All over the map

Amy Schumer, Pete Correale, Marc Maron, Lynne Koplitz, Nick DiPaolo, and Robert Kelly at "SIT, STAY AND STAND-UP!" Comedy Show to Benefit The ASPCA.

This past Tuesday night, “Sit, Stay and Stand-Up” an ASPCA benefit at Comix at 353 West 14th, they held the biggest night of comedy New York has seen in a long time. Comic Jimi Celeste hosted some of the top comedy headliners in the country including Greg Giraldo, Nick DiPaolo, Robert Kelly, Lynne Koplitz, Ben Bailey, Marc Maron, Pete Correale, Amy Schumer, Seth Herzog.

With tickets going for twenty bucks in advance and $25 at the door, they sold out and all proceeds went to the ASPCA. Outside the club they had the ASPCA Adoption van with waiting/anticipating love dogs and cats, keeping their paws crossed for good loving homes and joy to fill all the rooms.

Amy Landecker

Nicholas Rodriguez

Matt Wayne

Brian Fischler with Nash

Jimi Celeste and Jamie McCarthy

Rodney Dorivano, Jen Marden, and Cory Slovik

Anthony Perullo

Marc Maron and Meghan Raloff

Diane Neal

Adam Roth, Alec Morton, Chris Phillips, and C.P. Roth

Kimberly Hannwacker and Lynne Koplitz

Jen and Cindy Marden

Courtney Dawson and Emma Snowdon-Jones

Nicholas Rodriguez and Ceslie Armstrong

Pete Correale

Amy Schumer

Ben Bailey

Kimberly Hannwacker and Jimi Celeste

Robert Kelly

Jimi Celeste

Our furry little friends

Every single day of the year, the ASPCA rescues animals from a lifetime of cruelty, violence and pain. Your commitment makes it possible for their life-saving programs to create happy endings for those innocent lives touched by cruelty. Please consider making a donation. [1]

Last Wednesday a week, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) hosted its Opening Night: A Viennese Evening, celebrating 40 years of performances at Alice Tully Hall.

200 guests were in attendance at the benefit honored long-time philanthropists and chamber music aficionados, Jamie and Maisie Houghton.

The evening included cocktails, a seated dinner, a Viennese-inspired concert program and private reception. Chairman of the CMS Board Peter Frelinghuysen and Opening Night Co-chair Harry Kamen gave warm introductions to the evening’s Honorees Jamie and Maisie Houghton who shared personal anecdotes with the crowd about their love for chamber music and how they were introduced to the art by their family member, the late, legendary Alice Tully.

Musicians with David Finkel, Creative Director.

The evening’s Gala Co-chairs included: Barbara and Harry Kamen, Barrett and Peter Frelinghuysen, and Elizabeth W. Smith. The Benefit Committee included: Carol and Richard Miller, Barbara and Bob Erskine, Melissa and James O’Shaughnessy, Carol and Chuck Hamilton and Priscilla F. Kauff.

Guests included: Artistic Director David Finckel, Herbert and Judy Schlosser, Norma Hurlburt, Baylis Thomas, Charles Wadsworth, Anne and John Coffin, Susie and David Simon, Mary and Howard Phipps, Florence Davis and Anthony Gooch, Alexandra and Philip Howard, Elizabeth Cooke and Reynold Levy, Coke Anne and Jarvis Wilcox, Edmee and Nicholas Firth, Edith and Martin Segal, Fred Krimendahl and Emilia Saint-Amand, Marifé Hernández and Joel Bell, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Philip and Alexandra Howard, Alice and Ted Cohn, Joe and Marie Melone, Edith de Montebello, Missy Rennie Taylor, Helen-Mae and Seymour Askin, Pat and John Rosenwald, Elaine and Alan Weiler, Kim and Mason Granger, Elizabeth and Herbert Tulchin, Brenda Anderson, Barbara and Charlie Pierce and more.

Edith de Montebello and Stella Sichle

Alexandra Howard and Kelley Anderson

David and Suzy Simon

Elaine and Alan Weiler

John Bradbury, Frances Ferguson, Norma Hurlburt, Bayliss Thomas, Priscilla Kauff, and Sharon Griffin

Barbara and Harry Kamen

Jamie and Maisie Houghton

Coke Anne and Jarvis Wilcox

Herbert and Elizabeth Tulchin

Reynold Levy and Norma Hurlburt

Kim Granger, Marifa Hernandez, Joel Bell, and Mason Granger

Elizabeth Cooke, Barrett Frelinghuysen, and Sandy Cortesi

Judy and Herbert Schlosser with Ron Targan

Anne and John Coffin

Emilia Saint-Amand and Fred Krimendahl

Paula Lawrence and Ed Jones

Maisie Houghton, Harry Kamen, and Jamie Houghton

Edmee Firth, Jamie Houghton, and Peter Frelinghuysen

Edmee and Nicholas Firth

Jacques and Hope Tetrault

Howard and Mary Phipps

Elizabeth W. Smith with daughter, Elizabeth Smith

Barbara and Bob Erskine

Pat and John Rosenwald

Phillp Howard and Adaline Frelinghuysen

Photographs by Gregory Partanio

Last Thursday night at the American Museum of Natural History, the museum’s Junior Council, the membership group for New Yorkers ages 22 to 39, kicked off its 2009-2010 season.

Members and guests were treated to a private screening of “Wild Ocean,” the spectacular IMAX film which explores the annual feeding frenzy that takes place in the oceans off the coast of South Africa as billions of sardines migrate up the KwaZulu-Natal Wild Coast followed by whales, sharks, dolphins and gannets feasting on a (comparatively slight) portion of the migration.

Hall of Biodiversity

J. Skyler Fernandes, Jenna Dreher, Angela Latigona, Gaelin Rosenwaks, and David Dwyer with friends

Melanie Stiassny, Curator of the Department of Ichthyology spoke. Mary Solomon served as Trustee host and co-chair Zach Pomerantz served as the Junior Council host.

Museum Curator Melanie Stiassny with guests

Michael Jones, Dana Wallach Jones, and Shauna Brook

Matthew and Nicole Bruno and friends

Jameson McFadden and friend

Co-chairs Lori Toub and Zach Pomerantz with Sherri Toub

Josh Liebling and friend

Erin Moennich, Beth Sweberg, Adrienne Morrison, and Natalie Smith

Margaret & Ivan Marshalek

Peter Stein (on right) and friend

Jay Alson, Lisa Heffner, Taylor Brandt, and Jason Martin

Co-chairs Andrew and Zibby Right and friends

Lauren and Marni Issacs with Mark Posner

Wild, weird, wacky, fusion fashion and various stages of dress and undress -- you fill in the blanks -- was the program of the Vogue Ball, emceed by Princess Xtravaganza, held last Friday night at 215 Centre Street.