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The first week of spring brought temperatures in the 80’s to the Las Vegas area as well as a sizzling fashion presentation and runway show courtesy of KAUFMANFRANCO designers. Held at Neiman Marcus inside the newly opened Vintner Grill Strip restaurant the event was co-hosted by Madeleine Andress, Joele Corrigan and Wendy Plaster to raise funds for Nevada Ballet Theater.
The design team of KAUFMANFRANCO featured their high-end haute collection for the season with Franco himself hosting the runway show. Delighting the crowd, models walked the runway showcasing stunningly sexy, yet elegantly simple gowns, sequined dresses, luscious knitwear and sumptuous belted jackets in black, graphite and rich earth tones. Fabrics ranged from the lightest of leather to the most delicate webbed mohair.
KAUFMANFRANCO designs have been gracing the red carpet for years with celebrities the likes of Halle Berry, Christina Aguillera and Taylor Swift who stole the show wearing a navy blue gown by KAUFMANFRANCO at the 2010 Grammy Awards.
Nevada Ballet Theatre is the largest professional ballet company and dance academy in the state and will be the resident company of the new world-class Smith Center for the Performing Arts when it is completed in 2012. For more information about NBT please visit the web at www.nevadaballet.org.
“Remove Roadblocks and Building Learning Opportunities”
With a toast to the attendees the Cultural Diversity Foundation celebrated their 16th Annual “Education Scholarship”. Held at Paris Las Vegas the evening included over 110 domestic and imported wine samplings, a raffle, a live and silent auction and most importantly recognition for this years scholarship recipients.
Joni Flowers, Director of the Cultural Diversity Foundation hosted the evening program along with colleague and friend, James McCoy, College of Southern Nevada Department Chair.
Live jazz for the evening featuring the Woody Woods Quartet set the mood for the evening and Paris Chef Sherman demonstrated his culinary skills with a live cooking presentation of salmon filet, porcini mushroom butter with champagne buerre blanc and risotto cakes. Sushi Trends also provided a 6 foot sushi boat for sampling.
The wine tasting gala is the foundations major event of the year raising money for scholarships and education programs for deserving students. Six college students received scholarships ranging from $1500 – $2500 from the foundation based on need, merit and an essay submission.
This year’s scholarship recipients included Gabrielle Boyadjian, Ricardo Cornejo, Cristal James, Maryknoll Palisoc, Souraya Pinkston and Steven Washington.
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- Silent auction art items
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- Wine & Grape Ice Sculpture, Paris Las Vegas
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- Joni Flowers, Executive Director & President of Cultural Diversity Foundation
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- Guests
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- Chocolate Fruit Fondue, yummy!
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- Sushi boat provided by Sushi Trends
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- Silient auction art items
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- Silent auction items
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- Silent item art items
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- Guests sampling
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- Guests sampling
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- Guests sampling
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- Sushi boat provided by Sushi Trends
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- Guest Emcee, James McCoy – College of Southern Nevada Department Chair, Communication Department
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- Wine & Grape Ice Sculpture, Paris Las Vegas
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- Art Display courtesy of artist, Joseph Watson
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- Artist, Joseph Watson and wife, Tamara
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- Artist, Joseph Watson and wife, Tamara
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- Silent auction items courtesy – Seven & Company
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- Sushi boat provided by Sushi Trends
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- Sushi boat provided by Sushi Trends
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- Joni Flowers & James McCoy
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- Silent auction items
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- Klaus Dillman Gmbh Winery
A Presley Family Affair
Priscilla Presley’s family joined her as she received her Woman of the Year honor at the Nevada Ballet Theatre’s Black and White Ball held at the Aria Convention Center. The four generation family affair included daughter, Lisa Marie Presley who surprised her mother by flying in from London with husband Michael Lockwood, her son, Navarone Garibaldi and grandaughter, Riley Keough. Priscilla’s mother, Ann Beulieu, her sister, Michelle Beauleiu-Hovey and other relatives and friends came for the event.
A VIP pre-event reception hosted by event sponsor Cartier was held at Crystal at the City Center. Legendary rocker Vince Neil of Motley Crue paid homage to Presley with a heartwarming speech. Nigel Lythgoe of ‘Dancing With The Stars’ was on hand to deliver a tribute to longtime friend and honoree, Presley and welcomed her to the stage to receive her honor. “I must admit I am a bit nervous” said Lythgoe. “She is such a good friend I just want to do a great job and not mess up.”
Presley was visibly moved during her impromtu speech as she recounted days gone by when, as a young girl she longed to be a dancer and how that dream was never fulfilled. She also spoke of her commitment to performing arts and how important the all of the arts are to give youngsters a solid future.
This marks the 27th year for one of the Las Vegas area’s highly anticipated fundraising events of the season. Guests in attendance at the Black and White Ball were treated to a live performance featuring highlights of NBT’s upcoming 2011 season. This Ball helps support Nevada Ballet Theatre efforts to present professional dance productions to the Las Vegas community.
This years event raised more than their goal at $155,000 with these funds going to kick off NBT’s Live Music Fund when the company makes their move over the Smith Center for the Performing Arts. NBT will be a resident company of the world-class Smith Center which is set to open in 2012.
Black , White and Yellow
Fall/Winter Issue 2010
Grace Ormonde Wedding Style Magazine
This stunning black and white tabletop contrasted with yellow cymbidium orchids and calla lilies stood center stage at the Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas.
In this issue of Rangefinder magazine the spotlight is on kids, families and seniors of all ages. Cesare’s profile, written by Amanda Quintenz-Fiedler, is a look into the creative process of photographing babies, toddlers and family groups. To see the entire article, click the link below…
August 2010
Cesare first appeared in the publication in 2005. This article focused on his celebrity and wedding photography. Featuring Jane Seymour, Pierce Brosnan, Morgan Freeman, Paul Rodriguez and more. Check it out . . . Rangefinder April 2005
Rangefinder is a monthly publication dedicated to the advancement of professional photographers. The feature stories encompass all phases of photography, including solutions to technical problems, business practices, future trends, equipment and much more.
Costume Ball
Hosted by Lied Discovery Children Museum
Lied Discovery Children Museum proudly hosted the 27th annual Fantasy Gala in the Palace Ballroom at Caesars Palace.
This years special fundraising event featured a costume ball theme transporting guests back to 1929, an era of tough times and cool style.
The evening opened with a lively silent auction and specialty cocktails including prohibition punch and bathtub gin martinis, compliments of Southern Wine & Spirits.
Sirens signaled a raid and beautifully costumed guests moved into the speakeasy ballroom for dinner, entertainment and all that jazz. Gary Waddell and Paula Francis of KLAS-TV Channel 8 emceed the event.
Fantasy Gala 2009 also recognized the Epicurean Charitable Foundation as the recipient of the Great Friend to Kids Award, with Rino Armeni and Jay Bluhm accepting.
The Lied Discovery Children Museum is located at 833 Las Vegas Blvd. N, Las Vegas, NV 89101 and features over 100 hands-on exhibits in the arts,sciences, nature, music and humanities and so much more.
Fundraising Gala
Las Vegas Natural History Museum
This Year’s 18th Annual Dinosaur Ball was a Great Success! Each year, the Las Vegas Natural History Museum holds the Dinosaur Ball gala.
All proceeds assist the museum in its continued development to be the only museum in Southern Nevada with collections extensive enough to interpret wildlife and environments beyond the local region.
We happily participated as donors in the event this year which included
Executive Chefs
Buon Giorno!
When I got the call to photograph executive chefs Carlo and Antonio for
the Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas I couldn’t wait. Afterall, any chance to
photograph and talk with fellow Italians is exciting enough, but given the
chance to talk about fine food was the recipe for a perfect day.
Four Seasons Las Vegas Executive Chefs, Carlos & Antonio
Not well known to many, when I first arrived in Los Angeles with
very broken English, I worked as a Sous Chef in the now closed, but
The Art of Photography
Gallery Exhibit
This gallery collaboration features portrait artist Cesare Bonazza is
now open at the Edward Dean Museum & Gardens with works by
celebrated artist Ansel Adams, George Hurrell and Salvador Dali.
Cesare Bonazza, photographer
“Picture This” provides a look in to the history of portrait photography
featuring equipment and interesting examples of the portraiture throughout the years. Cesare is one of the featured modern day portrait artist with
