SMITHSONIAN CON SABOR

September 6 • Smithsonian Castle
PHOTOS BY JONAH KOCH

THE EVENT: Friends of the Smithsonian Latino Center gathered to support the center’s outreach programs. Reps. Xavier Becerra and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen were honored for their support of the Smithsonian Institution and more than $600,000 was raised.

THE SCENE: The night featured a speaking program hosted by talk show host Cristina Saralegui and actor Cheech Marin and a performance by folk dancers El Tayrona. After an awards ceremony and dinner featuring traditional Colombian dishes, guests previewed Colombia at the Smithsonian: The Presence of Colombia in the Collections of the Smithsonian and danced to Latin beats in the Castle, decorated to highlight three areas of the South American country — the Caribbean, the Amazon and the Andean coffee-growing region.

THE GUESTS: Colombian Amb. Carolina Barco; Ivelisse Estrada, senior vice president of Univision and gala chairman; Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and his wife Columba Bush; Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence Small; fi lm director Patricia Cardoso; couturier Esteban Cortazar; baseball Hall of Famer Juan Marichal; and Henry R. Muñoz III, chairman of the Smithsonian National Latino Board.

Carolina Leon and Xavier Alarcon	Julián Zugazagoitia, Olga Viso, Tony Bechara and Alejandro Negrin

Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Mel Martinez	Henry Muñoz, III

Suzan Tugberk, Carolina Furukrona and Alisa Tugberk	Esteban Cortazar, Pilar O’Leary and Andrea Villegas (clothes by Esteban Cortazar)	Juan Valdez and Mo Rocca

Bruce Dauer and Doreen Dauer	First Lady of Florida Columba Bush with Luisa de Icaza and Mexican Amb. Carlos de Icaza

Claudia Salazar, Mauricio Suárez and Weber Shandwick	Columbian Amb. Carolina Barco