Tag: "Events"
Los Angeles Ballet Announces 2011-2012 Season
This week the Los Angeles Ballet announced its sixth season. With Artistic Directors Thordal Christensen and Colleen Neary at the helm, this season will premiere Swan Lake. Continuing to reach out to new audiences, LAB will offer performances at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach and the Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge [...]
Celebrity Gifting Suite Comes to Comic-Con 2011
Last weekend marked the 42nd annual Comic-Con International Conference in San Diego, the home of the largest comic book and popular arts convention in the world. In four decades, the event has grown far beyond the stereotypically eccentric comic book enthusiasts to include star-studded red carpets and media hype around the globe. This year, Comic-Con [...]
The “24 Hour Plays” Comes to L.A. to Benefit Urban Arts Partnership
On June 18 at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica, Los Angeles was introduced to the New York City phenomenon known as The 24 Hour Plays. In this one of a kind theatre experience that lives for one night only on stage and in the memories of the audience alone, six short plays are written, [...]
Los Angeles Ballet Closes Fifth Season with a Gala Celebration
The fifth season of the Los Angeles Ballet came to a close last week with a breathtaking performance of “Giselle” at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. The year-long celebration concluded with a gala and fundraiser that brought out some of Los Angeles’ most noteworthy patrons of the arts, including former Governor of California Gray [...]
LA Dodgers to Host “Bark in the Park”
The term “Dodger Dog” takes on new meaning this Saturday, May 28th, as the Los Angeles Dodgers will hold their 2nd annual “Bark in the Park” event at Dodger Stadium, presented by Dick Van Patten‘s Natural Balance Pet Foods, Inc. Fans are invited to bring their dogs to the park and help cheer on their [...]
A Block Party on Wisteria Lane to Benefit Cystic Fibrosis
With close to a thousand people populating Wisteria Lane on the back lot of Universal Studios last Saturday night, actress Teri Hatcher exclaimed, ““I’ve never seen Wisteria Lane look so good!” Hatcher, who plays “Susan Mayer” on ABC’s hit show “Desperate Housewives,” was one of the many cast members, celebrities, and fans of the show [...]
Celebs & Propel Zero Team up to Raise Funds & Awareness
Since being discovered at the age of 16, Cindy Crawford has been gracing countless covers of magazines around the world. Known for her classic good looks and fit, healthy lifestyle, she has transformed her two-decades at the top of the supermodel ladder into an enviable international product and endorsement business. From her own line of [...]
Star Power Packs the John Varvatos 8th Annual Stuart House Benefit
What began eight years ago as a small charity event in designer John Varvatos’ West Hollywood boutique has now become an event so well attended and funded that the entire city block at Melrose Avenue and Robertson is shut down for a street party of more than 1,500 supporters, partygoers, and of course, celebrities. This [...]
100 Women Making a Difference
On Thursday January 27, 100 fabulous women (and a few lucky men!) gathered at the Santa Monica home of philanthropist Mary Gwynn to kick off the event-packed 2011 fundraising calendar for the Los Angeles chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The intimate gathering was hosted by Gwynn and Deborah Aal Stoff, producer of the film [...]
Art Weekend Launches in Downtown LA
Many years ago, I visited the Vatican. (Bear with me… This IS a story about LA…I’ll get to it….) While standing among the hoards of people waiting for the “pickpocket express,” otherwise known as bus number 64, I was checking out the postcard stand. One of the postcards featured an image from Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel [...]
ABC’s Bachelor Gets Hearts Pumping…Literally!
Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood. With January marking national blood donor awareness month, ABC’s hit reality show “The Bachelor” has teamed up with the American Red Cross to raise awareness around the country about the importance of donating blood. The month-long event – part of the show’s“Bachelor Gives Back” program [...]
