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March 8, 2019: People/Events/Accounts

LOS ANGELES:  PaleyFest LA 2019 will be streamed on PaleyTV, the Paley Center for Media’s new streaming platform. The event takes place March 15-24. 

WonderCon will take place March 30-31 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Highlights of the pop culture event include the season six premiere of The 100and a Q&A with the writers of the Big Bang Theory


For information on upcoming events in Los Angeles, visit Masterplanner: http://www.masterplanneronline.com/losangeles 

MIAMI/SOUTH FLORIDA:  Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade will host the 52nd annual Golf Classic on March 18 at the Deering Bay Yacht & Country Club.

The 24th annual Taste of Key West will take place April 15 at Mallory Square. 


NEW YORK:  The American Museum of Natural History will present the climate change panel, New Science, New Solutions: Leadership, Economics, and Governance Under Climate Change, on March 20.


Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a free block party on the plaza on May 4. The performing arts center will hold its Diamond Jubilee Gala on May 5. 


For information on upcoming events in New York, visit Masterplanner: http://www.masterplanneronline.com/newyork 


NORWALK, CONNECTICUT:  Event management software company Aventri has appointed Miranda DeSantis its first chief people officer. 


SALT LAKE CITY: 
 Event marketing platform RainFocus has appointed Kevin O’Rourke executive vice president of global sales. 


SAN FRANCISCO:  Comedy Central’s Clusterfest will take place June 21-23 at the Civic Center Plaza and the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. Headliners of the comedy, music, and podcast festival include John Mulaney, Issa Rae, Patton Oswalt, Leslie Jones, and Ilana Glazer. 


TORONTO:  Johanne R. Bélanger, formerly president and C.E.O. of Tourism Toronto, has been named Marriott International's vice president of field marketing for the United States and Canada. She will be responsible for marketing strategies for more than 1,700 managed and franchise hotels and help shape Canada and franchise growth strategies.


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With contributions from Claire Hoffman in Los Angeles and Beth Kormanik, Michele Laufik, and Ian Zelaya in New York.


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