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182 FALL 2017 DATEBOOK (continued from page 181) Note: Benefitting Fresh Arts; catered by local restaurants; cocktails; entertainment by artists and performers; weekend market November 18 and 19 Tariff: $25 Contact: winterholiday artmarket.com DECK THE TREES When: Friday, November 17, 6:30 pm Where: Alley Theatre Who: Chair Mark Allan Smith Note: Benefitting Alley Theatre; reception; tree- lighting ceremony kicking off A Christmas Carol; media sponsor PaperCity Tariff: Tree sponsorships from $2,500 Contact: Sam Ferrigno, 713.315.3375, samf@alleytheatre.org ART OF THE ISLAMIC WORLDS GALA When: November 17, 7:30 pm Where: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Law Building Who: Executive committee Rania Daniel, Zeina Fares, Vahid Kooros, Sima Ladjevardian, Sultana Mangalji, Franci Neely, Cenk Ozdogan, Sabiha Rehmatulla, Aliyya Stude, Monsour Taghdisi Note: Cocktail reception; seated dinner by City Kitchen; voting on acquisitions for MFAH Islamic Worlds Department; entertainment Banafsheh Sayyad Tariff: From $500; tables from $5,000 Contact: 713.639.7572, islamicgala@mfah.org THE STARS COME OUT AT NIGHT CELEBRITY PAWS GALA When: Saturday, November 18, 6:30 pm Where: Royal Sonesta Who: Chairs Brenda Love, Lindsey Love, Paige and Bob Martin; honorees Ally and Chris Banket; Julie and Brook Brookshire; Cam and Rod Canion; Wendy and Bill Chiles; Jean Durdin and Sharilyn Durdin Lampson; Jill Jopling and Peter McGillivray; Diane and Ken Kiecke; Rebecca, Julia, and Keith Little; Sara and James Parr; Cody Tinney; junior honorees Sage and Stone Marion Note: Cocktails; seated dinner; silent, live and big board auctions; presentation of honorees and their pets Tariff: $300; tables from $3,000 Contact: 713.972.1896, kappycap@comcast.net THE ART OF FOOD AND COMMUNITY AWARDS LUNCH When: Tuesday, November 28, 11:30 am Where: River Oaks Country Club Who: Chairs Fady Armanious, Bill Baldwin; honorees Philamena Baird, Sippi Khurana, Claire Cormier Thielke, Bettina Elias Siegal, Hallie Vanderhider Note: Benefitting Recipe For Success; seated luncheon by Greg Martin and Monica Pope; awards presentation Tariff: From $150; tables from $3,000 Contact: Tara Converse, 713.520.0443; recipe4success.org THE CHILDREN'S ASSESSMENT CENTER ADVOCATE THROUGH ART PARTY When: Thursday, November 30, 5:30 pm Where: Kirby Grove, 2925 Richmond Ave., 6th floor Who: Chairs Katie Dwan, Natasha Parvizian Gorgue, Meredith Marshall Note: Art curated by Yvonamor Palix; music; cocktails; bites by Clark Cooper Concepts; live and silent auctions; live art performance by Tyler Ramsey; media sponsor PaperCity Tariff: $150; sponsorships from $2,500 Contact: Madelyn Perry, 713.986.3370, endthecyclethruart.com THETA DESIGN WEEKEND PREVIEW PARTY When: Thursday, November 30, VIP reception 6 pm, preview party 7 pm Where: George R. Brown Who: Chair Deborah Dunkum; honorary chair Mark D. Sikes Note: First acquisition opportunity; 65th anniversary of Theta Charity Antiques Show rebranded as design weekend; media sponsor PaperCity Tariff: $250; young collectors $75 Contact: thetadesign weekend.com DECEMBER WORLD AIDS DAY LUNCHEON: MISSION UNDETECTABLE When: Friday, December 1, 11 am Where: Post Oak Hilton Who: Co-chairs Caroline Starry LeBlanc, Jeff Gremillion; Shelby Hodge Vision Award announcement Note: Benefitting AIDS Foundation Houston and Avenue 360; champagne reception; luncheon; keynote Greg Louganis Tariff: Individual $150; tables from $1,500 Contact: Lauren Brooke, 713.623.6796, ext. 232, aidshelp.org TREES OF HOPE ECLIPSE BALL When: Friday, December 1, 6:30 pm Where: Royal Sonesta Who: Chairs Shanna Bass, Ashley Beecher; honorary chair Lynn Wyatt; honorees Charlotte Rothwell Wands, Mary Rothwell, and Melanie Rothwell Note: Benefitting Children's Critical Care Fund at Star of Hope; luxury auction; wine pull; black tie Tariff: From $500; young professionals $150; tables from $5,000 Contact: Ruth Githumbi, rgithumbi@treesofhope houston.org THETA DESIGN WEEKEND When: Friday – Sunday, December 1 – 3, 10 am – 6 pm; Sunday, 11 am – 5 pm Where: George R. Brown Who: Chair Waverly Gage; honorary chair Mark D. Sikes Note: Panels with designers Amanda Nisbet, Carleton Varney, Meg Braff; Art Walks; luncheons; brunch; media sponsor PaperCity Tariff: General admission $20 in advance, $25 at door; speaker luncheon/ brunch including signed book $75 – $125; Designer and Art Walks $20 each; panels gratis with admission Contact: Full schedule thetadesignweekend.com LUMINOUS: THE MENIL COLLECTION 30TH ANNIVERSARY BALL When: Saturday, December 2, 7 pm Where: The Menil Collection Who: Chairs Adelaide de Menil Carpenter, Allison Sarofim and Stuart Parr, Leigh and Reggie Smith, Phoebe and Bobby Tudor; honorary chairs Renzo Piano and French Ambassador to the United States Gérard Araud; honoree Louisa Stude Sarofim Note: Surrealist setting inspired by Max Ernst landscape; seated dinner by Jackson and Company; design Todd Events; media sponsor PaperCity; Surrealist black tie Tariff: From $2,500; tables from $25,000. Contact: 713.535.3173, events@menil.org Robert Rauschenberg at The Menil Collection 10th Anniversary Ball, 1997 PHYLLIS HAND