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The L.A. Press Club is doing another no-host cocktail gathering on Monday, Sept. 29 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the poolside bar of the W Hotel in Westwood. It's to fete Virginia Postrel, the former Reason editor now living in Dallas who is on tour for her new book, The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Style is Remaking Commerce, Culture and Consciousness."
PEN USA is having its annual literary awards dinner in Los Angeles on Oct. 20 at the Biltmore. This one costs a bit more: $85 for members, $125 and up for non-members. Among the awardees are Kevin Starr, Danny Goldberg, Gordon Davidson, Charlies and Donald Kaufman and Sonia Nazario.
Meanwhile, photos from the most recent mediabistro party in Los Angeles are now online. See L.A. Times deputy managing editor Leo Wolinsky, Variety.com editor Travis Smith, Luke Ford and MovieCityNews columnist Tiffany A. Stone, she of the demonic eyes (see the last photo), all in the same room together.