BIZBASH CALL SHEET — #144 — Tuesday, 11.15.11
Compiled today by Chad Kaydo in New York
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* INCOMING *
1. REMEMBERING EVELYN LAUDER: The Estee Lauder executive passed away on Saturday. As the founder of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, which has raised more than $350 million, she was the driving force behind a major fund-raiser, and she was also a regular on the New York benefit scene—as an attendee, board member, and honoree.
WWD: "Almost 1,500 people filed into Central Synagogue [in New York] Monday for a private funeral service recalling the triumphant life of Evelyn Lauder…The entire event was planned by Evelyn Lauder before her death, including the musical selections played during the service. A public memorial service will be held in January, and the Empire State Building was lit pink Monday night in her memory."
http://bit.ly/tGPJ6d
A remembrance from Allure: "[Editor in chief Linda] Wells described how Lauder took to the dance floor during a recent industry charity event, where the Black Eyed Peas were performing. As with so many other things, Lauder led the way and others followed: 'She was the first one to get up and dance in the aisles,' Wells said. 'She did this fantastic kind of Beyoncé move and pretty soon the rest of the room was on their feet.'"
http://bit.ly/s5f4kN
2. L.A. AUTO SHOW PREVIEW: Vanity Fair picked its five most anticipated parties surrounding the Los Angeles Auto Show, which is open to the public Friday to November 27 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Making the list: Hyundai, BMW, Rolls-Royce, Porsche, Bentley. A preview: "BMW is also a proud sponsor of the U.S. Olympic Committee, so when it has us to dinner at a Michelin-star-awarded restaurant in the basement of Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall, we will not only shovel in local seasonal ingredients, artisanal cheeses, exotic caviars, and fine wines but also get to kneel at the skin-tight lycra bootie of Gold Medal Winter Decathlete Bryan Clay and hear him talk about how Bimmers will prevent gridlock at the 2012 London Games."
http://vnty.fr/rtV31w
3. EATER RESTAURANT AWARDS: On Monday the food blog Eater announced the winners of its awards, as chosen in a process involving both its readers and editors. Here are some of the national winners:
* Restaurant of the Year: Next (Chicago)
* Chef of the Year: Jose Andres (Washington)
* Bartender of the Year: Craig Schoettler, the Aviary (Chicago)
And here are some of the local winners for Restaurant of the Year:
* Chicago: Next
* Los Angeles: Red Medicine
* Miami: Sustain Restaurant & Bar
* New York: The Dutch
* San Francisco: Sons & Daughters
* Washington: Birch & Barley
The whole list, including winners in categories including Spectacle of the Year and Best Bathroom:
http://bit.ly/ruBVxq
4. TOP FASHION BRANDS IN SOCIAL: As marketers experiment with social media platforms as channels to communicate with consumers, WWD looks at which brands are using which tools the most effectively. "Shenan Reed, co-founder and chief media officer of Morpheus Media, a Createthe Group company, believes that 'transmedia storytelling'—or using the various social media platforms to tell a story in a way that’s fitting for each medium—is paramount to a retailer’s digital strategy." Among the retail brands highlighted: Burberry (for overall performance), Bergdorf Goodman and Gucci (for multiplatform versatility), and Net-a-porter, Tory Burch, and Kate Spade (for editorial content).
http://bit.ly/svmqno
5. BLAND CAMPAIGN BRANDS: Adweek: "Political branding today is, in a word, bad. The experts all say the typical Republican logo has lost its macho mojo." Experts evaluate the logos of the G.O.P. candidates:
http://bit.ly/udS3xG
* LOCAL NEWS *
BOSTON: The fourth annual Boston Shoe Ball, "Shimmer and Shine: Stepping Out to Cure M," benefits the Accelerated Cure Project Friday at the Liberty Hotel. Attendees may compete for the title of Best-in-Shoe in a runway walk-off as well as sample cocktails and hors d'oeuvres.
http://bit.ly/pN7Gav
Chef Jason Santos plans to open Julep Bar, a cocktail lounge targeted at corporate clientele, in the former Revolution Rock Bar space next month. Boston Magazine:
http://bit.ly/sN7tsm
Chelsea Clinton and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, were among the 500 guests at the Big Sister Association of Greater Boston gala at the Museum of Fine Arts Saturday. Boston.com:
http://bo.st/vbNiga
CHICAGO: A Crain's investigation has found that Illinois house speaker Michael Madigan repeatedly blocked efforts to restructure McCormick Place bonds and finance a second hotel, most likely due to a personal vendetta. According to the paper, his inaction made the convention center raise prices in the thick of the recession, and drove away trade shows. The details of the investigation are here:
http://bit.ly/rD3557
Creative Producers Group, a Saint Louis-based experiential marketing and event production agency, has expanded to Chicago with the addition of Quenten Schumacher as senior producer. Schumacher was former senior event planner at healthcare intelligence company Sg2.
Four Winds casino will open a Hard Rock Cafe in its New Buffalo location, about 70 miles outside of Chicago, next summer. The cafe complements a previously announced expansion, also slated to wrap up in the summer, that will add a 1,600-seat event center and a nine-story hotel tower.
LAS VEGAS: Aviation Nation, the annual Nellis open house and largest free public event in Nevada, took to Nellis Air Force Base November 12-13. The event celebrated 70 years of airpower in town.
http://bit.ly/sqYyUI
LOS ANGELES: San Bernardino Sun: "San Bernardino's top tourism official says there is an opportunity to leverage a lasting economic boon from the rave-like concerts which have brought thousands to town."
http://bit.ly/uUnze6
The first annual “Hilarity for Charity” event benefiting the Alzheimer’s Association will offer stand-up comedy, a live DJ, and dancing at Vibiana January 13.
On Saturday, Angel City Designs worked with Fox's Karin Pofsky to produce and design an event in Anaheim that celebrated the launch of UFC on the network.
MIAMI/SOUTH FLORIDA: The Festival of Chocolate is November 19-20 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach. Pastry chefs and chocolatiers will share tips of the trade.
http://bit.ly/t5WJRS
The Orange Drive Miami Beach Music Festival will run December 30 through January 1. The art amphitheater holds 30,000 people and the lineup includes Cee Lo Green, Ne-Yo, Boyz II Men, Jermaine Dupri and Peter Wentz.
ORLANDO: The Shores Resort & Spa is extending its Stash Hotel Rewards program to groups. The loyalty program allows guests to earn and redeem points at nearly 150 properties throughout North America and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Shores will now offer meetings planners one point for every dollar spent on rooms and food and beverage items. Planners who enroll through January 15 will receive 1,000 bonus points, and groups that hold a meeting by March 31 will receive double points.
Smash Mouth and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy are the headline entertainers for Universal CityWalk's New Year's Eve celebration.
http://bit.ly/udMhaH
NEW YORK: Hotelier Ian Schrager is teaming up with developer Douglas Durst for a new project: a 250-room hotel on the 16 lower floors of a Cook and Fox Architects-designed 56-story residential building at 855 Sixth Avenue near 30th Street. Tenants will have access to the hotel amenities and can rent rooms monthly. Wall Street Journal:
http://on.wsj.com/sQ0vtb
Bon Appetit has made over an executive dining room at the Conde Nast headquarters as the BA Kitchen, which can hold a dinner party for 16. WWD: "Every inch of the room is multifunctional. The bar cart doubles as a DJ turntable; dining tables include drawers for cutlery; the shelving unit can become a back bar." AvroKO designed it.
http://bit.ly/vZDtUj
TORONTO: The Wag on the Danforth Adopt-a-Thon, produced by the Toronto Cat Rescue, is Saturday.
http://bit.ly/fiLsUa
The inaugural Put Up Your Dukes fund-raiser is Thursday at the Fifth Social Club. The event will raise awareness about mental health and funds will go toward building a lounge for young people at CAMH.
http://bit.ly/sFk4PI
WASHINGTON: The Be Beautiful Be Yourself Global Down Syndrome Foundation gala on Wednesday at the JW Marriott Hotel benefits the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome at the Anschutz Medical Campus.
http://bit.ly/tI0aa4
The pro-life org Susan B. Anthony List announced yesterday that Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio will give the keynote speech at the group's gala at the Mandarin Oriental February 1, one day after the Republican primary.
YOUR NEWS: What are you doing? Tell us: [email protected].
With contributions from Jenny Berg in Chicago, Alesandra Dubin in Los Angeles, Mitra Sorrells in Orlando, Carla Warrilow in Toronto, and Matthew Mogavero, Jana Schiowitz, Anna Sekula, Courtney Thompson, and Katherine Zoeller in New York.
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