The stylish crowd that usually enjoys watching the Oscars at the Academy of Friends gala in San Francisco won't be noshing on hors d'oeuvres or sipping bubbly this year.
The event has been scrapped due to the COVID pandemic. As of Thursday, April 15, AOF's website and social media feeds had yet to reflect the cancellation.
The online channels had not been updated in months. Meanwhile, questions remain about the future of the fundraiser. The president of the organization's board of directors told the Bay Area Reporter he hopes the fundraiser can be held in 2022.
But its returning will be dependent on the status of the health crisis, he noted. "Unfortunately, we will not be able to produce the annual gala this year," Michael Myers, the