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1. New Moon Premiere Beckons 10,000 People and 2 Live Wolves

2. 6 New Venues for Los Angeles Holiday Parties

3. $4 Million MOCA Gala Breaks Fund-Raising Records

4. Us Weekly Takes to Voyeur With Scantily Clad Models, Burlesque Feel

5. How Do You Make Staffers Feel Appreciated—at Little or No Cost?

6. Poll Results: Informal Nights Out Make Most Appropriate 2009 Holiday Parties

7. MoMA Gets Suitably Whimsical and Macabre for Tim Burton Tribute

8. Masked Raconteurs Tell Tales at Moth Ball, and I Have a Blast

FROM WASHINGTON

P.C.M.A. Honors Wardman Park, Fairmont at First Nighttime Annual Meeting

8 New Venues for Washington Holiday Parties That Won't Break the Bank

MSNBC and Rodale Fete Jeff Corwin's New Book and Documentary at the Occidental

Againn: A Modern Gastropub in Penn Quarter

Café Milano Offers Corporate Catering

More Photos From Fight Night/Knock Out Abuse: Stogies, Laser Shows, and a VW Bus Bar

Fight Night/Knock Out Abuse: Joan Jett for Men, Shirtless Hippies for Women

Award-Winning Washington Mixologist Offers Custom Cocktails and Classes

Birch & Barley: Neighborhood Restaurant Group's New Beer-Themed Venue With Private Dining

Long View Gallery: New Location in Warehouse Space for 400

FROM NEW YORK

Masked Raconteurs Tell Tales at Moth Ball, and I Have a Blast

Gap, Banana Republic, American Eagle Open Stores With Musical Performances

MoMA Gets Suitably Whimsical and Macabre for Tim Burton Tribute

3 New Hotel Restaurants for Business Entertaining, Private Groups

Nintendo Launches New Mario Game With Look Back at Franchise History

Scripted Models Play Up Key Notes at Victoria's Secret Fragrance Preview

Ad Age Looks to Boost Conference Interaction With Beer Tasting, Lounge Seating

More Photos From Louis Vuitton's Garden-Style Launch: Life-Sized Trees, Mounds of Mums

A Forest of Flora Marks Launch of Louis Vuitton's Saks Boutique

4 Made-in-New York Sweets for Gift Bags

News Archive for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

NEWS 10.24.08 1:00 PM

For 25th Running, Breeders Cup Returns to Los Angeles

Thoroughbred racing's Breeders’ Cup World Championship returns to Los Angeles this weekend—where it began in 1984—for its 25th running. The races take place at Santa Anita Park today and Saturday. For the second consecutive year, the cup is a two-day event, and for the first time, features an all-female race program today.

The weekend events kicked off last night with a gala at the newly renovated Hollywood Palladium. Maroon 5 performed and Joel Madden spun. Grey Goose sponsored and BNC handled PR. Attendees had the chance to participate in Horseshoes for Hope, a horseshoe toss that raised funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation. The Breeders’ Cup hopes to raise more than $500,000 this weekend for those organizations plus Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA and Thoroughbred Industry Causes.

The Breeders’ Cup will also take to Santa Anita in 2009. —Alesandra Dubin

Breeders' Cup, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Grey Goose, Maroon 5

EVENT REPORT 06.16.08 5:53 PM

Hilltop Venue Lends Exclusive Atmosphere to Scrabble Anniversary

Actor Seth Green at Scrabble's party
Photo: Lever & Fulcrum Photography

An invitation to get dressed up and spend an evening spelling words might not exactly qualify as the most exciting prospect on many potential guests' social calendars. So when Hasbro—makers of Scrabble—and St. Judes Children's Research Hospital approached event producers Randi Gelfand and Joe Moller to produce last Thursday night’s 60th anniversary party for the classic board game, the pair knew they had better make the event as enticing as possible.

“The challenges for us on the production end were taking a very old technology, which is the Scrabble board, and featuring it in a way that made it more interesting and relevant in today’s hyper, Internet-driven society,” Moller said. “We had to figure out how to take wooden letters and an old game board and make it interesting to young people.” MORE >>

Hasbro, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Clothes Off Our Back, Scrabble