For many New Yorkers, attending their first Gen Art event was a rite of passage – an entree to a city filled with art, music, film and fashion.  So, when the organization took a major blow from the economic recession last year (losing much of their corporate sponsorship), they did…
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As Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney said, during the Great Depression upon the founding of the now iconic Whitney Museum, “It is especially in times like these that we need to look to the spiritual. In art we find it.” And now with the country facing a similar challenging period, Whitney’s statement…
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It was an evening of dancing, desserts and dreams.  A benefit for St. Jude Children’s Hospital, Chocolate au Vin, was a magical night where New York’s social scene turned their thoughts away from their economic troubles to focus on children in need.  Held at the lavish downtown venue, Capitale, the…
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Even monsoon showers couldn’t stop the city’s most dedicated party-goers from coming out on April 20th, 2009 to support Top Chef’s Padma Lakshmi and Tamer Seckin, MD, co-hosts of the first annual Blossom Ball, a benefit for the Endometriosis Foundation of America (EFA).
Lakshmi (who was treated for the health condition)…
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Childhood memories of toting your favorite lunchbox to school most likely summons nostalgia for PB&Js and pudding cups – a time when life, and our palettes, were much simpler. But as Julie Panebianco comments on the iconic image, “You shouldn’t take it for granted. Think how many kids don’t have…
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It’s not everyday that you get to order a cocktail from a celebrity bartender (at least once they have become famous). But, at the Sundance Institute’s annual New York City gala hosted by President and Founder Robert Redford, it has become a well known tradition.
This year the notable waitstaff…
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Supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month is now as easy as pie. Or, should we say dessert…
Starting today, B.R. Guest Restaurants will donate 75% of the proceeds from 4 specialty desserts to benefit the Breast Treatment Task Force (BTTF), a groundbreaking program, which provides free surgeries and treatment to patients without…
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It’s hard to get out of the hot seat when you have Simon de Pury around. That’s the lesson that actress Michelle Monaghan got last week at the Portraits and Polaroids art auction to benefit Free Arts NYC, an organization that provides underprivileged children and their families with art…
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Sometimes it’s not enough just to talk the talk. On Monday night at Scott Harrison’s charity: ball, celebrity co-hosts Adrian Grenier and Jessica Stam showed their commitment to raising money for freshwater wells in Africa by literally walking the walk.
To help guests better understand the arduous task of transporting…
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Show how much you care about your loved ones this holiday season by choosing gifts that speak to their passions and causes. A wonderful, new web site called Changingthepresent.org has over 1000 gift ideas representing 33 different charities including those that support disaster relief, HIV/AIDS, environmental issues, poverty…
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To some, Scott Harrison led an enviable life filled with A-list parties, exclusive access to New York nightlife and a rolodex filled with the city’s most beautiful people.
But, the former party promoter and celebrity event planner was left wanting more. In 2004, Harrison left behind his indulgent lifestyle and…
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For Julie Panebianco and Topaz Page-Green, the term power lunch may have been redefined. Concerned about the growing number of impoverished children that went hungry at school every day, the friends joined forces in 2005 to create The Lunchbox Auction to raise money for two hunger relief organizations. …
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