BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20181206T220000Z DTEND:20181207T000000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:December 2018 Mix and Mingle DESCRIPTION:Come on over to the fantastic showroom of Architectural Ceramics for our annual Toy Drive Mix and Mingle. \n\n\n\nEnjoy a holiday happy hour networking and helping children in need. \n\n\n\nAdmission is free\, BUT you must bring a gift for a child in the Community Ministries of Rockville's Holiday Giving program. (Toys for children ages 0 12 years\, recommended value of $20 - $30 each. Giftcards to stores like Target\, and TJ Maxx for teen children. Recommended value of $20 - $30 each.)\n\n\n\nBob Levey\, a prize-winning journalist who has covered the Washington scene since the Johnson Administration\, will also be at the Mixer promoting his new book: LARRY FELDER\, CANDIDATE. The novel is a story of a famous Washington newspaper columnist (Felder) who abandons journalism to run for Congress in Maryland's Eighth District (Montgomery County). Larry's path gets massively complicated by love\, corruption\, those pesky newspaper reporters and the unforeseen. But the good guys win in the end\, and loyalty wins most of all.\n\n\n\nHosted by :\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Bob Levey: \n\n\n\nFor 23 years\, he wrote a daily column\, "Bob Levey's Washington\," for The Washington Post. The column looked at all aspects of life in the nation's capital. It won major awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Washington Journalism Review. Currently he writes a monthly column for Senior Beacon Newspapers.\n\n\n\nWashingtonian magazine readers named Bob Levey one of the most popular columnists in D.C. seven times. Earlier in his 36-year career at The Post\, Bob Levey covered Presidential politics\, Congress\, local news and sports.\n\n\n\nIn 1999 Bob Levey was named a Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian magazine in recognition of his community service through his column and as a hands-on volunteer. \n\n\n\nBob Levey has also had an extensive career in the electronic media. Over the course of more than 20 years\, he worked for nine radio stations\, four TV stations and one popular internet site as a commentator and talk show host. Levey was voted the 1994 Radio Talk Show Host of the Year in the Washington market. In 1996 he was named one of the most important radio talk show hosts in America by Talkers Magazine. His on-line chats for washingtonpost.com\, called "Levey Live\," won consistently high ratings.\n\n\n\nBob Levey was born and raised in New York City. He escaped at a tender age to attend the University of Chicago\, where he earned a bachelor's degree with special honors in English. He has spoken to college\, business and social groups all over the country\, and has received the top rating as a speaker by the International Platform Association\, the country's leading speakers' bureau. He has taught journalism at six major research universities.\n\n\n\nIn 2000\, Washington Post Books published Washington Album: A Pictorial History of the Nation's Capital\, a 200-page illustrated history of the local city. Levey co-authored the book with his wife\, Jane F. Levey\, a historian. Levey is the author of two other books\, one a collection of columns\, the other a look at local Washington.\n\n\n\nIn his spare time\, Bob Levey has been a semi-professional folk singer\, a union president and a national champion tournament bridge player. He and his wife are the parents of two adult children\, Emily and Alexander. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
\nCome on over to the fantastic showroom of Architectural Ceramics  \;for our annual Toy Drive Mix and Mingle.  \;
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\nEnjoy a holiday happy hour networking and helping children in need.  \; \;
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\nAdmission is free\, BUT you must bring a gift for a child in the Community Ministries of Rockville'\;s Holiday Giving program. \;  \;(Toys for children ages 0 &ndash\; 12 years\, recommended value of $20 - $30 each. Giftcards to stores like Target\, and TJ Maxx for teen children. Recommended value of $20 - $30 each.)
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\nBob Levey\, a prize-winning journalist who has covered the Washington scene since the Johnson Administration\, will also be at the Mixer promoting his new book: LARRY FELDER\, CANDIDATE. The novel is a story of a famous Washington newspaper columnist (Felder) who abandons journalism to run for Congress in Maryland&rsquo\;s Eighth District (Montgomery County). Larry&rsquo\;s path gets massively complicated by love\, corruption\, those pesky newspaper reporters and the unforeseen. But the good guys win in the end\, and loyalty wins most of all.
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\nHosted by :
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\nAbout Bob Levey:
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\nFor 23 years\, he wrote a daily column\, &ldquo\;Bob Levey&rsquo\;s Washington\,&rdquo\; for The Washington Post. The column looked at all aspects of life in the nation&rsquo\;s capital. It won major awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Washington Journalism Review. Currently he writes a monthly column for Senior Beacon Newspapers.
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\nWashingtonian magazine readers named Bob Levey one of the most popular columnists in D.C. seven times. Earlier in his 36-year career at The Post\, Bob Levey covered Presidential politics\, Congress\, local news and sports.
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\nIn 1999 Bob Levey was named a Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian magazine in recognition of his community service through his column and as a hands-on volunteer. \;​\;
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\nBob Levey has also had an extensive career in the electronic media. Over the course of more than 20 years\, he worked for nine radio stations\, four TV stations and one popular internet site as a commentator and talk show host. Levey was voted the 1994 Radio Talk Show Host of the Year in the Washington market. In 1996 he was named one of the most important radio talk show hosts in America by Talkers Magazine. His on-line chats for washingtonpost.com\, called &ldquo\;Levey Live\,&rdquo\; won consistently high ratings.
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\nBob Levey was born and raised in New York City. He escaped at a tender age to attend the University of Chicago\, where he earned a bachelor&rsquo\;s degree with special honors in English. He has spoken to college\, business and social groups all over the country\, and has received the top rating as a speaker by the International Platform Association\, the country&rsquo\;s leading speakers&rsquo\; bureau. He has taught journalism at six major research universities.
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\nIn 2000\, Washington Post Books published Washington Album: A Pictorial History of the Nation&rsquo\;s Capital\, a 200-page illustrated history of the local city. Levey co-authored the book with his wife\, Jane F. Levey\, a historian. Levey is the author of two other books\, one a collection of columns\, the other a look at local Washington.
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\nIn his spare time\, Bob Levey has been a semi-professional folk singer\, a union president and a national champion tournament bridge player. He and his wife are the parents of two adult children\, Emily and Alexander.\n
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\n LOCATION:Architectural Ceramics 800 East Gude Drive\, Suite F Rockville\, MD 20850 UID:e.797.7441 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260406T233239Z URL:https://business.rockvillechamber.org/events/details/december-2018-mix-and-mingle-7441 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR