Lauren Paine, Abigail Henningsen

DEDICATED TO FURTHERING the mission of Urban Harvest, a new group called Cultivators has formed, made up of entrepreneurs, artists, chefs, educators, farmers and more. Founding committee welcomed patrons and curious supporters-to-be to Christopher Martin Gallery for a cocktail party.

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Mandito's nachos (photo by Kirsten Gilliam)

PALACIOS MURPHY, THE boutique hospitality group behind the storied eatery Armandos, is expanding again just as Lulu’s celebrates its first birthday. Husband-and-wife team Cinda and Armando Palacios will open Mandito’s, a 165-seat Tex-Mex restaurant in the Bellaire neighborhood early next year.

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Jim and Whitney Crane with Allie LaForce and Joe Smith

FORMER ASTROS PITCHER Joe Smith and his sportscaster wife Allie LaForce hosted a gala at Minute Maid Park's Union Station in an effort to raise funds and awareness of Huntington’s Disease, which took the life of Smith’s mother in 2020.

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