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Heilemann was there with Alex Castellanos and a TV crew, presumably taping for "The Circus." ... Former Bloomberg White House reporter and current H+K Strategies EVP Dick Keil, Former Bush 43 White House and current Beer Institute VP Denise Dunckel, and former Bush 43 White House and current North Bay Strategies owner Greg Jenkins tossing back a beer or two at Capitol City Brewery in Shirlington. OUT AND ABOUT -- D.C. techies and administration and Hill gamers flocked to the Nintendo and Entertainment Software Association party last night at Longview Gallery, celebrating the recent release of the Nintendo Switch. D.C. techies from both sides of the aisle got a sneak preview of Nintendo's latest console and spent the night competing against each other at Mario Kart 8 and Arms. SPOTTED: Devon Pritchard, Charlie Scibetta, Ivana Guida, Mike Gallagher, Thomas Quinn, Emmanual Guillory, Austin Carson, Jimmy Walsh, former Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), James Collins, Katie Frakes, Nick Choate, John McCarthy, Rebecca Mark, Laurent Crenshaw, Reuben Gregorian, Aubrey Quinn, Lauren Ehrsam and Jason Gorey. OUT AND ABOUT IN NYC -- Per Joe Pompeo's Morning Media: "THE GLITTERATI WERE OUT IN FULL FORCE AT THE TIME 100 GALA LAST NIGHT - Would've loved to have been a fly on the bar counter, as it were, for the conversation Megyn Kelly was having with Preet Bharara toward the end of cocktail hour, but alas the former Fox News anchor and former Fox News investigator were ever so slightly out of earshot. Another anecdote of note: Harvey Weinstein fanned out on Brian Stelter for a hot second as we were being corralled into Frederick P. Rose Hall, at Jazz at Lincoln Center in the Time Warner building, for dinner. (Weinstein is a loyal 'Reliable Sources' watcher, apparently.) And of course Arianna Huffington seemed ubiquitous as ever as she circulated the room." http ://politi .co/2pyGqQS --SPOTTED: Gretchen Carlson, Andy Lack, Phil Griffin, Chris Licht, Katie Couric, Trevor Noah, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Norm Pearlstine, Cindy Sherman, Charlie Rose, Steven Rubenstein, Robert Mercer and Rebekah Mercer (an honoree). SPOTTED last night at the annual Bryce Harlow Foundation Dinner, aka "Lobbyists Prom" at the Marriott Marquis: Dawn Sweeney, Rich Gold, Sen. Lamar Alexander (RTenn.), Jay Timmons, David McCurdy, Mark Gorman, Rob Green, Katherine Luger, Arielle Elliott, Sen. Michael Bennett (R-Colo.), Leslie Shedd, Cal and Linda Dooley, Booth Jameson, Mike Meenan, John Seale, Matt Leggett, Kevin Burke, Michelle Korsmo, Steve Danon, Elizabeth Gibson. --Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska.) was feted last night at the Capitol Hill home of former Sen. (and last Democratic Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair) Mary Landrieu (D-La.). Dozens of energy and natural resources heavies gathered to celebrate the current ENR Chair. SPOTTED: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Acting FERC Chair Cheryl LaFleur and Commissioner Colette Honorable, Jack Gerard, Karen Knutson, Chip Ray, Rick Agnew, John DiStasio, Jeff Trandahl, Joe Kelliher, Don Santa, Emily Duncan, Laura Vaught, Paula Gant, Tom Roberts, Nick Welch. TRANSITIONS -- Kyle Buckles starts this week as communications director for Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.). He will be taking over for Stefanie Wheeler who departs Blackburn's office this Friday to return to New York to work in media booking and consulting. Buckles was previously comms director for Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.). ... The RNC has added RSSC executive director Emily Threadgill as director of member services. Prior to leading Republican secretaries of states to a record number of victories, Emily was deputy director of member services for then House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. ... Sam Beaver has started as policy adviser in Majority Whip John Cornyn's office. He previously was a professional staff member with the Senate Finance Committee majority staff. ... ... Charles Blahous, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and former public trustee for Social Security and Medicare, has been named the J. Fish and Lillian F. Smith Chair starting May 1. ... Travis Gibbons has started as senior director of health policy and regulatory affairs at The Beer Institute. He most recently served as the director of federal affairs for the Consumer Healthcare Products Association. BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Domenico Montanaro, NPR's lead editor for politics and digital audience -- how he's celebrating: "Celebrating with my wife and kids. Probably low-key since it's a Wednesday. But our birthdays are pretty close to each other, so we are going to do a little combo weekend backyard party soon." Read his Playbook Plus Q&A: http://politi.co/2p3p39n BIRTHDAYS: Melania Trump is 47. The president and first lady are celebrating with a private dinner in the White House residence (hubby tip: President Trump) ... Larry Grisolano of The Strategy Group, CEO of AKPD Message and Media and the pride of Burlington, Iowa ... all-terrain marathoner Luke Frans, whose Twitter bio reads "Palmetto State native and Bush 43 alum. Fan of politics and country music" ... Suzy George, former Obama NSC chief of staff and executive secretary and an Albright Stonebridge and NDI alum (h/t Ben Chang) ... Politico's Colin Wilhelm ... Cherie