Hang on to your hat! The Denver Art Museum Design Council is bringing back its ultra-glam luncheon fundraiser.
The former Tiffany Luncheon went by the wayside a couple of years ago, but it’s coming back bigger and stronger on May 13. And like its former incarnation, Luncheon by Design is tailor-made for ladies who love their chapeaux.
The event’s theme — “Elegant Jewels of the 20th Century and the Women Who Wore Them” — and its speaker (Robin Wright of Sotheby’s) were introduced by Design Council president Jeffrey Hirschfeld during a recent gathering of committee members in a model brownstone at the NorthCreek development.
Hirschfeld noted that he and Wright have been friends for some 16 years. He mentioned the luncheon while having dinner with her recently in New York, and she quickly volunteered to speak at it. The fact that she was vacationing in Colorado the night of the kickoff party was a happy coincidence.
Western Development Group opened its 2,600-square-foot model home to a group that included Design Council board members Lin Lee, Jo Frank and Dar Thomas, plus such loyal supporters as Christine Benero, Linda Goto, Diane Groff, Judy Fahrenkrog, Arlene Hirschfeld, Larry King, Barbara Knight, Kalleen Malone, Susan and Howard Noble, Jan Peck, Marcia Robinson, Ken and Judy Robins and David Steele.
And, there’s more
• President Sheila Bugdan- owitz traveled to Las Vegas last week to accept a national award on behalf of Rose Community Foundation’s groundbreaking program, Boomers Leading Change. The National Council on Aging’s Arthur Flemming Award was a salute to the RCF project that engages people aged 55 and over in community service, employment and lifelong learning.
• Students and staff from Colorado UpLIFT will model fashions from Dress Barn at a spring tea and fashion show put on by the UpLIFT Guild. It starts at 2 p.m. April 16 at Valley Country Club; the $30 tickets are available through Joyce Wilson, 303-699-8411.
• Craig Stapleton reflects on his career as a diplomat at “April in Paris,” an April 17 dinner benefiting the Institute of International Education. Grandson of the late Denver Mayor Ben Stapleton, Craig was U.S. ambassador to France and the Czech Republic during the George W. Bush presidency. John Low is the event’s honorary chairman; the leadership team includes University of Colorado president Bruce and Marcy Benson; Mardi and Brown Cannon; Katie Stapleton and Nancy Petry. Tickets are $200; call 303-837-0788, ext. 16.
• Also thinking French: the Children’s Museum of Denver, whose Birthday Bash on May 29 has “Meet Me in Paris” for the theme. Patron-level supporters will be thanked at a May 14 gathering that’s hosted by Nikki and Steve Lockton.
Society editor Joanne Davidson: 303-809-1314 or jdavidson@denverpost.com; also, davidson
