Opening reception of Petra: Lost City of Stone, with Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan
Ambassador Kawar, Barbara Walters, and AMNH Trustee Connie Spahn
AMNH Trustees Richard Gilder and Don Clifford with Akel Biltaji
Petra: Lost City of Stone, the most comprehensive exhibition ever presented on the ancient city of Petra, opened at the American Museum of Natural History on Saturday, October 18, 2003. Presented under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Petra is the first major cultural collaboration between Jordan and the United States. This groundbreaking exhibition, on view in New York City through July 6, 2004, spotlights the ancient metropolis of Petra, which was literally carved from the red sandstone in the harsh desert cliffs of southern Jordan.
Safwan Masri, Petra co-curator Glenn Markoe, Petra co-curator Craig Morris, Queen Rania, Ellen Futter, and Lewis Bernard
Guests joining Museum President Ellen V. Futter and Chairman of the Museum’s Board of Trustees Lewis W. Bernard were HM Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan, Princess Firyal of Jordan, Ambassador and Mrs. Karim Kawar, Barbara Walters, Glenda Bailey, Tom and Meredith Brokaw, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Moyers, Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro, Baroness Maruccio Zerilli-Marimo, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kempner, Jr., Ethel LeFrak, Lesley Stahl and Aaron Latham, Anne Sidamon-Eristoff, Connie and Stephen Spahn, Kathryn Hearst, Prince Ra’ad bin Zeid and Princess Majda Ra’ad bin Zeid, Prince Siras bin Ra’ad and Dana Firas bin Ra’ad, Prince Zeid bin Ra’ad and Princess Sarah Zeid bin Ra’ad, and many more.
Charlotte and Ottavio Serena di Lapigio andguests
Purva and Andrew Tsai
Guests at the reception
Princess Firyal and Barbara Walters
Ambassador and Mrs. Kawar, Princess Sarah and Prince Zeid
Lewis Bernard with Allison and Roberto Mignone
Meredith Brokaw and Helene Kaplan
L. to r.: Dinner in the Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life; Lewis Bernard, Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, and Ellen Futter.
Guests at the reception

Photographs by Denis Finnin/AMNH & Rod Mickens/AMNH



The Week presented the Grand Classics screening of "Badlands," hosted by Benicio Del Toro
Benicio del Toro
Abigail Klem and Lulu de Kwiatkowski
Amanda Ross and Mary Alice Stephenson
Adelina Wong Ettelson and Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos
A super-glam crowd flocked to Soho House this past Thursday evening for the Grand Classics Film Series. Grand Classics is quickly becoming one of the hottest tickets in town, and serves up the top actors, actresses, and directors each and every month presenting their favorite films to an ultra-chic crowd.

Past and future presenters include Charlize Theron, Jeremy Irons, Susan Sarandon, Sam Rockwell, Kevin Costner, Robin Williams, and many, many more. This past Thursday, sizzling hot actor Benicio Del Toro presented Terrence Malick’s Badlands and dazzled a crowd of film and social movers and shakers that included Mary Alice Stephenson, Helen and Tim Schifter, Dayssi Olarte de Kanovas, Bettina Zilkha, Lucy Sykes, Amanda Ross, Blair Husain, Daniel Benedict, Lulu de Kwiatkowski, über-publicist Robin Baum, Jessica Craig-Martin, Jeffrey Slonim, Marisa Noel and Matt Brown, and Indyssey Entertainment heads and hosts Katrina Pavlos, Vanessa Wingate, and Andrew Saffir, along with presenting sponsors The Week Magazine and Stoli. Benicio and the swank crowd stayed and partied well into the night with Naomi Watts and Nicole Kidman.
Daniel Benedict, Bettina Zilkha, and Andrew Saffir
Amanda Ross, Lucy Sykes, and Katrina Pavlos
Zazie Pence, Dru Gearhart, Carolyn Kremins, and friend
Jeff Slonim and Tim Schifter
Annie Churchil, Fabian Basabe, and Martina Borgomanero
Daniel Benedict, Annalise Peterson, Guy Hindley, and Andrew Saffir
Blair Husain
Daniel Benedict and Helen Lee Schifter
Marisa Noel Brown
Vanessa Wingate, Carolyn Kremins, Benicio del Toro, and Katrina Pavlos
Jackie and Francois Astier

Photographs by Perrie Wardell/PMc



A benefit for Compassion in Dying of New York took place Oct. 15th at Studio 450. The live and silent auctions featured work by artists including Jennifer Bartlett, Ross Bleckner, Roy Lichtenstein, Ellsworth Kelly, and others. Event chairs were Dorothy Lichtenstein and Florent Morellet. Present at the event were stage and film actors Olympia Dukakis, Christine Ebersole, and John Cameron Mitchell.
Christine Ebersol
John Cameron Mitchell and Florent Morellet
Olympia Dukakis




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