Events
All DACOR events are open to members only. Non-members wishing to attend must be sponsored and accompanied by a member.
DACOR events include four Event Series covering cultural, musical, development, and political topics:
- • DACOR Development Dialogue
- • DACOR Forums
- • Cloyce K. Huston Musicales
- • Newberry Cultural Series
- • President's Round Table
Other events include weekly members' lunches, as well as A100 class receptions, and receptions for new ambassadors.
Annual events include member receptions in the Spring and Fall, as well as celebrations on Memorial Day and Foreign Service Day.
To make an Event Reservation:
To make or cancel a reservation, call the reservations voice mailbox, 202-682-0500, ext. 15. Cancellations received prior to 9:00 am on the day before the event will be honored; members who cancel later or do not appear will be billed. DACOR Bacon House is accessible by persons with disabilities; walkers are available.
Please note:
DACOR welcomes speakers on many topics and encourages vigorous expression and questioning of points of view, while striving for balance. No endorsement of speakers’ views or of their charitable, professional, or commercial bona fides should be inferred.
Upcoming Events
September
Monday, September 6 - DACOR Closed in Observance of Labor Day
Tuesday, September 7 - DACOR Reopens, Members' Lunch
Wednesday, September 8 - STARS Reception, 10th Anniversary
Celebration at 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, September 9 - Dialogue with Ambassador John Gunther Dean
at 1:15 pm
Friday, September 10 - Forum with Ambassador
Edward Gnehm,
Jr. at noon
Tuesday, September 14 - ADST-DACOR Book Reception with Kempton
Jenkins, Cold War Saga, at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, September 15- Newberry Committee Meeting at 10:15 am
Thursday, September 16 - Finance and Budget Committee Meeting at 10:15 a.m.
Friday, September 17 - President's Round Table with Dr. Patricia
Logan at noon
Monday, September 20 - President's Round Table with Ambassador
Charles Ford at noon
Wednesday, September 22 - Ambassadorial Seminar Reception at 5:30
p.m.
Thursday, September 23 - Program Committee Meeting at 10:15 a.m.
Tuesday, September 28- President's Round Table with Dr. Susan
Ginsburg at noon
October
Friday, October 1 - DBHF 2010 Annual
Conference beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Wednesday, October 6- Music Committee Meeting at 10:15 am
Thursday, October 7- Finance and Budget
Committee Meeting at 10:15 am
Thursday, October 7- Annual Fall Reception at 6:30 pm
Friday, October 8- Forum with the Honorable Strobe Talbott at noon
Monday, October 11- DACOR closed in
observance of Columbus Day
Tuesday, October 12- A-100 Reception at 5:00 pm
Thursday, October 14- Executive Committee Meeting at 10:15 am
Sunday, October 17- Musicale, "Anniversaries and Airs" at 3:00 pm
Monday, October 18- ADST-DACOR Book Launch with the Honorable
Laurence Pope, François
de Callières:
A Political Life, at 6:30 pm
Tuesday, October 19- President's Round Table with Mr. Wayne Merry at
noon
Wednesday, October 20- Newberry Wine Tasting at noon
Thursday, October 21- Education Committee Meeting at 10:15 am
Tuesday, October 26- Forum with Assistant Secretary Arturo
Valenzuela
Wednesday, October 27- President's Round Table with Ms. Wendy Cutler
Thursday, October 28- Board of Governors and Board of Trustees
Meeting at 10:15 am
Thursday, October 28- Board of Governors Black Tie Dinner at 6:30 pm
Click here for a monthly calendar of all events taking place at DACOR Bacon House.
