Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Second Bloom

Guests enjoy dinner in the Rainbow Room for the celebration of the 5th anniversary of the Hospital for Special Surgery's Lerner Children’s Pavilion.

On Tuesday evening, November 28, fine jeweler Verdura’s CEO Ward Landrigan and President Nico Landrigan celebrated artist and entertaining guru Cathy Graham and her newly launched book Second Bloom: Cathy Graham’s Art of the Table at the company’s Fifth Avenue gallery.


	Cathy Graham signing copies of Second Bloom: Cathy Graham’s Art of the Table.

Guests who joined the quartet of co-hosts Deeda Blair, Louise Grunwald, Laura Slatkin, and Town & Country Editor in Chief Stellene Volandes included New York City Ballet principal dancer Ashley Bouder, Anne Bass, Vogue’s Hamish Bowles, Cornelia Bregman, Susan Bloomberg, Anne Kreamer and Kurt Andersen, Harry Slatkin, Judith Landrigan, Kim Landrigan, Grace and Chris Meigher, Debbie Bancroft, Alex Papachristidis, Ann Barish, Amy Fine Collins, Bill Rudin, and Milly de Cabrol.

Guests were given signed copies of the limited edition slipcased book, along with Second Bloom candles and a notebook designed by Graham especially for the party. Other guests included Liliana Cavendish, Gigi Mortimer, Vendome publisher Mark Magowan and wife Nina, George Farias, Elle Decor’s Ingrid Abramovitch, the book’s author Alexis Clark, David Monn, Christopher Mason, John Yunis, Judy Gordon Cox, Lisa Frelinghuysen, Jane Blair Oberle, and Lisa Jackson.

Other guests enjoying champagne included Emily Frick Froelich and Robert Froelich, Elizabeth Peabody, Martha and Peter Webster, Maureen Footer, Laura Hunt with Cynthia Frank, Jane Soudavar, DC’s Daren Thomas, Maria Tuttle, Ashley McDermott, Peggy Guinness, Virginia Warner, Joanna Fisher, Elizabeth Fuller, Sylvia and Alison Mazzola, Peter Pennoyer and Katie Ridder, Susan Magrino, Jesse Carrier, Alexandra Howard, Peter Gallagher and Paula Harwood, Ernie Pomerantz and Marie Brenner, and Cathy’s son Tommy Graham with Lexie Sinsheimer.

Second Bloom: Cathy Graham’s Art of the Table is filled with her whimsical sketches and demonstrates how to create lively occasions with original touches. It is published by Vendome Press and is now available on Amazon.

Amy Fine Collins, Cathy Graham, Joanna Fisher, and Ashley Bouder

Ann Barish, Debbie Bancroft, and Jane Soudavar

Christopher Mason and Liliana Cavendish

Alex Papachristidis and John Yunis

Elizabeth Fuller, Lisa Frelinghuysen, Judith Landrigan, and Kim Landrigan

Elizabeth Peabody and Ernie Pomerantz

George Farias, Bill Rudin, Cathy Graham, and David Monn

Gigi Mortimer and Alexandra Howard

Grace Meigher, Kim Landrigan, and Chris Meigher

Hamish Bowles and Ward Landrigan

John Yunis, Harry Slatkin, and Lisa Jackson

Judy Gordon Cox and Stellene Volandes

Nico Landrigan, Cathy Graham, Deeda Blair, Ward Landrigan, and Judith Landrigan

Grace Meigher and Louise Grunwald

Katie Ridder, Nico Landrigan, and Peter Pennoyer

Laura Slatkin, Ashley McDermott, and Maria Tuttle

Mark Magowan and Cathy Graham

Tommy Graham and Lexie Sinsheimer

Hamish Bowles and Cathy Graham

Ward Landrigan and Anne Bass

Robert Froelich and Emily Frick Froelich

Sylvia Mazzola, Alison Mazzola, and Guy Tuncliffe

Peter Gallagher, Cathy Graham, and Paula Harwood

The Lerner Children’s Pavilion at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) celebrated its 5th anniversary with a benefit to support the pavilion’s pediatric care and research on Thursday, November 30, 2017. Hosted by Jason Biggs, the event included a cocktail hour and dinner at the Rainbow Room as well as a special performance from the Chris Norton Band. The event raised nearly $1.3 million for pediatric care and research.

The event is hosted by co-chairs Lara Lerner, Miriam & Roger F. Widmann, MD, and Kendrick R. Wilson III & Ann Jackson. Honorary chairs include Kate Doerge and Monica Keany. Vice chairs are Rob Goldstein, Celene Menschel and Sara Weiner, PhD.

The Rainbow Room set to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the HSS Lerner Children’s Pavilion

Event co-chairs Miriam and Roger Widmann, MD, chief of pediatric orthopedic surgery at HSS

Event co-chairs Ann Jackson and husband Kendrick R. Wilson III

Event co-chairs, honorary chairs, and vice chairs Sara Weiner, PhD, Kendrick R. Wilson III, Kate Doerge, Ann Jackson, Lara Lerner, Monica Keany, Celene Menschel, Miriam Widmann, and Roger Widmann, MD

Pediatric orthopedic surgeons at HSS from left to right: Roger Widmann, MD (chief), Peter Fabricant, MD, MPH, John Blanco, MD, David Scher, MD, and Daniel Green, MD, MS, FAAP, FACS

The event’s co-chairs Kendrick R. Wilson III, Ann Jackson, Lara Lerner, Miriam Widmann, and Roger Widmann, MD

Honorary event chairs Kate Doerge and Monica Keany.

New York Giants alum David Diehl with Tina Powers

Event co-chair Kate Doerge with husband Chad

HSS CEO Louis A. Shapiro with Jenny Mollen and Jason Biggs, the night’s host

SNY anchor Michelle Yu with New York Knicks legend Larry Johnson

The Chris Norton Band performs

Host Jason Biggs welcomes guests

Event co-chair Roger Widmann, MD, addresses guests

HSS CEO Louis A. Shapiro with event co-chair Lara Lerner

Kenneth Handal with Kate Doerge and Mary Francina Goldin

On November 27th at The Plaza Hotel, the Children’s Cancer & Blood Foundation (CCBF) hosted their Annual “Breakthrough Ball” Benefit.

They honored Ronald J. Iervolino, Co-Chairman, Greenbacker Group LLC and Co-Chairman, Children’s Cancer & Blood Foundation. Mr. Iervolino was being recognized for his philanthropic work to raise funds and awareness for children’s cancer & blood diseases, his steadfast leadership of CCBF, and his advocacy for parents of children with cancer and blood disorders.

Willie Geist, Host of NBC's "Sunday Today" and Co-host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" served as Master of Ceremonies.

Barri and Les Lieberman

Kade and Ron Iervolino

Benefit Co-Chairs included Trish Iervolino, Barri Lieberman, Tara Lipton, M. Reza Raein, Vincent Tese, Tristana Waltz, and Carolyn Wiener.

Broadway stars Elizabeth Ward Land, Curvy Widow, Alex Newell, Once On This Island, Chilina Kennedy and Paul Anthony Stewart, Beautiful, Libby Cervais and Mariand Torres, Wicked performed for guests.

The Breakthrough Ball is CCBF's annual and signature fundraising event -- bringing together over 500 influential guests, health professionals, and patients -- aimed at raising more than $1 million to support CCBF's Research.Care.Cure. mission in the fight against pediatric cancer and blood disorders, and advance the life-saving work of its team of professionals at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center's Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology.

Christine Carcione, Frank Carcione, Les Lieberman, Kim Moses, and Andrew Moses

CCBF, through its support of the Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, has created a standard of excellence in the treatment of children with chronic, life-threatening blood disorders since 1952. CCBF is the oldest and largest charitable organization in the U.S. dedicated to the care of children with cancer and blood disorders. Over the years, CCBF has helped the Division grow into one of the most comprehensive programs of its kind.

For more information about CCBF, visit childrenscbf.org.