Innholdsfortegnelse for January 2024 i Business Concept Magazine

The celebratory event honors exemplary achievement in film craft and is a fundraiser with proceeds from the event supporting the organization’s mission to discover, nurture, and showcase the next generation of film artists. The annual dinner and awards presentation event is well established in film industry awards season schedules and philanthropic social calendars. This year’s annual fundraiser supporting SFFILM’s mission-driven initiatives will honor Greta Gerwig with the Irving M. Levin Award for film direction presented by actor Ryan Gosling filmmaker Roger Ross Williams with the Nion McEvoy & Leslie Berriman Award for Storytelling presented by actor Raúl Castillo, Cord Jefferson with the George Gund III Award for Virtuosity Presented by actor John Ortiz, and Nicolas Cage with the Maria Manetti Shrem Lifetime Achievement Award for Acting. SFFILM supports filmmakers at…

Imagine stepping into an opulent tent set in the heart of the Egyptian desert, overlooking the pyramids of Giza. A celebration is about to unfold - a celebration of Holly Baxter’s Birthday! Friends traveled from the Bay Area, Seattle, Toronto, New York, Paris and Amsterdam to the Egyptian desert, everyone filled with anticipation and excitement to savor this lavish event in an oasis under the starlit desert sky. Ornate, orientalized arches led to the tent, a creation of diaphanous flowing linens and silks blowing in the nights breezes with richly colored fabrics creating illusions of walls - a sense of intimacy and luxury at once. As if this were not enough – suddenly the Pyramids of Giza came alive (a nightly light display), a truly breathtaking sight emerging on the…

Composer and arts patron Gordon Getty, who turned 90 on December 20, celebrated on the Saturday prior and enjoyed a lively salute by family and friends including Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and Paul Pelosi, and California Governor Gavin Newsom. For the occasion, Gordon’s family traveled from Europe, the United Kingdom, and from across the US. Among the guests were family members Aileen Getty, Mark Getty, Baltazar Getty with his spouse designer Rosetta Getty, and many more. As the night progressed, Ivy Getty, Gordon’s granddaughter who shares the same birthday (her 29th) was also celebrated. Décor was provided by Stanlee Gatti, who offered a nod to Ora Beth Mika’s spectacular Tree of Life with the birthday cake. Lori Pordraza, Gordon’s chef extraordinaire, provided the catering. The heartfelt evening was the centerpiece…

The beginning of the Holiday Season started with a magical black-tie benefit presented by the San Francisco Opera Guild, celebrating its tenth anniversary. 250 guests dined on the historic War Memorial Opera House stage, where, since 1932, operatic legends like Luciano Pavarotti, Leontyne Price, and Renée Fleming have performed. The evening’s décor was by none other than the master of magic and over-the-top gorgeous décor, J. Riccardo Benavides, included the set from Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love, the delightful new production of the romantic comedy set on the Italian Rivera, which began a six-performance run in November. McCalls Catering and Events created a sumptuous dinner complete with an astonishing dessert creation of a pure chocolate piano filled with silky chocolate mousse and berries. It was too beautiful to eat, but…

Arriving at Joel Goodrich’s annual Holiday Cocktail Party a few split-second double takes could be felt by some guests wondering if perhaps… just perhaps… they had awakened with jet-lag at Versailles, or maybe a secret room at the Ritz Hotel in Paris, or an over-the-Olympus grand billionaire event in a far off fantasy island. No, it was indeed Joel’s home set in a penthouse in one of Nob Hill’s iconic Pre-War buildings overlooking the San Francisco Skyline and the Bay. The unveiling of a unique new design project done in conjunction with Sophie Azouaou of Sophisticate Interiors served as an added delight at the party. Inspired by the former Alain Ducasse restaurant at the Plaza Athene in Paris, installations of glittering Swarovski crystals, in the shape of inverted pyramids, hang…