As spring wardrobes come out, they’ll be met this month by luminous
lunches, a beguiling New Year’s celebration and one of most beautifully
orchestrated galas of the season — plus an important collecting
opportunity in the red-hot arena of photography. Family Services of Greater Houston gets it all rolling on Tuesday, March 2, with its annual Celebration of Families Luncheon at River Oaks Country Club, chaired by dynamic gals Greggory Burk and Leigh Williams with honorary chairs Joella and Steve Mach, and celebrating the Knight family (Shunney Nair, 713.802.7857) ... National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s On the Move Luncheon, chaired by Franelle Rogers with honorary chairman Emil Mesinger, honors Humana’s Pattie Dale Tye and features guest speaker Melanie Lawson at Hotel ZaZa, Wednesday, March 3 (Taylor Mallia, tmallia@nmsslonestar.org) ... Next, we’ll be searching for the perfect chapeaux for Hermann Park Conservancy’s Hats in the Park Luncheon, held on the lawn in the park’s historic Clubhouse Tuesday, March 9, honoring Ann Hamilton and chaired by Jana Arnoldy and Linda Hunsaker (events@hermannpark.org) ... In the evening hours, the black tie comes out — first on Thursday, March 4, at Hotel ZaZa when The Partnership for Baylor College of Medicine channels supper clubs of eras past at its Let Us Entertain You Gala, benefitting the DeBakey Heart Center at BCM while honoring philanthropist Margaret Williams; Sidney and Don Faust and Cora Sue and Harry Mach chair, while Sue and Lester Smith serve as special advisors, with their Smith Foundation matching all table and ticket sales (Judy Howell, 713.798.5460) ... We’re ringing in 2010 again with a Persian New Year Celebration with a bazaar and seated dinner on Saturday, March 6 — a benefit for The Society of Iranian American Women for Education (SIAWE), chaired by Mehrnaz Gill and Malekeh Nezam-Mafi, at Junior League Houston with PaperCity as the media sponsor (713.532.6666) ... On Tuesday, March 23, head to the Doubletree Hotel downtown for the FotoFest 2010 Fine Print Auction, co-chaired by Blakely Bering and Austin James (projects@fotofest.org) ... The Houston Symphony Ball, this year themed Music Matters! What a Wonderful World, concludes the month with a standing ovation at Hilton Americas-Houston on Saturday, March 27. Kelli and Martin Fein preside as chairs, while Margaret Williams serves as honorary chairman, and Aileen Gordon and Cora Sue Mach are honored (laura.woods@houstonsymphony.org). PaperCity is the media sponsor.