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On Tuesday September 20th, Tony Cointreau celebrated the publication of his new book, "A Gift of Love - Lessons Learned from My Work and Friendship with Mother Teresa" with a party at Michael's. In his second book, the author, singer, humanitarian, and scion to the French liqueur family reveals what he gained from working so closely with Mother Teresa during their 12 years together at the NYC AIDS charity, A Gift of Love. Tony’s partner of 50 years, Jim Russo helped greet guests including Mary Higgins Clark, Cece Cord, Francine LeFrak and Rick Friedberg, Julie Hayek, Nancy Pearson, Henri Kessler, JD Thompson, Maria Cooper Janis, Joan Benny, and Eric Bottcher. |
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Midway through the event, Tony made a short speech first thanking his partner Jim for his support over years. He then spoke about “Mother” and how much of a friend she was to the “dying, destitute and diseased.” He went on to say, how it was “scary to be with her in public, as people did not treat her like a human.” He then toasted the late Sister Jean Marshall, who was the Founder of St. Ritas Refugee Center in the Bronx, and “one of the unsung saints of the world because of her work with Vietnamese children displaced by war.” |
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Earlier this month, The Denver Art Museum hosted a VIP opening gala and for "Shock Wave: Japanese Fashion Design, 1980s–90s." The exhibition features 70 looks by powerhouse designers Issey Miyake, Kenzo Takada, Kansai Yamamoto, Yohji Yamamoto, Comme des Garçons, and Junya Watanabe, whose impact on fashion still resonates today. |
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"Shock Wave" is the inaugural exhibition organized by Florence Müller, the Avenir Foundation Curator of Textile Art and Curator of Fashion, who joined the museum in 2015. It includes 20 recent acquisitions for the DAM's collection and also spotlights important loans from the fashion collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the de Young Museum in San Francisco, as well as from local and national private lenders. |
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Nearly 7000 attended the Museum's #mfaNOW Overnight Launch Party (starting at 6 pm, Saturday, September 17 through 9 am Sunday, September 18), the first of four this fall. Crowds began lining up at 5 pm and didn't wane until after 3 am. The party featured exhibition openings for "UH-OH: Frances Stark 1991-2015" and Christian Marclay's "The Clock," live graffiti painting outside by MerkThose, music and sound performances by Substructure, food trucks, drawing in the galleries, and even 3 a.m. "Insomniac Olympics" under the moonlight in the MFA's Calderwood Courtyard. |
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The MFA will host three more overnight events (all 9 pm - 9 am) on October 14-15 (College Edition); November 4-5 (State of the Party); and December 9-10 (Last Call). More info: http://www.mfa.org/programs/series/mfanow-overnights |
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Anthony Pratt, Executive Chairman of Pratt Industries, hosted an intimate “friendraiser” on Monday, September 19th to celebrate the remarkable accomplishments of two young women working to change the lives of millions of people in Africa. Eudoxie Bridges was born in Gabon, a country in West Central Africa, and founded Unspoken Angels, a global organization determined to support, educate, inspire and empower young women in Africa and the United States. Hannah Godefa is a 19-year-old Canadian of Ethiopian descent, who now serves as UNICEF National Ambassador to Ethiopia. She founded the heralded Hannah Godefa Project. Guests included Ludacris (Eudoxie Bridges’ husband), Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull and Lucy Turnbull, Barbara Bush, Kevin and Erika Liles, Carol Alt, Alek Wek, Paul Haggis. Paul Singer, Francine LeFrak, Vice’s Katherine Keating, Forbes’ Randall Lane among others. |
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Photographs by Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images (Pratt); Natasha Moustache (MFA); Custom Creations Photography & Jeff Wells (Shockwave) |