Tamson Hamrock gave a fundraiser at her gallery, Kismet
Debra and John Apruzzese with Richard Rapaport
Tamson Hamrock and Lionel George

Peter Wirth and Tamson Hamrock
Tamson Hamrock gave a fundraiser at her gallery, Kismet on Tuesday for her father Erving Bickford who, with Phineas Sprague, Governor Angus King, and John Payson, started the The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum in Portland in 1992. The weather was balmy in the garden and Peter Wirth, Kate and Andy Spade, Danielli Boudini and Dr. Serafina Corsello and other guests were treated to champagne and films of the great old steam engines, whistles blowing, chugging along the one-and-a-half mile two-foot rails.

The Museum collects, preserves, displays and operates locomotives and cars from the 1800s to the 1940s when 200 miles of narrow gauge lines served Maine's smaller communities.

The museum relies on 100+ volunteers who lay the track, repair and operate the vintage machines, called by the romance of the steam whistle blowing. They are hoping to extend an additional four miles to Hadlock field, home of the Sea Dogs.
Heidi and Sung Lee
Bill Hall and Debra Apruzzese
Jim Weiss, Stephanie Bourgeois, and Christine and Michael Belotz
Terri Coleman and Bill Floyd
Sacha and Henry Asher
Marylou Sprague, Tamson Hamrock, and Dr. Serafina Corsello
Robert Erwin, Anne Marie Cushing, and Maura Moynihan
Irene Wong and Joe Musacchio
Andy and Kate Spade, with Henry Hamrock
Marylou Sprague and Charlene Keogh
Elizabeth and Phineas Sprague
Tamson Hamrock and Norman Schoenfeld
Virginia Bird, Charlene Keogh, and Peter Wirth



Elle Magazine threw a party at the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills, sponsored by Motorola
Yvonne Scio, Lara Shriftman, and Anita Ko
Claire Forlani
David Pinsky and Anne Slowey
Chip Foster, Gilles Bensimon, Kelly Bensimon, and Pepper Foster
Charles Worthington and Merle Ginsburg

Photographs by Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com



New York Police Fire Widows & Children's 18th Annual Benefit Dinner, honoring Kevin Parker


The New York Police & Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund, Inc. was established in 1985 by Daniel J. "Rusty" Staub to assist the families of Police Officers and Firefighters who have been killed in the line of duty. Though the charity was initially created to assist the families of Police Officers and Firefighters only, after the tragic events of September 11, the charity included the families of Port Authority Officers and EMS.
David Tisch, Gretchen Mol, Todd Williams, and Jade Berreau
The Fund gives grieving families a $25,000 check immediately after they lose their loved ones, regardless of financial need. Not only are these families left with the loss of a loved one, but often, they become burdened with lifelong financial hardships. Since the existence of the Fund, we have also made an annual distribution to each beneficiary. The quantity given out to each beneficiary for this annual distribution escalates each year depending on the amount of funds raised.

Since 1986, they have distributed over $68 million to the families of firefighters and police officers (including Port Authority and EMS) killed in the line of duty. Another $64 million has been designated to be paid out over the next decade. The fund has a committment to continue annual contributions for the remainder of the widows' lives.
Michael Bolton, Kevin Parker, Daniel "Rusty" Staub
Michael Bolton

Photographs by Thos Robinson/PMc



Rolex's Mentor and Protege dinner gala at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Toni Morrison and Peggy Fleming
Salman Rushdie and Tony Shafrazi
A few monday's ago, Rolex held a gala dinner at New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts honoring the first participants in a new international philanthropic program, the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative.
Daughters of the Godfathers: Sofia Coppola and Victoria Gotti
Launched in 2002, the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative serves young people in the performing arts, visual arts and literature. The program seeks out extraordinary young professionals from around the world and makes it possible for each to spend a year with a master in his or her field. By helping to provide individual guidance and instruction at the highest level to young artists at a critical point in their careers, Rolex gives emerging artists time to learn, grow and create.

Mr. Patrick Heiniger, Chief Executive Officer of Rolex SA, was joined by the five master artists and five emerging young talents who have completed their year of mentoring:

• Sir Colin Davis and Josep Caballé-Domenech (music)
• William Forsythe and Sang Jijia (dance)
• Toni Morrison and Julia Leigh (literature)
• Álvaro Siza and Sahel Al-Hiyari (visual arts/architecture)
• Robert Wilson and Federico León (theater arts)
William Forsythe and Sang Jijia
Moby and Patrick Heiniger
Martin and Cornelia Bregman
Alice Roi
Zoe Cassavetes and Sofia Coppola
Dr. Ruth Westheimer
L. to r.: Julie Taymor, Mira Nair, and Sofia Coppola; Gina Gershon, Salman Rushdie, and Padma Lakshmi.

Photographs by Photo by Jamie McCarthy/PMc



Charles Worthington
with Keri Selig & Cindy Cowan Invite you to Indulge In a Day of Inner & Outer Beauty. Rejuvenate and Reward your Hair, Body, & Mind with Fabulous Treatments Compliments of Charles Worthington.

Saturday November 8, 2003
12:00 PM- 4:00 PM
Cindy Cowan’s Home
Beverly Hills, CA

Confirmed Attendees Included:
Charlotte Ross
Garcelle Beauvais
Maeve Quinlan
Stephanie Romanov
Tracy Edmonds
Charles Worthington and Garcelle Beauvais
Adam Reed with Charlotte Ross
Maeve Quinlan getting an Orly manicure
Tracy Edmonds

Photographs by Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com




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