BEVERLY HILLS COURIER | DECEMBER 23, 2016 Page 4
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Beverly Hills Seeks Applicants To Fill Commission, Foundation Vacancies
HOLIDAY CONCERT— Horace Mann students came together to perform for parents and community members last week at the school’s annual Winter Holiday Concert, themed “Cat And Dog Find The Holidays.” Pictured top (back row, from left): Rahel Nosrati, Gracie Langer, Sasha Kush, Evren Kazakos, Kyler Jenkins, Bing Hamilton and Izak Gatenyo. Middle row (from left): Joshua Anvari Ghasr, Maya Namba, Akiro Niella, Noam Cohen-Raab, Julia Wen, Leah Brown, Nate Schwartz and Luke Bendixen. Front row (from left): Race Findley, Ezra Albert, Eli Ezerzer, Liam Rovira, Ziv Cohen-Raab, Sophie Salkin, Nathan Horowitz, Mathias Ramirez and Isabella Cramer. Pictured above, right, ukele players: Emma Shapira, Presley Frankel, Aiden Vojdani, Kaela Wiener, Gina Toore, Sonia Lee and Jiya Patel.
Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills Now Accepting Reservations For 2017 By Laura Coleman Looking to get a jump on your luxury plans for 2017? Look no further than the World Wide Web, where you now can book your stay at the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills starting on June 1. The five-star, 12-story, 170room hotel offers deluxe rooms starting at $815 per night and suites starting at $3,000 per night. Styled by interior design legend Pierre-Yves Rochon, all rooms will boast a state-of-theart television with access to
Netflix, Hulu and Airplay, floor-to-ceiling windows with unparalleled views, and a Crestron smart home system to control every aspect of the room – from room service to lighting and music. For those wishing to leave their rooms, Michelin-star rated chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten will be opening his first restaurant in California at the luxury hotel. Need pampering? Luxury Swiss beauty company, La Prairie, will establish its Spa by La Prairie within the hotel.
Situated at the corner of Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards, the rooftop pool and bar will offer sweeping views of the City and beyond. And for guests who want to truly indulge, the 3,215square-foot Presidential Penthouse Suite will feature new levels of opulence. With its noir Saint Laurent marble floors, floor-to-ceiling windows, and a 1,459-square-foot private terrace, this suite boasts a whole new era in luxury. Visit http://www.waldorfastoriabeverlyhills.com.
Greystone To Bring Music And Theatre To The Mansion In January By Victoria Talbot Greystone Mansion will host Music in the Mansion and Theatre 40 in The Mansion next month, and tickets are available now. Theatre 40 returns with the critically-acclaimed reenactment of the events surrounding the Doheny family and the history of Greystone Mansion during the Teapot Dome scandal that left Ned Doheny and his personal secretary dead under suspicious circumstances. The original crime has inspired the fictionalized story written by Katherine Bates in a show that takes the audience through the rooms of the mansion to chronicle the travails of the family as events unfolded in the 1920s. Period costumed actors inhabit the mansion's rooms and roam its hallways to weave the tale of promise,
wealth, political scandal and a spiral downward to end in tragedy. Performances are Jan. 5, 6, 11,12 & 13; 20; 25 and 27 at 6 p.m. and Jan. 8, 14, 21, 22, 28 & 29 at 1 p.m. Tickets are $65. Call 310-364-3606 to order. Music in the Mansion January features Violist JuanMiguel Hernandez and Pianist Jacopo Giacopuzzi in a performance Jan. 15 at 2 p.m. Hernandez is from the legendary Fine Arts Quartet and a first prize winner of the 16th International Brahms Competition in Austria. He has performed as a soloist in orchestras throughout the country and Pacific Symphonies and iPalpiti Orchestra. In Sept. 2016, he was appointed professor of Viola at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Giacopuzzi has performed at festivals and venues throughout the U.S. and Europe and recently won the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, an international piano competition in the Netherlands. The coming season’s performances include Feb. 19, the Sunset Club Trio with Etienne Gara on violin, Ines Thome on electric guitar and Michael Gratovich on Flamenco Guitar. The Music in the Mansion performance is 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15. Tickets are $20. Call 310-285-6850 or visit www.beverlyhills.org/bhreg to register online with Client ID or family PIN. For more information about upcoming concerts visit www.beverlyhills.org/music inthemansion.
By Victoria Talbot The Beverly Hills City Council is seeking qualified residents to fill upcoming vacancies in a variety of commissions and foundations. One vacancy will be coming up in the Architectural Commission, Community Charitable Foundation, Design Review Commission, Planning Commission, Recreation and Parks Commission and Traffic and Parking Commission. Two seats will become available on the Public Works Commission. Application forms and a detailed description of the duties and responsibilities for commissioners or board members are available at the City Clerk’s Office in City Hall. Service is at the discretion of the City Council with the first term for two years. Commissioners may be reappointed to a second four-year term at the discretion of the City Council. Inquiries should not be
directed to City Councilmembers or to members of the commissions with vacancies. For the Architectural Commission, the Planning Commission, Traffic and Parking Commission and the Design Review Commission, inquire with the director of Community Development. For the Public Works Commission inquire with the director of Public Works. For the Recreation and Parks Commission, the director of Community Services, and for the Community Charitable Foundation vacancy, speak to the director of Administrative Services/CFO. If selected, appointees will be required to file an initial and an annual “Statement of Economic Interests” financial disclosure (Form 700). For more information on how to contact the various department heads, call City Hall at 310-285-1000
THANKING OUR VETERANS—Beverly Hills firefighters spread cheer last week by addressing holiday cards to military veterans at the Veteran’s Administration’s Westwood campus. Each card included a personal message wishing holiday cheer and thanking them for their service. Pictured, clockwise, (from left): Engineers Scott Steele, Dave Griffin, and Selvin Sotelo, Firefighter/Paramedic Matt Gwaltney, Engineer Steve Hale, Firefighter Jake Herron, Capt. Kevin Kennedy, Firefighters Jimmy Weinstein and Austin Hain, Capts. Mike Urman and Dave Perusse and Firefighter John Brown.
Beverly Hills To Feed The Hungry On Christmas Eve By Laura Coleman Beverly Hills Unified School District families are once again invited to join together on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, to feed the hungry. The annual event will take place at the El Rodeo school cafeteria from 10 a.m. to noon. The tradition draws volunteers from all four BHUSD K8s–Horace Mann, Hawthorne, El Rodeo and Beverly Vista–as well as Beverly Hills High School together to prepare some 1,500 sack lunches that are later distributed to the hungry by various food banks and community outreach centers. “During the school year the PTA Council and our learning service teachers facilitate
student engagement in activities that address human and community needs such as blood drives, can food drives, and toy drives,” explained Board or Education member Howard Goldstein, who always attends with his family. “During the holiday season our students, teachers, parents and community all come together for a single purpose and cause to feed the hungry.” The two-hour-long volunteer opportunity is always a lively time replete with smiles as everyone works together to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, decorate holiday cards and fill bags with other items for a nutritious lunch.