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What: Operation Smile gala Where: Royal Sonesta Hotel PC Moment: As celebrity guest, Hollywood movie star Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians, Netflix’s Persuasion) wowed the 300-plus attendees not only with his willingness to graciously endure scor…
Read MoreFair warning for upcoming Houston charity fundraisers. Multiple large screen TVs are a must if you want your audience to remain in the house. Forget paying attention to the program as long as the Houston Astros are battling in the World Series. Just as…
Read MoreThe celebrations honoring Reginald DesRoches as Rice University’s new president filled the campus for three days leading up to the final and formal fête that saluted his investiture as only the eighth president in the college’s storied 110 …
Read MoreWhen Mother Nature cooperates, there is no better place to stage a charity fundraiser than Houston Zoo. So it was on a beautiful Saturday night that a sellout throng of 700 celebrated the vaunted zoo’s 100th anniversary and in the process raised …
Read MoreSince its founding by Louise Griffeth and Barbara Barton, Kappa Tablescapes has distributed almost $3.5 million in proceeds to more than 110 worthy beneficiaries. The eagerly anticipated annual event (this was the 28th) is put together by the 150 Kappa…
Read MoreWhat: The Dallas Symphony Orchestra League’s ninth annual Fashion Notes Design Award Luncheon and Style Show on October 13, 2022. Where: Virgin Hotels Dallas in the Design District. The Scene: The posh Design District hotel set the scene for a raffle a…
Read MoreAs expected, the beautiful courtesan died. But the party must go on and so it did at the close of Houston Grand Opera’s season opener of Verdi’s La Traviata. Following Violetta’s sorrowful demise, a record number of patrons, donning t…
Read MoreNobody does cowgirl chic quite like Fort Worth. Now in its second year, the Desert Rose Luncheon already has become a can’t miss event. Thanks to co-chairs Ally Ravnaas and Lorene Agather, attendees shopped a perfectly curated group of vendors ju…
Read MoreRock ‘n’ Roll is not dead. As guests at Houston Children’s Charity’s 25th annual gala will confirm after rocking and rolling to the sounds of Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo in the ballroom of the Post Oak Hotel. Psychedelic laser …
Read MoreI‘ve been in many Altos of late where the conversation ultimately lands on, “Have you seen those cool new fountains in Klyde Warren Park?” I was recently fortunate enough to make it to the party unveiling the conversation-starting wat…
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