Go With The Flo: Beyoncé, Kool Kids Foundation Celebrity Golf Tournament and Stephanie Mills
Beyoncé dressed to the nines in an all-white pantsuit and matching cowboy hat when she did a surprise in-store appearance last week at Innersleeve Records in the Hamptons village of Amagansett to promote her “Country Carter” album. The megastar signed copies of the album cover for her elated fans. The visit was part of her Record Store tour. In addition to the Hamptons, Queen Bey will be making stops in Austin, Texas, her hometown of Houston, Texas and Atlanta, Georgia. There was chatter flying around last week that the 32-time Grammy award winner had plans to do a residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas. However, the New York Post reported that the talks fell apart because the venue didn’t want to close for two weeks for Beyoncé to rehearse. Now, tongues are wagging that she is reportedly talking to the MGM Grand to do a residency there of 100 shows over four years……..
The fourth annual Kool Kids Foundation Celebrity Golf Tournament took place on July 16 at the Cedar Hill Golf & Country Club in Livingston, New Jersey. The Kool Kids Foundation was created by Robert “Kool” Bell, co-founder/leader of the Grammy winning, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Kool & The Gang, and his late wife, Sakinah Bell. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the foundation’s goal is to support music education in schools and communities across the country. Last year, the Kool Kids Foundation awarded grants to schools and youth marching bands to help further music education. “We are instrumentally influencing children to find their rhythm and melody in music and life so we can all live in harmony,” said Robert Bell…….
Philanthropist and author Jean Shafiroff hosted her Annual Bastille Day Luncheon at the elegant Maison Barnes restaurant in New York City. The luncheon was held in honor of the French Heritage Society, a charity on whose board Shafiroff has served since 2012. This year, the luncheon was attended by 56 distinguished guests including three fashion designers of color, B Michael, Frederick Anderson and Ese Azenabor, additional designers Victor de Souza, Nicole Miller and Taiwan Ambassador Malan Breton. A regular on best dressed lists, Shafiroff began the luncheon wearing a dress by Oscar de la Renta, then changed into a flowing pajama pantsuit by Alexander McQueen. Other guests who attended included Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia and NYS Assembly member Rebecca Seawright………
Grammy winner Stephanie Mills has returned to Broadway as Hermes in “Hadestown.” The eight-time Tony Award winning musical, which also stars Phillip Boykin as Hades and Jordan Fisher as Orpheus, continues to be in performances at the Walter Kerr Theatre on W. 48th Street in New York. Celebrating five epic years, “Hadestown” intertwines two mythical tales: young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and Queen Persephone…..Go With The Flo
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