10.18.10: Top tails cocktails and night at the museum

Top tails cocktails and night at the museum

2010 Top Tails Cocktails Benefit Committee members with The Animal Medical Center's CEO Sara Katz, Alexandra Hack, Travis Acquavella, Marie Rentschler, Sommer Scafidi, Kris Huegel, Cass Adelman, Kristin Fisher Allen (Junior Committee Co-Chair), Kate Coyne (CEO), Christina Floyd Di Donna (Junior Committee Co-Chair), Kristy Hinze Clark, Emilia Fanjul Pfeifler, and Ivana Berendika

The Animal Medical Center’s Junior Committee presented Top Tails Cocktails at the penthouse of The Cooper Square Hotel this past September 29th, raising nearly $40,000 to support critical patient assistance programs funded by The Animal Medical Center (AMC).

It was a spectacular NYC evening. 125 guests mingled outside on the wrap-around glass balcony, enjoying the hors d’oeuvres from Chef Scott Conant of Faustina and Scarpetta, while cozying up to two 8-week old Labrador retriever puppies from The Guiding Eyes Foundation.

AMC Junior Committee Members, Sommer Scafidi, Cass Adelman, CEO Kate Coyne, Christina Floyd, and Emilia Fanjul Pfeifler with Diamond

Christina Floyd Di Donna, Abigail Lash, Kristin and Charlie Allen, and Kristy Hinze Clark with Guiding Eyes for the Blind volunteer and puppy

Two very tired puppies from Guiding Eyes for the Blind

The 2010 Top Tails Cocktails Benefit Committee members were: Sara Katz, Alexandra Hack, Travis Acquavella, Marie Rentschler, Sommer Scafidi, Kris Huegel, Cass Adelman, Kristin Fisher Allen (Junior Committee Co-Chair), Kate Coyne (CEO), Christina Floyd Di Donna (Junior Committee Co-Chair), Kristy Hinze Clark, Emilia Fanjul Pfeifler, and Ivana Berendika.

Guiding Eyes for the Blind volunteers with puppies

Peter Tunney and his wife Amy Magee

Marie Rentschler and friend with Guiding Eyes for the Blind pups

Kate and Jim Coyne with Guiding Eyes for the Blind puppy

AMC Benefit Committee Member Kristy Hinze Clark with Guiding Eyes for the Blind puppy

Junior Committee Members Kris and Curt Huegel and Christina Floyd

Kristy Hinze Clark with Guiding Eyes for the Blind puppy

AMC Veterinarian Dr. Allyson Berent with AMC technicians Haven Bade and Monika Wright

AMC Junior Committee Member Kris Huegel with friends

AMC Veterinarian Dr. Deirdre Chiaramonte with Jim Coyne

AMC Benefit Committee members Marcie and Jordan Pantzer with Junior Committee members Cass and Jason Adelman

Kristy and Jim Clark with Guiding Eyes for the Blind pup

Artist Peter Tunney donated a commissioned pet portrait for AMC's Raffle

Charlie Allen with Guiding Eyes for the Blind puppy

AMC Junior Committee members Curt and Kris Huegel with AMC Vet Dr. Chiaramonte and Ted McCullough

AMC Chief Executive Officer Kate Coyne with AMC Radiologist Dr. Fischetti

AMC Benefit Committee member Tripp Callan with Lindsay Fox and Guiding Eyes for the Blind puppy

Austin Shapard, Abigail Lash, Junior Committee Co- Chair Kristin Fisher Allen and Charlie Allen

Last Wednesday night, the Director’s Council of the Museum of the City of New York held their annual autumn event at the Pool Room of the Four Seasons on East 52nd Street. It was an evening of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and dancing. Reed Krakoff sponsored the evening. The funds raised benefit the Museum.

This is one of the most popular annual parties on the New York autumn social schedule. The Director’s Council has been running this for years, as far back when many, if not most of its members, were part of what was known as the Junior Social Set. Time has transformed those juniors but they’re still committed to the cause of the MCNY and they bring out all their friends, to the point where it is at least a stopping off point in the evening for a lot of New Yorkers.

Director’s Council Chairs were: Mark Gilbertson, Pheobe Gubelmann, Celerie Kemble, Heather Mnuchin, Calvert Moore, Allison Rockefeller, Shafi Roepers, Andrew Roosevelt, Burwell Schorr.

Simone Mailman and Betsy Pitts

Claudia Overstrom

Slone and Alex Overstrom

Whitney Fairchild, Reed Krakoff, Delphine Krakoff, James Fairchild

Whitney Fairchild, Reed Krakoff, Delphine Krakoff, and James Fairchild

Martha Glass, Jeffrey Sharp, Rachel Hovnanian

Martha Glass, Jeffrey Sharp, and Rachel Hovnanian

Allison and Peter Rockefeller

Bettina Zilkha

Helen Lee Schifter

Kathy and Othon Prounis

Sandy Golinkin and Tori Burch

Alexia Hamm Ryan

Maria Villalba and Karen Glover

Douglas Hannant and Geoffrey Bradfield

Christine Schwarzman, Christopher Meigher, Grace Meigher, Steve Schwarzman

Christine Schwarzman, Christopher and Grace Meigher, and Steve Schwarzman

Libby and Terry Fitzgerald

Vicky Ward

Jennifer Creel and Carol McFadden

Sheila Lebwith and Alexandra Lebenthal

Frederick Stanton and Julia Moore

Rachel and Ara Hovnanian

George Moore, Calvert Moore, Randy Burkert

George and Calvert Moore, and Randy Burkert

Andrew Fry and Bronson Van Wyck

Jonathan and Somers Farkas

Muffie Potter Aston

Julian Niccolini and Allison Aston

Jamee and Peter Gregory

Wilber Ross, Hilary Geary Ross, Mila Mulroney

Wilber Ross, Hilary Geary Ross, and Mila Mulroney

Cynthia and Dan Lufkin

Bruce Addison and Maureen Footer

Tom and Caroline Dean

Peter and Jospheine Calahan

Valesca Guerrand-Hermès, Mark Gilbertson, Nina Griscom

Valesca Guerrand-Hermès, Mark Gilbertson, and Nina Griscom

Blair and Prabal Husain

Alex Hitz and Amy Fine Collins

Chuck Scarborough

Kate Hancok and Whitney Douglas

Gigi Morimer

Tara Rockefeller and Celerie Kembel

Stephanie LaCava

As Vice Chair of the upcoming The New York Women’s Foundation® (NYWF) Fall 2010 Dinner – Stepping Out and Stepping Up – Jean Shafiroff recently hosted a luncheon at Le Cirque for the Foundation, which featured a special conversation with Diana L. Taylor, Vice Chair of the New York Women’s Foundation, and ABC World News’ Diane Sawyer about NYWF and the current needs of New York City’s women.

With an introduction by NYWF President and CEO, Ana L. Oliveira, Sawyer expressed her excitement to be amongst individuals “who have chosen to believe that the intervention in one life can change the world,” as Taylor confirmed, detailing the Foundation’s dedication as a “diverse board, staff and members dedicated to helping women achieve the tools to better their lives.” Taylor went on to explain how she came to the Foundation, as the guest of a friend at the NYWF Annual Celebrating Women® Breakfast nearly seven years ago — Taylor was profoundly moved by “the room of 2,500 women with tears streaming down their faces” as they learned about, and celebrated, the work of the Foundation. At the close of the conversation, Sawyer asked Taylor to name her personal inspiration, to which Taylor explained Sawyer’s impressive media career, “rising to the top in man’s world,” has served as both an inspiration to herself and others.

Anka Palitz, Zita Davisson, Carolyn Buck Luce, Joan Cohn, and Elinor Seevak

Donna Saloway, Diana Taylor, Sara Herbert-Galloway, Lucia Hwong Gordon, and Janna Bullock

Ana Oliveira, Diane Sawyer, and Diana Taylor

The New York Women’s Foundation is a cross-cultural alliance of women catalyzing partnerships and leveraging human and financial capital to achieve sustained economic security and justice for women and girls — as Taylor explained, an organization of “women in New York City helping other women.” Following the dialogue, Host Jean Shafiroff expressed her gratitude for the Foundation and its incredible efforts and encouraged guests to remember to thank their mentors and become a mentor to a young woman as well, working together to inspire change.

The NYWF Dinner – Stepping Out and Stepping Up – will recognize New Yorkers who serve as role models and demonstrate courageous leadership, vision and commitment to women and girls. This year, the Foundation is honoring Agnes Gund as well as Grace Hightower De Niro and Robert De Niro on December 1, 2010 at New York City’s Gotham Hall. The special evening will begin with a cocktail reception, followed by dinner and dancing. For tickets to Stepping Out and Stepping Up or for further information about the New York Women’s Foundation, please visit www.nywf.org.

Jean Shafiroff, Diane Sawyer, Diana Taylor, and Ana Oliveira

Cindy Elden and Nancy Smart

Debbie Bancroft

Margo Catsimatidis

Amelia Ogunlesi

Lisa Fitzig, Yvonne Quinn, and Antoinette LaBelle

Dawne Marie Grannum and Madeline Holder

Alison Mazzola and Carole Bellidora

Fe Fendi, Jean Shafiroff, and Jacqueline Togut

Alejandra Navaro and Yvonne Quinn

Bonnie Comley and Lee Frye

Jean Shafiroff and Cristina Greeven Cuomo

Ann Rapp and Ana Oliveira

Grace Hightower De Niro and Tia Walker

Ophelie Renouard and Amy Fine Collins

Christine Gray and Lisa Fitzig

Hilary Geary Ross and Elizabeth Philipp

Katlean de Monchy, Fe Fendi, Lucia Hwong Gordon, and Barbara Tober

Margo Langenberg and Vicki Assevero

Patricia Shiah

Somers Farkas and Amy Fine Collins

Tom Gates

Joyce Cowin, Susan Cullman, and Sue Ann Weinberg

Vicki Assevero and Marjorie Tiven

Yaz Hernandez and Janet Riccio

Sara Herbert-Galloway, Jean Shafiroff, and Hilary Geary Ross

The annual 2010 Stars of Design Awards hosted by Charles Cohen and his beautiful Clo, were held at the D&D Building.

Amy Lau, Juan Montoya, Urban Karlsson, and Doris Chevron

Geoffrey Bradfield, Paige Rense, and Howard Kaminsky

Barbara Friedman and Michael Boodro

Clo Cohen and Geoffrey Bradfield

Dara Caponigro and Alison Hall

Charles and Clo

Robert Stern, Deborah Nevins, and Charles Cohen

Tess and Thomas F. Schutte

David Ruff and Penny Baird

David Easton and James Steinmeyer

Gail Anderson and Lynn Staley

Darrin Vardin, Michael Zabriskie, and Scott Salvator

Michele Oka Doner, Janis Cecil, and Patti Weinberg

Jennan Al-Hamdouni and Julia Noran

Harry Heissmann and Amy Lau

Jennifer Matthews and Brad Ford

Ghislaine Vinas, Eugenia Sanpiestaban Soto, and Sophie Donelson

Joshua Greene, Alex Kale, and Robert Passal

Lisa and Philip Gorrivan

Kipton Cronkite and Amy Lau

Melanie Acevedo and Richard White

Joe Kaplan, Robert Stern, Dara Capinigro, and Clo Cohen

Scott Frances, Tom Britt, and David Easton

Melanie Acevedo and Thomas Delavan

Zoe Settle and Cori Mellott

Scott Salvator and Michael Zabriskie

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson was one of the most exciting new musicals this past spring off-broadway at The Public Theater. Rolling Stone called Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, “the season’s best musical”. On October 13th the show opened on Broadway at The Bernard Jacobs Theater with Benjamin Walker reprising the title role.

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson is an irreverent retelling of the life of America’s seventh president by Alex Timbers (writer/director) and Michael Friedman (composer/lyricist).

Bonnie Comley, Stewart Lane, Virginia Comley, James Comley, Eli Lane, and Alex Washer

Curtail Call

Cast of 'Bloody Bloody Jackson'

Darren Goldstein, Bryce Pinkham, Ben Steinfeld, Charlie Rosen, and Jeff Hiller

Andrew Jackson is portrayed as a rock star, complete with tight jeans, groupies, and a desire for power through fame. The 90 minute show is adored by younger audiences for its rock score, by the over 30 crowd for its look at the first American Populist president, and by the over 50 crowd for the history lesson it contains.

The cast includes: Benjamin Walker, Kristine Nielson, James Barry, Darren Goldstein, Greg Hildreth, Jeff Hiller, Lucas Near-Verburgghe, Cameron Ocassio, Bryce Pinkham, Nadia Quinn, Maria Elena Ramirez, Kate Cullen Roberts, Ben Steinfield, and Emily Young. It is produced by The Public Theater and Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Scott Delman, Susan Gallin, Mary Lu Roffe, Stewart F. Lane, Bonnie Comley, and Center Theatre Group.

For more information on the show see: www.bloodybloodyandrewjackson.com.