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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: The Old Globe threw a star-studded bash at The Lodge at Torrey Pines to celebrate Jack O’Brien’s 25th anniversary as the theater’s artistic director. Friends and colleagues in attendance included honorary chair John Lithgow, Hal Holbrook, Mary-Louise Parker, Marion Ross, Robert Foxworth, John Glover, playwright Terrence McNally and director John Rando. Jane and Victor Ottenstein chaired; other underwriters included Audrey Geisel, Darlene and Donald Shiley, Conrad Prebys, Alan Benaroya, the Lipinsky family, Karen and Donald Cohn, Marilyn and Arthur Neumann, Jeanette Stevens, Evelyn Mack Truitt and Paul Black, Sheryl and Harvey White, and Ellen and Tim Zinn.

LIVE, FROM SAN DIEGO: Soon-to-be CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric was the keynote speaker at the “Partners for Life” luncheon, cohosted by CBS and KFMB-TV at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center. Couric emphasized the importance of early cancer screening in her speech to the crowd of 400, which included Congressman Brian Bilbray, former state Senator Lucy Killea, County Supervisor Ron Roberts, city council president Scott Peters, Sandy and Dennis Carson, Dr. Joanne Mortimer, Janet and Dr. Tom Kipps, Rebecca Moores, Carol Chang, Roberta and Malin Burnham, Irwin Jacobs, and Elaine Galinson.

IN THE GREEN: The American Cancer Society raised more than $160,000 at the San Diego Invitational golf tournament and dinner, held at the Del Mar Country Club. Chaired by Sandy Alderson and John Lynch, the sold-out event featured a live auction, which netted $46,000. Ceci Doty, Ben Haddad and Jim Hughes also chaired; XX Sports Radio (formerly “Mighty 1090”) personalities Billy Ray Smith and Scott Kaplan shared emcee duties. Patrons included sponsor Chuck Lemoine, former Padre Ozzie Smith, Kay Coleman, Jon Greif, Vic Calise, Mark McMillin, Ted Roth, John Warner and 2007 chairs Ken Baumgartner and Bill Geppert.

ON THE MOVE: San Diego Magazine publisher Maureen Sullivan presented the magazine’s inaugural Woman of the Year award to Gail Naughton, dean of the College of Business Administration at San Diego State University, at its “Women Who Move the City” reception at the San Diego Museum of Art. Event proceeds benefited the museum and the Foundation for Women. Among the 400 guests: Gracie Mahvi, Julie Meier Wright, Masa Liles, Robin Laatz, Vicki Eddy, Jon Bailey, Thella Bowens, Ruth Hendricks, Phyllis Schwartz, Carol Wallace, Nancy Scull, Warren Chamount, Patti Roscoe, Nicole Clay and Bev Oster.

GOOD CHI: California Healthcare Institute hosted leaders in the life sciences industry for a party to celebrate the launch of its new Web site (chi.org) at the San Diego Wine & Culinary Center. Among guests toasting the institute’s new virtual home were Moya and David Gollaher, John Martin, Eddie Rodriguez, Joseph Akers, David Beier, Michael Mussallem, Stephen Juelsgaard, Thomas Powell, Hank Nordhoff, Duane Roth, Edward Holmes, Julie Ames, David Pendarvis and Merle Brodie.

PARTY BOZ: Santaluz Club members and their guests enjoyed the sounds of Grammy-winning bluesy rocker Boz Scaggs at the Santaluz Summer Music Festival, held on the Rancho Santa Fe property’s golf course. On the 1,000-person guestlist: Tina Mickelson, Nadine Corrigan, Bill Hoehn, Michael Kreiss, Jeanelle Brecht, Dana and David Kovach, Chris Chandler, Bill Davidson, Larry Stefanki, Jack Tempchin, and Terri and Joe Davis.

BREAKING SKY: San Diego’s civic leaders gathered at the future site of the downtown Children’s Museum to trumpet the start of vertical construction on the $25 million, 50,000-square-foot facility. San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders addressed the crowd, which included Jason Hughes, Joan and Irwin Jacobs, Sheryl White, museum architect Rob Wellington Quigley, Doug Hutcheson, Children’s Museum executive director Kay Wagner, city councilmembers Kevin Falconer and Scott Peters, Elaine and Peter Rodman, Todd Ruth, Victoria Hamilton, Cecil Steppe, Cathryn Ramirez, Fernando Corona, Tisha McMurry, and Monica Stone and Ron Ryan.

Doug Hutcheson, Rob Quigley, Irwin Jacobs

A PIRATE’S LOOT: Makua, an organization supporting Voices for Children, a nonprofit that recruits and trains court-appointed special advocates (CASAs) for abused and neglected children in the San Diego court system, presented the “Pirates of the Caribbean” benefit at the Shelter Pointe Hotel/Kona Kai Resort. The event was chaired by Barbara Meserve, Kiki Morton, Mary Alice Godfrey and Karen Driscoll. Guests donning their best pirate (and wench) wear included Ginger and Phil Kossy, Mari and Michael Fink, Jennifer and Bob Heft, Maria and Michael Herman, Gale and Jim Hill, Dave Jackson, Mary Kelly and Scott Clifton, Rochelle and Bill Bold, Lauree and Monte Sahba, Elaine and Tom Murphy, Kim and Alan Mooney, Rory Devine and Yanon Volcani, and Caroline and Tony Farwell.

Kiki and Asa Dan Morton