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RSVP EVERYWHERE YOU NEED TO BE THIS FALL COMPILED BY MEGHAN WEST; EDITED BY CATHERINE D. ANSPON AND SHELBY HODGE. ARTWORK NANCY LAMB. # VPC FALL 2019 DATEBOOK 160 SEPTEMBER HOUSTON BALLET OPENING NIGHT & ONSTAGE DINNER: 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON When: Friday, September 6, 7 pm Where: Wortham Theater Center Who: Chair Jesse H. Jones II; honoree Lynn Wyatt Note: Wine and hors d'oeuvres at intermission; onstage seated dinner Jackson and Company; media sponsor PaperCity Tariff: From $800; tables from $7,500 Contact: Devon Antonetti, 713.874.5448 ALLEY THEATRE SCENE OPENING ACT PARTY: THE BODACIOUS '80S! Where: Alley Theatre When: Friday, September 6, 8 pm Who: Chair Steven Carrell; co-chairs Eric Asuncion, Kate Gunn Pagel, Brandon Weinbrenner Note: Buffet dinner City Kitchen; DJ; arcade, scotch and cigar bar; dancing; media sponsor PaperCity Tariff: $100 Scene members; $150 nonmembers Contact: Kristine Rizzo, 713.315.3370, kristiner@ alleytheatre.org FESTEVE! A NIGHT FOR THE ARTS When: Saturday, September 14, 6:30 pm Where: Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, Rice University Who: Co-chairs Bill Baldwin, Ashley Turner; honorary chair Mayor Sylvester Turner; honorees Winell Herron, Ann "Sole Sister" Johnson, Lester Marks Note: Benefi ting Community Artists' Collective; cocktails; bites; silent auction of works by Houston talents; art auction conducted by Police Chief Art Acevedo Tariff: $150 Contact: Sarah Trotty, 713.523.1616 HOUSTON SYMPHONY OPENING NIGHT CONCERT AND GALA When: Saturday, September 14, 6:30 pm Where: Jones Hall and Ballroom at Bayou Place Who: Chair Barbara Burger; co-chairs Kusum and K. Cody Patel Note: Performance of Ravel, Barber, Prokofi ev led by conductor Leonard Slatkin; pianist Yefi m Bronfman; seated dinner Jackson and Company; media sponsor PaperCity; black tie Tariff: From $1,250; tables from $10,000 Contact: Timothy Dillow, timothy.dillow@ houstonsymphony.org HOUSTON PETSET FIERCE AND FABULOUS SOIRÉE When: Saturday, September 14, 7 pm Where: The Post Oak Hotel Who: Chairs Tena Lundquist Faust, Tama Lundquist; honorees Kara and Lance McCullers Note: Cocktails; seated dinner; dancing; silent and live auctions Tariff: $500; sponsorships from $5,000 Contact: Jill Archibald, jill@houstonpetset.org COME TO THE TABLE AT THE BEACON When: Thursday, September 19, 6 pm Where: Beacon Day Center Who: Chairs Chinhui Juhn and Eddie Allen Note: Culinary experience by award-winning chefs Tariff: $500; tables from $5,000 Contact: Julie Falcon, jfalcon@beaconhomeless.org GREAT FUTURES DINNER When: Thursday, September 19, 6 pm Where: The Post Oak Hotel Who: Chairs Melinda and Jeremy Thigpen Note: Benefi ting Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston; highlighting Cort Keener, Greater Houston Youth of the Year; Houston Rockets Q&A Tariff: $500; sponsorships from $1,000 Contact: Sarah Burns, sburns@bgcgh.org LEGACY COMMUNITY HEALTH COCKTAIL PARTY When: Thursday, September 19, 7 pm Where: Private residence Who: Co-chairs Paige Fertitta, Richard Flowers, Shannon Hall, Marcus Sloan, Melissa Mithoff, Kathryn Murphy, Elizabeth Petersen, Angel Rios, Hallie Vanderhider, Sheridan Williams; honoree Fady Armanious Note: Benefi ting H-E-B Legacy's Little Readers Fund Tariff: $350; sponsorships from $3,000 Contact: Chloe Rushing, 832.548.5276, crushing@ legacycommunityhealth.org TEXAS BLACK INTERIOR DESIGN SYMPOSIUM When: Friday – Saturday, September 20 – 21 Where: Ferguson Gallery in Sugar Land Who: Designers Corey Damen Jenkins (Detroit + NYC), Nicki Clugh (San Diego), Veronica Sanders and Monica Wilcox (Dallas); speaker Kae Whitaker Note: Inaugural TXBIDS in Houston; Friday night VIP event (Neiman Marcus); Saturday all-day seminars, panels, networking Tariff: From $50, at http://bit.ly/TXBIDS2019 Contact: creativeconver- sationshou@gmail.com HOUSTON ANTIQUES + ART + DESIGN SHOW When: Friday – Sunday, September 20 – 22; Friday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm; Sunday, 11 am – 5 pm Where: Silver Street Studios Note: 50 national and international exhibitors; antiques; decorative arts, fi ne art, furniture, jewelry, pottery, silver, porcelain; media sponsor PaperCity Tariff: $10 Contact: fall.houston antiquesartdesign.com Nancy Lamb's The Explanation, 1997 ALL IMAGES COURTESY THE ARTIST AND ARTSPACE111, FORT WORTH