Family First

The Children’s Museum of Houston’s Friends and Families luncheon featured best-selling author Julie Lythcott-Haims. … Houston Rockets star Clint Capela rounded up teammates, including James Harden and Chris Paul, for a party benefiting his CC15 Foundation. The bash at Downtown’s JW Marriott brought in $215K for low-income and single-parent families. … Nearly $1 million was raised at the “We Are Family” gala for Nora’s Home, which offers transplant patients and their relatives affordable housing during treatment.

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Beauty in Blue

Houston Museum of Natural Science invited more than 500 into its expansive facility for a night of dinner and dancing. This year’s gala honored the Cockrell family and its foundation, which has generously gifted HMNS and other cultural institutions with game-changing contributions. The night’s signature drink — tequila and Blue Curacao in a blue-salted-rim glass — was named for the newest addition to the Lester & Sue Smith Gem Vault, a gigantic blue sapphire called Siren of Serendip.

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The Cat's Meow

The 2019 Tiger Ball toasted 40 years of Asia Society in Houston, and served as a tribute to the late Barbara Bush, one of its founding members. Nearly 700, many clad in regal shades of red, gathered for a cocktail hour at the beautiful Asia Society building before heading outside into the tented ballroom, boasting oversize candelabras and hanging wishing lanterns, for dinner. Guests filtered back inside for dessert — open bars and multiple grand buffets of sweet treats beckoned — and dancing. More than $1.4 mil raised!

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