Festival Beverly Hills a ‘Smashing Success,’ More Arts Events in Pipeline

Arts and Culture Commissioners took a moment to bask in the success of Festival Beverly Hills in their meeting this week, but then quickly turned their attention to the many other exciting arts events on the horizon.

Various dance troupes entertained visitors to Festival Beverly Hills March 12.

The Beverly Hills Police Department (BHPD) took a woman into custody in the late evening hours of March 15, following a search in the residential area around North Elm Drive and Elevado Avenue.

Persistent drizzle from this season's 11th atmospheric river did not stop a crowd from gathering for the mayor's 10th and final Live with Lili. It was a packed house in the Beverly Hills City Hall Municipal Gallery March 14.

Beginning April 1, the Beverly Hills Fire Department will begin its annual field inspections on residential properties located in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone of the City, north of Sunset Boulevard.

Mayor Lili Bosse and the Beverly Hills City Council recognized The Grill on the Alley with a 60-Second Shout Out at the March 7 City Council Meeting.

Mayor Lili Bosse and members of the community enjoyed a delicious start of the day at the March 9 Business with Bosse, hosted at Pascal on Beverly. 

Mayor Lili Bosse and City Manager Nancy Hunt-Coffey took part in a panel discussion to 7th and 8th graders at Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy on March 9.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center marked the five-year anniversary of a $50 million gift from Eric and Susan Smidt, which named the Smidt Heart Institute, by sharing research breakthroughs and clinical advances in cardiology made possible by the donation.

The Gold Award is the organization's highest honor.