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At Record-Breaking Final Festari Fash Bash, Athletes and Other Notables Strut Runway for Charity

ONE OF THE hottest tickets on the fall social calendars for 25 years — Debbie and Rudy Festari’s “Una Notte in Italia,” both a boisterous dance-party gala and a men’s fashion show featuring pro athletes and other notable gents from the community — has come and gone for the last time.

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Al Fresco Dinner at Buffalo Bayou Park Fetes $100 Million Gift from Kinders — and Astros Win!

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Nancy and Rich Kinder

ON A SLIGHTLY balmy night, under a breezy tent on the Grand Lawn of Buffalo Bayou Park, with the Downtown skyline twinkling in the distance, a group of some 400 green-space enthusiasts gathered to support the Buffalo Bayou Partnership and its exciting expansion and development plans.

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Marking Five Years of Supporting Firefighters — and Hunks on the Runway — ‘Red Hot’ Catches Fire

FIVE YEARS AFTER it launched, the annual “Red Hot Gala” supporting Houston firefighters is one of the, well, hottest tickets in the city’s social calendar. Created and co-chaired again this year by Alan and Elizabeth Stein to cover costs for equipment and training, Red Hot has raised more than $3.2 million since its inception, with some $625,000 coming in at this year’s 430-guest bash at the Royal Sonesta.

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