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    <description>Coverage of the gala season: hosts, honorees, committees, ticket and table prices, and honest accounting of how much of an evening reaches the cause.</description>
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      <title>How the Met Gala Actually Works: Inside the Benefactor Machinery</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Met Gala is a fundraiser before it is a red carpet: $75,000 tickets, 400 guests, one approving editor, and millions for the Costume Institute — the machinery, from documented sources.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:57:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lucia Fontaine</dc:creator>
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      <title>How a Charity Gala Actually Makes Money, From Table to Tax Receipt</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The mechanics behind the seating chart: what a ticket legally buys, what the receipt has to say, and how much of the evening's money is documented to reach the cause.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:49:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lucia Fontaine</dc:creator>
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      <title>What Gala Volunteers and Producers Actually Do All Night</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Producers, spotters, runners, and volunteers run the gala from load-in to strike: the documented twelve-hour shift behind the three-hour party, decoded.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lucia Fontaine</dc:creator>
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      <title>From Silent Auction to Live Paddle: How Gala Fundraising Escalates</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[How gala fundraising escalates by design: silent auctions warm the room, professional auctioneers sell the big lots, and the paddle raise closes the night.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Maria Garcia</dc:creator>
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      <title>When Galas Move Venues: The Logistics of a Glamorous Relocation</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Moving a gala means rebuilding contracts, floor plans, carpets, and seating diplomacy: the documented logistics of a benefit's venue relocation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Maria Garcia</dc:creator>
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      <title>The After-Party Economy: What Happens When the Gala Ends</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When the gala ends the second economy begins: who pays for after-parties, how the guest list inverts, and what the late hours really cost, documented.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lucia Fontaine</dc:creator>
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      <title>Museum Galas vs. Charity Balls: Two Machines Built for One Job</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Museum galas and charity balls both convert glamour into revenue — but one sells adjacency to culture and the other membership in a community, decoded.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lucia Fontaine</dc:creator>
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      <title>How Galas Choose Their Honorees, and What the Honor Costs</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gala honorees are chosen by committee a year out, vetted and priced: the documented mechanics of selection, expectations, and what the honor raises.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Maria Garcia</dc:creator>
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      <title>Why Gala Dress Codes Matter: Black Tie and Its Cousins, Decoded</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Black tie, white tie, creative black tie: what gala dress codes actually require, who sets them, and why two words dress six hundred people, decoded.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lucia Fontaine</dc:creator>
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      <title>What a Corporate Gala Table Actually Buys at the Met-Level Benefits</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gala tables run six figures: what a corporate table buys, from ambassador seating to sponsor credits, with reported Met Gala pricing as of 2024.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Maria Garcia</dc:creator>
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      <title>Twelve Months Out: How a Benefit Gala Actually Gets Planned</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The twelve-month benefit gala planning timeline: venue contracts, ticket tiers, auction procurement, and the run of show, drawn from organizers' materials.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lucia Fontaine</dc:creator>
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      <title>Gala Chair or Gala Host: Who Actually Runs the Night?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gala chair, host committee, honorary chair, producer: what each gala title actually does, and who runs the night, with documented rates and roles as of 202]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Maria Garcia</dc:creator>
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