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All-Star Soiree Celebrates Reagan Bregman’s Stylish New Jewelry Venture

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All-Star Soiree Celebrates Reagan Bregman’s Stylish New Jewelry Venture

Daniella Correa Rodriguez, Iris Shaftel, Reagan Bregman, Kara McCullers

AN ALL-STAR crowd hit Tanglewood’s Shaftel Diamonds for a luxe launch party toasting Reagan Bregman’s new jewelry line, With Love.

Nearly 100 fashionistas, beauty queens and ballplayers joined the Astros wife in celebration. Guests were welcomed withspicy “Reaggie Ritas,” served on the rocks by El Tiempo Cantina, which they sipped to the soundtrack of DJ Nicholas Yapp. Meanwhile, Chef Rey served up grilled shrimp and white chocolate covered strawberries.

With Love features elevated everyday pieces designed to last, all inspired by Reagan’s own on-the-go lifestyle, which calls for versatile and high quality yet affordable pieces that anyone could wear with ease.

Spotted in the crowd were Alex Bregman, Jeremy Peña, Kara McCullers, Daniella Correa, Taylor Kessler, Phyllis Mandola, Elizabeth Landry and Jasmine Nguyen.

Alex Bregman, Reagan Bregman, Iris Shaftel, Danny Shaftel

Stacy Epps, Madison Kinley, Jasmine Nguyen, Danielle Dubois

Ashley Kanzler, Julia Morales Clark, Samantha Scott, Esther Firova, Melissa Baker

Kathryn Swain, Molly Johnson Stone

Olivia Brady, Cheryl Brady

Vasiliqi Turlla, Reagan Bregman, Alexandra Rich

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Reflecting on Losses from the Winter Street Studios Fire, Erika Alonso Pops Up with New Paintings

Alonso, inset, and her acrylic-on-canvas painting 'Birds'

BASED IN HOUSTON, Cuban-American painter Erika Alonso is a self-taught, self-described “painterly painter,” with a playful and very idiosyncratic take on abstract expressionism, mark making, and automatism, where the artist works quickly and intuitively, relying upon the subconscious to guide the artistic process. Her work can be found in numerous private collections across the United States and Europe, including that of beloved Houston collector and art fanatic Lester Marks. On Friday, Sept 8., from 7-9pm at Lanecia Rouse Tinsley Gallery, Alise Art Group's Art House presents Alonso’s solo exhibition Birds Are People Too (And Other Thoughts . . . ).

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This Weekend: Bayou City Funk and Popular Austin Group Join Forces for Spirited Show at Heights Theater

Nik Parr and The Selfless Lovers

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