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Sold-Out Alert!: 2017 Recess
Another state of “Sold Out” has been revealed. Friday night’s Recess at the Dallas Arboretum is a done deal. As for those predictions of stormy weather, they won’t be a problem because the...
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Dallas AfterSchool’s 5th Annual Recess Netted $125,000 Thanks To Fun And Games
Robyn Siegel and Regina Merson* Dallas AfterSchool’s 5th Annual Recess just took place Friday at the Arboretum and the bean counters have been busy, busy, busy. Recess Co-Chairs Regina Merson and Robyn...
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Junior League Of Dallas’ 55th Annual Ball Had The Best Of The Past...
For some, the Junior League of Dallas’ Encore gala on Saturday, March 4, at the Anatole was a time machine. For others, it was a history lesson of a bygone era when the annual fundraiser was a homemade...
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JUST IN: Annual TACA Lexus Party On The Lawn Is Relocating From The Mansion...
Don’t plan on heading to the Mansion for the annual TACA Lexus Party On The Green because it’s moving to the Sammons Park in the AT&T Performing Arts Center on Friday, May 12, with former Cattle...
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JUST IN: Attorney Serving The Community Luncheon To Benefit Junior Players...
Cancel any and all plans for summer vacation. Well, at least, plan on being in town on Friday, June 23. Attorneys Serving the Community have such a reason for staying put on that Friday for lunch....
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JUST IN: TACA To Undertake Three Major Initiatives Including The Funding For...
Back when TACA started, North Texas’ art community was pretty limited. The arts were largely contained at Fair Park with the opera and musicals taking place in the Music Hall and the visual art at the...
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Start Working Out Because A Weekend Of Fundraising Gala Collisions Lies Ahead
Côtes du Coeur (File photo) Well, yuck! North Texas is preparing to have one of those fundraising collision weekends. Drat! On Saturday, April 22, two major, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious events...
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Grovel Alert: A Chance To Soar Luncheon
Just heard from Jonathan’s Place CEO Allicia Graham Frye that as of noon today, there were just 10 tickets left for Tuesday’s “A Chance To Soar Luncheon” at the Hilton Anatole. Trevor and Jan...
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Equest Gala Organizers Have The Ponies Rearing To Party And Umbrellas Aplenty...
Saturday’s Equest Gala at Texas Horse Park is being threatened by local weather guessers with stormy weather. But according to Gala Emcee and former weather-caster Jocelyn White, it’s always a guessing...
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2017 TACA Lexus Party On The Green Line Up Of Chefs, Sponsors And Ticket...
Katherine Wynne (File photo) Tia Wynne (File photo) Wine pull (File photo) Official “Diet Drop Date” is Friday, May 12. That’s when 14 chefs will provide one of North Texas’ finest grazing experiences...
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Aware Affair Had Guests From Near And Far, Oldtimers and Newcomers Raising...
Bob and Myrna Schlegel While the Yellow Rose Gala was under way across Stemmons Freeway for Multiple Sclerosis, and the No Tie Dinner and Dessert was raising funds for AIDs Services of Dallas at the...
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2017 Côtes Du Coeur Gala Popped The Cork To Net A Hearty $4M For The American...
While the art lovers were over at the Dallas Museum of Art for the 2017 Art Ball’s “All That Glitters” on Saturday, April 22, the wine lovers were bubbling with bid cards, grazing the the chef stations...
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JUST IN: Philanthropist Margaret McDermott To Serve As Honorary Chair For...
The fall season of fundraising is already making news. Dallas Symphony Orchestra 2017 Gala Co-Chairs Lisa and Clay Cooley have just announced that North Texas matriarch of philanthropy Margaret...
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Business Council For The Arts Is Calling All Art Heroes For Obelisk Awards
Each year the Business Council for the Arts presents its Obelisk Awards at a luncheon to “honor businesses, business leaders, arts/cultural leaders and nonprofit organizations who have significantly...
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JUST IN: Annual Downtown Holiday Parade Is Looking For A New Host
UPDATE: The Adolphus Hotel that was one of the original sponsors of the mega-holiday festivities has signed up for the 2017 parade. Don’t you just know that Santa will have plush digs the night before....
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Our Friends Place’s 14th Annual Gala – Auction And Casino Night Celebrated...
There was a heck of a lot of celebrating over at the Omni Dallas on Saturday, April 29, thanks to Our Friends Place‘s 14th Annual Gala. From handing out awards, playing casino games, dining, dancing...
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Not Even A Rainy-Day Delay Could Put The Whoa For The Equesters Galloping...
One thing is for sure. Those horse-loving Equest folks are flexible. When radar showed threatening weather storming into North Texas for Saturday, April 29th’s Equest Gala at Texas Horse Park, cool...
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Mission Ole Letter Signing Wasn’t At Your Same Old Dinner Table
Ann Schooler When volunteers are called together to sign letters with information about upcoming fundraisers, they usually find themselves gathered around a dining room in a home located along a...
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La Fiesta De Las Seis Banderas Co-Chair Anne Besser Offers Some Helpful Hints...
Anne Besser (File photo) Just as Heloise provides household hints, so La Fiesta De Las Seis Banderas Co-Chair Anne Besser has a suggestion or two for this weekend’s La Fiesta De Las Seis Banderas...
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JUST IN: JPMorgan Chase Exec Michelle Thomas To Chair TACA Board Starting...
It’s just been announced that JPMorgan Chase VP of Corporate Responsibility and Community Relations Michelle Thomas will become TACA’s board chair. She will succeed current chair Donna Wilhelm on...
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