Delicious autumn!

Jacqueline Weld Drake addresses the crowd at Casita Maria's annual “Fiesta 2012.”

This past Thursday, October 18, 2012, The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) hosted the 24th Annual Preview Party for The International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show at The Park Avenue Armor. The glamorous event was Co-Chaired by Mary Davidson, Pamela Fiori, Jamee Gregory, Eleanora Kennedy and Kamie Lightburn with Associate Chairmen Allison Aston & Sloan Overstrom. The Celebratory Chairman was Sigourney Weaver and the Connoisseur Chairman was Shafik Gabr. The event was generously sponsored by Architectural Digest and V&M / Vintage and Modern.

Allison Aston, Jamee Gregory, Sigourney Weaver, Eleanora Kennedy, Anna Haughton, Charlotte Moss, Dr. Annette Rickel, Kamie Lightburn, Pamela Fiori, Mary Davidson, and Sloan Overstrom

In support of The Society were the evening’s prestigious Design Committee Co-Chairman, Architectural Digest Editor-in-Chief Margaret Russell and designer Charlotte Moss, who transformed The Glorious Food Café into an elegant French garden parterre. A glittering crowd of over 1,200 guests and leaders from the art, design and fashion worlds mingled amongst the sensational art and antiques, and stunning jewelry. This important show, organized by Anna and Brian Haughton, features many of the world’s most influential art and antique dealers in the U.S. and Europe.

With such tremendous turnout, the event co-chairs are thrilled to announce that over one million dollars was raised, with 100% of proceeds benefiting The Society’s programs at MSKCC. The Society has had the good fortune to be the beneficiary of the Preview Party since 1989. These critical funds will support The Society’s mission to promote the well being of patients, support cancer research, and provide public education on the prevention, early detection and treatment of cancer, and will ensure that The Society continues to provide patients and their families with the comfort and caring that makes such a difference while they are at MSKCC.

Gigi Gabr, Shafik Gabr, Anna Haughton, and Pamela Fiori

Notable Guests included: Sigourney Weaver, Candice Bergen, President of The Society, Dr. Annette U. Rickel, Adrienne Vittadini, Leonard A. Lauder, Arie and Coco Kopelman, CeCe and Lee Black, Margaret Russell, Charlotte Moss, Jamie Tisch, Eleanora and Michael Kennedy, Pamela Fiori, Shafik and Gigi Gabr, Jamee and Peter Gregory, Daisy Soros, Shoshanna Gruss, Audrey Gruss, Alexia Hamm Ryan, Kate Gubelmann, Karen LeFrak, Kamie and Richard Lightburn, Mr. and Mrs. Derek L. Limbocker, Yaz and Valentin Hernandez, Claudia and Gunnar Overstrom, Sloan Overstrom, Allison Aston, Gretchen Gunlocke Fenton, Natalie Leeds Leventhal, Martha Glass, Heather Leeds, Lisa McCarthy, Anna and Michael Safir, Barbara and Donald Tober, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Sherrill, Geoffrey N. Bradfield, Mario Buatta, Jamie Drake, Todd Alexander Romano, Bunny Williams, John Rosselli, Michel Witmer, Elizabeth Pyne, Courtney Arnot, Marshall Watson, Alex Smith, and many more.

Charlotte Moss and Mario Buatta

Karen LeFrak and Margaret Russell

Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch

Sigourney Weaver, Eleanora Kennedy, Craig Thompson, and Dr. Annette Rickeli

Jeannie Pearman, Marvin Davidson, and Mary Davidson

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss

Richard and Kamie Lightburn

Lisa Klein and Eleanora Kennedy

Michael and Anna Safir

Ari and Coco Kopelman

John Loring

June and Paul Schorr

Amanda Essex, Alexandra Rose, and Victoria Vought

Kamie Lightburn, Michel Witmer, Sloan Overstrom, and Allison Aston

Charlotte Moss, Adam Smith, and Pamela Fiori

Dr Annette Rickel ands Daisy Soros

Myrna Haft, David Wax, and Jieun Wax

Katie Tozer, Kamie Lightburn, Tara Wilson, and Rema Parachini

Charlotte Moss and Harriet Weintraub

Melissa and Chappy Morris

Robert Rionda, Charlotte Moss, Roric Tobin, and Geoffrey Bradfield

Andrea Fahnestock and George Hambrecht

Sigourney Weaver, Eleanora Kennedy, Shafik Gabr, and Gigi Gabr

Bruce Bierman and Wendy Moonan

Polly Onet, Scott Snyder, and Audrey Gruss

Ann Pyne, Jamee Gregory, and Betty Sherrill

CeCe and Lee Black

Jean De Montaillou and Mary Davidson

Ellen and Ian Graham

Duane Hampton and Edward Lee Cave

Mark McCarty and Fernanda Kellog

Marshall Watson and Lisa McCarthy

Susan Gutfreund

Michael Kennedy and Karen Klopp

Jennifer Isham, Priscilla Rattazzi, Liza Lerner, and Susan Moss

Adam Smith and Liz Peek

Sam Allen and Natalie Leeds Leventhal

Tom and Heather Leeds

Alexia Hamm Ryan, Jamee Gregory, and Mary Snow

Martha and Peter Webster

Debbie Pipines and Barbara Harbach

Amy Hoadley and Melanie Holland

Chris Meigher, Amanda Meigher, and Grace Meigher

Gianluigi and Adrianne Vittadini

Marianna and George Kaufman

Andrew Orshin and Michelle Smith

Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education held its annual “Fiesta 2012” gala at The Mandarin Oriental in New York City. This year’s honorees were Lilly Scarpetta de Pumarejo, Pierre Durand and Marina B. Kiera Chaplin collected a special gold medal on behalf of Marina B. Mario Buatta served as master of ceremonies and Christopher Mason was the program’s host. As has become the tradition, Jacqueline Weld Drake, Aileen Mehle, and Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia were the Dinner Chairmen. Kiera Chapin, Jacqueline Weld Drake, Fe Fendi, Lilly Scarpetta, and Enrica Arengi Bentivoglio were all adorned in Marina B. sparkling jewels.

Cocktails began in the hotel’s lobby lounge and was followed by dinner and dancing in the ballroom. The benefit raised $528,800 dollars – the silent auction raised $32,900.

Mario Buatta

Sarah Calderon, Daisha Rivas, and Foster Alcantara

This elegant back tie evening raises money for an intuition in one of the poorest neighborhoods of the Bronx, the Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education, which supports young people and their families through high quality social, cultural, and educational opportunities. Casita Maria was founded in 1934 by Claire and Elizabeth Sullivan, two schoolteachers in East Harlem.

The event hosted over 370 guests, including: Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia, Princess Kovalenko, Tony Bechara, Enrica Arengi Bentivoglio, Deeda Blair, Peter Bacanovic, Geoffrey Bradfield, Mario Buatta, Consul Maria Elena Cabezut, Coty Cisneros, Luis Guillermo Cisneros, Kiera Chapin and Oliver James, John Demsey, Pierre Durrand, Tiffany Dubin, Jacqueline and Ronald Drake, Fe Fendi, Audrey Gruss, Jamie and Peter Gregory, Yaz Hernandez, Elizabeth Jacoby, Ambassador John L. Loeb and Sharon Handler Loeb, Christopher Mason, Mary McFadden, Sydney Picasso, Hunt Slonem, Steven Stolman, Stephanie Stokes, Angel Sanchez, Lilly Scarpetta and Roberto Pumarejo, Christopher Trump, Barbara and Donald Tober, Anne Rapp, Adriana and Gianluigi Vittadini, Cecile David-Weill, and Sabrina Wirth and Aaron Sokilik.

Oliver James, Kiera Chaplin, Toni Lubetsky, and Paul Lubetsky

Christopher Mason

Chus Ezqerra, Fabrizio Arengi Bentivoglio, Fe Fendi, and Enrica Arengi Bentivoglio

Audrey Gruss, Ann Dexter Jones, and Jacqueline Weld Drake

Sydney Picasso, Ambassador John Loeb, Sharon Handler Loeb, and Wendy Vanderbilt

-Sergio Millerman, Malu Millerman, Donald Tober, and Barbara Tober

Carolina Alvarez Mathies and Angel Sanchez

IAna Ramos, Tony Bechara, Yaz Hernandez, and Patrick McMullan

Benny Tabatabai, Kristina Kovalenko, and Rebecca Rooney

Geoffrey Bradfield and Catherine Petree-Biron

Ann Rapp and Hunt Slonem

Janis Cecil, Andres Serrano, and Michele Gerber Klein

Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia and Cecile David-Weill

Roberto Pumarejo and Lilly Scarpetta

Jamie Figg and Deeda Blair

Deeda Blair, Pierre Durand, Peter Lyden, and Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia

Steven Stolman, Lauren Grushkin, and Louis Renzo

Adrienne Vittadini, Gianluigi Vittadini, and Mercedes Levin

Patrick McMullan, Mary McFadden, and Edgar Batista

Elizabeth Jacoby and Tina Livanof

Rose Garden Dinner Dance at The New York Botanical Garden took place on Monday, October 1, at the Botanical Garden. Guests of Honor were Mr. and Mrs. John M. Sullivan, Jr. in recognition of their steadfast loyalty to this institution and Mrs. Sullivan’s dedicated service as a Member of the Garden’s Board for nearly twenty five years.

Chairmen for the evening were Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy H. Biggs, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Burn III, and Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Davidson. Honorary Chairmen are Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Hubbard and Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Nolen.

The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden

The event proceeds provide essential funds for the maintenance of the extraordinary Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden as one of the world’s premier rose venues, and support the curators’ care of the Rose Garden Collection, which boasts over 4,300 rose plants in 693 varieties, the greatest number of roses ever displayed. This annual special evening attracts 300 members of the Garden’s extended family, and raises nearly $600,000 to support the collection.

Allison Bourke, Nonie Sullivan, Maureen Chilton, Jeanie Burn, and Mary Davidson

Hartley Rogers and Amy Falls

Dara Mitchell and Mike Offit

Co-Chairs Nonie Sullivan, Mary Davidson, and Jeanie Burn wearing Piaget

John and Carmine Thain

Chris and Grace Meigher

Peter Kukielski with Maureen and Richard Chilton

Deborah and Chuck Royce

Jeanie and Harry Burn

Friederike biggs (right) and friends

The Sullivans

Memrie Lewis and Julia Utsch

Wilson and Eliot Nolen

Jeanne Jones

Nonie and John Sullivan

Joseph Singer, Mish Tworkowski, and Jim Kloiber

Julie and Nicholas Sakellariadis

Marvin and Mary Davidson

Maureen and Richard Chilton and friends

Laurie and Peter Grauer

Paula and Robert Gossett

The Piaget table

General David H. Petraeus (US Army, Retired), Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, was honored at the Soldiers’, Sailors’, Marines’, Coast Guard and Airmen’s Club Military Ball with the Service to the Nation Award.

The annual event, on October 5th, was held at the Hotel Pierre in Manhattan. Every year SSMAC honors a branch of the United States Military and this year, the United States Marine Corps is being saluted with patriotic fanfare and festivities.

Those honored at this annual event received hand-cast brass eagles to commemorate the evening.

Mitzi Perdue, General David H. Petraeus, Major General Juan G. Ayala, and Robert McManus

Honorees also include General James F. Amos, Commandant, United States Marine Corps; Mitzi Perdue, Editor-at-Large, GEN, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News and Robert McManus, Editorial Page Editor, New York Post. Accepting the award on behalf of General Amos will be Major General Juan G. Ayala, Inspector General, U.S. Marine Corps.

Among those attending: SSMAC Chairman Ivan Obolensky; Margo and
John Catsimatidis; Cynthia and Tony Maltese; Jacqueline and Nick Drexel; Dr. and Mrs. Robert D. Wickham; Countess Nicholas Bobrinskoy and Mrs. Ryland E.D Chase.

Diane Ayala, Major General Juan G. Ayala, Dr. Robert Wickham, Kate Wickham, Louis Pedinoff, Jay Pedinoff, and Katie Gardner

Music was provided by Alex Donner and his Orchestra.

Proceeds from the evening went to benefit SSMAC, www.ssmaclub.org [1], a non-profit organization that, since 1919, has provided warm, friendly, and safe accommodations for more than two and a half million men and women of the armed forces, as well as those of our allies.

General David H. Petraeus, and Margo and John Catsimatidis

General David H. Petraeus and Ivan Obolensky

General David H. Petraeus and Alison Chase

Mary and Robert McManus

SSMAC's Junior Committee

Benjamin Patton and General David H. Petraeus

Zita Davisson

Maestro Igor Babailov and General David H. Petraeus

Jose Hernandez, Kevin McGovern, Chuck Scarborough, Dr. Judy Kuriansky, and John Skarin

Dan Ladne, Judy Bliss, and Rick Perkins

Dr. Robert Wickham and Countess Nicholas Bobrinskoy

Sherry Locherlaue, Kathy Edwards, and Emily Allen

Hazel Cathers, Captain Eric Tausch, and Sue Tausch

Susan Nagel and Mitzi Perdue

Cpt Russell Grant, Barbara de Portago, and General David H. Petraeus

Kate and Dr. Robert Wickham

Gloria Muller and Marianne Strong

Alison Chase, Mitzi Perdue, and David Christian

Emily Andren and Rod O'Connnell

Chris, Hazel, Tristian, Jennifer, and James Cathers

Sylvia Tosun Singing

Jim Luce and Barbara Carr

Marvin Scott, General David H. Petraeus, and Lorri Scott

Rita Cosby and Tomaczek Bednarek

Grammy Award-winning producer Kasseem ‘Swizz Beatz’ Dean was honored at Children’s Rights’ Seventh Annual Benefit on Wednesday, October 10, 2012, at the Grand Ballroom of The Plaza Hotel in New York City. The event was co-chaired by Nick Cannon and Michael Cayre.

Children’s Rights Board Member Darryl “DMC” McDaniels - hip hop icon from the groundbreaking group Run DMC - served as emcee. The Benefit raised more than half a million dollars.

Hugh Hildesley, Executive VP and Senior Auctioneer at Sotheby’s ran the annual reverse auction; which raised over $200,000 dollars.

Kasseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean, Alan Meyers, Rocko, and Nick Cannon

The benefit raised awareness and support for Children’s Rights’ campaigns to defend the legal rights of abused and neglected children in foster care throughout the United States.

The Children’s Rights Champaign Award is given annually to an honoree who demonstrates a passionate commitment to the most vulnerable among our nation’s children. Swizz was selected for the award because he cares deeply about national and international children’s causes, and is determined to give back and improve the lives of children in foster care.

More than 350 guests attended the event, including: Moises de la Renta, Philip Falcone, John Kluge, Amy Laurent, Massimo LuBuglio, Miss Mykie, Paigion, Shorty Da Prince, Arden Wohl and Bow Wow.

Catherine Petree-Biron, Sahel Golestan, Kasseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean, Amy Laurent, and Tom Murro

The Benefit’s Steering Committee: Joseph W. Belluck, Richard D. Emery, Dan Galpern, Alan C. Myers, James Stanton.

I AM ONE Committee: Alisyn Camerota (Anchor, Fox & Friends Weekend), Eriq L. Salle and Natalie Morales (Anchor, Today).

Guests danced the night away as Swizz Beatz hosted and deejayed the after-party in the Terrace Room at The Plaza. Elizabeth Jacoby served as the Chair of the Young Leadership Committee. Federico Baptista, Catherine and Laurent Biron, Elizabeth Bickford, Gregory Beltrame, Peter Davis, Mascha Moore, Sahel Golestan, Kathryn Rotella, James Tang and Bridget Zingale were among the Young Leadership Committee members.