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One Great Night in November

MFAH black-tie dinner for heavy-hitter gents generates $1 million in art acquisitions

By Shelby Hodge

With the exhibition War/Photography: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath as inspiration for the evening's theme, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's One Great Night in November s ...


Shelby's Social Diary

National Philanthropy Day packs in a huge crowd, draws powerful difference makers

By Shelby Hodge

Several of H-Town's top philanthropists and community leaders took bows at the 27th annual National Philanthropy Day Awards luncheon that saw the Hilton Americas-Houston ballroom fill to the br ...


Kinder is richest

The rich get richer: Tilman Fertitta joins 12 Houston billionaires on Forbes 400 list

By Whitney Radley

Texas banked on the 2012 Forbes 400 list, with 46 of the billionaires calling the Lone Star State home. Wal-Mart heiress and Fort Worth resident Alice Walton (No. 8, with a ...


Shelby's Social Diary

Who is the Iron Sommelier? A spirited, playful tasting at The Houstonian reveals the wine truth

By Shelby Hodge

The vino flowed at The Houstonian as proud sommeliers presented their best before a thirsty audience of 300 supporters of the Periwinkle Foundation. With 50 different wines representing regions ran ...


Shelby's Social Diary

Dinosaurs rule at dinner party for major donors to Houston Museum of Natural Science

By Shelby Hodge

No pith helmets or hiking boots for this safari. The privileged crowd that gathered for the "prehistoric safari" at the Houston Museum of Natural Science dressed rather for a chic preview ...


Shelby's Social Diary

National Philanthropy Day luncheon knocks it out of the ballpark as the Who's Who mingle

By Shelby Hodge

It was a Who's Who of civic leaders that packed the ballroom of the Hilton Americas-Houston for the 26th annual National Philanthropy Awards Day Luncheon hosted by the Association of Fundraisin ...


What recession?

Who are Houston's richest? Rich Kinder, Jeff Hildebrand & Dan Duncan heirs on Forbes 400 list of American billionaires

By Sarah Rufca

I  imagine the day when the Forbes' 400 list of the wealthiest Americans is released is like the billionaire version of Christmas morning, with old men bounding out of their silk sheets, a ...


The rich get (mostly) richer

"Pipeline Prince" Rich Kinder and Duncan heirs make Forbes latest list of billionaires

By Clifford Pugh

Indeed the rich get richer. Or at least most of them do. The 25th edition of the Forbes list of the world's billionaires is larger (1,210) and richer (a combined wealth of $4.5 trillio ...


Shelby About Town

It was a super lineup of parties on Super Bowl Sunday, opera fete included

By Shelby Hodge

By some weird quirk of nature, while football fans were sloshing through the melting snow in Dallas on Super Bowl Sunday, in Houston the weather was ideal for an indoor-outdoor party allowing ...


Shelby's Social Diary

Jet setters and a flash mob make a $1.8 million landing for Cristo Rey

By Shelby Hodge

With only one year under its belt, Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School just threw the most successful fundraising gala to date for 2011 — 1,200 guests raised close to $1.8 million. ...


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