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Cape & Gown Gala honored Tim Disney at ‘Taste’ benefit

Cape & Gown Gala honored Tim Disney at ‘Taste’ benefit

| January 2, 2025 | 0 Comments

On Dec. 8, the sixth annual Children’s Institute Cape & Gown Gala was held in grand fashion at the Skirball Cultural Center, taking over the Guerin Pavilion and its surrounding spaces. The “Taste for a Cause” evening event, which raised more than $820,000, started off with music, cocktails and passed hors d’oeuvre. The tastings were […]

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Cooking and music… and ooh la la, 25 years later

Cooking and music… and ooh la la, 25 years later

| January 28, 2021 | 0 Comments

“Food kind of brought us together,” says chef and financier Gene Straub of meeting his wife Janneke. To be fair, music and the City of Lights also played a role in the Larchmont Village couple’s romance. While Janneke lived in the French capital, Gene’s route to Paris was a circuitous one, starting on the East […]

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