This year it was the multi Tony and Grammy award winner Audra McDonald who held court - and captivate she certainly did as she moved through her repertoire of Broadway hits. Each year Bachir calls upon a pal from the biz (k.d lang, Alan Cumming and Ben Vereen have been among them) who do a set to raise funds for the cause. The annual event, now in its 18th year, is presided over and orchestrated by philanthropist Salah Bachir, former president of Cineplex Media and current publisher of Star Cineplex magazine. Eric Carriere/The Globe and Mail The 519 Gala, April 30, TorontoĪ few nights earlier on the eve of April 30, Toronto’s Ritz Carlton Hotel was the backdrop for a dinner held in support of The 519, an organization which provides essential year-round work in service of 2SLGBTQ+ communities.
Joannie Lafreniäre and Melissa Lefebvre. There among them were: Robert Szokup of TD Insurance and Rodrigue Lussier of Fiera Capital who serve as co-presidents of the gala party creative director Dick Walsh who also served on the event committee alongside names like Sun Life’s Jean-Michel Lavoie and Bita Cattelan of WCPD Foundation fashion designer Denis Gagnon National Arts Center CEO Christopher Deacon musician Alex Nevsky and actor Vanessa Pilon and of course Anne Eschapasse, the museum’s president and CEO. The event celebrated the museum’s contributions to the community, but also demonstrated the unwavering support and commitment of Montrealers to preserving their rich cultural heritage.
More than 500 guests attended, dressed to theme in black and white, who together raised about $500,000 to further the institution’s mission. The McCord Museum Foundation’s fundraising events drum up 50 per cent of the organization’s revenues through a series of annual gatherings-the Grand Ball, its largest and most important, was held May 4 at Arsenal art contemporain. A new forthcoming building will expand the McCord Museum’s current site, offering double the space and triple the surface area for exhibitions. Shows like this latest, of course, take up space, and with the merging of the McCord Museum, the Stewart Museum and the Fashion Museum under a single roof, more space is needed. The exhibition Hochelaga - Evolving Montreal, through videos, photographs and poetry offers visitors an intimate look at the Montreal neighbourhood she’s called home for nearly two decades. Up now through September, for instance, is the work of photographer and film director Joannie Lafrenière.
The exhibitions within its walls explore the city’s history, people and communities. The McCord Stewart Museum’s mandate is quite simply to celebrate the city of Montreal’s past and present. Log In Create Free Account The McCord Stewart Museum Grand Ball 2023, May 4, Montreal
0 kommentar(er)
