BEVERLY HILLS COURIER | APRIL 18, 2014 Page 4
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B E V E R LY H I L L S M A I N N E W S ROTARY–Pictured (from left): Rotary Club of Beverly Hills President Susan Berk, former U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor and Beverly Hills Mayor Lili Bosse. Kantor, who is also co-chair of the Los Angeles 2020 Commission, spoke at Monday’s Rotary Club of Beverly Hills luncheon at The Beverly Hills Hotel.
Lili Bosse Accepts L.A. Mayor Garcetti’s Invitation To Talk Updated from www.bhcourier.com BEVERLY VISTA CONCERT–Beverly Vista hosted a benefit concert for the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Approximately $1,770 was raised for the hospital from the ticket sales. The Beverly Vista Concert Choir performed a wide variety of music from classical to pop. Golda Berkman, came back as a choir alum and performed Ave Maria by Franz Schubert and an opera aria by Puccini. The event was sponsored by Urth Caffé. Pictured: Beverly Vista Concert Choir with soloist Golda Berkman: Christine Afework, Rachel Asher, Taylor Asla, Barbara Assouline, Liv Berg, Eve Bertet, Zoe Bertet, Nicholas Bils, Katherine Bim-Merle, Arayz Bocardo, Sophia Buchwald, Camilla Carcoba-Leija, Claire Cho, Veronica De Mornay-O’Neal, Arielle Ferd, Desiree Gonzalez, Ashley Hakimian, Alyse Hayes, Nicole Hong, Noah Kaiserman, Claire Kim, Eugene Lee, Judy Masutani, Carey Matlock, Romell McKenzie, Matthew Moezinia, Lisa Nakache, Angelina Olynick, Lisa Park, Danya Pollack, Chloe Rebibo, Taylor Rutigliano, Megan Saghian, Sophia Schirmer, Jieun Seo, Aubriana Schwarz, Vanessa Schwarz, Sebastian Shramkovsky, Alex Suh, Brianna Veluz, Alexandra Vujovic, Sarah Wolchin, Justin Wolfe, Katherine Wu, Aidan Yoo, and Liza Zacarias; Judith Chan, K-8 Vocal Beverly Vista School Music Specialist and piano accompanist Eunjung Kim. SEDER AT SPAGO–At Spago’s Passover Seder on Tuesday night, Barbara Lazaroff (right) welcomes Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Melissa Manchester to the restaurant’s 30th such celebration.The annual event benefits MAZON, The Jewish Response to Hunger, which helps feed people in the L.A. community. “I created this event at the original Spago when I realized there were others like myself who felt nostalgic and detached from their families as life had become more fragmented,” Lazaroff said. Photo by Glen Lipton
Robinson Gardens To Host Annual Tour May 17 By Laura Coleman The Virginia Robinson Gardens 26th annual Garden Tour is set for Saturday, May 17, and it promises to be just as spectacular as every event put on by the Friends of Robinson Gardens.
This year’s garden tour, entitled “Pathways to Paradise,” will showcase four private gardens on the Westside that exemplify excellence in landscape architecture, in addition to the historic Virginia Robinson home and gardens in Bev-
erly Hills. In addition to a decadent luncheon spread on the Robinson Estate’s great lawn, there will be a pop-up shopping boutique set un on the tennis court featuring jewelry, (see ‘ROBINSON’ page 17)
CATALINA TRIP–Hawthorne School's 7th grade class visited the Catalina Island Marine Institute at Toyon Bay where students participated in all kinds of educational and fun activities including day and night snorkeling, shark and plankton labs, and an astronomy night hike. Pictured (front row, from left): Lucy Kim, Assistant Principal Christian Fuhrer, Jack Schmidt, Odelia Lalehzarian, and Instructional Aide Salena Alit; (second row, from left): Eitan Shooshani, Natalie Geiderman, Alexa Khorshad, Gabriela Bina, Kayla Sarshar, Kayla Shadgoo, Niloofar Novinbakht, Chantel Sabouhi, Jamie Hartman, Mikaela Rabizadeh, Jacob Shofet, Lindsay Khorsandi, Nicholas Melamed, Alex Melamed, Matthew Rahban, Celine Cohen, Asael Sanandaji, Tehila Shooshani, Amanda Khodabash, Lauren Samidi, Chloe Banafsheha, Abigail Tesfai, and Alissa Okada; (thirf row, from left): teachers Alana Lefkowitz, Tara Winberry-Litt and Diane Sikkenga; Liana Hanoakee, Charlene Hadim, Celine Emein, Armon Dadvand, Brandon Noorvash, Adriel Ghadoushi, Tatian Soleimani, Shaina Sabar, Alexia Moshirfatemi, Oraan Levi, Lital Mizrahi, Kevin Khodadadi, Natalia Rahban, Lillian Mehdizadeh, Jean Park, and Rachel Manavi; (fourth row, from left): Teacher Candace Hemphill, Candice Emrani, Jonathan Meshkani, Leonardo Padilla, Chloe Makabeh, Adora Dayani, Alex Block, Mercer Wiederhorn, Jasmine Larian, Jeremy Fouladian, and Maxwell Kim; (fifth row, from left): Instructional Aide Enrique Cortez, Sophia Ahdoot, Siboney Malagon-Diamond, Zlata Zakharova, Victoria Martinez; Samantha Eghbalieh, Willie Magnin, Temi Olonade, David Marvizi, Corinne Khorshidi, Rebecca Abginesaz, Ashley Hervai, Eli Boudaie, Charlie Choi, Jasmine Sanandaji, Yentl Benhamou, Jeremy Wizman, Maxime Uzzan, Amit Shushan, Cameron Weisfeld, Matthew Firoozmand and Gabriel Lavi.
By Victoria Talbot Beverly Hills Mayor Lili Bosse responded promptly to a public statement by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti offering to improve relations with the giant city’s neighbors, including Beverly Hills. The cities are
negotiating to schedule a meeting. “I have been in contact with their scheduling office and they have been extremely supportive about finding a convenient meeting date in the (see ‘BOSSE’ page 17)
ALL STARS–The Beverly Hills Boys U12 All Stars won 2nd place in Moorpark's Apricot Jam. Pictured (front row, from left): Tommy Geller, Tyler Yedidsion, Ben Davidoff, and Jason Mandel. Middle row (from left): Zane Hankin, Ian Pavoni, Riley Sarraf, Morr Rublevich and Finley Walshe; (back row, from left): Coaches Dave Pavoni and Bruce Geller. Not pictured: Gary and Quinn Dyner and Ben Lipshitz.
Beverly Hills Centennial Arts Of Palm ‘Artists’ Talk’ At City Hall By Victoria Talbot The Beverly Hills Centennial Celebration continues with the Arts of Palm public art installation in locations throughout the City. Six noted artists have created sculptures, mosaics and book art with palm trees incorporated in their work will be enjoyed during the Centennial. The City of Beverly Hills will host “Artists Talk,” from 13 p.m. at City Hall on April 27. Arts of Palm, curated by Kate Stern, is a shared community experience within the city’s various public spaces. The newest installation can be found at the entrance to the
BOOKS–Detail of an Arts of Palm installation outside the Beverly Hills Children’s Library by Mike Stilkey painted on the sides of books.
children’s library, “Party Animals,” featuring painted books. (see ‘ARTS OF PALM’ page 17)
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