tricks.

Proceeds go to support the artist-in-residence, heroes and other programs at O Museum in The Mansion

Ian Blake Newhem, author, accomplished ghost writer, and an artists-in-residence at O Museum in The Mansion, will introduce the first TWO books in his "A Million Words Away" project--12 books vs. 1 brain tumor on Sunday, January 26th, 2020 at
2pm.

During his career Blake thrived as a college professor of Literature, Composition, and Journalism; a daily journalist; and most notably a successful ghostwriter — working with famous doctors, tech gurus, celebrities, and politicians. Some of these books even attained the highly coveted “bestseller” label with both Amazon and the New York Times.

Yet, with all of his success, Blake had neglected his own voice, his own personal works. As he recovered from surgery for a
life threatening tumor that doctors believe will ultimately take is life — he decided he would change that — creating his “A Million Words Away” project 12 books vs. 1 tumor - challenging himself to publish a book a month for a year.

The books span genres from period drama, to mystery, to comedy, and crime. Blake is working with different collaborators for each project.

And now the first two books are out: Healing Star, a love triangle set in the Revolutionary War; and The Elephants, I, a family saga in which one elephant saves three generations on two continents (but who will save her from humanity?).

Blake will read from each book and do an interview with journalist and radio personality Doc Barham, then take your questions.

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first and third monday every month

Mix, mingle and unwind from the day with a martini as you witness magic before your very eyes. Master Magician Rich Bloch will astonish & amaze you with close-up magic - no stage, no curtains - you are the audience and the participant in this one-of-a-kind experience!

— Doors Open: 5:00pm
— Specialty martinis only $10/each
— Magic Show at 7:00 pm (close up)
— Explore themed rooms & exhibits
— Search for secret doors
— Find the hidden speakeasy to see 6 famous magic Houdin clocks (that's right, its behind a secret door)
— Cash Bar
— Includes a deck of cards and a secret so you can do your own magic!

One of the busiest corporate entertainers in the world — Richard Bloch is a frequent headliner on Las Vegas and Atlantic City stages. He is a five-time nominee for Stage Magician of the Year, a 2006 Fellowship recipient at Hollywood’s famed Magic Castle and he served as scriptwriter and magic consultant to the legendary Orson Welles.
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Guests are invited to explore the museum's themed rooms and secret doors, 60 signed guitars, memorabilia, art and much more before the event begins. Be sure to bring a shopping bag everything is for sale!

Proceeds go to support the artist-in-residence, heroes and other programs at O Museum in The Mansion

First & Third Sunday of every month.

Featuring DC Bluegrass Union

Channel your inner rock star with other musicians in the business. You know who you are: lawyers, doctors, lobbyists by day - but around the clock, always a rock star in your heart.

Bring your groupies, entourage and guitar, banjo or whatever you want to play (or not) and participate in a live jam session with seasoned artists.

If you would like to attend a jam and you are not a performer please reserve a friends & family jam & tour pass

Second Sunday of every month

Featuring Students from Levine Music

Channel your inner Mozart with other musicians. You know who you are: lawyers, doctors, lobbyists by day - but around the clock, always a musician in your heart.

Bring your groupies, entourage and flute, violin or whatever you want to play (or not) and participate in a live jam session with seasoned artists.

If you would like to attend a jam and you are not a performer please reserve a friends & family jam & tour pass

Science is about facts, and scientific fact is at the center of climatologist Dr. Ben Santer’s work on global warming. The esteemed scientist from Lawrence Livermore Labs will join Milwaukee-based filmmaker Chip Duncan and global health expert Dr. Hernando Garzon from California’s Kaiser Permanente for an evening of discussion about receding glaciers, global climate modeling and the long term health consequences facing a warming world.

Using personal stories, long term study and decades of documentation and participation, Santer, Duncan and Garzon have teamed up to bring their climate story to audiences across the U.S. Duncan begins the evening with a discussion of his documentation of North America’s iciest landscapes going back to 1991. Santer tells the story of a warming climate through computer modeling and satellite imagery accented by personal stories that begin with his participation in the 1995 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This report reached the historic conclusion that “the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate.” Considered one of the world’s leading experts on global disaster response during the past generation, Garzon weaves a personal story that begins with his work navigating crises like 9/11, the Haitian earthquake and West Africa’s Ebola crisis while addressing a noticeable shift to climate-related disasters such as Puerto Rico, New Orleans, sub-Saharan Africa, and the Ayerwaddy Delta region of Burma.
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Cash bar.

The speakers are donating their time for this appearance.

Proceeds of this event go to support the programs at O Museum in The Mansion

This is your chance to party like Gatsby himself! Grab your dancing shoes and dress to impress in your flapper dresses, silk gloves, pinstripe suits, bowties, and suspenders and revel the night away with the fanfare, and decadence that so defined the decade.

Our ’20s-themed bash spreads across the dazzling decor of O Museum in The Mansion that famously houses over 100 rooms, 70 secret doors and a history that includes J Edgar Hoover’s G-men.
One of DC's Most Unique Museums & event venues the cool factor of this former FBI hideout has definitely been noticed -- it has been named "The Coolest Place In D.C." by booking.com, featured on The Travel Channel's show Mega Mansions, and was deemed one of the top 5 historic venues to explore — in the world by Smithsonian Magazine.

Party attendees will be free to tour the historic home—chock full of antiques and period furnishings, enjoy the live jazz music, take 20’s style dance lessons and party the night away Gatsby style.

8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Included in Your Ticket Price:
— Unlimited Champagne (cash bar for everything else)
— Whiskey Tasting with Bob Dylan’s Heaven’s Door Bourbon
— Decadent Desserts
— The Imperial Palms (World's Best Swing Band - Forbes Magazine)
— DJ
— Dance Lessons with Julie Michelle Wilson Miss Ireland International 2020 & Toured with Dancing with the Stars
— Charleston, Swing and more!

PLEASE NOTE: NO VALET PARKING. go to omuseum.org/parking to reserve nearby parking

PRESENTED BY O MUSEUM and THE ROSA & RAYMOND PARKS INSTITUTE [RRPI]

Born into one of the most powerful political families in the history of the American South, Peggy Wallace Kennedy is recognized as one of America’s most important voices for peace and reconciliation. From her unique perspective of living behind the gates of the Alabama Governor’s Mansion as her father, George Wallace, rose to become one of America’s most influential populists, Peggy Wallace Kennedy offers a compelling narrative of her family’s history and its relevance to the current version of the politics of rage.

Traveling with her father in 1968 during his presidential campaign, Peggy bore witness to the power of anger and fear at Wallace Rallies in America’s heartland and northeastern factory cities as crowds of disaffected white men and women saw themselves in her father’s eyes. And in May of 1972, she was called from a college classroom and told that her father had been gunned down in the parking lot of a shopping mall in Maryland.

However, it is the story of Peggy’s personal journey to redemption and the love of her two sons that captures the hearts of those who hear her voice. After years of standing in the shadow of others, Peggy Wallace Kennedy challenges us to believe in ourselves so that we too can walk to higher ground. And she demonstrates best the notion that none of us can be held responsible for the circumstances of our birth, but all of us will be held responsible for who we can become.

In her powerful new memoir, Peggy looks back on the politics of her youth and attempts to reconcile her adored father with the man who coined the phrase “Segregation now. Segregation tomorrow. Segregation forever.”

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Thom Wheeler is a Texas native who became one of Houston's foremost contemporary sculptors in the 1970's/80's, creating many large commissions for corporations and architects, commercial and public spaces such as hotel and bank lobbies. He worked in grand scale ranging from 54 feet for bas relief works to 60 feet tall three dimensional pieces. Major works were executed for Banco di Roma, Rome, Italy; The Grand Hotel, Houston; and Ole Miss University, Oxford, Mississippi among many others. Private collectors include Dr. Jonas Salk and country music star Randy Travis.

He's had one-man shows in several cities including San Francisco, Palm Springs, and New Orleans, and been feature or cover artist in several publications including "Southwest Art", "New Mexico Magazine", and "The Houston Chronicle".

His materials are highly polished and textured metals such as brass, copper, and aluminum plate set with ivory, wood, cast glass, stag horn, and stone such as turquoise, malachite and jasper. His tools include the band saw, lathe, drill press, shears, kilns, welding machines, buffers, and sanders.

Thom moved to Taos in 1985 where he began concentrating on smaller pieces with a feeling for the icons of the West and Southwest - gypsy women faces, crosses, bucking broncos, howling coyotes, cow skulls, and the saguaro cacti. As he said, "You could call this my interpretation of Indian jewelry." He actually calls these works "wall jewelry".
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HOSTED BY SUSIE'S SONGWRITER SERIES:
www.shcmusictribe.com

ABOUT JEFF PLANKENHORN
Jeff Plankenhorn plays a soulful, distinctly Austin brand of roots rock that, over the past several years, has gained him a devoted national following and a seat among the very best contemporary Americana songwriters. His confident, catchy-as-hell fourth studio album, Sleeping Dogs was released to rave reviews (Rolling Stone Country, the Boot, Twangville, among others) and spent a good chunk of 2018 on the Roots Rock and Americana radio charts (#5 and #44). The four-piece band that bears his name has become a favorite on the festival circuit, scoring spots at Old Settlers Music Festival, Kerrville Folk Festival, Telluride Americana Music Festival, and Austin’s annual New Years Eve blowout at Auditorium Shores.

Well before he started rocking festival stages as a solo artist, Plankenhorn was already in the musical DNA of his adopted home of Austin, Texas. His bluesy, slide-driven guitar style was born out of jam sessions, residencies and house shows played for local audiences eager for the electricity and edge-of-your-seat musicianship that makes Austin the live music capital of the world. “In Austin,” he says, “few players rehearse. You show up and you play, for better or for worse.”

That freewheeling philosophy, and the disciplined songwriting craft that underpins it, is the result of Plankenhorn’s almost ten-year run as a member of the Resentments, a supergroup of sorts that hosts one of the longest running residencies in Austin.

Plankenhorn is a magnet for diverse ideas and collaborators, and his genius is in bringing them together. Sleeping Dogs merges styles effortlessly, juxtaposing sweet-hearted anthems like “Love is Love” (a response to the Pulse nightclub shooting) against ominous, weathered tunes like “Tooth & Nail”, which he co-wrote with Ray Wilie Hubbard. Several of the album’s standouts are the result of collabs with Americana royalty, including “Holy Lighting”, which features a duet with Patty Griffin. Tying it all together is a big-heartedness that speaks to a worldly approach to Americana music.

Today, he lives half the year now living with his wife on Vancouver Island, Canada, where he spends idyllic days writing and playing with their dogs. The other half he spends in Austin, where he remains in demand as a session player, cowriter, and producer. The success of his last two albums have brought international interest in his music, and full tours of Europe and Canada are in the works.

WATCH:
http://www.jeffplankenhorn.com/videos
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Proceeds of this concert go to support the artist-in-residence, heroes and other programs at O Museum in The Mansion

— Workshop Starts: 10:00 am

This workshop focuses on exploring the creative process through songwriting. Attendees will work with and learn from the prolific songwriter Dan Navarro to develop new techniques and enhance existing ones. Dan will lead you through an exploration of the essence of verbal and musical expression, the dynamic of connected performance and composition and the deceptive allure of success and its various disguises.

Through collaboration exercises, critiques (if you wish), monologue and dialogue, you will run through your creative paces with positivity and support, to ideally take home concepts that will facilitate creativity — on whatever level you choose. All levels of songwriters welcome. If you have an instrument your want to use, please bring it, and bring your songs, in whatever stages they are. CD’s MP’s welcome.

ABOUT DAN NAVARRO_________
For over thirty years, Dan Navarro has written, sung, played and acted his way through a rich and varied career...

Dan started out as a songwriter, most often with Eric Lowen, for artists as diverse as Pat Benatar (the Grammy-nominated "We Belong"), The Bangles, Jackson Browne, Dave Edmunds, The Temptations, Dionne Warwick, The Triplets, Dutch star Marco Borsato, and Austin outlaw legend Rusty Weir.

In the 1990s and 2000s, he and Eric recorded and toured as the acclaimed acoustic duo Lowen & Navarro until Eric's retirement in 2009.

He has a parallel career as a voice actor and singer, in films like Pirates of the Caribbean 5, The Book Of Life, Rio (on the Oscar nominated "Real In Rio"), Happy Feet, The Lorax, Ice Age (2 & 3); TV series Turbo Fast, Prison Break, Family Guy and American Dad; records with Neil Young, Andrea Bocelli, Luis Miguel, Jose Feliciano, Janiva Magness, and Jon Anderson of Yes; hit video games Fallout 4 and Uncharted 4, and hundreds of TV ads for Subaru, Shakey's, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Honda, Nationwide and more.

He has appeared in Washington on artists' rights and intellectual property issues, including testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Copyright Royalty Board. Dan also serves on the boards of SAG-AFTRA and The Levitt Pavilion Pasadena.

Top 5 historic venues to explore - in the world! -Smithsonian.com

Find your way through secret doors and covert passages to a world never experienced. You'll be walking in the footsteps of presidents and freedom fighters, historians and fiction writers.

On this self-guided tour, our volunteers will treat you to an in-depth history of our philosophy, museum, building, secret doors and what to look for as you head out on your super sleuth adventure.

We have over 100 rooms and 70 secret doors (yes 70!). We guarantee you can see at least 60 of our legendary rooms — but be warned secret doors are tricky to find —if you find 2 or 3 you are an above average sleuth.

We will never ruin the surprise of finding a secret door by giving you a map - or showing you where they are. So be sure to keep your eyes open! If you find two secret doors you are an above average sleuth!

Bring your own shopping bags. Everything is for sale!

This is a self-guided tour

MUSEUM CLOSES AT 5pm

Children under 17 must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Entire balance is paid in full when you place your reservation.

Proceeds from tours go to support the artist-in-residence, heroes and other programs at O Street Museum

12:00 pm & 2:30 pm (2-seatings)
$85/person

dine on our world-class cuisine and explore our museum with mom for a day she will always cherish! plenty of vegan & vegetarian options, decadent chocolate fountain, award winning desserts, soda & much more!

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* meat & poultry *
— beef tenderloin
— roasted chicken
— kosher & spicy hot dogs
— angel hair pasta with meat sauce

*seafood*
— shrimp cocktail with traditional & louisiana sauce
— whole poached salmon
— trio of smoked salmon

* vegetarian *
— baked beans
— candied yams
— coleslaw
— seasonal vegetables
— grapefruit & orange sections
— mac & cheese
— mansion baked bread (includes gluten free)
— marinated red beets & goat cheese
— organic salad bar
— wild rice

* dessert *
— decadent chocolate fountain
— award winning dessert extravaganza
— seasonal fruit display

* beverages*
—champagne
—mimosa
—soda

*menu subject to change
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visit includes a self-guided tour -- after you eat -- of our themed rooms and secret doors, signed guitars, memorabilia, art and more.

HOSTED BY SUSIE'S SONGWRITER SERIES:
www.shcmusictribe.com
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ABOUT NAKED BLUE:
www.nakedblue.com
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Videos: http://bit.ly/NakedBlueYouTube

Naked Blue has shared stages with John Mayer, Joe Cocker, Dan Fogelberg and Aimee Mann, to name a few. Scott and Jen's Wood and Stone Room recording studio and Wood and Stone Songwriting Retreat have led to collaboration credits on a songwriting Who’s Who including Todd Wright, Jon Carroll, Wyatt Easterling, Anton Fig and more.

Drawing from the Americana tradition and keeping a roots rock sensibility, performing songwriter team Jen and Scott Smith, and their band Naked Blue, have become a mainstay on the singer-songwriter/pop scene. They have released 7 full-length albums and built a devoted following of their songwriting, recordings and performances, Their latest release is an extraordinary collaboration with bestselling author Lee Child based on his iconic Jack Reacher character, entitled Just the Clothes on My Back. They've been touring with the new album in 2019 with headline shows including City Winery in NYC and Nashville, Firehouse Saloon - Houston, The Hamilton Live - DC, World Cafe Live - Philly, Red Clay Theatre - Duluth and more.​
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ABOUT ELIOT:
www.eliotbronson.com
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Vidoes: http://bit.ly/EliotBronsonYouTube

Bronson was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He began playing at local coffeehouses and was dubbed a "folk singing wunderkind" by The Baltimore Sun, He later moved to Atlanta, where he formed the duo The Brilliant Inventions. The band became a staple of the Atlanta music scene, winning several local and national music awards and gaining a substantial fan following. In 2010, the band split up and Bronson continued solo, releasing Blackbirds in 2011. In 2012, Bronson released Milwaukee, with his band Yonder Orphans (Kevin Leahy, Will Robertson and Bret Hartley).

In 2014, Bronson signed with independent music label, Saturn 5 Records. The ten-song self-titled album Eliot Bronson was recorded totally analog in Nashville by producer Dave Cobb (Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell). Going for feel and vibe over modern perfection, he used a rare Helios mixing console and a tape machine on loan from the Norman Petty Estate, which was also used to record Buddy Holly in the 1950s.

Eliot Bronson was recorded in one week at Cobb's home studio and The Sound Emporium, and mixed the following week. Other musicians on the album include Bret Hartley, Chris Powell, Adam Gardner, Kristen Rogers and Dave Cobb.

The album received critical acclaim and numerous "Top Album" ranking in the United States and Europe. Bronson was dubbed by Bop n Jazz as "maybe the best singer/songwriter since Dylan".

In August 2017, he released his next album James. The album includes "Rough Ride", a song about fellow Baltimorean Freddie Gray.
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Cash bar.

Proceeds of this concert go to support the artist-in-residence, heroes and other programs at O Museum in The Mansion

PRESENTED BY SUSIE'S SONGWRITER SERIES

— Concert Starts: 4:00pm
— Cash Bar

Award winning husband-and-wife folk-pop team, have been tearing up the music scene since their 1995 debut album, the Celtic-tinged River of Fallen Stars (Green Linnet) which won the National Association of Independent Record Distributors indie award for best contemporary adult album. Their follow-up album, 1996's Life Is Large, included cameos from Roger McGuinn, Steve Earle, Kelly Willis, Nils Lofgren and Susan Cowsill to name a few — and garnered the couple many awards, including more than 30 Wammies (Washington Area Music Awards).

Individually accomplished Pete has played with Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Nanci Griffith while Maura performed with the Delta Rays and won the New York Country Music Association’s Songwriter of the Year Award.

Proceeds of this concert go to support the artist-in-residence, heroes and other programs at O Museum in The Mansion

Top 5 historic venues to explore - in the world! -Smithsonian.com

enjoy a gourmet buffet feast with traditional items and unexpected twists! explore — after eating — our themed rooms and search for secret doors, while you celebrate with family and make new friends.

We have over 100 rooms and 70 secret doors (yes 70!) to explore. We guarantee you can see at least 60 of our legendary rooms — but be warned secret doors are tricky to find — if you find 2 or 3 you are an above average sleuth.

Kids under 5 are free.

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ENTREES
— bbq brisket
— brown sugar ham
— fresh whole salmon
— hot dog station — YUM!
— peanut butter station
— turkey: traditional, fried, smoked, and cajun
— wild mushroom pasta

SALADS & MORE
— homebaked breads
(including gluten free)
— beet salad
— caprese salad
— cole slaw
— cucumber salad
__ organic salad bar
— potato salad

MORE VEGETABLES
— angel hair pasta
— baked beans
— bourbon glazed sweet potatoes
(with & without marshmallow)
— brussels sprouts
— carrots & pineapple
— collard greens
— macaroni & cheese
(with & without bacon)
— mansion signature potato
— stuffing (chestnut & traditional)

DESSERT
— spectacular cakes & sweets
— fresh fruit

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- Cash bar
- Beverages additional

Entire balance is paid in full when you place your reservation.

Top 5 historic venues to explore - in the world! -Smithsonian.com

We've decked the halls and filled the stockings with seasons greetings and holiday cheer that will create lasting memories for the entire family.

Enjoy a decadent assortment of tortes, cakes & sweets at our spectacular dessert buffet then tour through our themed rooms and search for secret doors.

Includes hot coffee & hot tea. Cash bar.

Bring your own shopping bags. Everything is for sale!

Entire balance is paid in full when you place your reservation.

Top 5 historic venues to explore - in the world! -Smithsonian.com

We've decked the halls and filled the stockings with seasons greetings and holiday cheer that will create lasting memories for the entire family.

Enjoy our delicious continental breakfast (sweet breads, yogurt, granola, fresh fruit hot coffee, hot tea, hot chocolate) then tour through our themed rooms and search for secret doors.

Bring your own shopping bags. Everything is for sale!

Entire balance is paid in full when you place your reservation.

Dress to impress and immerse yourself in the mysterious world of a venetian masquerade ball where extravagant dress, decadent masks, silk gloves, top hats, tuxedos and the like set the stage to ring in an exciting new year.

Full access to the labyrinth Mansion with secret doors and legendary rooms and a party with irreverent company on the second floor (8:00 pm - midnight)

PARTY INCLUDES:
• premium open bar 3hrs. — 9pm- midnight (cash bar midnight -1am)
• glass of champagne for midnight toast
• chocolate fountain
• miniature pastries
• DJ
• Tour the 100 room mansion until the ball drops!
• big screen tv's for ball drop
• PLUS! 30% discount on hotel rooms

NOTE: champagne and shots not included in the open bar.

* Be sure to arrive early — upper floors close at 11:30pm

*this is a 21+ event.

VIP UPGRADES AVAILABLE:
(additional fees apply)

VIP SEATING: reserved seating all night - all others stand, priority line entrance, coat check. Cocktail service is not included for VIP ticket holders

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PLATINUM VIP: includes VIP perks + hotel room + bottle of premium champagne in room

PLEASE NOTE: NO VALET PARKING. go to omuseum.org/parking to reserve nearby parking