Scene & Heard: The buzz about L.A.’s high society
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Hollywood’s royalty plays a big part in L.A.’s charity events scene, with names like George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio fueling ticket sales.
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The holidays are a time to socialize, and for some of us that means an uptick in cocktail consumption.
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A new wave of Los Angeles-area cafes is brewing up more sophisticated flavors with a mix of methods. The result? A jolt to a coffee culture steeped in ho-hum tastes.
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Balconi Coffee Description: Small, bright Sawtelle Boulevard cafe that uses multiple roasters (including San Francisco’s Ritual and Four Barrel) and specializes in the siphon brewing method. 11301 W.
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Tom Arnold hosts the event held June 11, which raised more than $1 million.
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Ashlee Simpson, Laila Ali and Mira Sorvino are among the celebrities who attend the AIDS benefit in Brentwood.
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Get up and live a happy life, she says at award ceremony at UCLA Longevity Center.
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Also, the ‘Playing for Good’ celebrity poker tournament.
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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation get some assistance.
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The annual event benefits the Nancy Davis Foundation for Multiple Sclerosis.
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The volunteer group supports the Children’s Institute. Also, Waterkeeper Alliance benefit at Kiehl’s with Michael C. Hall and Chloë Sevigny.
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Also, ‘Women in Focus’ at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts
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Also: Edythe and Eli Broad, Apichatpong Weerasethakul honored at REDCAT gala.
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Also, Luminario Ballet celebration at its new studio in Los Angeles.
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‘The event honors Robert Iger and raises money for the Alzheimer’s Assn. Also, the John Varvatos 8th Annual Stuart House Benefit.
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Also the Segerstrom Center fetes the Bolshoi Theatre.
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The ’33 Variations’ star makes a date with upper-level Center Theatre Group donors, and a starry crowd turns out for the Essence Black Women in Hollywood luncheon.
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Also, Le Salon de Musiques and Los Angeles Children’s Chorus concerts.
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Also, Saban Free Clinic gala and Fraternity of Friends and Blue Ribbon’s ‘Brunch Among the Bugattis.’
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Also: ‘India’s Fabled City’ at LACMA.
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Also, Children’s Action Network auction and Children’s Defense Fund’s ‘Beat the Odds’ gala.
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Also, Los Angeles Opera’s ‘Rigoletto’ cast party and L.A. Conservancy fundraiser ‘Seaside Chic in the Colony.’
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The lyricists fete the Broadway titan to benefit ASCAP’s ‘Children Will Listen’ program.
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David Aitken, Beck and Devendra Banhart draw power players including Eli Broad. The Museum of Tolerance honors Clint Eastwood.
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Tom Hanks, Jane Fonda, Sidney Poitier, Paris Hilton and more show up at the benefit for the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes.
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Peter Morton and Edythe and Eli Broad host Malibu conversations with artists Urs Fischer and Richard Prince.
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Also, the United Friends of the Children fundraiser.
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Plus, ‘Rising Stars Gala’ to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles and the Inland Empire, and amfAR’s ‘Inspiration Gala.’
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Doug Aitken was featured at an informal talk that benefitted the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.
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Plus, the LA Opera gala opens the 25th season.
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Also, Australians in Film’s screening of ‘Bran Nue Dae’ with a cocktail reception and a Q&A with director Rachel Perkins and producer Robyn Kershaw.
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Organizers of the annual musical show to benefit breast cancer research teamed up with ‘beer chicks’ Christina Perozzi and Hallie Beaune for a night of beer pairing and fund-raising.
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Also, a South Coast Plaza luncheon for the Orange County Performing Arts Center and the Bolshoi Ballet’s ‘Reflections’ dance collaboration.
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Also, LA Art House’s ‘Contemporary Impressionism’ opening
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A NOW Festival after-party at REDCAT, plus a seaside affair at the Jonathan Beach Club in Santa Monica.
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Also, ‘Songwriters: The Next Generation’
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Also: Foreign dignitaries gather for World Cup final at the Regency Club.
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Plus, the Assistance League of Southern California’s Golden Mallet Polo Tournament.
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The comedian and the artist have a meeting of minds during a salon at LA Art House, which donates proceeds to the Hammer Museum’s program for emerging artists.
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Also: Cocktails with mastodons at the Natural History Museum
