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88 DOUBLE PLAY CATHERINE D. ANSPON SURVEYS THE SCENE. PHOTOGRAPHY CHRIS P. BACHMAN. Selena Mackay LeTricia Wilbanks at Laura Rathe Cindy Witmer, Amy Hammer at Laura Rathe Juniper the stiltwalker at Laura Rathe Reggie & Leigh Smith at Texas Contemporary Bryn Larsen, Janavi Mahimtura Folmsbee Avisheh Mohsenin, Jeffrey Wainhouse, Heidi Vaughan Debra Linse at Texas Contemporary Ken General, India Lovejoy, Zoya Tommy at Texas Contemporary Paul Middendorf at Texas Contemporary C olquitt denizen Laura Rathe Fine Art toasted double decades with a cocktail party apropos for the auspicious occasion, fêting collectors, artists, and colleagues with a bash showcasing recent artworks by the talents she represents, while performers including stiltwalker Juniper Jairala, crooner Bubba McNeely, sax man Killian Andre, and DJ Senega entertained. Applauding 20 years: designers Marie Flanigan, Selena Mackay, LeTricia Wilbanks, Darla Bankston May, Cindy Witmer, and Mandy Plaisance Diaz; Rathe's daughter Kate Rathe; the gallerist's parents Doris and Sandy Nelson; Ann and Kevin Babcock; Enrica Vagliani Gray and Paul Gray; Rona and Jerry Levit; Amy Hammer; and artists including Nicola Parente, Kevin Gillentine, Meredith Pardue, Paul Rousso, Carly Allen-Martin, Katherine Houston, and Stephen Strum. At Texas Contemporary Art Fair, which returned to the George R. Brown Convention Center, opening night benefi ted Contempora ry Arts Museum Houston. Collectors, curators, and the curious turned out, including Art Market founders Jeffrey Wainhouse and Max Fishko, and fair director Kelly Freeman. Houston dealers standing out: Nancy Littlejohn Fine Art, Bryn Larsen and Geoffrey Koslov's Foto Relevance, Community Artists' Collective manned by Michelle Barnes, Paul Middendorf's Space HL, Carol Piper Rugs, and Zoya Tommy Gallery. Social canvas: collectors Lester Marks, Leigh and Reggie Smith, Beverly and John Berry; as well as Matt Johns, the Menil's Judy Waters and Brandon Bourque, Bryce Kennard, poet Emanuelee Bean, and the CAMH's Beth Peré. ARTFUL EVENINGS AT LAURA RATHE FINE ART AND TEXAS CONTEMPORARY FAIR. Laura Rathe, Meredith Pardue at Laura Rathe Paul Rousso, Carly Allen-Martin at Laura Rathe Nancy Littlejohn at Texas Contemporary