I met Robert Egger about a hundred years ago when the smoky old 9:30 Club had happy hours, and Mark Hall was multitasking as VDJ and bartender. (It was so long ago I don't think the word "multi tasking" referred to humans.) Robert was disturbed at the amount of decent food ending up in restaurant dumpsters, and he wished that surplus could somehow get to people in need. And Robert made that happen with DC Central Kitchen.
It's amazing to see how far both the Kitchen and the 9:30 have come since then, and both are still connected. This Sunday the 9:30 Club is donating itself with Soundbites- a big party/ benefit for DC Central Kitchen featuring samples from 25 restaurants and 5 bands including the Pietasters and Troublefunk. (Trouble alone could have filled the evening, but leave it to 9:30 to take it over the top.)
Early! This event starts at 5 p.m.
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