Back to School with TIPS & IVY Entertainment
7:00 - 11:00 PM
THE KRESS
6608 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, 90028
$12/ person through 9.26.08, $15 thereafter until we reach capacity
Head Back to School this September with The Ivy Plus Society and IVY Entertainment. We’re teaming up with this joint event to make sure our Ivy fall kick off is the best yet. Summer may be over, but you my friend, live in LA, land of eternal summer. So, come join us on the rooftop of Kress to bask in a perfect LA evening…and raise a glass to your unfortunate east coast classmates who are just starting to break out their winter coats.
The LA Times says: “Hollywood’s night life renaissance [has] its crown jewel…. ‘I’m bring back an institution to Hollywood,’ says Viscuso…Viscuso certainly spared no expense at The Kress, with a basement club straight out of Las Vegas…a ground floor restaurant, a third floor lounge begging for Paris Hilton and an inspired view-laden rooftop deck….The building, once Kress Department Store (and more recently Frederick’s of Hollywood), has beautiful bones that Viscuso refurbished at great expense. Original marble is everywhere at Kress and the ornate ceilings were restored according to the original 1930s design. ‘It’s more than just a restaurant or bar,’ Viscuso says. ‘I’m bringing back the old glitz and glamour of Hollywood.’”
Advance RSVP Required: Please click here.
Deadline: When we reach capacity.
$12/ person through 9.26.08, $15 thereafter through close of registration
You know the drill – make sure to RSVP and sign up ASAP. There will be a strict door policy – TIPS and IVY Entertainment guest list only. We will allow a limited number of walk-ins at the door if we have room strictly subject to venue capacity limits (so if we’re full when you get there, no dice). Once you have completed your RSVP, Pay Pal will send you a confirmation confirming your reservation, but no other physical ticket will be sent.
THE FINE PRINT:
*You must be 21 to attend & plan to drink responsibly. Designate a driver because death, jail, and so on are just so unbecoming.
*No refunds or cancellations permitted.
Recent Events
Summer Heat at Roe
08.20.08 | Roe -- TIPS closed out summer with a bang at our Summer Heat event at Roe's exclusive upstairs VIP lounge. With plush couches, yummy sushi and the smooth music mixes of DJ Migz, we laughed, danced and drank the night away.
Summer at the Tropicana
08.20.08 | Tropicana -- TIPS kept our summer celebrations in full swing and headed to the Tropicana Bar at the infamous Roosevelt hotel for an evening of poolside play. This remains one of the hottest venues in town and a favorite of TIPS alums. We packed the place with 300+ coeds and basked in the laid-back Hollywood glamour of the poolside bar. Shining lights illuminated fluttering palm-tree branches and TIPS alums filled the cozy, fireside outdoor den. P.S. who saw Marilyn Manson? The DJ that kicked up at 9 is in his band; guess he came down to say hello. Not our usual TIPS guest, but hey, we're a welcoming bunch...
Sky Bar Poolside Play Date
08.10.08 | Sky Bar-- We laughed away the summer heat and cooled down in Sky Bar’s pool with the City of Angels floating away beneath the Mondrian’s killer views. Another day breezed by with all our favorite Ivy Plus coeds. Mojitos in hand, the scent of coconut sun-block in the air, and a splashing day swam by.
Summer Nights on Sunset
07.30.08 | Bar Marmont -- TIPS summer nights on Sunset continued with July’s Ivy Plus young alumni party at Bar Marmont, aka “Chateau Marmont’s sexy, sinister sister.” This party was too fabulous for its own britches, overflowing Bar Marmont and filling the place to brimming. Thanks to all for bringing your go-with-the-flow party spirit to the night and turning lemons to lemon drops. One more evening sip-swig-swilled away with laughing friends, old and new.
Going Royal
07.24.08 | The Ambassador -- TIPS went royal in July at The Ambassador, a seductive haunt in the Tenderloin. With its black leather booths, twinkling chandeliers, retro rotary phones in each booth and yummy cocktails, The Ambassador was the perfect destination for another cocktailing-lounging-flirting-laughing and connecting TIPS night.
June Bloom
06.19.2008 | Otis-- To kick off the official start of the summer season, TIPS headed to Otis, a sexy hidden gem in the heart of Union Square. Otis was the perfect locale for catching up with friends and making new connections. DJ Migz kept the party hopping until late in the night as we TIPed the night away.
Destination: Tinseltown
06.17.2008 | Winstons-- Blooming into June, we headed to Winston’s to spend a night dallying at a modern classic on the Hollywood scene. TIPS-ers brought their charm, dazzling good looks, brilliant openers, clever yet subtle humor, and winning smiles (oh! almost forgot: and their-ever-so-becoming humility). Another laughing TIPS summer night.
!May Day! Mixer
05.28.2008 | S Bar -- For our May young alum mixer, we were off to Hollywood to frolic at SBE’s latest foray into all things hot in LA nightlife: S Bar. LA.com croons: “Further pioneering and refining the nightlife milieu, SBE and Philippe Starck are an unstoppable force with their latest collaboration, S Bar…. Groups of S Bar-hoppers are seated in mismatched chairs at a giant white cross-shaped table to maximize the socializing and minimize the pretentiousness. Wall-sized canvases with photos by French photographer Patrick Tourneboeuf frame the whimsical room lit by colorful upside-down lamps. And if that isn't trippy enough, Alice in Wonderland (and other choice movies) are playing on a TV in the bathroom…on the ceiling. Hmmm, no one really knows what the S in S Bar stands for, so let's just pretend it stands for Superfabulous – because that's exactly what it is.” After our super-fabulous party-filled-S Bar night, we agree!
San Francisco Launch Party
05.01.2008 | APARTMENT 24 -- The night was warm, the music was rockin' and 250 of our favorite young alums were partying at the San Francisco TIPS Launch Party at Apartment 24 in North Beach. This classic retro-chic bar with its wild metallic wallpaper and zebra wood bar was the perfect setting for a laughing-cocktailing- connecting night.
Sky Bar Spring Fever
04.22.2008 | SKYBAR -- Spring Fever carried us to Sky Bar for a frolicking night with our favorite alumni friends. The sun sparkled on the pool until sunset brought out the sparkling city lights below. We had the pool deck and upper ivy-covered pavilion all to ourselves, making this a classic Sunset night to remember. The classic, famed Skybar, with its open air, poolside outdoor living room, was the perfect match for all you fabulous TIPS-ies. Definitely one of our best parties yet. Stay tuned for more Sky Bar sprees to come.
March Mixer
03.27.2008 | SEVEN -- For our March young alum mixer, we were off to WeHo to fill our night with as many of the 7 deadly sins as we could at the nightspot du jour:
S E V E N. Luxuria (extravagance/lust), Gula (gluttony), Avaritia (greed), Acedia (sloth), Ira (wrath), Invidia (envy), and Superbia (pride) – we collected ‘em all. Entering, S e v e n you pass through a narrow corridor lined with river rock and into a design sanctuary of raw woods, candlelit lighting and stone accents. This revitalized former Belly spot was the perfect place to lounge on the leather benches, linger in the sunken booths, dance a bit in the main room, or flutter outside on one of the two patios.t.
Falcon February
02.25.2008 | FALCON -- For this red-hot red month, TIPS took over Falcon, a sleek art deco oasis in Hollywood. Falcon, named after Falcon Lair - the luxurious retreat of film star Rudolph Valentino - with its enclosed outdoor patio and yummy food, was the perfect place for a night of sparkling-laughing-people-watching-cocktailing-connecting under the moon and stars. When the bar got packed, the fun tumbled outside to the patio, leaving the big bonfire to illuminate the tipping smiles of the night.
2008 Kick-Off Party
01.31.2008 | THE STANDARD -- We kicked off the New Year with friends - new and old - and played the night away at Purple Lounge, an intimate club tucked away in The Standard Hotel on Sunset.
London Times calls Purple "the place to be seen," while In Style dubs it "playground to the beautiful people." Naturally, we fit right in.
Music thumped, boys and girls bumped, and another buzzing night TIPed away.
Mistletoe & Cocktails
12.15.2007 | WILLIAM TURNER GALLERY -- Never one to miss the chance to throw a fabulous party, The Ivy Plus Society celebrated the holiday season with a mistletoe-filled night of cocktails, dessert, art, & music. At December’s holiday celebration, young alums donned their holiday finest and decorated the night with laughs, running to (and occasionally from) the mistletoe.
We filled the night with cheer and champagne at the William Turner Gallery at Bergamot Station - a former trolley station which has been transformed into one of LA’s most famous and unique arts complexes. The gallery featured an exhibition by Curtis Ripley Nocturnes & Preludes. Click here for a re-cap of the exhibition.
Cheers to a *Sparkling* Night!
Downtown Mixer
11.13.2007 | SEVEN GRAND -- November took us to a Downtown Bar dispensing Uptown Booze, where we tapped the blooming but still edgy downtown scene. This dark, chocolately hunting lodge is definitely one of the sexier venues we have landed.
LA Weekly noted that “There is definitely a bookish, masculine vibe to the place...the kind of joint you'd find in Fitzgerald, Hemingway, or Miller (Henry, not Arthur)... a great place to drink bourbon, puff on a cigar and pretend to be in an imaginary boys club. Even if you're a girl.”
We found all this & more to be true and 200+ TIPS cats grooved the night away, swigging whiskey & wine beneath the watchful gaze of the stuffed jack-a-lopes on the wall. Somewhere in the deep, dark booths, ringed by the Scotish plaid, chandeliers glinting above the velvet green of the pool tables, surely secrets were exchanged and promises made. Live jazz giving the night a smooth finish and sending us off into the quiet, still downtown night on the notes of a sax.
Octoberfest
10.22.2007 | HOLLY'S WEST -- October – that time of year where even adults are allowed to play dress-up and let their fantasies run wild. We bottled up a bit of that October spirit hit Holly’s West. We had the entire club to ourselves, so we have no one but ourselves to blame (or credit) for the scandalous behavior... and perhaps whatever Halloween spooks may have been hanging about.
Trends in Television Panel
10.27.2007 | FOX STUDIOS -- How will TV content be created and distributed?
October 23, 2007
7 PM Networking, 7:30 PM Panel
Fox Studios - Zanuck Theatre, Century City
The Chairman and CEO of Fox has said that the last few years have been "the most revolutionary period in the history of mass media." TiVo, YouTube, user-generated sites, and Internet distribution are just a few examples of the ways that audiences receive content have changed. How will new technologies change the television broadcast model? Where are new sources of content going to come from (Geico’s cavemen, comic books)? What type of content do audiences want to watch and what are the networks buying? How do the networks build an audience for TV content across platforms?
The Ivy Plus Society, IVY Entertainment, and Yale in Hollywood discussed all this and more at the Trends in Television Panel.
Big thanks to our distinguished panelists who included:
Gary Newman President,
20th Century Fox Television
(Yale)
Jesse Alexander
Co-Exec Producer on Heroes, LOST; Exec Producer on Alias
(Sarah Lawrence)
Jordan Levin
CEO of Generate, mulit-platform dist; Former CEO, WB
(UT-Austin)
Gail Katz
Exec Producer, Cashmere Mafia ABC, w.Lucy Liu
(Yale)
Mark Goffman
Supervising Prod, Law and Order SVU; Producer Studio 60, West Wing
(Harvard)
Moderator: Julia Boorstin
CNBC's media and entertainment reporter working from CNBC's Los Angeles Bureau
(Princeton)
Bar Marmont
09.24.2007 | BAR MARMONT -- We kicked off the fall season with September’s Ivy Plus young alumni party at Bar Marmont, aka “Chateau Marmont’s sexy, sinister sister.” The cocktailing-lounging-flirting-laughing continued deep into the night (er... morning) until we were finally kicked out around 2 AM. Nothing like an evening of vodka & cigarettes to start the week off right!
Beneath the butterfly-flecked ceiling (does anyone else find that a little creepy?), tucked into a red-leather booth, digits were exchanged, deals were closed, and dubious propositions were surely made...
