At Reed School’s annual Regatta Fundraiser, parents and supporters enjoyed the Viva Las Vegas theme to support the Foundation for Reed Schools’ goal to underwrite music, technology, foreign language, physical education and art classes for Tiburon public schools.
Art Works Downtown held its annual fundraiser ArtRageous, a Warhol-themed event, which raises money for public programs.
The University of San Francisco hosted the first annual California Prize Dinner at the Merchants Exchange Building in San Francisco. The award was presented to entrepreneur Lynn Fritz, founder of the Fritz Institute, a nonprofit that improves both the preparation for disasters and the operational effectiveness of disaster relief organizations.
Nearly 700 attendees and headliners Robin Williams and Dana Carvey made the Comedy for Kids with Autism benefit at the Regency Center an unforgettable night. Adding to the night’s success were Sammy Hagar and Lawrence Goldfarb, who surprised the audience when they jumped onstage and each pledged $50,000 to Oak Hill School and the Ryder Foundation. Marin County’s Oak Hill School provides an integrated therapeutic education for children with autism and other developmentally based learning challenges.
Recently, the San Francisco Symphony Opening Gala Committee and event chairman Karen Jung hosted a gala launch party at the Weinstein Gallery in Union Square. Also in preparation for the gala, committee members along with symphony musician Rob Weir sampled items from the gala’s opening night menu at McCall and Associates.
At the Four Seasons Hotel and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, over 200 guests, including artistic director Helgi Tomasson, board of trustees member Dick Barker and executive director Glenn McCoy, attended the San Francisco Ballet student showcase.
In recent months, grand opening celebrations were held around the bay. Bank of Marin celebrated its grand opening of the new downtown Mill Valley office on Sunnyside Avenue with branch manager Heidi Duckor and Bank of Marin president and CEO Russell Colombo.
Larkspur Hotel Union Square celebrated its reopening with cocktails, live jazz music and a charity raffle. Formerly the Cartwright hotel, Larkspur Hotel Union Square has been renovated with new furnishings and decor.
Fashionable locals headed to the grand opening party of the John Varvatos Boutique on Maiden Lane in San Francisco.
In Napa, Norman and Norah Stone welcomed friends and art world notables to an encore opening of their Stonescape property. Guests viewed the current installation in the couple’s art cave and those who swam in the pool were treated to the James Turrell Skyspace art piece, which is located in the pool and can be experienced only by swimming underwater.
