1.17.12: Called into duty | New York Social Diary

Called into duty

Guests gathered at Jazzed in January, New Yorkers Rebuilding New Orleans, a benefit for the Preservation Resource Center.

Jazzed in January 2012: New Yorkers and New Orleanians Working for Preservation Resource Center held their Main Event last Thursday night at the Top of the Standard, at the Standard, New York. ABC News Anchor Rob Nelson was emcee, with music by Henry Butler and the Derek Douget Band.

Alexa Georges, Greg Morey, Holly Sharp Snodgrass, and Karen Solomon served as the evening's co-chairs.

The Derek Douget Band

Anne Redd, Henry Butler, Anne Shearman Betts, and Susan James

Lynn and Tom Long with Beverly Lamb and Janet Tallerine

Wendy Angus, Baker Smith, John Skvarka, and Anna Ellis

Roger Wilson, Alexa Georges, Mark Settembre, and Anna Maio

George Lancaster, Alexa George, Nick Broho, and Jeffrey Jacob Wade

Jacques Cattier, Stuart Gayle, Rachel Hayes, Jean Kang, and Katherine Chung

Ben Bologna and gang

Since 1974, the Preservation Resource Center has been a critical force in breathing life back into New Orleans' at-risk homes and neighborhoods. Building on a history of restoring more than 1,300 properties and touching countless individuals with its outreach and advocacy efforts, the PRC continues its pursuit to preserve New Orleans' historic heritage.

Stephanie Meeks, Patty Gay, and Gary Officer

Dana Hansel, Debra Shriver, and Alexa Georges

Anton Drye, Alexa Georges, and Dr. Jackie Moline

Henry Butler and Patricia Clarkson

Rachel Hayes, Lisa Smith, and Ing Kand

Dr. R. Dale Le Blanc, John Skvarka, and Hal Williamson

Annie Gonzales and Orlando Gonzales

Patricia Clarkson and Gina Garrin

Rae Jung Wilburn, Bob Wilburn, and Pat Wilburn

Olga Skidmore, Timmy Skidmore, Alexa Georges, and Klaus Ortlieb

Jane Scott Hodges and Samantha Smith

Dorothy Clyne, Anne Gowlias, Dana Hansel, and Lisa Smith

Alan Caspi, Bryce Reveley, and Hunt Slonem

Jerry Shriver, Debra Shriver, and Thomas Jane

Lally Brennan, Hal Williamson, and Janet Tallerine

Julie Silvers, Lily Hines, Frank Gibb, Alejandro Rosales, Tyler Fagin, and Chris Snodgrass

Cindy Brennan, Davis J. Bland, and Angele Parlange

Hal Williamson, Gary Officer, and Gabrielle Officer

Dorothy Clyne, Anne Goliwas, and Dottie Charbonnet

Jessica Loyacono, Julie Cappa, Katie Ratt and friend

Susan Wormser, Brad Vogel, Grace Kaynor, and John Skvarka

Janet Tallerine, Jeremy Head, Stacey Head, and Karen Feldman

Also last week, the new "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" opened last Thursday night at the Richard Rodgers Theater.

Matthew Broderick, Mario Cantone, Nathan Lane, Cheyenne Jackson

The cast takes their bows

Matthew Broderick, Mario Cantone, Nathan Lane, and Cheyenne Jackson

They held the opening night party at the McKittrick Hote, a series of warehouses on West 27th Street now serving as a party space.

Mamie Gummer and Ben Walker

Kerry Butler

Arlene and Alan Alda

Bill Irwin

Tommy Tune

Tamara Tunie

Estelle Parsons

Lisa Chinchero and Cory Brudish

Laura Osnes

Diane Paulus and Susan Lori Parks

Naida Rasbury

Michael Alden

Edie Falco

Polly Bergen

Henry Louis Gates

Montana Thomas and Richard Thomas

Barbara Cook

Piper Perabo

Christine Ebersole

Gavin Creel

Valerie Simpson

Melissa Van Der Schyff and Claiborne Elder

Lin Manuel Miranda and Vanessa Nichols

Tanya Lee and Spike Lee

Stephen Schwartz

Jefferson Mays and friend

Lanie Kazaan

Norm Lewis and Audra McDonald

Joshua Henry and Roosevelt Andre Credit

Natasha Yvette Williams and Cedric Neal

David Alan Grier

JD Webster, Nathaniel Stampley, and Trevon Davis

Phillip Boykin

Diane Paulus and Nikki Renee Daniels

Diane Paulus, Diedre L. Murray, and Suzan Lori Parks

Audra McDonald and Peter Donovan

Last Tuesday night here in New York at the Ziegfeld Theater, Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox presented "Red Tails," the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, starring Nate Parker, David Oyelowo, Ne-Yo, Elijah, and Cuba Gooding Jr.

Tuskegee Airmen

Cast of Red Tails

Terrence Howard and family

"A crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard."

Anthony Hemingway

Crazy Legs

Dr. Roscoe Brown

Lee Tergesen

Jamie Lucas, George Lucas, and Melody Hobson

Method Man

Marcus T. Paulk

Kimberley Locke

Tristan Wilds

David Oyelowo

Michael B. Jordan

Tika Sumpter

Antonique Smith

Kangol

Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee

Ne-Yo

Celia Hart and James Earl Jones

Leslie Odom and Jr.

Deborah Roberts and Al Roker

Stephen Baldwin

Deborah Lee

Andre Royo

Yuna Yang and Jessica Oyelowo

Cuba Gooding and Jr.

Georgiana Roberts

Monique Coleman

Giancarlo Esposito

Wendi Murdoch and Tamara Mellon

Francis Ford Coppola

Last Saturday a week ago, there was an opening reception at the Leila Heller Gallery at 568 West 25th Street in Chelsea for Elizabeth Thompson's "Stories from the Everglades," the extraordinary river of grass unique to North America. The exhibition will be on view through January 28th.