Arroyo May 2019

FESTIVITIES
Maurice Marciano and Nicole Frank
Dan Monahan and Dr. Annette L. Ermshar
Grant Gershon, Jean Davidson, Doug Aitken, Philip Swan
and Lillian Pierson Lovelace
Terri and Jerry Kohlv
Terry Knowles and Marshall Rutter
Rita Wilson, Reese Witherspoon, Nia Vardalos, Cheryl Strayed and Sherri Eden
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For this Jane year’s Kaczmarek annual gala on March 23, the Los Angeles
Master Chorale moved to an alluring location – Los Angeles’
Marciano Art Foundation, where guests saw George
Marciano’s striking contemporary art collection. More
than 300 supporters raised a record-breaking $741,000 at
the fundraising dinner, which honored philanthropist Lillian
Pierson Lovelace, who underwrote the choral group’s touring
production of the moving Lagrime di San Pietro, directed by
her friend Peter Sellars. Also honored was L.A. visual artist
Doug Aitken, who has been collaborating with LAMC on
a groundbreaking large-scale work to be presented in the
2020-21 season… Reese Witherspoon, Jane Kaczmarek,
Alfred Molina and Rita Wilson were among the Hollywood
celebs who turned out for the April 14 opening of Nia Vardalos’
Tiny Beautiful Things at the Pasadena Playhouse. The warmly
reviewed production starring Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek
Wedding), which she adapted from a book of advice columns
by Cheryl Strayed, runs through May 5… Dance lovers
gathered for a dance party after the April 6 performance
by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the Dorothy
Chandler Pavilion, where fans cut a rug with Ailey pros.
Kiki Ramos Gindler and David Gindler
Dr. Marguerite Marsh
Dance partiers Diane Wittenberg, Jane Jelenko, Sue Baumgarten and Julia B. Strickland.
PHOTOS: Alex Berliner/ABImages with the Step & Repeat shots Cory Rappaport/ABImages (Los Angeles Master Chorale ); Nick Agro (Tiny Beautiful Things);