Barton G Host Luncheon for the Kids Hear Now Foundation

The Kids Hear Now Foundation celebrated a luncheon at Barton G. The Restaurant on Miami Beach to launch its upcoming gala in May, sure to be an amazing event. Last year's event had special guest Miss America Heather Whitestone, who spoke about her positive life-altering experience with cochlear implants and a unique performance by Dionne Warwick.

The luncheon had speakers Sandra Jackson Seiler and 11 year-old son Hunter, a gifted 5th grade student, both of whom wear electronic cochlear implants. Palm Beach socialite Tova Leidesdorf was surprised by the luncheon's host Jill Viner and Barton G with a birthday cake, while guests including Fana J. Holz, Andria Holz, Irma Braman, Susie Sayfie, Eleanor Weiss, Gloria Scharlin, Toby Lerner Ansin, Rhoda Levitt, Marilyn Millian, Naomi Wilzig, Diane Weiss and Allison Weiss Brady, led the applause.

The afternoon guest enjoyed an informal fashion show, music by Latin Grammy nominated harpist Roberto Perera and a chocolate delight presented in a wrapped Mayor's box.

In 2008, celebrated events architect and impresario Barton G. Weiss launched, The Barton G. Kids Hear Now Foundation. The Foundation was inspired by Weiss’s own experience of seeking to provide his deaf daughter, Jadin, with the best chance of success in a hearing world. His search led him to Dr. Thomas J. Balkany, Hotchkiss Professor and Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and one of the world’s foremost authorities on cochlear implant surgery world’s foremost authorities on them.

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CELEBRITY SIGHTINGS: Miami's HOT with Celeb Scene

Where do we start...Price is Right host Drew Carey having dinner at Quattro on Friday night and Barton G The Restaurant on Saturday...Jennifer Aniston with 2 bodyguards followed by Owen Wilson 30 minutes later at Casa Tua on Saturday night. Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora doing the rounds at Prime 112, then a 10 minute visit to Tantra on Monday night before returning to the Ritz Carlton on South Beach. Tuesday night the duo had dinner at Nobu...Clare Danes hiding out at the Ritz Carlton with boyfriend Hugh Dancy, who is in town filming Confessions of a Shopaholic with Borat girlfriend, Isla Fisher . Isla was also seen strolling with Sacha Baron Cohen eating at World Resources on Lincoln Rd.... Sitting in the lobby of the Hard Rock hotel in Hollywood with bandmates was Carlos Santana, who stopped for photos and autographs with fans, an unusual trait....Jim Carrey was in town filming, I Love You Phillip Morris, on 21 St and Biscayne, followed by 13th and Washington. The crew also filmed on Sheridan Ave in Broward before heading to Key West for a day of work there. The production continues in New Orleans for the reamainder of the filming...John Travolta and his gotee were in town Saturday for a Christian Science function. Travolta flew in to Miami on Saturday and stayed the night at the Ritz Carlton on Key Biscayne...Dione Warwick singing That's What Friend's Are For at the Barton G. Kid's Hear Now Foundation gala in the Miami Design District on Saturday Night...John Legend at the Ritz Carlton SB...NSYNC's Lance Bass celebrating his bday at the Gansevoort South Beach... Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols in town for the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival event at the Flamingo...Fashion icon Calvin Klein cruising up Alton Rd in his black Bentley...Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournakova having dinner at Prime 112...

World Series champ visits Barton G--The Restaurant

Last night TSM Exlcusively photographed World Series champ from the Boston Red Sox, Mike Lowell arriving for dinner at Barton G.-The Restaurant on South Beach. Lowell lives in South Florida in the off season. The restaurant is a haven for celebrities. Recent guest include Janet Jackson, Benjamin Bratt, and Michael Caine. Check it out!!!

Celebrity visit at Barton G. The Restaurant

It's one of Miami's hottest celebrity restaurant. Barton G.-The Restaurant has had everyone from Luis Miguel, Janet Jackson, Tom Cruise and more. Last night after the Miami premeire of “LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA” at the Colony theater, John Leguizamo and Benjamin Bratt had a two hour dinner and then came out and posed for our camera. Javier Bardem and new girlfriend Penelope Cruz, who were suppose to be in Miami as well, had flight problems and decided to fly direct to LA for tomorrow nights premeire.