Santa Fe Indian Market a Smashing Success, Even During the Pandemic

It is the largest Native arts festival in the world and despite all of the precautions taken to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, Santa Fe’s Indian Market wrapped up its 99th edition in a spirit of celebration. Sure, we heard people remarking that in previous years it was so crowded that you could barely walk through the streets of the historic Plaza area, lined with the booths of artists showcasing everything from pottery,...

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5th Annual Gilda Gala Honors Ken Jeong, Bedford Breast Center and Annette Stanton, PhD
Oct21

5th Annual Gilda Gala Honors Ken Jeong, Bedford Breast Center and Annette Stanton, PhD

One likes to imagine comedian Gilda Radner up there in heaven, smiling. She would surely be pleased at the success of a gala named after her. Invoking the spirit of the comedienne who died in 1989 of ovarian cancer at the age of 42, the Gilda Gala is put on by the Cancer Support Community of Los Angeles. This year’s fundraising event –the fifth– was held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Century City on Saturday night, October...

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Sports Stars Hit Up GBK’s Luxury Lounge for the ESPY Awards
Jul12

Sports Stars Hit Up GBK’s Luxury Lounge for the ESPY Awards

It was the day before the 2019 ESPY Awards, and things were jumping on the private rooftop of West Hollywood’s Kimpton La Peer Hotel, a welcome new addition to the boutique hotel scene in the city. GBK was putting on its all-day celebration of ESPN’s highest honors in the world of sports and the mood was spirited as guests reveled in the US women’s soccer team victory in taking home their fourth World Cup trophy. After all, the annual...

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Harry Connick Jr. Hits a High Note at JDRF’s Imagine Gala
May09

Harry Connick Jr. Hits a High Note at JDRF’s Imagine Gala

It’s one of the most highly anticipated charitable events of the season and 2019’s Imagine Gala May 4 at the Beverly Hilton’s International ballroom with Harry Connick Jr. performing did not disappoint. The annual event, which this year honored Marc and Robyn Sidoti, is put on by the Los Angeles chapter of JDRF, a nonprofit organization founded in 1970 whose mission is improving lives by curing Type I diabetes (T1D). Its fundraising...

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Consumer Product Events 10th Anniversary at Century City’s RockSugar
Apr30

Consumer Product Events 10th Anniversary at Century City’s RockSugar

Los Angeles-based Consumer Products Events is known for bringing eco-friendly, fashion-forward and cutting edge new products from savvy entrepreneurs and female-owned businesses to greater attention and success in the marketplace. The company was started by consumer goods expert Alyson Dutch, and its successful track record of cool curation and matchmaking between products and press goes back 10 years in  both Los Angeles and New...

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