From insights on dinners with President Nixon and President George Herbert Walker Bush to the socialites who have chased me across ballrooms, Donna Vallone of Tony’s fame and I answered myriad questions from our interviewer Leisa Holland Bowman at the Houston Symphony League‘s annual “Conversation With an Icon” luncheon.
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For one night only, Houston Symphony transformed the Post Oak Hotel at Uptown’s into scenes from the “Golden Age of Hollywood” for its annual black-tie ball.
Think “L.A. Confidential,” and “Chinatown.” A quartet of trench-clad reporter impersonators welcomed 400 guests into the gala. Pencils and notepads in hand, they shouted interview questions at arrivals. Inside, Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn lookalikes posed against Art Deco-inspired backdrops.
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Applause, applause for the Houston Symphony League which has received a coveted Gold Award for one of its special events from the Volunteer Council of the League of American Orchestras, a national leadership group of individuals recognized for outstanding support of their local symphony orchestras.
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The holiday party at CarePartners’ Dementia Day Center is in full swing. Maybe 30 to 40 clients, known as “members,” mingle with family members, enjoying cookies and hot chocolate in the center’s day room. Seventh-graders from nearby St. Mark’s Episcopal School fan through the crowd, passing out treats.
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What: The Houston Symphony League Fall Membership Luncheon
Where: The Junior League of Houston
PC Moment: The age-defying Joanne King Herring — who has lived many exciting interludes in her 90-plus years, including having Julia Roberts portray her in Charlie Wilson’s War — took a step way back to recall the early days of the Houston Symphony and her memories of Ima Hogg, principal of the symphony founding in 1913. Herring was just 17 when she first became involved with the symphony in 1946.
To read the entire article on PaperCity click here
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Over the span of a month, Jones Hall served as the setting for an emotional farewell to Houston Symphony music director Andres Orozco-Estrada and a grandiose welcome to his successor Juraj Valcuha.
Rather than Mahler’s “Resurrection” symphony or Beethoven’s Ninth, the sounds emanating inside the downtown hall this week are from construction, the first step in an endeavor called “Overture to the Future,” a multi-year, multi-million-dollar update of the performing arts space that opened in 1966. In a city known for tearing buildings down, Jones Hall will — like the Alley Theatre a few years ago — be the beneficiary of a significant renovation rather than demolition.
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Houston Icons Saluted at Symphony Gala
/in News/by Brad CavanaughFrom insights on dinners with President Nixon and President George Herbert Walker Bush to the socialites who have chased me across ballrooms, Donna Vallone of Tony’s fame and I answered myriad questions from our interviewer Leisa Holland Bowman at the Houston Symphony League‘s annual “Conversation With an Icon” luncheon.
Read the entire article on Paper City
Inside Houston Symphony’s $1.1M ‘Golden Age of Hollywood’ ball at the Post Oak Hotel
/in News/by Brad CavanaughWelcome to Hollywood, Texas.
For one night only, Houston Symphony transformed the Post Oak Hotel at Uptown’s into scenes from the “Golden Age of Hollywood” for its annual black-tie ball.
Think “L.A. Confidential,” and “Chinatown.” A quartet of trench-clad reporter impersonators welcomed 400 guests into the gala. Pencils and notepads in hand, they shouted interview questions at arrivals. Inside, Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn lookalikes posed against Art Deco-inspired backdrops.
To learn more, read the entire article on the Houston Chronicle
Houston’s Lunch of Secrets Earns the Symphony League a Coveted National Gold Award
/in Award/by William CavanaughApplause, applause for the Houston Symphony League which has received a coveted Gold Award for one of its special events from the Volunteer Council of the League of American Orchestras, a national leadership group of individuals recognized for outstanding support of their local symphony orchestras.
To read the entire article, please visit Paper City
Musicians bring Houston Symphony to people in communities that may not have access otherwise
/in News/by Brad CavanaughThe holiday party at CarePartners’ Dementia Day Center is in full swing. Maybe 30 to 40 clients, known as “members,” mingle with family members, enjoying cookies and hot chocolate in the center’s day room. Seventh-graders from nearby St. Mark’s Episcopal School fan through the crowd, passing out treats.
To read the entire article, please visit Preview at the Houston Chronicle by clicking this link.
Charlie Wilson’s War Heroine Shares Tales of the Earliest Days of the Houston Symphony League — Joanne King Herring Has Been Involved Since 1946
/in News/by William CavanaughWhat: The Houston Symphony League Fall Membership Luncheon
Where: The Junior League of Houston
PC Moment: The age-defying Joanne King Herring — who has lived many exciting interludes in her 90-plus years, including having Julia Roberts portray her in Charlie Wilson’s War — took a step way back to recall the early days of the Houston Symphony and her memories of Ima Hogg, principal of the symphony founding in 1913. Herring was just 17 when she first became involved with the symphony in 1946.
To read the entire article on PaperCity click here
Jones Hall is undergoing a $25.5M upgrade to improve sound and replace aging infrastructure
/in News/by Ann CavanaughOver the span of a month, Jones Hall served as the setting for an emotional farewell to Houston Symphony music director Andres Orozco-Estrada and a grandiose welcome to his successor Juraj Valcuha.
Rather than Mahler’s “Resurrection” symphony or Beethoven’s Ninth, the sounds emanating inside the downtown hall this week are from construction, the first step in an endeavor called “Overture to the Future,” a multi-year, multi-million-dollar update of the performing arts space that opened in 1966. In a city known for tearing buildings down, Jones Hall will — like the Alley Theatre a few years ago — be the beneficiary of a significant renovation rather than demolition.
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