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The Associates Committee of The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's 21st Annual Bunny Hop at FAO Schwarz Fifth Avenue. |
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| On Tuesday, March 6, 2012, The Associates Committee of The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center hosted the 21st Annual Bunny Hop at FAO Schwarz Fifth Avenue, New York’s legendary toy store. A Society tradition and the most high-profile family event of the year, the Bunny Hop is a thrilling and magical evening for families and children of all ages. Sponsored by Tiffany & Co. and with generous support from UBS Private Wealth Management, over 1,000 people attended including The Society’s members, celebrity guests and New York families. The Event Co-Chairs were Kate Doerge, Chiara Edmands, Blair Husain, Palmer O’Sullivan and the Benefit Vice Chairmen were Alexandra D. Edwards, Shabnam Henry, Marianna Olszewski Rounick, and Martha Sharp. |
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Guests enjoyed a variety of hands-on activities including: games by Kids In Sports; face painting by BongarBiz and Faces by Derrick; cupcake and cookie decorating by Eleni’s New York; Freeze Frame Giant Piano Photos; costume dress-up areas provided by Let’s Dress Up!; sand art by the Craft Studio; live animal presentations by A Touch of Nature; entertainment by Magic Al the magician; Sammie and Tudie; Miss Pinkie’s Playhouse; twisted balloon art; Alex Toys giant paper flowers; musical entertainment by MME Entertainment; and a live musical performance by Broadway Babies.
The event raised over $320,000 to benefit the Pediatric Family Housing Endowment. The fund pays for overnight stays at special nearby accommodations when children and their families come from out of town for treatment at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center’s renowned Pediatric Department and are unable to afford this expense. The endowment helps to relieve some of the financial strain for families with children undergoing treatment at the cancer center.
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| Martha Sharp, Shabnam Henry, Lisa Errico, Kate Doerge, Palmer O’Sullivan, Alexandra D. Edwards, Chiara Edmands, and children |
| Guests included: Kelly Rutherford, Ramses Barden from the New York Giants, Alexandra Kotur, Kate Doerge, Chiara Edmands, Blair Husain, Palmer O’Sullivan, Alexandra Edwards, Shabnam Henry, Heather Leeds, Anne Keating, Lisa Errico, Shoshanna Gruss, Eleanor Ylvisaker, Allison Aston, Ferebee Taube, Natalie Leeds Leventhal, Kate Allen, Jill Kargman, Danika and Charlie Gould, Stephanie and James Loeffler, Claudia Overstrom, Kate Pickett, Eleanora and Michael Kennedy, Dr. Annette Rickel, and many more. |
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| Marianna Olszewski Rounick and son, Alexandra D. Edwards, and daughter |
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| Steve and Stephanie Hessler, and sons |
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| Alexandra D. Edwards and daughter |
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| Ramses Barden and friends |
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| Palmer O’Sullivan, Kate Doerge, and children |
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| Charlie Gould, Danika Gould, Anne Keating, and daughter |
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| Shabnam Henry and son |
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| Eleanor Ylvisaker and son |
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| Natalie Leeds Leventhal and daughter |
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| Shoshanna Gruss |
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| Kelly Rutherford |
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| Heather Leeds, Courtney Arnot, Anne Keating, and Claudia Overstrom |
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| Dr. Annette Rickel and Ramses Barden |
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| Kate Pickett and daughter |
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| Bunny & Tiffany’s Egg |
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| Hugs |
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| Guests enjoying balloon station |
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| Jeff Bennett, Dr. Annette Rickel, and Seth Bright |
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| Jill Kargman and children |
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| Snake time |
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| Live Animal station |
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| Hard at work |
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| Face paintings |
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| Ferebee Taube and son |
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| Annabella Murphy and Lisa Evans |
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| Claudia Overstrom |
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The Art Show, the nation's and New York City's longest running fine art fair, hosted by the Art Dealers Association of America, opened with a preview benefiting Henry Street Settlement this past Tuesday night Park Avenue Armory. It’s an evening of an advance viewing of museum-quality exhibitions by 72 of the nation's leading galleries. It opened to the public on Wednesday and runs through Sunday. Art aficionados and art lovers will be in their element by they buyers or spectators,
The Gala’s attendance is always a mixture of artists, collectors, museum directors and curators, and prominent names from the business and philanthropic communities. |
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Among those artists represented in the Art Show: Donald Baechler, Adam Fuss, Loris Gréaud, William Leavitt, Sylvia Plimack Mangol, Allan McCollum, Yoshitomo Nara, Jim Nuttm Adrian Pacim Philip Pearlstein, Dorothea Rockburne, Sarah Sze, Henry Taylor, Ursula Von Rydingsvard.
Among the art patrons and collectors expected (I wasn’t there long enough to see everyone): Richard and Iris Abrons, Anne Abrons and David Sharpe, Bill and Maria Bell, Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy, Eli and Edyth Broad, Steven A. and Alexandra M. Cohen, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Jeanne Donovan Fisher, Glenn R. Fuhrman, Leonard A. Lauder, Martin Margulies, Peter Marino, Ronald A. Pizzuti, Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky, Jerry I. Speyer, Ellen and William Taubman, Phoebe Taubman and Craig Nerenberg, Alice and Tom Tisch, Laurie M. Tisch, Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch.
Museum Directors and Curators: Carol S. Eliel, LACMA Curator of Modern Art; Claudia Gould, Director of The Jewish Museum; Christy Maclear, Executive Director of Robert Rauschenberg Foundation; Anne Strauss, Associate Curator of The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Terrie Sultan, Director of Parrish Art Museum; Ann Temkin, Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at Museum of Modern Art; Adam Weinberg, Director of Whitney Museum of American Art. |
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Sam Keller, Joni Weyl, and Sidney Felsen |
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Lucy Mitchell-Innes and Kim Heirston |
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Alexandra Lebenthal, J. Tomilson Hill, and Janine Hill |
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Peter Brant Jr. and Peter Brant |
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Kaws and Stavros Merjos |
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Rachel Lehmann, David Maupin, and Bonnie Clearwater |
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Roland Augustine and Marc Spiegler |
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Eli and Edythe Broad |
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Hunter Reynolds |
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Yoshitomo Nara |
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Agnes Gund and Arne Glimcher |
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Adam Weinberg and Scott Mead |
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Dorothea Rockburne |
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Byron Wien, Anita Volz Wien, and Linda Blumberg |
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Dave Muller |
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Last Monday night The Public Theater presented their star-studded Public Sings! This one-night only extravaganza of Broadway talent was held at Joe’s Pub. It was directed by Daisy Prince with musical direction by Chris Fenwick. Performers featured were Laura Benanti, David Byrne, Alan Cumming, Raul Esparza, Montego Glover, Gabriel Kahane, Ethan Lipton, Kelli O’Hara, Jesse L. Martin, Benjamin Walker, Tituss Burgess, John Ellison Conlee, Lili Cooper, Matt Doyle, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Greg Hildreth, Eli James, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Justin Levine, Norm Lewis, Betsy Morgan, Jessica Phillips, Bobby Steggert, Katie Thompson, Stanley Bahorek, Joan Almedilla, Mary Kate Morrissey, Rocio Del Mar Valles, and Corey Mach.
The evening celebrated the rich history of musicals produced by The Public Theater, including HAIR; A Chorus Line; Caroline, or Change; and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson; as well as upcoming musicals such as February House premiering at The Public this May; and the Shakespeare in the Park production of Into the Woods this summer. |
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David Byrne |
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Gabriel Kahane |
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Renee Elise Goldsberry and Norm Lewis |
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Alan Cumming |
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Benjamin Walker |
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Public Theater Board Member Gail Papp and friend |
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Mamie Gummer and Grace Gummer |
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Sandy Gotham Meehan, Kathleen Begala, and Laurie Eustis |
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Warren Spector, Public Theater Chairman of the Board |
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Public Theater Associate Artistic Director Mandy Hackett and director Alex Timbers |
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Reda Charafeddine and Public Theater Executive Director Patrick Willingham |
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Public Theater Board Member Lizanne Rosenstein, Barry Rosenstein, and Joey Parnes |
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Samuel Peabody with his friend Solange, and Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis |
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Bobby and Sarah McCain, Colbert and Mary Cannon, Joe Lawrence, Ilana Lawrence, Donna and Sherman Foote, Shannon Cave, and Maura Hooper |
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Public Theater Board Member Steven Taub and daughter |
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Playwright Jonathan Marc Sherman and Public Theater Board Member Alexandra Shiva |
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Kevin Bleyer, writer for The Daily Show, Mamie Gummer, and Benjamin Walker |
Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com (Bunny Hop); Rob Rich (Women of Achievement); David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com (ADAA); Simon Luethi (Public Theater). |
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