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What: Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Trailblazer Awards luncheon Where: The Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Americas-Houston PC Moment: The ballroom pulsated with 1,850 energized guests as the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Trailblazer Committee and s…
Read MoreEven before the enthusiastic revelers knew that pop rock stars Adam Levine and Maroon 5 would headline the San Luis Salute Mardi Gras bash, the regulars had booked every table and every seat for the night in the Galveston Island Convention Center at Th…
Read MoreThe fact that the 39,000 square foot Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Americas-Houston was opened to its fullest and tables spread wide wasn’t the only indication that the American Heart Association’s annual Heart Ball was a bit different from …
Read MoreWhat: Bo’s Place “Hearts of Hope” luncheon Where: The Westin Galleria Hotel PC Moment: Professor and chair of the English Department at the University of Houston and talented writer Ann Christensen shared dispatches from her memoir in…
Read MoreWhat: Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services “Shooting for the Stars — The Future I Ours!” gala Where: A virtual event viewed on YouTube from homes across the city PC Moment: An astounding $800,000 was raised during the live appeal o…
Read MoreWhat: Turn It Gold’s Mardi Gras Texas Style gala Where: The Royal Sonesta PC Moment: It was a colorful combination of Mardi Gras beads, cowboy boots and Western hats when this lively group combined Texas and Louisiana vibes. With co-chairs Joslyn…
Read MoreIt will be a heyday for fans of the written word when the 28th annual Celebration of Reading, benefiting the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation, spotlights five best-selling authors in the annual evening of books, dinner and delicious conversatio…
Read MoreWhat: The Junior League of Houston 74th annual Charity Ball Where: The Junior League home on Briar Oaks Lane PC Moment: Three performances by league members, three seated dinners and three nights of celebratory fundraising resulted in Junior League cof…
Read MoreSociety swans, it’s time to revisit Event Planning 101. I’m not sure what happened during the pandemic but as events returned during the fall, luncheons and charitable fundraisers fell off the rails with over-programming. Too many speakers….
Read MoreSaturday night’s Houston Symphony Ball was a far cry from the COVID-induced eerily intimate event of 2021. The Post Oak Hotel ballroom gyrated over the weekend with the enthusiasm of 350 partygoers and the rocking sounds of Sammy Hagar. Guests sc…
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