Tag: LA Opera
Charities for children, opera education, a Nobel Prize and more
Exclusive bridal gown designer and Larchmont resident Cocoe Voci’s design studio on Robertson Boulevard in Beverly Hills was the spot for champagne, macarons, shopping and giving on March 29. Voci shares half of her showroom with another designer brand, Chloe Colette, one of 111 local businesses that have partnered with Make March Matter (MMM), an […]
Suzanne Rheinstein (1945-2023): Elegance endures in new book
Windsor Square’s own Suzanne Rheinstein passed away on March 20, the week following the publication of her third book, “A Welcoming Elegance,” in which the legendary interior designer calls on her decades of experience melding modernity and timeless elegance. Rheinstein died of cancer just days from her 78th birthday. The book showcases six residences among […]
Cooking and music… and ooh la la, 25 years later
“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 […]
Warner Henry, remembered: Local luminary, a founder of LA Opera, died Aug. 1
He was a larger-than-life personality, a man of dramatic contrasts. His favorite artists were Claude Monet and Hieronymus Bosch. He was a connoisseur of the world’s finest wines, but his favorite meal included meat loaf. His always-ready wit and sense of humor covered a very deep seriousness, like his preferred president, Ronald Reagan. In his […]
Helga Kasimoff at 88: Still in fine tune
Helga Kasimoff calls this — her 88th year — “my piano year,” after the instrument’s 88 black-and-white keys. Her favorite piano is a concert grand in her Kasimoff-Blüthner Piano Co. showroom. It was played at Duke Ellington’s funeral, she recalls, and also was featured on Stevie Wonder, Henry Mancini and Barbra Streisand recordings. She counts […]
