5.12.09: Marching through New York | New York Social Diary

Marching through New York

Dinner in Four Season's Pool Room for the Cancer Research Institute's 27th Annual “Through the Kitchen” dinner and auction benefit.

Lincoln Center of the Performing Arts, kicking off its 50th Anniversary year long celebration, held a Leadership Breakfast yesterday gathering together trustees from all twelve Lincoln Center resident organizations to honor the role civic leadership has played in the continued vitality of Lincoln Center as it enters its 50th year.

Lincoln Center celebrates 50 years.

Horn section outside Alice Tully.

Peter Martins and Lisa Schiff arrive.

The gathering in the lobby of Alice Tully Hall.

The breakfast.

The cake.

There was a special program commemorating Lincoln Center’s original groundbreaking ceremony with President Dwight D. Eisenhower held in the newly revitalized Alice Tully Hall with performances paying tribute both to the past 50 years, as well as to the next generation of Lincoln Center’s artists and audiences.

The event was attended by top elected officials, performing artists, civic and community leaders, and representatives from all 12 Lincoln Center resident organizations.

Paul LeClerc

Lillian Vernon and Paolo Martino

Bill Thomas, Sr. VP Philharmonic

Zarin Mehta, Executive Director New York Philharmonic Orchestra and Peter Gelb, General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera

Martin E. Segal and Marina Couloucoundis

Daisy Soros and Karlheinz Muhr, Managing Director of Credit Suisse

Mark Heiser, Managing Director of the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center

Tom Brokaw

Linda and Steve Horn

Charlotte Chandler, Board of Film Society, Tom Gates, and Vera Fairbanks

Richard Peña, Film Society of Lincoln Center's program director

Paul Guenther, Chairman of the New York Philharmonic

David Rockefeller and Reynold Levy, President of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer of Lincoln Center Theater, and Margie Vandercook, School of American Ballet

Efrom Greenberg, Kathy Cramer, Andrea Miller, and Ronnie Planalp

Janice Williams, Midge Woolsey, and Eleanor Applewhite

Jerry Zecastro (Director of Concert Hall) with Sally and Nick Webster, retired manager of the New York Philharmonic

Two Sundays ago at the Four Seasons, the Cancer Research Institute held its 27th Annual “Through the Kitchen” dinner and auction benefit. The theme was “A Salute to the Museums of New York,” which mean that the tables were all decorated accordingly.

It’s an amazing dinner because basically it’s you going into the kitchen of the Four Seasons and helping yourself to every imaginable dish both hot and cold, both meat and fish, and pasta and rices and oyster bars and salads beyond, and you think you’d like to eat everything in sight. It’s also one of those “eyes bigger than your stomach” experiences because it’s impossible. And then there’s dessert.

Cancer Research Institute Staff

And then there was the auction with the ebulliently focused Jamie Niven from Sotheby’s auctioning off a dinner for six at Rao’s, donated by Charles Gargano (Leonard Lauder got it for $9000). Two people won an internship at Bloomberg Media ($45,000) – Ernesto Cruz and Dailey Pattee. Mr. Cruz also won for $7000 the NBA Ball Kid Experience (donated by CRI trustee Heidi Ueberroth).

There were 225 at the dinner. They raised $505,000 for the cause including ticket sales and auction items. Perri Peltz and Eric Ruttenberg were the Event Chairs and Margaret and Andrew Paul, and Lara and Remy Trafelet were Co-Chairs. A very good and delicious feast and good time was had by all. Lucky all.

Lee and Jamie Niven with Evelyn Lauder

The Cancer Research Institute (CRI) is the world’s only non-profit organization dedicated exclusively to the support and coordination of scientific and clinical efforts that will lead to the immunological treatment, control, and prevention of cancer. Guided by a world-renowned Scientific Advisory Council that includes five Nobel Prize winners and thirty members of the National Academy of Sciences, CRI supports cutting-edge cancer research at top medical centers and universities throughout the world. The Cancer Research Institute is ushering in a new era of scientific progress, hastening the discovery of effective cancer vaccines and other immune-based therapies that are providing new hope to cancer patients.

Bob and Kelly Galvin, Jill O’Donnell-Tormey, and Tom Tormey

Andrew and Kathy Thomas with Tom and Marina Purcell

William Mitchell and Terre Blair

Jeff and Liz Peek

Jamee Gregory and Joanne de Guardiola

Haeda and George Mihaltses

Richard Newberger, Marilyn Jenkins-Medina, and Maan Medina

Nina and Vincent LaBruna

Remy and Lara Trafelet

Mario and Ariadne Platero

Leonard and Evelyn Lauder

Linda and Rocco Maselli

Brian and Karen Jacobs, Cindy Weiler, and Blake Moore

Perri Peltz, Lauren Veronis, and John Veronis

Jamee Gregory, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Diana Taylor

Kathy and Zachary Bloomgarden

Katie Peck and Rebecca Shingleton

Margot and Norman Freedman

Perri Peltz, William Haseltine, Lauren Veronis, and Jill O'Donnell-Tormey

Christy Ferrer, Deborah Norville, and Bob Hormatz

Lauren Veronis, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Jill O'Donnell-Tormey

Libby and Shahab Karmely with Leslie and Brian Brille

Jill Gilmour and Joan Schnitzer Levy

Judy Ney, Lauren Veronis, Evelyn Lauder, and Sheila Labrecque

Jackie and Ken Duberstein

Sheila Labrecque and Bill Cunningham

Nicole Seligman, Joel Klein, Patricia Coleman, Judy Ney, and Peter Duchin

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and James Sitrick

Gillian and Sylvester Miniter

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Patrick McGrath

Rich and Jenny DeMartini, Leonard Lauder, and Tom Tuft

Patrick McGrath, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Pat McGrath

Nancy MIssett and Annabelle Fowlkes

Jill O'Donnell-Tormey and Tom Tormey

Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and Princess Firyal

Paula Root, Linda Well, Leon Root, and Perri Peltz

Andy Paul with Tracy and Jim Rutherford

Christopher Heath and Cece Cord

Remy Trafelet, Emily Rafferty, and Harry Davidson

Mr. and Mrs. Ernesto Cruz

Anna Brana, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Vincent Brana

Anna-Maria Kellen

Christine Davison, Annabelle Fowlkes, Alison Brokaw, Jill O’Donnell-Tormey, and Lara Trafelet

Nancy Silverman and Andrew Saul

Richard Meyer and Lally Weymouth

Veronica Kelly, Jamie Niven, Virginia Coleman, and Peter Duchin

Stacey Bronfman and Brian Brille

Eric Ruttenberg and Mrs. Ernesto Cruz

Rand Araskog

Four Seasons staff

Andy Paul

Somers and Jonathan Farkas with Lee and Jamie Niven

Eric Ruttenberg, Dailey Pattee, Ernesto Cruz, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg

Nancy Silverman and Debbie Bancroft

Jessie Araskog

Jamie Niven and Jill O’Donnell-Tormey

Philip Marks and Terri Bishop

Karl Wellner, Joanne de Guardiola, and Deborah Norville

Evelyn Lauder and Jill O'Donnell-Tormey

Leonard Stern

Leon and Paula Root

Louis Rose and Denise Kellen

Leonard Lauder and Lauren Veronis

Last Tuesday evening at the Metropolitan Club between 6 and 8 pm, Ambassador John L. Loeb Jr, Chairman of the George Washington Institute for Religious Freedom, with the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York, hosted a party to celebrate the publication of “An American Experience; Adeline Moses Loeb and Her Early American Jewish Ancestors."

Adrienne and Gianluigi Vittadini

Denise Rich, Sharon Handler, and Richard Turley

Ambassador John L. Loeb Jr and Eli Evans

Prince Dimitri of Yugolslavia and Lady Liliana Cavendish

Dawn Mangrum, Ann Rapp, Geoffrey Bradfield, and Roric Tobin

Sharon Handler and Bettina Zilkha

Amy Fine Collins

George Watson and Allison White

Sharon Sondes and Jill Spalding

Suzanne Murphy Albertson and Robert Albertson

George Gurley, Hilary Heard, and Gregory Speck

Marjorie Reed Gordon and Yaz Hernandez

Jill Roosevelt, Jonathan Farkas, and Somers Farkas

NARAL Pro-Choice New York and the National Institute for Reproductive Health held its annual Champions of Choice luncheon at the Mandarin Oriental -- New York City’s premiere reproductive health fundraising event.

The Champions of Choice award, which honors an individual who has fearlessly and incomparably impacted the field of reproductive rights, was given this year to Mexico City Mayor Ebrard for his work legalizing abortion in Mexico City. Past honorees include President William Jefferson Clinton, Glamour magazine Editor-in-Chief Cindi Leive, designer Lisa Perry and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.

Clockwise from top left: Isaac Mizrahi and Fiona Rudin; City Council Speaker Christine Quinn; Mayor Michael Bloomberg; Margaret Munzer Loeb and Fiona Rudin.

Event participants included Kelli Conlin, President of NARAL Pro-Choice New York and the National Institute for Reproductive Health, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, keynote speaker Linda Greenhouse, co-chairs Lorna Brett Howard and John Howard, Margaret Munzer Loeb and Daniel Loeb, Fiona Howe Rudin and Eric Rudin, Michael Wolkowitz and Hope Holiner, and chairs emeritiate Lisa Perry, Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn and Ann Tenenbaum.

Jodi Leib, Arielle Haves, Kara Feigeles, Saranna Biel-Cohen, Diana Bass, Marissa Purcelli, and Josh Lafer

Flora Collins, Amy Fine Collins, and Nazee Moinian

Guests included Jessica Seinfeld, Caroline Kennedy, Isaac Mizrahi, Diana Taylor, Liza Lerner, Gayle Atkins, Somers Farkas, Aimee Bell , Stacey Bendet, Sharon Handler, Rachel Roy, Karenna Gore Schiff, Priscilla Ratazzi Whittle, Nazee Monian, Flora Collins, and Amy Fine Collins.

Michael Wolkowitz and Hope Holiner

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Diana Taylor, Flora Collins, Amy Fine Collins

Lorna Brett Howard

Kelli Conlin, President of NARAL Pro-Choice New York and the National Institute for Reproductive Health

Samantha Perry

Caroline Kennedy and Lisa Perry

Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn and Daniel Loeb

Last Thursday night at the Waldorf, Education Through Music held its 8th annual Children’s Benefit where they honored virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell for his longtime support of music education.

Joshua Bell and students

Mr. Bell performed solo pieces as well as playing a song accompanied by children from Education Through Music’s partner schools.

Budd Mishkin, Karen Karlsrud, and Joshua Bell

Jacqueline Threadjold, Eldon Mayer, and Tamara Cox

Miss USA Kristen Dalton and Joshua Bell

Silda Wall and Eliot Spitzer

Karen Karlsrud and Katherine Damkohler

Rob Weisstuch and Michael Schaefer

Paul Krebs, Mary Jane Krebs, Nancy Northern, and Teresa Lopes

Ray Mikulich, Tilda Wall, Eliot Spitzer, Karen Karlsrud, and Joshua Bell

Elizabeth Pforzheimer and Colin Jacobsen

Chris Gabrielsen and Betts Gabrielsen Mayer

John and Janet Canning

Deborah Kaye and Frank Nairen

Jack Bryant, Molly McConaty, and Eric Volp

Laurie Hoff and Haydee Searcy

Carolyn and Karen Karlsrud

John Lozito, Gail Prashad, and Jeffrey Wu

Lindsey Pryor, Ray Mikulich, and Carine Kerz

Allan Feldman and Anne Harris

Tamara Cox, Kimberlea Rea, and Katherine Elliott

Ray Mikulich, Eliot Spitzer, and Eldon Mayer

Mary Jane Krebs and Paul Krebs

Victoria Lanier and Keri Lindall

Stacey Cooper and Benny Shabtai

Bill Sales, Susan Sales, and Coburn Packard

Matthew Zelle, Lucille Chung, and Alessio Bax

The 2009 Tony Awards’ “Meet the Nominees” press reception was held last Wednesday at the Millennium Broadway.

Moises Kaufman, Jane Fonda, Zach Grenier, 33 Variations

Actresses Janet McTerr, Jane Fonda, and Harriet Walter

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical, Christopher Sieber, Shrek the Musical

Jane Fonda

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, Brian dArcy James, Shrek the Musical

Liza Minnelli

Christopher Sieber, Brian d'Arcy James, David Lindsay-Abaire (Books & Lyrics), Jeanine Tesori (Music), Sutton Foster, Shrek the Musical

Partial cast from Hair

Angela Lansbury will make Tony Awards history if she lands a Best Featured Actress prize - she'll tie Julie Harris for the most acting awards

Marc Kudisch

Dolly Parton

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King

Roger Robinson, Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Trent Kowalik, David Alvarez, and Kiril Kulish, Billy Elliot

Jimmy Nederlander, Jr., Josefina Scaglione, Karen Olivo, West Side Story

Alice Ripley, Next to Normal

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play, John Glover, Waiting for Godot

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, Sutton Foster, Shrek the Musical

Constantine Maroulis, Rock of Ages

Christopher Sieber, Sutton Foster, and Brian d'Arcy James, Shrek the Musical

Martha Plimpton, Pal Joey, and Hope Davis, God of Carnage

Robert Spencer, Alic Ripley, and Jennifer Damiano, Next to Normal

Allison Janney, Dolly Parton, and Marc Kudisch, 9 to 5

Raul Esparza, Speed-the-Plow

Musicians John Clancy and Danny Troob

Carol Shelley, Billy Elliot

The New York Junior League (NYJL) presented its 14th Annual Spring House Tour this past Saturday.

The one-day, self-guided tour showcased eleven spectacular townhomes and apartments in Manhattan¹s chicest neighborhoods. 600 guests toured residences designed by the renowned architects and designers Campion Platt, David Scott Parker, Sara Story, Todd Merrill, Dawn Sandoval, Fawn Galli, Laura Bohn, Anthony Baratta and William Diamond of Diamond Baratta Design. Also featured were the palatial residence of Christopher Hyland, purveyor of luxury textiles, and the art and antique filled studio loft of the artist Hunt Slonem.

New York Junior League Volunteers

The tour began with a continental breakfast at the NYJL Headquarters for Training and Leadership and included a buffet lunch at the MacKenzie-Childs flagship store.

Guests also enjoyed a post-tour cocktail reception and lively panel presentation by Christopher Hyland, VERANDA Editor at Large Carolyn Englefield, and Dawn Sandoval of DMS Interiors. Event sponsors included MacKenzie-Childs, VERANDA, and Stribling and Associates. Lori Silverstein and Joni Grossman co-chaired the event, and Amy Sabo served as Vice Chair. All proceeds raised from the Spring House Tour benefit the many community impact programs realized by the NYJL.

Hunt Slonem with New York Junior League Volunteers at his studio

The New York Junior League (NYJL) is an organization of women committed to promoting volunteerism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

As one of the largest volunteer service organizations in New York City, the NYJL has 3,000 volunteers. More than 60 committees support the community needs of New York City as well as the institutional needs of the organization. Its purpose is improving the lives of women and children in Manhattan by working with 30 community-based organizations and public agencies to deliver services and assistance directly to those in need. For more information, please visit www.nyjl.org.