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Creative Time honoring Craig Robbins

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Thursday April 28: 6 pm Cocktails 8 pm Dinner
MAST CHOCOLATE’S FUTURE FACTORY, BUILDING 28, BROOKLYN NAVY YARD

Once a year, Creative Time throws a show-stopping gala the New York Observer calls, “One of the art world’s top ten, break the mold spring fundraisers.” Your support of the Spring Gala helps to ensure millions of people have free opportunities to engage with the most trailblazing art of our times. This year, we are thrilled to honor Craig Robins, the visionary behind Miami Design District and Design Miami, and celebrate the inimitable artist Rirkrit Tiravanija, in a fantastical Brooklyn Navy Yard location.

Like Creative Time, Craig Robins ignites the public’s imagination, exploring ideas that shape society and engaging people around the globe. For more than three decades Robins has championed creative communities and fore-fronted public art through his professional life and philanthropy. He has proven himself to be an ever-inspiring cultural leader with an ambition to make the world a better place.

Rirkrit Tiravanija is an artist that embodies the ethos of Creative Time. Tiravanija creates socially-engaged art works that blur boundaries and bring people together, often using human interaction as his primary material. From the 2006 Whitney Biennial to the 50th Venice Biennale to the Museum of Modern Art and the Serpentine Gallery, Tiravanija is lauded the world over.

The 2016 Creative Time Gala is not to be missed. We promise you a night to remember!

See more at http://creativetime.org/events/benefit-2016/

 

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NYCairo Gala

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Saturday, April 23 at 9 pm
Skyline Hotel Grand Ballroom, 725 10th Avenue, New York

MOHAMED SHAHIN & BELLYDANCE AMERICA
Welcome you to the 3rd Annual NYCairo Raks Festival

We are excited to continue our tradition with our super Stars Gala show with a distinctive accommodation at the hotel luxury Grand Ballroom.

Don’t miss experiencing the magic and mystery of Middle Eastern music and dance in the heart of NYC. 
With our dazzling Internationally renowned Stars and guest artists from around the world! The Gala will be held at the Skyline Hotel Grand Ballroom. 
A La Cart dinner and drinks will be available while our Superstars take the stage for the show.

You just need to envision this 3-hour all-star show of the absolute biggest dance star taking the stage one after the other to our superb music orchestra, led by some of the most talented musicians of the Middle East.

For more information visit http://www.nycairo.com/gala.html

 

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A Movable Feast

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Sunday April 17th, from 4 to 7 pm
Dodds & Eder, 11 Bridge St, Sag Harbor

The Joshua Levine Memorial Foundation & Slow Food East End proudly present A Movable Feast.

Please join them for the 6th annual JLMF/SFEE Cocktail Party.  Dodds & Eder in Sag Harbor has graciously agreed to host again. The event is truly supported by the community and features food and items donated from local farms, fisherman, restaurants, vineyards and merchants on the East End. Of course, this includes food grown though their very own school garden program!.

For more information visit http://www.joshualevinefoundation.org/annual-event.html

 

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Parrish Spring Fling

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Saturday, April 16 from 7:30 to 11 pm
Parrish Art Museum

Join up with friends, meet new people, and make connections at SPRING FLING—the Parrish’s annual benefit event for the entire community that helps support the Museum’s incredible year-round education programs for children:

• Meet up with friends and make new connections

• Dance all night to electrifying live music by NOIZ

• Enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres and an open bar by Southampton Social Club

• Bid on unique Hamptons experiences and items in the silent auction

• Win prizes in the annual gallery hunt

See more at http://www.parrishart.org/SpringFling2016

 

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Wine On Wheels

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Saturday, April 16th
City Winery NYC 155 Varick Street

Wine on Wheels Grand Tasting and Silent Auction featuring over 200 wines served by over 60 of New York City’s most esteemed sommeliers.

All-Inclusive Experience ticket includes all-day access to Wine on Wheels: A seat at the one-hour Discovery of Terroir Seminar hosted by Daniel Johnnes, the Meet & Greet Sommelier hour with premium wine tasting, every fast track Seminar, the silent auction and the Grand Tasting.
Admission $325
11am – 4pm

Meet & Greet Pass is a unique opportunity to get early access to the sommeliers in an intimate setting and to sample premium reserve wines for an hour. This ticket also Includes admission to every fast track Seminar, silent auction and the Grand Tasting.
Admission $150
12pm – 4pm

Wine on Wheels Grand Tasting is a chance to bid in our silent auction and taste over 200 wines from over 30 different wine regions poured by over 60 of New York City’s Top Sommelier community and access to every fast track seminar.
Admission In Advance: $95 At Event: $125
1pm – 4pm

Wine on Wheels also is proud to announce the return of our popular Fast Track Seminars. During our Grand Tasting and Silent Auction, top professionals will offer four 20-minute seminars covering exciting wine regions and major topics in the field.

See more at http://www.wineonwheels.org/

 

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Aperture Spring Party and Dinner

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Friday, April 15
6 to 8:30 pm: Host Committee Dinner
9 pm to midnight: Spring Party
Aperture Gallery and Bookstore, 547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor, New York

Food, drink, and festivities inspired by

The Photographer’s Cookbook

to benefit Aperture Foundation

Support Aperture and celebrate the publication of The Photographer’s Cookbook copublished by Aperture and George Eastman Museum—a book of recipes and photographs by the world’s leading photographers, gathered in the 1970’s.

Host Committee Dinner at Aperture Gallery features special guests STEPHEN SHORE and DOUG DUBOIS.

Spring Party at Aperture Gallery features DJ sets by STEFAN RUIZ and AL-VEEZ, Live performance by EXP, the reverse-engineered K-pop phenomenon by I’m Making a Boy Band (Bora Kim, Karin Kuroda and Samantha Y. Shao)

For more information visit http://aperture.org/2016-aperture-spring-party-dinner/

 

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ReadAlliance Spring Benefit

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Thursday, April 21 at 6:30 pm
The Park Café at Time Warner, 1 Time Warner Center, 10th Fl, 10 Columbus Circle, New York

Please join us for this special reception of networking, meeting our teen tutors, and helping to give the gift of reading.

Honoring Vincent Alfieri and Bryan Cave LLP

Reading is the gateway to all academic success. Through the ReadAlliance program, young students who were not able to read average more than a full year’s growth, and will maintain these strong results through at least third grade. Direct benefits start with the child, who becomes able to participate in the classroom and interact with his or her teacher. Once the students are ready to move beyond basic reading skills, their entire class is able to advance to more complex and relevant material together.

For information and tickets visit http://www.readalliance.org/2016benefit

 

 

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NYFOS Spring Gala

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Tuesday, April 5 at  7 pm
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall

with dinner and additional performances to follow at ’21’ Club

A delicious starry cast performs songs and scenes from the G&S canon, operettas that combine the wit of Oscar Wilde with the delicacy of Mendelssohn. Emmy and Tony Award winner David Hyde Pierce, Lauren Worsham and Bryce Pinkham (each nominated for a Tony Award for their performances in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder), and the devilishly funny and sublime English tenor Hal Cazalet bring their singular wit and charm to The Mikado and The Pirates of Penzance, among other favorite G&S shows.

For more information visit http://www.nyfos.org/gala.html

 

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Trevor Night Out

A Night Out for Trevor Invite

Friday, April15  at 6 pm
Metropolitan West, 639 W 46th Street, NYC

The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24.

The Spring Fling 2016 event will include music, dancing, food, wine, and spirits, and feature an exclusive performance by Grammy Award Winner and 2016 Trevor Ally Award Recipient Rob Thomas.

For more information visit http://www.thetrevorproject.org/

 

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Party Pics: Face Africa

March 26, 2016 New York, NY United States: FACE Africa Wash Gala in New York.

March 26, 2016 New York, NY United States: FACE Africa Wash Gala in New York.

FACE Africa hosted its 7th Annual WASH, (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) Gala on Saturday March 26, 2016 at NeueHouse Madison Square in New York City. The Gala took place on the heels of World Water Day, (March 22nd) and aimed to bring awareness to the growing clean water epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. 700 million people globally lack access to safe water supply sources, with 300 million people in Africa alone affected everyday.

Over 300 guests stepped out in sparkling gowns and dapper suits in support of FACE Africa’s work and mission and helped raise $165,000, including $10,000 pledged during a live auction. Proceeds from this year’s WASH Gala will be used to expand FACE Africa’s mission beyond Liberia as well as support the organization’s WASH in Schools (WinS) Program.  The WinS program is an initiative in partnership with the Liberia Ministry of Education that aims to improve the future of school-children across Liberia through the provision of safe water and hand washing and sanitation facilities in schools.

“As always, we were so touched and humbled by the outpouring of love and support from our sponsors, donors and the hundreds of guests who came out in support of our work and mission,” said Saran Kaba Jones, Founder and CEO of FACE Africa. “It was truly a magical evening of celebration, giving and inspiration.”

The event, coined by guests as the “Diasporan Oscars,” was hosted by celebrated journalist Zain Verjee and guests included celebrity stylist Ty Hunter, Grammy nominated artist Jidenna, Entourage star Adrian Grenier, actors Gbenga Akinnagbe and Adepero Oduye​ as well as Opal Tometti, one of the founders of the Black Lives Matters movement.

“It was an incredible feeling to see such a diverse group of community-spirited people, mainly young Africans in the diaspora, coming together for a great cause and I was extremely pleased to serve on the Host Committee again this year,” said OkayAfrica CEO Abiola Oke.

The Broadway play Eclipsed starring Lupita Nyong’o, is partnering with FACE Africa and donating 10% of all ticket sales generated by ECWASH322 code to support the organization’s WASH projects in Liberia. During the evening, a special message from Eclipsed star Saycon Sengbloh was played for WASH Gala guests to announce the partnership. Patrons can use the promotion code until the end of show’s production in June.

Photos by Keiko Hiromi, Cali York Photography & Aida Malik Photography.

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Party Pics: FJK Dance

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Ballet lovers Amy Fine Collins, Cathy Hardwick, Michele Gerber Klein and dancer Ethan Stiefel trudged over to the DANY rehearsal studio to preview FJK Dance’s upcoming 2016 season. Founded by the Iraqi born Fadi J. Khoury, who explained the uniqueness of his company which mixes classical ballet with ballroom dancing and Middle Eastern influences. The theme of his season is to bring people from different backgrounds together thorough art and beauty.  His company includes dancers from Colombia, Cuba, Italy, Iraq, Spain, and Switzerland, with  musicians from the US and Israel — Jonathan Rodinelli on piano and Elad Kabilio on cello perform with the group. FJK Dance’s upcoming 2016 season at New York Live Arts running April 6 – 9.

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