A.C.E. & Cinema

Benny Shabtai with his daughter Nicole

Dr. Howard Sobel and Gayle Perry

Jean and Martin Shafiroff

Shannon Signorini and Sonja Tremont Morgan

On a Thursday evening last month A.C.E. – the Association of Community Employment host the 4th annual 2007 Awards Dinner. Hosted by Chairs: Marianna Olszewski, Zac Posen and Co-chairs James Dinan, Laura Steinberg, Daniel H. Stern, Jeffrey Winick and Laura and William Zeckendorf.

A.C.E. was founded in 1992 by Henry Buhl. Henry as he is known to all, started the program when he moved into the neighborhood in SoHo. The objective was finding a way for the homeless in the area to find work and shelter. One of A.C.E.’s first inititatives was a solution to that problem: SoHo & TriBeCa Partnerships, which is a non-profit organization whose mission is to help recovering homeless adults obtain the essential skills needed to successfully re-enter the workforce and achieve long term, economic self-sufficiency.


	Susan Needles, Elia and Mariana Zois, and Marianna Olszewski

This year’s event honored Henry Hay, Connie and Jeffrey Tarrant, and Mariana and Elia Zois for their continued support of the Association of Community Employment Programs for the Homeless (A.C.E.). Blake Nicolazzo accepted the A.C.E. Community Service Award for Patagonia.

The evening included cocktails and dinner; featured a musical performance by the Bahia Arts Brazilian troupe., ABC Radio talk show host Curtis Sliwa was emcee and special friend of A.C.E., Taye Diggs also lent his support for the evening. Sotheby’s Jamie Niven conducted the auction. A selection of "highlights from The Buhl Collection" were displayed in the gallery.

All proceeds will benefit A.C.E. and its initiatives, the SoHo and TriBeCa Partnerships.

Cornelia Bregman and Sonja Tremont Morgan

Ann Rapp, Gregory, Sonja Tremont Morgan

Jamie Niven and Eliza Osborne

Alessandra and Michael Busch

Curtis Sliwa with the Olszewski sisters

Chris Rounick and Marianna Olszewski

Chad Ritchie, Marianna Olszewski, and Chris Rounick

Terri Kahan, Anthony Addison, Ann Rapp, and Marianna Olszewski

Denise Holzer, Mariana Zois, and Veronica Collins

Henry Buhl and Taye Diggs

Gustavo Arango, Christine Cachot Williams, and Daniel Cappello

Betsy McCaughey and MarySliwa

Daniel Cappello and Eliza Osborne

Julianna Margulies and Keith Lieberthal

Leigh Nichols, Julio de Pietro, and Theresa Olszewski

Herve Larretche and Kat Cohen

Gary and Nina Wexler

Samantha Daniels and Teresa Hill

Elia and Mariana Zois with Paul Bierne

Kelly Bensimon and Michael Dupont

Richard Kobish, Christine Cachot Williams, and Didier Maine DeBiran

Indre Vengris and Justin Rockefeller

Julianna Margulies, Mariana Zois, and Fe Fendi

Kat Cohen, Marianna Olszewski, and Terri Kahan

Julie Christie turned out for the premiere of her latest Away From Her at the most recent Cinema Society screening. And more than a few of the glitterati turned out for a glimpse of Ms. Christie who aroused the curiosity of even the most jaded Manhattan film-goers of privilege. Julie Christie. Dazzling. There is already Oscar buzz building for this performance for the star playing a victim of Alzheimer’s in a portrayal of a long marriage weathering the effects. It is a story about love and strength and hope. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house when the lights came up.

The much-acclaimed film, directed by Sarah Polley, also stars Gordon Pinsent, Michael Murphy and Olympia Dukakis. They were all on hand for the screening at the IFC Center, as well the star-studded after party which followed at the Soho Grand Hotel. The Wall Street Journal sponsored the evening.

And there was a starry crowd for the whole evening organized by Cinema Society’s creator. Such as: Debra Messing, Candice Bergen, Rosemary Harris, Sandra Bernhard, Kim Cattrall, Ugly Betty star Eric Mabius, Camryn Manheim, Griffin Dunne, Lili Taylor, Michael Sheen (The Queen), Ricki Lake, Dick Cavett, Debbie Harry, Stella Keitel, Robert Iler (The Sopranos), Janel Maloney (West Wing), Zuleikha Robinson (The Namesake, Rome), Troy Garity, William Sadler, Ben Shenkman, Amy Sacco, Rachel Roy, Frederique Van Der Wal, Judy Licht, Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia, Daniel Benedict, Vogue’s Sally Singer, Tiffany Dubin, Bettina Zilkha, Lionsgate’s Sarah Greenberg, and the Wall Street Journal’s Gordon Crovitz and Andrea Norlander.