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Men of Distinction flex their fundraising muscle: City's most powerful players gather in one room

By Shelby Hodge

05.14.13 | 10:21 am

We would venture to say that not a lot of serious business transpired in Houston at midday last Wednesday as the majority of men who make things happen in this city seemed to all be gathered in the ...


Y. Ping Sun

This rare homecoming queen/attorney is a rock star at Rice University

By Shelby Hodge

03.19.13 | 7:06 am

It's almost impossible to walk across the Rice University campus with Y. Ping Sun, wife of Rice president David Leebron, without her being stopped by admiring students and faculty. She is ...


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Early party of the year contender? Asia Society is on a $1 million mission to top last year's blowout

By Shelby Hodge

01.28.13 | 5:10 pm

Last spring's "Tiger Ball" was a four-day rollicking success celebrating the Asia Society Texas Center's new home in the Yoshio Taniguchi-designed building in the museum dist ...


Shelby's Social Diary

Rice Design Alliance gala plays it by the numbers: 40 years on the scene, 30 years of Cite and more

By Shelby Hodge

10.18.12 | 2:33 pm

The final note in Rice University's centennial celebration sounded Sunday night when Rice Design Alliance hosted 900 guests at its annual gala celebrating 100 years of Rice architecture, 40 yea ...


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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Houston: We have a future. Just ask historian James Fallows and guests attending the Impact Gala

By Shelby Hodge

10.08.12 | 1:46 pm

The mood at the Center for Houston's Future Impact Gala was so much more cerebral than at most of the city's evening fundraising events. And that was a welcome change of pace for the 350 gu ...


Shelby About Town

Houstonians celebrate Arts of the Islamic World, American Hospital in Paris and honors in Beijing

By Shelby Hodge

09.21.12 | 3:46 pm

In the same week that the Louvre in Paris opened its new $125 million Islamic galleries, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston celebrated its upcoming initiatives for the Arts of the Islamic World depar ...


Saluting the Latin influence

Rice University grad George P. Bush headlines The Latino Experience Centennial Gala

By Shelby Hodge

09.21.12 | 11:28 am

Applause, applause for Rice grad and Latina powerhouse Sofia Adrogué and David Medina, Rice grad and the university's director of multicultural community relations, who co-chaired " ...


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A first look at the luminous Skyspace: Rice's art game changer is introduced to the world

By Shelby Hodge

05.06.12 | 12:01 am

As if on cue, those gathered in the James Turrell Skyspace for its formal dedication Friday night on the Rice University campus fell into a cathedral-like silence. Light play from the computerized ...


Shelby About Town

Fine art, fine diamonds, fine cars & a fine exit for Jay Leno dominate spring social swirl

By Shelby Hodge

03.30.12 | 3:28 pm

Just to make certain that everyone who's anyone is well-informed on the Houston Fine Art Fair, scheduled for Sept. 14-16, the show's host committee celebrated the planning with a gathering ...


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