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The road to riches paved with street smARTS at creative Glassell School of Art bash

By Shelby Hodge

05.06.13 | 11:28 am

The Glassell School of Art annual benefit and auction typically takes a distant turn from the buttoned-down persona of its parent, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Friday night's bash took ...


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Bayou Bend Garden Party takes a turn east, breaking from southern traditions to raise $650,000

By Shelby Hodge

04.09.13 | 5:08 pm

In a colorful break with genteel southern traditions, the annual Bayou Bend Garden Party on Sunday celebrated not only the house museum's 14 acres of lush plantings but also the arts of Asia. T ...


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A dramatic dinner builds the hunger for the Alley's A Few Good Men

By Shelby Hodge

03.09.13 | 4:01 pm

With the Guantanamo Bay setting of the Alley Theatre's A Few Good Men in mind, theater patrons and sponsors were treated to a pre-performance dinner that reflected  a Caribbean esthetic.&n ...


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Dining with the dinosaurs means more than $1.1 million for Houston Museum of Natural Science

By Shelby Hodge

03.04.13 | 11:34 am

We can't think of a more exotic, more fascinating venue in the city for dinner than the Houston Museum of Natural Science's Morian Hall of Paleontology. And so it was for 700 or s ...


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Art buzz: VIP Picasso preview brings heavy hitters from around the globe to dinner at MFAH

By Shelby Hodge

02.24.13 | 12:52 am

Excitement generated by the invitation to join the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston for the VIP preview of Picasso Black and White ran so high that in the end more than 300 museum trustees, exhibi ...


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Sheila Jackson Lee's daughter weds, Clarence Thomas revisits Tony's and a cookbook success

By Shelby Hodge

11.21.12 | 9:01 am

The scene was beyond special at Haven when Austin Hanson and his mother, Belinda Hillhouse, presented a check for $150,000 to the Arc of Greater Houston, proceeds earned from sale of their cookbook ...


A dinner salute

Images of battle: MFAH's striking War/Photography kicks off with a dinner for heavy hitters

By Shelby Hodge

11.13.12 | 9:38 am

With the compelling images of war in their collective mind's eye, more than 200 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston patrons gathered in a gallery of the Beck Building, surrounded by masterworks from t ...


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Inspired gala brings in $1.4 million for MFAH: Tinterow's first, Cornelia's 50th is one to remember

By Shelby Hodge

10.13.12 | 6:04 pm

Half a century ago, Cornelia Long chaired her first Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ball. Friday night, she stood once again in the Grand Gala Ball spotlight not only reprising her role as gala chair ...


Nothing less than spectacular

1,000 guests, a 25,000 sq.ft. party tent & 10-tier birthday cake: Rice celebrates 100 years in high style

By Shelby Hodge

10.12.12 | 12:40 pm

An influential flock of black-tie-attired guests dined in silvery blue splendor Thursday night as Rice University formally celebrated its 100th anniversary with a grand birthday gala, an evening gl ...


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ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons hangs at Texans, a local bestselling author overcomes a heart attack and serious tea time

By Shelby Hodge

09.29.12 | 6:02 am

Connie Reeves Cooke's latest page-turner, Cayman Heat, has become a hometown best seller even before hitting the major book leagues. All 100 copies of her thriller, offered at her recent book s ...


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