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Amid Chamber Music and Priceless Art, ‘Impact’ Winners Honored at Posh MFAH Dinner

Amid Chamber Music and Priceless Art, ‘Impact’ Winners Honored at Posh MFAH Dinner

Flora Choy, Vanitha Pothuri and Blanca Beltran-Robinson

IT WAS A memorable evening for art lovers, to be sure. Connie Kwan-Wong and her independently published CKW Luxe magazine hosted an elegant event amid priceless works of art at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.

To honor the publication’s annual Star Impact Maker award winners, guest joined Kwan-Wong for cocktails in a main hall of the European Gallery of the Audrey Jones Beck building before heading into a more intimate space for a dinner catered by Tony’s. The meal was served amid art dating to the Middle Ages, and live Baroque music by Ars Lyrica. Table settings festooned with linens of gold and emerald greens and voluptuous multi-colored florals further set the scene.

Kwan-Wong herself made remarks, as did her young daughter, who touted her own new nonprofit, Girl Chess Power and Beyond. TV anchor Gina Gaston served as emcee. Honorees were introduced to fanfare — flower bouquets, and a sashay through the room runway-style — included Leela Krishnamurthy, Natesan Krishnamurthy, Parmis Khatibi, Nikan Khatibi, E. Michelle Bohreer, Chi-mei Lin, Rosalinda Martinez, Zeenat Kassam Mitha, Jacqueline St. Germain, Thanh Le and May Le.

After dessert, guests were invited to sip cocktails as they perused the MFA’s extraordinary art collection.

Photos by Annie Mulligan, Hung Truong and Thang Nguyen

Connie Kwan-Wong and Zoe Wong

E. Michelle Bohreer

Brigitte Kalai and Susan Boggio

Unique florals for the dinner table
Gina Gaston and Bradley Bailey

Peter and Theresa Chang

Tiffany Houck, Keryl Douglas and Clarease Yates

Libi Label

Peta Gay Labetter

Thanh Le and May Le

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