Young Literati's Annual Toast was a smashing success!
 
Over 300 people attended this cocktail party at the Ace Gallery in Beverly Hills. Celebrities such as Adrian Pasdar, James Franco, and Bradley Whitford, among many others, read from their favorite authors. The setting was only enhanced by the outstanding portrait photography of Martin Schoeller that was on display.
 
The event grossed $80,000 and all proceeds raised will be used to provide much-needed technology upgrades to the Los Angeles Public Library's Pacoima Branch Library, which is situated among 18 schools and serves a staggering 75,000 people.
 

(L to R) Event Committee Member Kristen Engle, and Event Co-Chair Brian Kaufman, actors Adrian Pasdar, Zachary Quinto, and James Franco, and L.A. Sparks Center Jessica Moore

Celebrities in Attendance:
Carrie Aizley Laura Dern James Franco Millard Kaufman Michael McKean Jessical Moore Oscar Nunez	Annette O'Toole Adrian Pasdar Zachary Quinto Christen Sussin Jon Tenney Bradley Whitford Amy Wilentz

(L to R) Director Cecilia Peck, actress Laura Dern, Event Co-Chair Brian Kaufman, Veronique Peck, Event Co-Chair Courtney Wolff, and City Librarian Fontayne Holmes.

Photography by Martin Schoeller courtesy of Ace Gallery

(L to R) YL Co-Chair Savannah Stevens, screenwriter and novelist Millard Kaufman, and YL Co-Chair Allison Sipes

The Annual Toast was generously sponsored by:

Jeff Brown and Catherine Hagney Brown
Kristen Engle Kaufman - Artemis Investors
Pappas Telecasting Companies
Flora Thornton and Eric Small
Wachovia
 
 
 

 
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