2015 TACA Custom Auction Package #10 — Laugh, Lunch And Shop The Legendary
With the 2015 TACA Custom Auction Gala just days away, it’s time for the countdown of the TACA Custom Auction Packages. This year’s collection of 10 includes all types of trips, amazing activities and...
View ArticleTACA Custom Auction Gala #8: Outstanding In The(ir) Fields
Only TACA could bring together two leaders in diverse fields together for the benefit of the performing arts. So, this package allows Dallas dance maven Gayle Halperin with legendary Chef Dean Fearing...
View ArticleYoung Friends Of Wilkinson Center Danced Without A Sound Heard At The Second...
Hate loud music? Don’t always like the tune that the DJ is playing? Well, the Young Friends of Wilkinson Center came up with the perfect solution on Friday, September 11, at Candleroom. Here’s a report...
View ArticleRumor Squashing: Tim McGraw’s Appearance At Cattle Baron’s Ball
Tim McGraw* One of the most fun games in town is Rumor Squashing. It’s sorta like Whack-A-Mole. Only instead of a mallet smacking pop-up moles, a little legwork and contacting the people-in-the-know...
View ArticleInsider Tip: Cattle Baron’s Ball 2015
So you’ve got your outfit all ready for the Cattle Baron’s Ball. No need for rain gear. The weather is gonna be this side of spectacular thanks to CBB Co-Chairs Mary Martha Pickens and Tia Wynne taking...
View ArticleRound Robin September 19: The Great Texas Food Truck Rally, Fur Ball And...
Bouncing around Dallas on Saturday, September 19, was like a pinball machine that was going through a major power surge. In addition to a ton of morning activities (Tour Des Fleurs, One Love Fits All,...
View ArticleMySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: TACA Custom Auction Gala
Nick Even and Barbara and Don Daseke Those tuxedos and gowns have been hidden away too long. Luckily, the TACA Custom Auction Gala brought them out at the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek on Friday,...
View ArticleTACA Custom Auction Gala Tweaked The Normal Routine To Raise Paddles And Funds
In the weeks leading up to the annual TACA Custom Auction Gala, there had been some storm clouds appearing. A couple of the luxury auction packages weren’t locked down until days before the Friday,...
View ArticleJUST IN: Rebecca Fletcher And James E. Wiley Jr. To Receive 2016 TACA Silver...
Still more “JUST IN”‘s keep coming in today! This one is the announcement of the 2016 TACA Silver Cup Award plans including co-chairs, recipients, sponsors, dates, etc., that took place at Jennifer and...
View ArticleSOLD-OUT ALERT!: The Spirit Of Taos
The Wilkinson Center folks just know how to put the “fun” into fundraising. Perhaps that’s why The Spirit of Taos Co-Chairs Sloan Looney Dix and Stephanie Taylor just sent word that Friday night’s...
View ArticleMySweetCharity Photo Gallery: 2015 Cattle Baron’s Ball
John and Mary Martha Pickens, Steve Moore and Tia and Shel Wynne For the second year in a row, the Cattle Baron’s Ball team raised funds for the American Cancer Society inside Gilley’s and a nearby...
View ArticleCattle Baron’s Ball Baronesses Cowboy(ed) Up To Take Cancer Down With A...
The weather was the definition of perfection for Cattle Baron’s Ball — Cowboy Up, Take Cancer Down — on Saturday, October 3. Sure, there were those who made frowny faces that the American Cancer...
View ArticleWorld Premier of Donald Fowler’s “Creep” Is Celebrated With A Pre-Show Feast...
“Creep” Only seemed right that the world premiere of “Creep” should take place the month which is filled with pumpkins, spooks and scary stuff. But before Donald Fowler’s musical debuted at WaterTower...
View ArticleBoogie The Night Away At The Housing Crisis Center’s 5th Annual Patriot Party...
There are loads of events being scheduled around Veterans Day on Wednesday, November 11. There’s Stand Up For Heroes, Stars and Stripes Film Festival and the Daughters of World War II’s Sixth Annual...
View Article2015 Obelisk Awardees Are Announced High Atop The Mayfair
High atop the Mayfair in the Sky Club, the world looked glitteringly perfect on the evening of Tuesday, October 6. With a magnificent view of downtown Dallas and Turtle Creek, it was so amazing that...
View ArticleCelebrating Women Luncheon Had Surprise Announcements And Joan Lunden...
Of the 1200 gathered in the Anatole’s Chantilly Ballroom for the Celebrating Women Luncheon, the overwhelming majority was female. Well, duh! The event benefited Baylor Health Care System Foundation’s...
View ArticlePerforming Art Lovers Learn About Plans For 2016 TACA Silver Cup
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children’s 20th annual Treasure Street moved across the street to the new section of Old Parkland Campus for its annual Treasure Street fundraiser and the weather was...
View ArticleTuesday Night Live “Honoring” Carol Reed For St. Philip’s School And...
The best-laid plans of mice and men and PR people … what’s that saying? Well, that was the situation at the Hyatt Regency for an event called “Tuesday Night Live” on Tuesday, October 20. The plan...
View ArticleGrovel Alert: Patriot Party
If you had your hopes on dancing to the tunes of Ricki Derek and his Big Band and having a grand old time at the Patriot Party Friday, you’d better get your digits dialing or pounding the keyboard....
View ArticleDespite The Rains Pouring, The Spirit of Taos Partied On At The Lot For The...
Nothing can keep the Friends of Wilkinson Center home when it comes to fundraising for The Wilkinson Center. And their annual Spirit of Taos was a perfect example. Here’s a report from the field: The...
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