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KAGENO Harambee "Back to Basics" Annual Benefit at Hudson Terrace.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Bruce Hoeksema hosted a cocktail party to celebrate the great success of "Valentino; The Last Emperor" at Hoeksma's VBH on Madison Avenue and 74th Street. And Valentino himself, as well as Giancarlo Giametti, was there, plus a host and a gaggle of some of the hipper, more fashionable ones from around the town.

Valentino Garavani, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Bruce Hoeksema

Daphne Guiness, Bruce Hoeksema, and Valentino Garavani

Valesca Guerrand Hermes

Amanda Ross and Zani Gugelmann

Anja Rubik and Sasha Knezavic

Alek Wek and Bruce Hoeksema

Caroline Dean

Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos

Graydon Carter and Anna Scott Carter

Lori Baker and Berthil Espegren

Carlos Mota and Amy Fine Collins

Carlos Souza and Lori Baker

Hamish Bowles

Jennifer Creel and Bruce Hoeksema

Charlotte Sarkozy, Linda Wells, and Shala Monroque

Zani Gugelmann

Molly Sims, Bruce Hoeksema, and Gwyneth Paltrow

Erin Featherston

Joanne de Guardiola

Kelly Vitko and Cena Jackson

Olivia Palermo and Johannes Huebl

Ellen Saltzman

Jamie Yike, Daniel Cappello, and Elizabeth Brown

Julia and David Koch

Giancarlo Giammetti and Valentino Garavani

Matt Tyrnauer, Daphne Guiness, Bruce Hoeksema, and Valentino Garavani

Brian Atwood and Bianca Barnhill

Lauren Remington Platt

Michelle Trachtenberg

Giancarlo Giammetti and Peggy Siegal

Princess Rosario Nadal and Valentino Garavani

Shala Monroque

Bruce Hoeksema and Phillip Bloch

Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com [1]

Tuesday night's Pre-Carnegie Hall cocktail party for Iranian composer Hafez Nazeri at a private residence.

Chris Alder, Hafez Nazeri, and Yolanda Borras

Greg Spears and Dana Schimmel

Annalise Carol and Stephanie Tuck

Hamid Biglari, Vishakha Desai, Roya Heidari, and Hafez Nazeri

Hafez Nazeri, Roya Heidari, John Pierce, Marie-Noelle Pierce, Will Owens, and Alex Montagu

Chadwick Bell and Nazy Nazhand

Iran Issa-Khan and Maryam Ansary

Jamie Metzl, Hafez Nazeri, John Pierce, and Marie-Noelle Pierce

Kurt Gottschalk, Urania Mylonas, and Hafez Nazeri

Shahrokh Ahkami, Nahid Ahkami, and Zia Ghavami

Laura Checkoway and Abby Addis

Massoud Heidari

Stephanie Tuck and Jamie Metzl

Marina Abramovic, Hafez Nazeri, Roya Heidari, and Vishakha Desai

Benjamin Genocchio and Rachel Cooper

Heidi Arajomand and Siavosh Arajomand

Nazy Nazhand, Roya Heidari, Layla Diba, and Iran Issa-Khan

Leila Taghinia Heller, Iran Issa-Khan, and Dahman Kia

Maryam Filsoof, Rachel Cooper, and Hafez Nazeri

Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com [2]

This past Tuesday night at the Waldorf, the 2009 Alzheimer's Association Rita Hayworth Gala themed "So Near Yet So Far" honored Muffie Potter Aston in the Grand Ballroom.

Brooke Shields and Princess Yasmin Aga Khan

Jody Sarsfield and Chele Chiavacci

Buzz and Lois Aldrin

John Catsimatidis Jr., Margo Catsimatidis, John Catsimatidis St., and Andrea Catsimatidis

Chris Cox, Andrea Catsimatidis, Patricia Nixon Cox, and Ed Cox

Louise Kornfeld and Lonnie Wollin

Dr. and Mrs. John Potter

Alexis Clark

Deborah Grubman

Andrea and Margo Catsimatidis

Hilary and Bryant Gumbel

Dan Ackroyd and Donna Dixon Ackroyd

Debbie Bancroft, Somers Farkas, and Alexandra Lebenthal

Roger Waters

Debbie Bancroft and Barbara Bancroft

Jonathan Farkas, Somers Farkas, and Felicia Taylor

Prince Dmitri of Yugoslavia and Diandra Douglas

The Pointer Sisters

Dayssi Olarte de Kanarvos

Leann Clinton

Nikki Haskell

Georgette Mosbacher and Nichael Novogratz

Marc Rosen and Arlene Dahl

Georgia Mouzakis Tavlanios and Michael Wise

David Bieber, Yanna Myronovska, Dr. John Connolly, and Ingrid Connolly

Philip R. Piccigallo PhD, Harry Johns, and Joseph J. DiTrapani

Jennifer and Lonnie Wollin

Jay McInerney

Michele Herbert and Laura Hunt

Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com [3]

Last Sunday they held the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation's "Kids for Kids Carnival" at Industria Superstudio ...

Margaret Colin and Matthew Settle

Peyton List and Spencer List

Ron and Emily Insana

Elizabeth Vargas

Jake Glaser and Nigel Barker

Jonah Bobo

Gilbert Gottfried

Meredith Hagner

Howard Cross

Jason Meyers, Jack Mackenroth, and Kevin Christiana

Cristen Barker and Nigel Barker

Daniel Tay

Emily Osment

Jessica Carlson

Jack Mackenroth and Kevin Christiana

Hallie Kate Eisenberg

Meredith Hagner and Pete Harper

Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com [4]

Last Monday night Elle Decor held its 2nd Annual Salutre to Women In Design at the Times Center ...

Anna Magliozzi, Bettina Prentice, and Sarah Mafel

Jennifer Powell and Alison Beale

Cara McCarty, Caroline Baumann, and Sophia Amaro

Christine Szymanski, Diane Erich, and Susan Helpern

Daniel Aubry, Etienne Coffinier, and Ed Ku

Beth Rudin DeWoody and Christina Grajales

Alvin Chereskin and Mary Little

Ashley Thomas, Leslie Lowe, and Karen Present

Ann Feldstein, Michael Devine, and Alex Lerman

Diane Brandt and Eileen Smith

Eric Perez and Jessica Joyce

Jill Gogal and Jocelyn Taffe

Katie Reback and Deborah Ragasto

Carlton Bush and Sharon Hoge

Ellen Hamilton and Cat Lindsay

Evangeline Morphos and Pamela Newkirk

Gretchen Dale, Jeffrey Williams, and Cathy Cloutier

Rick Spears, Hillary Merrill, and Geert Martens

Muffie Cunningham and Lisabeth Bastone

Jayne Michaels, Tony Victoria, and Joan Michaels

Liz Nightingale, Joel Woodward, and Susan North

Katherine McDonald and Jennifer Bush

Charlotte Moss

Sarah Christensen and Dara Keithley

Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com [5]

Earlier this month, The Caramoor International Music Festival opened its first ever Fall Festival with a gala evening in a “garden of great music” in the Venetian Theater with Alan Gilbert, who is in his inaugural season as the New York Philharmonic’s Music Director, leading the Orchestra and legendary pianist Emanuel Ax in an all-Beethoven program: Piano Concerto No. 4 and Symphony No. 7. The concert at Caramoor is a highlight of the first weeks of Alan Gilbert’s inaugural season as the 25th Music Director of the New York Philharmonic.

The Opening Night Gala honorees were the William Petschek Family. Gala Co-chairs were Patricia and Edward Falkenberg.

Emanuel Ax and Alan Gilbert

Floy and Amos Kaminski, Margot Kaminski, and Jim Brown, Sr

Adela and Larry Elow with Michael Barrett

Howard and Sarah Soloman

Judy Evnin and Deputy County Executive Susan Tochin -White Plains

Barbara Goodkind, Michael Barrett, Zith Rosenthal, and Gail Binderman

Charles Petschek, Alan Gilbert, and Elaine Petschek

Patricia and Edward Falkenberg

Susan and John Freund

Edward Falkenberg, Barbara Spector, and Philip Schlussel

Karen and Bill Watt

Ken and Laurie Goodman

Managing Director Paul Rosenblum with Michael and Nina Stanton

Nancy and Morris Offit

Michael Barrett and Bill Watt

Paul Welch, Michael Barrett, Patricia Falkenberg, and Lisa Welch

Max and Christine Petschek

Michael Barrett and Amos Kaminski

This past Monday night Kagene Harembee "Back To Basics" held its annual benefit at Hudson Terrace.

Kageno Worldwide, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization currently operating community development projects in Rwanda and Kenya, with children’s outreach programs in the USA.

Kageno's MISSION is to transform communities suffering from inhumane poverty into places of opportunity and hope by identifying and delivering actionable programs. Kageno builds Innovative Community Centers that provide access to clean water, food, sanitation, health care, education, and income generation.

Alina Goncalves, Priscilla Zoullas, Frank Andolino, and Danielle Levine

Baroness Mariuccia Zerilli-Marimo, Lillian Vernon, and Paolo Martino

Bill Weber, Edith McBean, and Hank Lowenstein

David Hochberg, Vincent Martinelli, Luigi Messana, and Liz Stern

Brian Farrell

Lillian Vernon and Paolo Martino

DJ Cassidy

Alina Goncalves, Stephanie von Watzdorf, Priscilla Zoullas, Alexis Zoullas, and Cynthia Clift

Michael Andolino, Frank Andolino, and Bart Andolini

Ken Belden, Kelly Fisher, Dr. Louis Re, and Damian Weyand

Tommie Lathuras, Jack Levin, Heidi Schuster, and John Helfst

Carlyla Dawson and Chad Wolf

Samira Nasr and Tracee Ellis Ross

David Wassong and Alexis Zoullas

Damian Weyand, Caroline Russo, Scott Zmrhal, Brian Steinwurtzel, and Scott Palumbo

Rick Friedberg and Francine LeFrak

Liz Stern, Margo Rosato-Stevens, and Susan Flakus

Robin Renzi, Frank Andolino, Ricardo de Oliviera, and Nadina Lambert

Edith McBean and Pattie Sullivan

Eric Gartner, Vee Muka, and Frank Andolino

Dr. Louis Re and Justin Noto

Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com [6]

The Orthopaedic Foundation for Active Lifestyles (OFAL) hosted its 5th anniversary gala fundraiser a week ago Thursday at The Brae Burn Country Club in Purchase. Enjoying the reception and dinner presentation from the finest chefs of Greenwich, they honored orthopaedic surgeon and sports medicine expert Dr. Kevin Plancher, and raised over $425,000 for the foundation’s medical research and educational programs.

Committee board members Richard Berman, Donna deVarona, Duane Hill, George and Karen Kollitides, Albert and Dana Nickel, Morton and Lois Seaman, FOX News anchor Jon Scott and Suzanne Smith were joined by many to honor Kevin D. Plancher, MD for his outstanding work on behalf of the foundation.


	Kevin Plancher MD, Heidi Albertsen, Judy Collins, and Raymond Hakimi

Guests including Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, model Heidi Albertsen, Craig Callen, Elizabeth and David Jensen, Bunny and Bob Plancher, Dana Hill, Christopher Dapolito, Sue Merz, Richard Grace, Raymond Hakimi, Ligaya Wakefield, Jackie and Peter Blank, Jamie Plancher, Megan Plancher, Lisa and Adam Hodes and Jerry and Gloria Landsberg.

The cuisine was provided by Valbella, Morello Bistro, Myrnas, Aux Delices, Thomas Henkelman, Tengda, Susan Kane Catering, and Sweet Lisa’s.

ABC 7 Eyewitness News Meterologist Bill H. Evans was emcee. The great Judy Collins performed a song dedicated to her friend the late Mary Travers, whose husband Ethan Robbins was in attendance. Comedian Jane Condon left ‘em laughing.

Proceeds from the evening benefit the Orthopaedic Foundation for Active Lifestyles, developed by Dr. Plancher, a not-for-profit foundation whose principal mission is to promote, support, develop and encourage research and education concerning orthopaedic care and advancements in technologies and treatment of arthritis, orthopaedic injuries and musculoskeletal diseases.