Justin and Jamie Cooper
A mix of feathery costumes and chic black-tie was the dress code for the 11th Bone Bash. Memorable moments included a ballroom dancing showcase, and a Cirque du Soleil-style performance. Top prizes from the live auction included a tiny Australian Labradoodle puppy with white and brown spots.
The gala raised more than $200,000 to help “pursue a cure for America’s number one cause of disability, while championing the fight to conquer arthritis with life-changing science, resources, advocacy and community connections,” per the organizers of the event.
Local TV personalities Lily Jang and Ron Treviño emceed the event, which was co-chaired by the mother-daughter duo of Michelle and Alexia Posey. Paul Silverman, Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Reality, physician Ugo Ihekweazu of the Fondren Orthopedic Group at Texas Orthopedic Hospital, and physician Melvyn A. Harrington Jr. were among the honorees.
“We are grateful to our generous supporters who help power the research breakthroughs and legislative wins that bring us closer to a cure for arthritis every day,” said Foundation Exec Dirertor Kristen Stubbs, in a statement. “Every donation counts as we focus on helping people manage and treat their chronic pain and improve their health, well-being and quality of life.”
Dr. Faith Ihekweazu and Dr. Ugo Ihekweazu
Meredith Landry, Tina Chen
Erik Gracia and Gelecia Garvin
Jen and Mario Torres
Kat Robinson, Gabe Raymond
Kristen Stubbs, Ron Trevino, Lily Jang
Kyle and Nishat Jones
Michelle Posey, Alexia Posey
Mo and Obi Ihekweazu
Nicole and Matthew Cantu
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Members of the HMNS Curator’s Circle gathered just before King Tut’s Discovery Experience opened to the public to sip wine while previewing the exhibition. They they enjoyed a warm autumnal dinner — think duck potstickers to start, truffled chicken pot pie, pumpkin agnolotti with sage butter and deconstructed Yorkshire pudding, with buttered rum macarons and honeyed tarts of fig and goat cheese for dessert — while Alley actor Todd Waite unwrapped a pretend mummy. Waite, in top hat and Victorian garb, portrayed a 1914 scientist leading a parlor full of swells on a journey back in time, giving a colorful history of the very real practice of dinner-party unwrappings.
Even guests got into the reenactment, having been given names reminiscent of the era, to claim a new identity for the evening. One “Winston Churchill,” a young military officer in ’14, was asked to help with the unwrapping, discovered amulets not unlike what might’ve been found in such events back in the day. Valobra Master Jewelers provided real jewelry for the occasion!
At the new exhibit, which marks 100 years since Tut’s tomb was famously unearthed, guests are invited to “experience the dark and winding tunnels that led to Tutankhamen’s burial chambers, explore the countless golden treasures he took with him into the afterworld, and explore the brightly colored, floor-to-ceiling hieroglyphs that detail his life and offer prayers to the gods to ensure a blessed life after death,” per the museum.
Ashely Sloan and Devorah Rose
Bill Baldwin and Fady Armanious
Debora and Pat Cannon
Buddy and Kylie Carruth
Steffi Russell-Egbert and Katie McGee
Dan and Susan Dinges
Dorothy Cuenod and Shelli Lindley
Jenn Howe and Stephanie Escamilla Balash
Jayme Hunt and Matthew Lindley
Todd Waite