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Sunday, October 25, 2009
Black & White Ball at the Four Seasons
There’s always one event you wished and wished you could make …
Kristen Hanna and Jade Ausley
But life intervenes. The Black & White Ball for Texas Advocacy Project, which promotes justice for women who are victims of sexual assault and domestic violence, was always one of those parties that just didn’t fit into my calendar …
Damon and Adriana Moore
No, it doesn’t come with the naughty thrill of Truman Capote’s famed cavort by the same name …
Heather Bellino and Julia McCurley
But it’s a handsome, classy event, well-stocked with good-doers looking good …
Zita and Jim Daniel
Friday at the Four Seasons, I arrived and was scooped up by Julia McClurley, a force of nature …
Sherry Matthews and Shannon McCann
The rest was a whirlwind of introductions and chance meetings in a beguiling environment. Gosh how I wish the event wasn’t scheduled up against a phalanx of others so I could stick around. (Didn’t even make the SafePlace or Austin Planetarium fundraisers that night because of the scheduling train wreck.)
David Moreira and Meredith Estes
I mean, SafePlace up against Texas Advocacy Project? What were either planning committee thinking?
[For those of you counting, this was Party No. 14 out of 25 on this Big October Weekend. 11 more posts to go.]
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FuturoFund at Austin City Hall
Hoping to encourage philanthropy, primarily in the Latino community, FuturoFund raised a total of $50,000 from 100 Austinites in its first full year …
Jaime Aguirre and Maria Adame
Then current and, especially, future community leaders gathered at Austin City Hall on Friday for presentations from charities, voting from members and a reception …
Brie Fraco, Hector Torres and Perla Cavasos
Nonprofit groups vied for a $40,000 major grant and a $10,000 minor grant; Workers Defense Project won the former, the Literacy Coalition of Central Texas the latter …
Felipe Perez and Raul Alverez
To witness the birth of a movement! What a honor …
Veronica Chapa-Jones and Elma Adrete
I even left and came back rather than miss the mingling after the big vote.
FuturoFund founders John Michael and Priscilla Cortez
[For those of you counting, this was Party No. 13 out of 25 on this Big October Weekend. 12 more posts to go.]
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Texas Film BBQ at the French Legation
Even if the weather outside were frightful — it was not — the Texas Film BBQ would have been delightful …
Marc Mollere and Dolce Carbajal
All sorts of celebrities — major or minor — and just plain film folks show up. They feast on the saucy meat, sip polite drinks and wander across the Texas/Old World French Legation lawn …
Lori Madrid and Tommy Warren
Also to savor the respite from the Austin Film Festival. No matter how much the badge-holders benefit from the panels, discussions, luncheons, interviews, red carpets and movie premieres, the cherished annual BBQ is a required break …
Nita Lou Bryant and Bryanne Cooke (whose personal story is worth a long entry in itself, someday
I spent the most time with Turk Pipkin, who just returned from the Los Angeles premiere of his doc, “One Piece at a Time.” He shared juicy stories about the event, which I promised not to share here (ask Pipkin, though, he’s a much better storyteller anyway) …
Janet Pierson (SXSW) and Jill Oleson (former art critic for the Statesman)
I’ll repeat the weather report: Out of this world. Or rather, the best that this one produces.
Hannah Gallow with AFF founder Barbara Morgan
[For those of you counting, this was Party No. 12 out of 25 on this Big October Weekend. 13 more posts to go.]
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The Big Give at KLRU Studios
In just two years, I Live Here, I Give Here has become an indispensable Austin institution …
Kim Miller Drummond and Karen Frost
As philanthropy reporter Andrea Ball has detailed, Patsy Woods Martin’s charity aggregator has demonstrated how to expand the circle of Austin donors. And its Web site is a crucial resource for the area’s top 300 or so nonprofits …
Andrea Rado and Emily Brown
So, despite the late hour, and six previous parties that Thursday night, I shot up to the University of Texas campus, found a lucky parking spot right in front of the Communications complex, and headed up to the sixth floor of the studio building for the Big Give …
Joshua Alcantar and Kelly Atkinson
Only a few dozen people remained. Volunteers were tidying up the remains of the silent auction. Valet parking dudes were finishing off the feed. But those who stayed at the KLRU “Austin City Limits” studio were transfixed by Austin’s own Elvis tribute band — Ted Roddy and the King Conjure Orchestra …
Will Hardeman and Caroline Collins
They danced and danced and danced, and the big band played as if hundreds were still in the room. Competing events? Who cared?
Brent Standefer and Melanie Burke
Meanwhile, Hospice Austin won a $10,000 charity competition (an increasingly popular way to spread the love). Without a doubt, Live/Give is here to stay.
[For those of you counting, this was Party No. 11 of 25 on this Big October Weekend. 14 more posts to go.]
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