Variety of the Desert Hosts Youth Mixer

Hope to engage younger audience to promote charity at free event

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Palm Springs Chef Stephen Lee, a finalist from Season 6 of Master Chef, will create hors d'oeuvres for the Variety event at the Ace Hotel & Swim Club.
Photo courtesy of Palm Springs Life Archives

 

Variety, the Children’s Charity of the Desert, will host its inaugural Young Variety Launch Party and Mixer from 7 p.m. to midnight Jan. 28 at the Ace Hotel & Swim Club in Palm Springs.

Variety is dedicated to promoting and protecting the health and well-being of underprivileged and special needs children in the Coachella Valley. All programs and funds benefit local children and families. Variety hosts numerous events attended by the business community and are eager to engage with a younger audience to interact and promote the life of the charity.

“It’s our hope that the under 40 crowd turns out to meet new friends, have a good time, and consider getting involved and becoming Young Variety,” said Steve Johns, board member.

 

photo courtesy of caxton

Caxton will perform at the Variety of the Desert event on Jan. 28.

 

Admission is free with a suggested $10 donation to Variety of the Desert. Guests must RSVP to Variety of the Desert Facebook event page.

Stephen Lee, finalist on Master Chef Season 6, and Ace Hotel Executive Chef Gregorio Calderone will serve up hors d'oeuvres, while live entertainment will be provided by Caxton, a rock and alternative band from Coachella inspired musically by The Beatles & Blondie; The Flusters Surf Rock, a surf pop and rock 'n' roll band from the desert; Eevaan Tre' & The Show, a pop, R&B band from Coachella; and DJ Alf Alpha, who performed at the inaugural Tachevah, a Palm Springs Block Party and Coachella 2014, Weekend 2.

The event will also feature a Display Art Exhibit by world renowned desert landscape artist Snake Jagger, plus artists Elissa Viramontes and Natalia Astankina.

Young Variety Launch Party, 7 p.m. to midnight, Jan. 28, Ace Hotel & Swim Club, 701 E. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs.

To RSVP: www.facebook.com/events/156427968061631/