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| Last Wednesday night at the Central Park Zoo, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) presented their annual Spring party, SAFARI! India, an evening celebrating conservation, wildlife protection and appreciation of the natural world. After the dinner hour, there was a junior after-party An Evening at the Central Park Zoo. They honored David Schiff for his unwavering support, and they celebrated the Wildlife Conservation Society’s work in India led by tiger expert Dr. K. Ullas Karanth, winner of the 2007 J. Paul Getty Award for Conservation Leadership. Honorary Chairs were Vice President Al Gore and Tipper Gore, and Wynton Marsalis. The WCS is a worldwide conservation organization, urban oasis, source of science education, and caretaker of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks. Proceeds from its events support the WCS’s local and global efforts. |
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Indian musicians hypnotize the crowd. |
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| More than 650 socially prominent New Yorkers and celebrites attending. Cocktails began, as is tradition, around the Sea Lion Pool. The Junior arrivals began around nine o’clock as dinner was winding down. An Evening at the Central Park Zoo, hosted by the Conservation Council, WCS’s Junior Committee, was attended by more than 900 young adults ranging in age from 22-35 and living and working in New York City. Since 1985, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has worked to save wildlife and wild lands around the globe. Today WCS has field staff at work in over 60 nations, protecting many of the last wild places left on our planet. To bring the mission home, the Bronx Zoo based WCS is distinguished as the only global conservation organization that also operates the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks, educating more than 4 million zoo and aquarium visitors each year about the importance of wildlife conservation. |
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| Last Thursday night in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria, Metro International, newly named One To World!, held its annual awards dinner. More than 500 international leaders in business, higher education, the arts, and government gathered to celebrate the organization’s commitment to create global citizens and inspire a peaceful world. Attendees will include Harriet Mayor Fulbright, Meera and Vikram Gandhi, Wenke Thoman Sterns and William S. Sterns III, Barbara and Ray Dalio, Jean Karoubi and Dr. Michele de la Mothe, and Christopher B. Burnham. Headquartered in New York City Metro International brings Americans and students from around the world face-to-face to share their lives and perspectives in life changing ways. Through Metro International programs, Americans and the 50,000 international students in New York City learn from one another and together they become active citizens in a global society. |
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Honorees Matt Dalio and Barbara Crossette, Honorary Chair Harriet Mayor Fulbright, and honorees Emily Altman and Kevin Parker |
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| The late Senator J. William Fulbright, who was honored at this event in 1993, dedicated much of his life to this goal. Metro International utilizes the Fulbright Awards Dinner to bring attention to those whose understanding of other countries and cultures has helped them make a difference here in the United States and around the world. Honorees were Emily Altman, Managing Director, Head of International Government Relations for JP Morgan Chase; Barbara Crossette, former Bureau Chief, Asia and the UN for the New York Times; Matthew Dalio, Founder and Chairman of China Care Foundation and Kevin Parker, Global Head of Deutsche Asset Management, Deutsche Bank. |
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| More than 80 gathered at the French Consulate in New York to celebrate Lin Arison’s book “Travels with Van Gogh and the Impressionists: Discovering the Connections” and the work Ms. Arison has done in helping young artists nationwide. The French Consul François Delattre and his wife Sophie L’Hélias Delattre hosted the event, which included a dinner prepared by Daniel Boulud, Yosuke Suga from Joel Robuchon, and Jacques Torres. Guests included Agnes Gund, the choreographers Trisha Brown and Bill T. Jones, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Director Jacqueline Z. Davis, American Dance Festival Director Charles Reinhart, Christina DePaul, President of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Steven and Kimberly Rockefeller, Mary and Howard Frank, Anna Kisselgoff, and set designer and sculptor Bjorn Amelan. |
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Dominique Janssen, Yosuke Suga, Yanou Collart (in white ruffle), Sophie L’Hélias-Delattre, French Consul François Delattre, Lin Arison, Daniel Boulud, Sarah Arison, and Neil Folberg |
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| The evening began with cocktails, followed by a talk by Ms. Arison and a showing of Neil Folberg’s photographs from “Travels.” Dinner was held in the Salon Rouge, transformed by table settings that glittered with blue glass dishes and towers of bright sunflowers. The wines were selected by Jean-Luc Colombo. In 1982 Lin, along with her late husband Carnival Cruise founder Ted Arison, created the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts to ensure the future of American art by identifying uniquely gifted young artists and assisting them both financially and educationally. The list of alumni reads like a Who’s Who in the arts. |
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| Clockwise from above: Daniel Boulud at work; Dos de Bar aux Poireaux et aux Ecrevisses; Mousse au Chocolat au Sabayon. |
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| The Ross School’s Fifth Annual Starlight Ball, held on a Saturday night last month in the Hamptons. This benefit raises money for the Steven J. Ross Scholarship Fund, which currently enables almost half of Ross School students to receive some form of financial aid. Co-chairs were for the 2008 Starlight Ball were Jay McInerney and his wife, Anne Hearst. This year’s honorees are Juergen and Anke Friedrich and the JAF Foundation.
Ross School attracts a diverse and energetic group of students who are guided by an exceptional faculty. During the 2007-08 academic year, the school served 565 students from pre-nursery through grade 12. Financial support is offered to one hundred percent of faculty children, and tuition discounts are given to siblings. 100 percent of all Ross graduates that have applied to four-year colleges have been accepted, and over 30 percent are the first in their families to pursue higher education. So far, the class of 2008 has received over $1,000,000 in merit awards and over 160 acceptances to schools including Bard College, Barnard College, Bates College, Carleton University, College of Charleston, Columbia, University of Chicago, Emory University, New York University, Rhode Island School of Design, Rollins College, University of San Diego, Skidmore College and Yale University. The Steven J. Ross Scholarship Fund was established to ensure that students from diverse economic, social, and ethnic backgrounds benefit from a Ross School education. Currently, over 40% of our student body receives need-based financial aid. Contributions to the Steven J. Ross Scholarship Fund enable Ross School to continue to offer children from around the world an exceptional, world-class learning experience. Corporate sposors of the evening were: Adelson Galleries, Harry Winston, Mark Anthony Rugs, Morgane Le Fay, TSO General Corp. Media sponsors were Hamptons.com and Plum TV. |
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| This year’s annual Flip Flop Casual benefitting Project Cuddle took place on May 30th at The Village Club of Sands Point. Lauren and Brad Egna hosted the event with celebrity guests in attendance, including actor and national spokesperson John Stamos and fellow ER actor, Scott Grimes. The event was the summer kickoff with a special musical performance by the OC Beach Band with Chris Farmer and Mike Kawolski of The Beach Boys. The Flip Flop Casual is a major annual resource for this important organization as it raises funds and awareness for Project Cuddle. Project Cuddle has rescued over 600 babies from abandonment or worse throughout the United States and Canada. The 24 hour hotlines are confidential and available in both English and Spanish to facilitate the reduction in the incidence of abandoned babies in North America. With chapters across the nation, Project Cuddle is there to help scared and nervous mothers from making a decision they may regret, giving their infant a chance for a bright and happy future. |
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| The 13th annual Taste of Summer benefit was held under the stars at the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park featuring a night of tastings from more than 35 of New York's top restaurants; along with dancing under the stars; and a silent auction showcasing beauty and vacation packages, jewelry and accessories. Critically acclaimed chef and restaurateur Jean-Georges Vongerichten hosted a VIP Café with tastings from all six of his New York restaurants - Jean Georges, JoJo, Vong, Perry St, Spice Market, and Mercer Kitchen.
The evening’s chair was Dolly Lenz representing Miraval Living Condominium who sponsored the evening. Trustee Chairs were: Jay Mandelbaum, Norman Selby, and B. Smith. Host Committee: Elizabeth Meigher, Frank J. Lourenso, Gillian Miniter, Kristy and Jonathan Korngold, Liz Gateley, Patrick McMullan, Sade Baderinwa, Samantha S. Topping, Sandra Lee, and Susan Shin. The Central Park Conservancy's mission is to restore, manage, and preserve Central Park, in partnership with the public, for the enjoyment of present and future generations. The event raised $750,000 for the Central Park Conservancy's ongoing care and preservation of this beloved landscape. For more information on the Conservancy, please visit www.centralparknyc.org [4]. |
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| Debbie Dickinson hosted a soiree to celebrate the return of Ciaobella Restaurant, the beloved Upper East Side restaurant, owned by Enrico Proietti, on Second Avenue on 85th Street. How does this sound: Scamorza alla Piastra con Portobello, Prociutto di Agnello con Pera, Carciofini Saltati al Pistaccio, Gnudi Toscana alla crema di Gorgonzola, Gnocchi di Ricotta con crema di Tartufi bianchi, Branzino arrosto con carciofi? All topped off with Champagne and excellent Italian wines. Yum! Among the international set enjoying the delicious night were sisters Phoebe Cates Kline and Valerie Cates Wilkes, Randy Jones, Sharon Hoge, Maurice Tuchman, NYS Deputy Attorney General Jennie Riviera, Marcia Mishaan, Soheir Khashoggi, Ijaz Malik, Christophe Von Hohenberg, Liza Deyrmenjian, Renzo Arbore, Jason Grant, Barbara Hodes, Roger Webster, Barbara Camp and Win Foreman, UN Cultural Director for China Jamie Guan, Andrea Massano, Oscar Blandi, Le Bernadin’s Eric Ripert, Phillipe Bigar, Lorraine and Dr. Z. Paul Lorenc, Tappy Phillips, Marianna Verkek-Joseph, Edward Tricomi, Rich White, Katherine Schultheis, Fabrizio Brienza, Phil Witt. A few evenings later, Ciaobella hosted "The Art of Pasta" for the children and their families from Ronald McDonald House. Upper East Side Proietti Group executive chefs Nicole Gabriella ( Bella Blu), Roberto Patriarca (Baraonda), Giuseppe Mazzeo (Baraonda) joined Paul Floess in giving pasta cooking lessons interspersed with the history of the popular food. |
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| Photographs by Barry Gordin & Francine Fleischer (Ross School); ©PatrickMcMullan.com (WCS & Flip Flop); ©2008 Darleen Rubin (Ciabella). | Click here [5] for NYSD Contents |