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ARTWALK NY held a cocktail party “to celebrate artist Pat Steir” at the Skylight Studio at 275 Hudson Street. |
| This past Tuesday night ARTWALK NY, benefiting Coalition for the Homeless, held a cocktail party “to celebrate artist Pat Steir” at the Skylight Studio at 275 Hudson Street. Co-chairs of the evening were Alec Baldwin and Richard Gere and Carey Lowell. I’m not sure if Mr. Gere was there but Baldwin and Lowell were. The evening was a cocktail, live and silent auctions and “tastings from NYC’s Finest Restaurants.” That in itself was worth the price of admission. The good that the Coalition does is imperative, things being what they are for so many. To learn more about ARTWALK NY go to www.artwalkny.org. |
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Anastasia Rogers |
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Bryna Butler, Carol Han, and Bettina Prentice |
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Emma Snowdon Jones |
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Alec Baldwin and Carey Lowell |
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Campbell Hatcher |
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Bridget Matthews and Paul Bosley |
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Andres Serrano |
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Alexis Tobin and Asher Simcoe |
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Dustin Yellin |
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Elana Rubenfeld, Luca Pizzaroni, and Amy Hall |
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Peter Smith, Katie Schecter, and Max Levai |
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Bettina Prentice, Sarah Basile, and Etta Meyer |
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Irina Movmyga and Andres Serrano |
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Serena Nikkhah |
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Trish Westcoat Pound |
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Howard Furst, Andy Kramer, Barry Berke, Mary Brosnahan, Michael Friedman, Dave Giffen, and Rich Russo |
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Alec Baldwin and Caroline Rhea |
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Collette |
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Diane Passage and Ken Star |
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Hayley Bloomingdale |
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Keren Moscovitch and Orin Hahn |
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Alan Slatas, Margie Beck, Emil Skulski, and Andreas Panagopoulos |
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Nina Freudenberger and Chessy Wilson |
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Lisa Anastos |
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Nina Freudenberger and Michael Pligavko |
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Michael and Kim McCarty |
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Pat Steir and Mary Brosnahan |
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Sara Bastille |
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Anh Duong |
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Patrick McMullan, Carol Han, and Timo Weiland |
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Tate Donvan, Bettina Prentice, and Sam Tramell |
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Elisa Osbourne |
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Kipton Cronkite and Catherine Forbes |
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Narciso Rodriguez |
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Lindsay Brillson and Danny Hobart |
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Michael Alan |
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Lauren Scala and Tom Kato |
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Kristian Laliberte and Annabel Vartanian |
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Lauren Remington Platt and Bettina Prentice |
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Paul Ruehl and Elisa Osbourne |
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900 guests gathered at the Waldorf Monday evening a week for Lenox Hill Hospital’s Autumn Ball and saluted Vice Chairs Deborah and Allen Grubman, Pat and Ed Gutman, and Doctors Virgie and Marty Ellington, whose leadership helped raise more than $2.2 million, an outstanding feat in our “new” economy.
Guests included: William O. Hiltz, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Lenox Hill Hospital, Lizzie Grubman and Chris Stern, Ellen and Daniel Crown, Dawn Robinson and Dre Allen, Dori Cooperman, Beth Shak, Jennifer Bruder Lavin and Ted Lavin, Bunny and Jay Weinrib, K.T. Sullivan, Howard and Gayle Sobel, Kay and John McEnroe, Sr., Cece Cord, Jean and Ralph Baruch, Dr. Lauren Cassell, Dr. Sherrell Aston and Muffie Potter-Aston, Ann and Thomas E. Dewey, Jr., Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Susan and Richard Braddock, Nancy and Robert Downey, Catherine and Richard Foster, and Richard Nye and Francesca Stanfill.
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Dr. Armando and Jackie Grassi, Lizzie Grubman and Chris Stern, Dr. Virgie Ellington, Dr. Marty Ellington, and Pat and Ed Gutman |
All were gathered to salute Dr. Armando Grassi, Chairman Emeritus, Department of Neonatology and Pediatrics in recognition of his 30 years of remarkable service to Lenox Hill Hospital’s most precious patients. Dr. Grassi was bestowed the hospital’s Medal of Distinction for building a world-class center for newborn babies with life-threatening illnesses.
Dr. Grassi now joins an impressive list of past Lenox Hill Hospital Medal of Distinction awardees including Robin Roberts, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Beverly Sills, Lena Horne, Neil Simon, Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, Harry Belafonte, Joe Namath, Katie Couric, John McEnroe, Tom Brokaw, Julie Andrews, Bette Midler, and Al Roker and Deborah Roberts. |
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Dr. Sherrell Aston, Muffie Potter Aston, Bob Downey, Nancy Downey, Stuart Abrams, K.T. Sullivan, Steve Downey, and Dr. Stuart Orsher |
| Lenox Hill Hospital, a 652-bed acute care facility located on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, was ranked among top 50 hospitals in Heart and Heart Surgery, Digestive Disorders, and Neurology and Neurosurgery by U.S. News and World Report in its 2009 annual "America's Best Hospitals" survey." It is internationally recognized for excellence in cardiovascular care, orthopedic surgery, sports medicine, neurology and neurosurgery, digestive disorders, maternal and child health, bariatric surgery, ophthalmology and otolaryngology. |
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Dan Crown, Dr. Howard and Gayle Sobel, and Ellen Crown |
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Kay McEnroe and Ellen Marcus |
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Jean and Ralph Baruch |
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Judy and Will Hiltz, Marlene Hess, and James Zirin |
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Dan and Ellen Crown |
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Peter and Liz Haveles |
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Cece Cord and Carolyn Davis |
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| Photographs by Brad Hess, Tristan Cook and Ann Watt
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| This past Tuesday night was the spectacular tribute to Tim Burton (thanks to Tim Burton) at MoMA. Jill Krementz covered the show for NYSD and nothing I can write will surpass her reportage so if you haven’t seen it already, click here. |
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David Howell and Bonnie Hammer |
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Gabourey Sidibe |
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Agnes Gund and Lewis Cullman |
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Zac Posen |
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Rose Byrne |
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Rachel Roy and Veronica Webb |
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Diana Picasso and Klaus Biesenbach |
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Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, and Tim Burton |
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Laura Brown |
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Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Burton, and Marie-Josee Kravis |
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Eva Green |
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Nanette Lepore and Robert Savage |
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Danny Elfman |
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Brooke Shields |
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Carlos Souza and Zani Gugelmann |
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David and Julia Koch |
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Michelle Harper |
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Danny DeVito and Rachel Roy |
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Julia Koch and Rajendra Roy |
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Johnny Depp and Patti Smith |
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The Annual Moth Ball Gala 2009, “The Black and White Ball” was also held on Tuesday night at Capitale. Billed as an “evening of great fun,” hosts were Garrison Keillor and Jonathan Ames. With a Jonathan Adler designed 2009 Moth Award, they honored Anna Deavere Smith. Also Ogilvy was honored for their longtime support. Richard Belzer presented the 2009 MothSHOP community Scholarship to Terence Buckner, a graduate of the MothSHOP Community High School Program.
The invitation said about the accepted attire for the evening:
Raven black or powder white,
Don yourself for a festive night.
Add a mask so we will wonder,
What persona lies there under?
And it went on from there.
To learn more about The Moth click here. |
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Carla and Tony Hendra |
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Albert Maysles |
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Jen Stein and Mike Birbiglia |
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Anna Deavere Smith |
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Celerie Kemble |
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Josh Gereghino |
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Tommy Tune |
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Gita Chandra and Patrick Kowalczyk |
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Sarah Jones |
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Joan Griswold and Roy Blount |
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Debra Rudolph, and Rabia Ahmad |
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Denise Signorelli, Jonathan Adler, Simon Doonan, and Amy Lau |
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Jonathan Adler, Terrence Buckner, and Simon Doonan |
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Norman Gold, Tommy Tune, Jenette Gould, and Jeffrey Gould |
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Lili Taylor |
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Angelica Compagno and Hunt Slonem |
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Molly Friedman |
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Jonathan Ames and Garrison Keillor |
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Tony Hendra |
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Ravenel Curry and Boykin Curry |
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