Tequila Shots & Shirtless Hunks! Fashionable Fiesta Raises $400K

Evan W. Black

SALUD TO THE ladies of the Latin Women’s Initiative, whose 20th-anniversary luncheon garnered a whopping $400,000, making it the most successful ever!

Men of Distinction Lunch Marks Anniversary and Fundraising Milestone — $5.5 Mil for the Med Center!

Evan W. Black

THE SOCIAL BOOK’S 15th Men of Distinction luncheon, which raises money for pediatric research in the Texas Medical Center, added four more to its list of philanthropic gentlemen who make Houston a better place — bringing the total to 60 over the course of the event’s history.

Take It Outside! Cavnar, Top Chefs Present Chic ‘Delicious Alchemy’ Dinner on Hope Farms Grounds

Jeff Gremillion

THE INDOMITABLE GRACIE Cavnar and her Recipe for Success nonprofit hosted the annual “Delicious Alchemy” dinner on the grounds of the organization’s Hope Farms in Sunnyside. Per the custom, the meal, which followed a lively al fresco cocktail hour set to the music of an acoustic guitar, featured course after course of divine treats prepared by some of the city’s best chefs, often utilizing produced from the farm.

'Llano Estacado' by Steve Wrubel

AFTER A 25-year-long career in commercial and fine art photography, “California-raised and Texas-braised” artist Steve Wrubel turned the lens of his camera to a subject he knows best: the American West.

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Houston Symphony presents Get Up and Dance! for families (photo by Melissa Taylor)

THIS WEEKEND, THE Houston Symphony teams up with the pianist Marcus Roberts, bassist Rodney Jordan, and drummer Jason Marsalis for Jazz, Love, & Gershwin: A Century of Rhapsody in Blue, a unique unpacking of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, originally scored in 1924 for solo piano and Paul Whiteman’s jazz ensemble.

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