At the inaugural Sunset Club event, there was dinner, drinks, music and dancing. Jimmy Dunne served as the emcee for the event.
Photo: RICH SCHMITT
Many Pacific Palisades residents had a fantastic time at the Valentine’s Party, organized and underwritten by The Sunset Club. Founded by Cary Singleton, Will Singleton, and Jimmy Dunne, the Sunset Club is a new community organization — celebrating a treasure of our town: our seniors.
In towns like Pacific Palisades, there are endless calendars for young families and working adults, but remarkably few invitations designed specifically for the people who built the place—the longtime residents who carried the PTA, coached the teams, ran the charities, started the businesses, served on the boards, and quietly kept the lights on for decades.
Now the surprising part. Before the fire, nearly 6,000 Pacific Palisades residents were 65+ — about one in four neighbors. That’s not a niche group. That’s a pillar of town life.
The Sunset Club is creating events where our seniors can see familiar faces, meet new friends, laugh, dance, listen, learn, and feel celebrated. The tone is joyful and respectful: a club that says, you matter here—still—and always.
Carey, Will and Jimmy plan to offer a range of, well-produced gatherings: intimate dinners with great food and ambiance; TED-style talks and storytelling nights; concerts and small performances; salon-style conversations; holiday events; dances; and other “you name it” evenings that make it easy to show up—especially for those who don’t want to go alone. (That’s right you don’t have to be part of a couple to attend.)
In Pacific Palisades, this is also a way to honor the town’s elders as its living memory and founding voices—particularly meaningful as the community continues to recover and reconnect after the January 2025 fire.
And after a year like we’ve had, nobody should have to feel alone in the town they helped build. And the model is simple enough to travel: every town has a Sunset Club demographic, and every town benefits when elders are brought back into the social fabric—not as an afterthought, but as a headline act.
The Sunset Club is a love letter to the people who came before us, and a promise that the best parts of town life—warmth, friendship, music, laughter—don’t end at 65.
To find out more or how to sign up, email Jimmy Dunne [email protected] or click here.