Young Moguls Rev Up for Hog Run

The extremely low-profile Young Presidents’ Organization--an association of corporate presidents and chief executive officers who run multimillion-dollar companies and who reached their positions before 40--will be convening in Los Angeles this week.

(The millions required for membership vary according to the type of businesses they run.)

Although these high achievers will participate in educational events by day, we thought you’d like to know some of the things they’ll be doing for the fun part of their stay:

Besides the usual shopping trips and black-tie galas, they’ll eat dinner with Jay Leno on the set of “The Tonight Show,” schmooze at the Playboy Mansion and take cooking lessons at Spago.

But let’s hear it for the 30 or so members who signed up for an all-day Harley-Davidson ride, with interludes at such renowned Harley pit stops as the Calamigos Ranch, Sagebrush Cantina and Mulholland Drive.

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Down to Capistrano: Say what you will about the city, but there really is something for everyone here.

Many of those people whose heads are sometimes quaintly occupied with another era--and we admit it, we’re right there with you--will be heading south (no, not on Harleys) to the fourth annual Capistrano Antiques and Garden Show, May 13-15.

Among the events that will make many hearts sing will be a lecture on the history of topiary design, a discourse on Victorian America (“From Classical Romanticism to Gilded Opulence”) and, sure to be a crowd pleaser, Gep Durenberger’s tell-all talk, “Confessions of a Dealer”--that’s antique dealer, of course.

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Celebrity Ties: Venice ARTWALK, the annual art happening that supports Venice Family Clinic, will add cash to its coffers May 15 by selling and auctioning ties hand-painted by a diverse list of artists, including Billy Al Bengston, Peter Shire, Joe Goode, Peter Alexander, Betye Saar, Erica Rothenberg and, for fans of actor-artists or artist-actors, Tony Curtis.