TAKE 5: PARTY LINES : SUMMERTIME, AND THE GALAS ARE SPIRITED.Byline: Barbara De Witt Daily News Fashion Editor It's summer, traditionally a quiet time on the society beat, but both the Aria! Opera Ball and American Cancer Society's Cal Spirit XIII galas this past week were major successes. According to Mark Anchor Albert, who founded and serves as chairman for Aria!, ``I am thrilled to see so many peers here tonight and witness their enthusiasm for this fabulous art form.'' Albert is talking, of course, about the new L.A. Opera support group for young professionals and the $25,000 raised at the ball for opera programs. The event was held July 12 at the Dennis Tito estate in Pacific Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). and included entertainment by soprano Shana Blake Hill, mezzo mez·zo n. pl. mez·zos A mezzo-soprano. mezzo Adverb Music moderately; quite: mezzo-forte Noun pl -zos soprano Theresa Brown, tenor Charles Castronovo and baritone Eli Villanueva, who sang arias and duets in the starlit star·lit adj. Illuminated by starlight. starlit Adjective lit by starlight Adj. 1. gardens. The 300 guests were treated to an Italian menu by Cocco Pazzo, Il Sole and L'Opera Ristorante. Speaking of good food, chef superstar Julia Child was honored July 13 at a big garden party on the lush grounds of Ron Burkle's Green Acres Estate in Beverly Hills. The party, attended by 900, was the American Cancer Society's 13th annual California Spirit gourmet-dining extravaganza which raised $460,000 for the society's lifesaving and education programs. Event hosts were Wolfgang Puck, Barbara Lazaroff and Sherry Lansing, and chairmen were Susan Leider and Murray Sommer Sommer is a surname, from the German and Danish word for the season "summer". It may refer to:
Sponsors for the fund-raiser included the Fran & Ray Stark Foundation, Macy's, Nissan Motor Corp., Mercedes-Benz and Paramount Pictures. Bastille Day was the cause for celebration on the rooftop of the swank Chanel boutique on Rodeo Drive Tuesday night. While guests sipped champagne and nibbled pate in an array of Chanel ensembles, models paraded in Karl Lagerfeld's fall collection for Chanel. Fashion friends, take note: The famous double C logo was hardly visible (logo-mania is over), but what I saw plenty of was tailored sweater-and-pantsuit ensembles accented with big gutsy pieces of jewelry. There were the classic Chanel boucle bou·clé or bou·cle n. 1. A type of yarn, usually three-ply and having one thread looser than the others, that produces a rough-textured cloth. 2. Fabric woven or knitted from this yarn. jackets, some with alpine touches, but the longer styles looked freshest - even though they were very '70s. The collection also included sewn-down pleats, long wool crepe crepe (krāp), thin fabric of crinkled texture, woven originally in silk but now available in all major fibers. There are two kinds of crepe. dresses with novelty embroidery borders, wispy sheer evening gowns, fitted leather jackets and Missoni-like knits, modeled by ultra-skinny waifs WAIFS. Stolen goods waived or scattered by a thief in his flight in order to effect his escape. 2. Such goods by the English common law belong to the king. 1 Bl. Com. 296; 5 Co. 109; Cro. Eliz. 694. wearing China doll-styled wigs. Anna Murdoch, a longtime Capitol Hill advocate for at-risk children, has been named president of the Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. for Children's Institute International in Los Angeles. The nonprofit organization will be honoring her soon with the dedication of the Anna M. Murdoch Education and Training Center at the CII's main facility. Murdoch also is serving as one of the coordinators for the upcoming corporate fund-raising event, ``Champions of Children Gala,'' set for November. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos Photo: (1) Bastille Day partygoers got treated to a preview of fall fashions at Chanel in Beverly Hills. Sylvia Mautner/Special to the Daily News (2) Vamping it up at the ``Aria'' Opera Ball are committee members Ranlyn Tilley Hill, left, of Westwood, Victoria van Trees of Brentwood, Mark Anchor Albert of Brentwood and Desiree Badr of Sherman Oaks. Gilbert Lopez/Special to the Daily News (3) Husband-and-wife restaurant team Wolfgang Puck and Barbara Lazaroff congratulate honoree Julia Child, center, at the Cal Spirit XIII gala to benefit the American Cancer Society American Cancer Society, n.pr established in 1913, this national volunteer-based health organization is committed to the elimination of cancer through prevention and treatment and to diminishing cancer suffering through advocacy, scholarship, research, . Lee Salem/Special to the Daily News |
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