Marilyn Cabak Supports San Francisco Food Bank’s Annual Event ‘One Big Table.’
Andrew Morgan, Marilyn Cabak, Danny Richard

Event Chair Marilyn Cabak, along with almost 200 guests, recently supported the San Francisco Food Bank while enjoying an elegant summer dinner on the San Francisco waterfront at the St. Francis Yacht Club, which included a live and silent auction. The event raised an astonishing $140,000 – the highest ever!

JoAnne Bernstein, Alan Farovitch, Roberta Steiner

Marilyn Cabak, John Pitcairn, Barbara Brown

Robert Welles, Jay Goldstein, Darius Miller

Proceeds from the event will provide groceries for low-income families in the San Francisco and Marin area. Throughout the year The San Francisco Food Bank delivers food to over 400 “community partners,” including neighborhood pantries, soup kitchens, senior centers, youth programs, and domestic violence and homeless shelters, reaching 23,500 households a week.

Henrik Bacho, Leslie Bacho, Radha Stern, Gary Maxworthy

Mary Katz, JP Balajadia, Ann Balajadia, Polly Coleman

Harriet Ross, Howard Billman, Marilyn Cabak, Michael Cabak

“One of the reasons I love being associated with the Food Bank is because when you make a donation to the Food Bank you know exactly where that money is going”, says Marilyn Cabak. “For every dollar that is donated to the Food Bank, we can go out and purchase $6 worth of food to help feed low income families. I want to be a part of all this – I want to feel at the end of the day that I have helped do something to alleviate the hunger we see all over our wonderful city.”

Maria Pitcairn, John Capizzi

Dean Ornish, Anne Ornish

Maria Pitcairn, Joan Lavorgna

Marilyn Cabak, Joan Lavorgna

John Pitcairn, Pamela Rigg

Joan Silver, Cynthia Schreuder

Janine Froom, Heather Rodriguez

Robert Rodriguez, Heather Rodriguez

Marilyn Cabak, Giselle McKeller

Clyde Miller, Elize Brown

Gwynn August, Mitch August

Donna Ann Epstein, Mark Epstein

Claire Axelrad, Cynthia Frank

Jeffrey Vatt, Camille Vatt

Tricia McCarthy, Bob Aune, Caroline Fizz

Bernice Welles, Jeff Braff

Michael Cohen, Lynn Cohen

Catherine Homsey, Jennifer Ratliftedit

Marilyn Cabak, Michael Cabak

About The San Francisco Food Bank

The San Francisco Food Bank collects millions of pounds of food from growers, packers, processors, manufacturers, the USDA and grocery stores. This can include test-marketed products, items close to code date, produce that is the wrong shape or size for conventional markets and excess. They then deliver the collected food to over 400 local non-profit organizations. This includes over 200 neighborhood pantries, soup kitchens, senior centers, homeless shelters and youth programs.

I recently fell in love with a delightful book called “Four Famous Dandies,” a colorful little amusement which spotlights the style of Beau Brummell, Oscar Wilde, Duke of Windsor and Patrick McDonald.

Created by illustrator Jim Howard for Paper Studio Press, it’s actually a paper doll book! Most paper doll books feature women, but this one is quite rare not only because the paper dolls are male, but because one of the subjects is still living — Patrick McDonald.

Known as “The New York Dandy,” Patrick is an unforgettable presence on the international fashion scene, but especially in New York where he’s often seen at the best parties and fashion shows.  He recently gained national notoriety with TV audiences, who enjoyed watching him battle it out with designer Roberto De Villacis on Bravo’s “Launch My Line.”

Few people on earth have ever been as passionate about clothing as he, and he’s proud to admit it. He recently told the Chronicle, “What’s wrong with vanity?  We should present ourselves as best we can. I’d rather wear a caftan and slippers than camouflage cargo shorts.”

This book, with its colorful illustrations and whimsical subject matter, probably won’t inspire any men to give up cargo shorts for caftans, but it is sure to become a fashionista collector’s item!

Although the BP oil disaster has left the headlines, the environmental damage is still being felt, and probably none feel it more directly than the animals of the region.

Esteemed fine jewelry designer, Kimberly McDonald, whose work is deeply influenced by nature, recently created a limited edition bracelet collection for the express purpose of raising funds for the National Wildlife Federation’s efforts in rescuing the animals. Named the “Sea Turtle Macrame Bracelet,” 100% of all profits from their sale are going towards NWF’s efforts to respond to the wildlife crisis unfolding in the Gulf.

The designer, who was recently inducted to the prestigious Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) said that “When I learned about the amazing work that the National Wildlife Federation is doing to support wildlife rescue and rehabilitation efforts in the Gulf, I immediately knew that I needed to do everything in my power to support their efforts in easing the devastation occurring to our wildlife.”

The bracelets retail for $2,000 – $2,500 and are available exclusively at the Mitchells Family of Stores – Mitchells in Westport, Connecticut (203.227.5165); Richards in Greenwich, Connecticut (203.622.0551); Marsh’s in Huntington, New York (631.423.1660) and Wilkes Bashford in San Francisco (415.986.4380) and Wilkes Bashford in Palo Alto, California (650.322.7080). The Mitchell Family of Stores have also foregone any profits on these bracelets in support of this great cause.

The beautiful bracelets have already been spotted on celebrities Sophia Bush and Kara DioGuardi.

Kimberly says “It is my hope that the collection will inspire people to get involved and take the state of our environment seriously. At the end we hope to protect vulnerable species such as the sea turtle by raising more than $80,000 for NWF.”

An object from exhibitor Dennis Clark Fine Arts in Carmel

The fantastically popular event will open with a Preview Gala from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, September 16, 2010, benefiting the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). Proceeds from the Preview Gala will help underwrite the museum’s education and exhibition programs that engage residents of the Bay Area, including over 55,000 children, teachers, and families, each year.

Co-Chairs Allison Speer, Stanlee Gatti and Katie Schwab

Carla Emil and Rich Silverstein will serve as honorary chairs of the 2010 event, and Katie Schwab, Allison Speer, and Stanlee Gatti are co-chairs. Douglas Durkin will serve as the Designer Forum Chair. Elaine McKeon served as honorary chair last year, and Helen and Chuck Schwab were honorary co-chairs in 2008.

SF20 features 45 of the most prominent 20th century decorative and fine arts dealers from across the United States and Europe, including R 20th Century and Hostler-Burrows from New York, Hedge from San Francisco, The Silver Fund and Robert Bowman Gallery from London, Dragonette and Reform Gallery from Los Angeles, among many others.

This dramatic table from Dennis Clark will surely capture attention

Furniture, fine art, and objects,representing all design movements of the past century, will be presented in dramatic room settings creating the effect of a decorator show house tribute to classic 20th-century design.

As interior designer Claudia Juestel pointed out on her blog, it’s a great opportunity to see “pieces by Paul Tuttle, Wendell Castle, Poul Kjaerholm, Sergio Rodrigues, Joaquim Tenreiro, and Georg Jensen.”

New to the show this year are several contemporary art and design dealers including The Fraenkel Gallery, Altman Siegel Gallery, and Silverman Gallery of San Francisco, and Meier Ferrer of West Hollywood.

A panel discussion on 20th century design, sponsored by Bonhams & Butterfields, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, September 17, 2010, inside the show. “Preserving the Legacy: The Post-War Studio Craft Movement of Marin County” will feature panelists Tripp Carpenter (son of Arthur Espenet Carpenter), Mariah Nielson (daughter of J.B. Blunk), Henry Urbach, the Helen Hilton Raiser Curator of Architecture and Design at SFMOMA. and co-moderators Katie Nartonis of Bonhams & Butterfields and Gerard O’Brien of Reform Gallery. The panel will discuss the life work of master Northern California woodworkers J.B. Blunk and Arthur Espenet Carpenter as well as the unique and pressing challenge of preserving their respective studios for future generations.

The work of J.B. Blunk

Corporate sponsorship for SF20 is provided by 1st dibs, Bonhams & Butterfields and Grey Goose Vodka. Antiques & Fine Art, California Home & Design, 7X7, Modern and Modernism magazines are media sponsors of the event. SF20 is organized by Dolphin Promotions, Inc., which also produces modernism shows in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, and Palm Springs.

For more information, visit www.sf20.net

Danielle Ganek

Susan Feldman, the co-founder of San Francisco-based One Kings Lane, along with Juliet de Baubigny, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, hosted an intimate luncheon at the 2010 Hampton Designer Showhouse in Sag Harbor this summer for the benefit of Southampton Hospital.

The “Malibu Chic Meets Classic Hamptons” themed luncheon was designed by influential designers Geoffrey Ross (Dransfield & Ross) and Hillary Thomas (Hillary Thomas Designs). In attendance were some of the most social ladies in San Francisco, NYC and the Hamptons, inlcuding Susan Dunlevy, Allison Speer, Anne Hearst McInerney, Juliet de Baubigny, Sharon Bush, Bettina Zilkha, Ann Wolf, Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, Olivia Chantecaille, Dorian Fuhrman, Katie Juhas, Heather Mnuchin, and Danielle Ganek.

Andrea Stanford, Susan Feldman, Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, Heather Mnuchin

Susan Feldman, Juliet de Baubigny

Hillary Thomas, Susan Feldman, Andrea Stanford

Shabnam Henry, Alyssa Tablada, Cecilia Harris

Pamela Boulet , Olivia Chantecaille, Juliet de Baubigny

Lucy Hume Koukopoulos, Nick Koukopoulos

San Francisco Symphony keyboardist and Conservatory alumnus Robin Sutherland led a special musical performance featuring some two dozen of the school’s most distinguished faculty and alumni, with repertory including a sonata for the flute—Mrs. Hume’s favorite instrument.

Robin Sutherland, Jan Buckley. George Hume, Carol Doll, Sam Murdoch, Colin Murdoch

Alongside various tributes to Mrs. Hume’s life and legacy, the evening included a cocktail reception in the Conservatory atrium and an elegant dinner next door in the grand tent, catered by McCall Associates with décor by Robert Fountain Event Designs.

Sabrina Schlumberger, Sandy Schlumberger, Diane Rubin

Jerry Hume, Katherine Black, Donald Black

Susie McBaine, Pat McBaine

Marissa Mayer, Deepa Pakianathan

Barbara Wakowski, Ian Sobieski, Veronica Watson

Victoria Kornblum, Diane Rubin

Carol Doll, Dixon Doll

Carol Doll, Jan Buckley

James Buckley, Jan Buckley

Tim Foo, Virginia Foo

Robin Sutherland, Jan Buckley

Mary Poland, Donna Hale

Ford Lee, Pat Lee, May Young, Sue Hom

The YMCA of San Francisco recently celebrated and honored the outstanding volunteers and community partners who share their time, energy and talent with the YMCA.

Alvina Korn, Leslie Truong

For the first time, the YMCA presented the Capital Campaign Achievement Award to Dean Henry and the Chinatown Capital Fundraising Committee for their outstanding accomplishment to raise the necessary funds to build the new Chinatown YMCA.

Jackie Siminitus, Vincent Siminitus

In 1997, a few “Old Y Boys” launched the Chinatown Capital Campaign to renovate and expand the Chinatown YMCA’s aging facility. They became the Chinatown Capital Fundraising Committee. As boys growing up in Chinatown, they played ball, swam, and hung out at the Y. They learned leadership through the club program and learned philanthropy through the mentorship of the staff and leaders of the Y in the ‘40s.

Ken Robinson, Gigi Carter

The Committee led the fundraising efforts and raised $12 million for the renovation project at 855 Sacramento Street for one simple reason-to give this and future generations a chance to swim, play ball, and learn about community spirit at the Y; to have a second home, a safe haven similar to what they had in the 1930s and ‘40s.

YMCA Volunteer of the Year Awards Al Stuebing, Daniel Hershkowitz

For 13 years, the Committee has reached ever-growing fundraising goals by giving their own donations then extending the opportunity to invest in a new Y to their friends and old “Y boy” contacts. Each time more money needed to be raised, the committee took the challenge on and reached their goal.

Bill Worthington, Tommy Wong

“The Committee’s dedication, commitment, and personal philanthropy are what we are proud to honor this year as we reach the final stretch in this amazing journey. This award also honors Dean Henry, YMCA of San Francisco board member, for his leadership, Dean helped to raise $500,000 for the new Chinatown Y slated to open this September”, Chuck Collins, President and CEO, YMCA of San Francisco.

Jordana Better, John Gibbs

The YMCA also honored Pacific Gas & Electric Company for the many years of generous support of the YMCA’s after school enrichment and environmental education programs. Since 1998, PG&E has donated over $300,000, including a grant to help transform the roof of the Embarcadero YMCA into a garden and science classroom for students participating in YMCA programs.

Kari Lee, Carmela Gold, Peter Chong

The YMCA of San Francisco is fortunate to have over 2,500 dedicated volunteers who help serve over 170,000 people annually throughout San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo Counties. With the support of our volunteers, the YMCA of San Francisco continues to strengthen the foundations of community through programs focused on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. This year’s event was hosted by comedian Michael Pritchard.

Atmosphere

Lisa Moniz, Lauren Weston

Roxanne Richards, Corey Marshall, CJ van Pelt, Bert Richards

Jennifer Larzul, Andre Larzul

Laurent recently opened his studio doors on a limited basis in celebration of the debut of his premiere fine press published artist book.

Antonio Prodas, Rodrigo Masariegos, Edwin Monson, Jesus Lopez

Spotlighting his most recent paintings and sculptures, this limited edition 100 page artist book, prepared by fine printer and publisher Gallery 16, features an introduction by Curator Emeritus of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco’s Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Robert Flynn Johnson, followed by 95 exquisitely photographed pages of Laurent’s artwork.

Michael Levit, Molly Levit

Notes Johnson, “Andy Warhol famously stated, “Everybody’s influenced by everybody” and so it is true with the art of Alexis Laurent. Although not necessarily aware of their art, his early paintings have the biomorphism of Paul Klee and the energetic surfaces of Wols, Jean Dubuffet, and Jasper Johns. His more recent paintings reference the more refined gestures of Cy Twombly and Gerhard Richter. Visual references to others, whether real or unintentional is true for all artists. What is also true is the energy and originality of Laurent’s paintings to date.  … but it is in sculpture that the artist is most naturally attuned. … Like more true sculptors, he is both the architect and builder of his art.”

Sharon Frederick, Richard Snee

Molly Levit, Michael Levit

Mike Berger, Adam Morris

Lisa Stanton, Nicholas Baker

Jason Pulido, Robert Fountain

Gabe Zwettler, Suzy Deblois

Holly Baxter, Claudia Juestel

Cole Shelton, Jeff Leininger, Oriane Delfosse, Jesse Lauro

Pauline Keller, Alexis Laurent

Yann Taylor, Jenny Phillips

Steve Vitcov, Ruby Vitcov

Chris Baum, Amy Pageler, Sarah Jeffrey, Clara Jeffrey, John Pageler

Bridget Hedouin, Parnia Ahanin

Christoff Bertrand, Laurent Divol, Bahram Ahanin

Michael Meadows, Sophie Touze

Sheldon Granger, Andreas Nottebohm

Bahram Ahanin, Christoff Bertrand, Francois Hedouin

Pauline Keller, Mark Frank

Steve Vitcov, Alexis Laurent

Focused on the balance between painting, which is Laurent’s day-to-day turbo charged outlet, and sculpture, which he refers to as a creative team-oriented marathon, Laurent’s premiere book release illustrates a body of work that, as Johnson notes, “are but a prelude to what he will create in the future.”

Tom Klein, Barbara Klein

Organized by Gala Co-Chairs Eliza Cash, Sakurako Fisher, Patsy Lurie, and Jane Wolf, with Honorary Chair Lisa Goldman, the Gala raised $300,000 for Stern Grove Festival’s annual fundraising campaign.

Lily Preiner, Lea Orwitz

Gala guests enjoyed a cocktail reception in a balmy and sunny Stern Grove, followed by dinner in a crystal tent awash in hot pink lights with tables adorned with fuchsia peonies, roses, and hydrangea. Legendary R&B super-duo Ashford and Simpson ended the evening with a performance featuring a string of their biggest songwriting hits (including “Solid as a Rock,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” and “I’m Every Woman”) that had guests on the dance floor and singing along.

Sako Fisher, Eliza Cash, Jane Wolf, Patricia Lurie

Lisa Goldman, Sandy Schmaier

Connie Ring, Bill Ring, Fred Harman, Stephanie Harman

Gregory Malin, Charlot Malin

Anita Westly, Soniti Subhedar, Rosina Sun

Nancy Nishimura, Lisa Schatz, Goretti Lui

Stephanie Milligan, Eliza Cash

Lisa Goldman, Doug Goldman

Steven Haines, Nicholas Chastain

Shirley Eisler, Staci Cole

Nickolas Ashford, Lisa Goldman, Valerie Simpson, Doug Goldman

Sako Fisher, Eliza Cash

Performance - Ashford & Simpson

Dean Cash, Eliza Cash, Elizabeth Touw, Paul Touw

Atmosphere - Stern Grove Festival Gala

Barry Lipman, Marie Lipman, Bob Newman

Sako Fisher, Eliza Cash, Jane Wolf, Patricia Lurie, Lisa Goldman

Janice Berkowitz, Lea Orwitz, Shelly Eisler

Tony Sun, Rosina Sun

Joan Merrimen, Marcy Potter, Michelle Keene

Lorrae Rominger, Albert Bartridge, Bylques Smith

Susan Hirsch, Judy Grossman

Catering was by McCalls, the décor by Hunt Littlefield, the gala hotel sponsor was Fairmont San Francisco, and the Martellotto wines were provided by Bighammerwines.com.

Willie Brown, Sonya Molodetskaya

Nancy Hellman Bechtle has a long and distinguished history as a leader in the performing arts in San Francisco.  She served as President and CEO of the San Francisco Symphony from 1987 until the end of 2001 and continues to serve on the Symphony’s Board of Governors.  She has served on the Boards of the San Francisco Opera Association and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Mrs. Bechtle is also the President of the Board of Trustees of the San Francisco War Memorial Performing Arts Center where the Museum of Performance & Design currently makes its home.

Cherie Mohrfeld, Nancy Bechtle

Museum Director David R. Humphrey stated that “Nancy Bechtle represents one of San Francisco’s most beloved arts leaders through countless years of service, guidance and patronage to many of the community’s greatest cultural institutions. The Museum is proud to honor an individual who has done so much for the arts in this city.”

Cherie Mohrfeld, Willie Brown

The San Francisco Arts Medallion was created in 2005 by the Museum to recognize those individuals whose leadership, actions, and generosity have benefited the cultural life of the Bay Area, especially in the performing arts.  Past recipients of the San Francisco Arts Medallion have been Stanlee Gatti (2005), Gordon Getty (2006), Diane B. Wilsey (2007), Mr. and Mrs. George F. Jewett, Jr. (2008), and The Honorable Willie L. Brown, Jr. (2009)

The Museum of Performance & Design (MPD) is the first international arts institution devoted to the celebration of the performing arts and theatrical design.  Located in the Veterans Building in San Francisco’s Civic Center, the MPD produces world-class exhibitions that are free and open to the public, presents lectures and presentations by and about leading artists, provides conservation and archival services to performing arts institutions, presents youth and adult education programs, and houses a library that offers free access to a research collection of materials containing over 3 million items documenting the diverse cultural legacy of the performing arts in California and beyond.

Ron Schwarz, Lucy Buchanan, Michael Barcun

Yurie Pascarella, Paulette Goodrich

Cherie Mohrfeld, David Humphrey

Cecilia Herbert, Gaurav Kapur

Tony Bravo, Jan Newman, David Grossblat

Warren Hellman, Nancy Bechtle, John Goldman

Nancy Bechtle, Leona Bridges

Jan Newman, Nancy Bechtle, David Grossblat

Michael Parish, Nancy Bechtle, Joachim Bechtle

Tony Bravo, Cherie Mohrfeld