Archives: Posts From November 2007

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Alvin Ailey Opening Night
By Amanda Gordon | Thu, 29 Nov 2007 at 10:15 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: After a gala program at City Center, 1300 guests helped raise $2.7 million at a red hot dinner dance (literally red, thanks to the red decor of event designer David Watkins). Photos are here. ...

First Snowfall (...a few good flakes, anyway)
By Amanda Gordon | Wed, 28 Nov 2007 at 4:40 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: First look at the Unicef Snowflake Ball in the Sun's photo album, with the story coming tomorrow on page 2 of the New York Sun's print edition... ...

Rockin' at the Waldorf for a Drug-Free America
By Amanda Gordon | Tue, 27 Nov 2007 at 5:50 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: This is the band Crazy James, which upstaged all the rest of the acts -- parents, CEOs, passionate patrons -- at the Partnership for a Drug-Free America's benefit on Monday. The article will be out Wednesday (click on Out & About on the left nav bar to ...

Tunic Tonic
By Amanda Gordon | Tue, 27 Nov 2007 at 5:45 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: Marcia Mishaan buys some presents for herself. Lots of ladies bought Irving & Fine's tunics at a trunk show and party Monday at the Charlotte Moss townhouse, which is beautifully decorated for the holidays. Check out the scene here. ...

Red Hot Hockey
By Amanda Gordon | Mon, 26 Nov 2007 at 2:37 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: The Cornell and Boston University game at Madison Square Garden generated an impressive display of fandom. Check out photos here. ...

Podcast: Dylan Newbies Join Fans at Screening and Party for 'I'm Not There'
By Amanda Gordon | Tue, 20 Nov 2007 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: Listen to our second podcast: no spoilers, no Dylan music included. [click here] Marcus Carl Franklin with his parents, Steve & Debbie, and the guitar he played in the movie. He brought it to the party so other members of the cast could sign it ...

Harvard Beats Yale, Takes Ivy Championship
By Amanda Gordon | Sat, 17 Nov 2007 at 3:45 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: New Haven, Conn. -- In a highly anticipated contest between two undefeated teams, Harvard's football team trounced Yale's 37 to 6 at the Yale Bowl this afternoon. More than 57,000 people attended the event known as "The Game," including New York notables ...

Out & About goes to the Game
By Amanda Gordon | Thu, 15 Nov 2007 at 9:31 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: I'm going to be filing brief (as in one or two line) updates on the Yale-Harvard game, several times an hour, via twitter.com. I'll be letting you know what beer these folks are guzzling, what celebs show up (yeah, right), the kind of impressive spread ...

School Supplies All the Rage
By Amanda Gordon | Thu, 15 Nov 2007 at 9:28 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: Who needs the Waldorf-Astoria ballroom when you can have a classroom filled with globes and a weather station? Who needs a plate of roast beef when you can have a lunchbox designed by Marilyn Minter? And who needs a town car home when you can ride a ...

Dia Art Foundation Gala
By Amanda Gordon | Thu, 15 Nov 2007 at 8:06 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: Moments of contemplation, dreams (art, real estate and otherwise) at the Dia Art Foundation's fall fund-raising event. Photos are here. ...

Sugar High at the Big Apple Circus
By Amanda Gordon | Mon, 12 Nov 2007 at 11:01 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: There were lots of reasons why guests were elated at the 30th anniversary gala of the Big Apple Circus: 1) wearing red noses can be a big mood booster 2) high dosages of sugar, in the ice cream bars, frozen hot chocolate, and cotton candy, have the same ...

Guggreenheim Gala: It's all about the cardboard
By Amanda Gordon | Fri, 9 Nov 2007 at 5:19 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: Frank Gehry-inspired decorations and furniture made of cardboard transformed a parking garage on the West Side piers into a chic party room for the Guggenheim Museum. Credit goes to David Monn for making the gala a green affair. The tables, placemats, ...

Marathon Night
By Amanda Gordon | Thu, 8 Nov 2007 at 6:49 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: The director of the Berkshire Museum, Stuart Chase, at the National Academy of Art Wednesday night, 5:15 p.m. The marathon RUNNING is done, but the marathon of fund-raising in New York City is definitely far from over. Wednesday night started calmly ...

The Goody Box
By Amanda Gordon | Thu, 8 Nov 2007 at 1:20 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: Brooklyn Academy of Music gave guests a box full of treats for its 25th anniversary Next Wave gala... it included tea, note paper, and a copy of "The Carbon Copy Building: The A Comic Strip Opera," a book and CD project with music by Michael Gordon, ...

On the Move: El Museo del Barrio
By Amanda Gordon | Mon, 5 Nov 2007 at 12:01 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: The upper Fifth Avenue museum of Latin American and Caribbean art went downtown Friday for its annual "Day of the Dead" party. Lots of colorful scenes here, especially in the ring, in the center of the party space. Above, some wrestlers go at it. Below, ...

In the Sun's first podcast: 'Wait Wait' Stars Headline WNYC Gala
By Amanda Gordon | Fri, 2 Nov 2007 at 2:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: Broadway faves David Hyde Pierce and Ann Hampton Callaway at the WNYC gala Monday, October 29. Read the article that appeared in the Sun's print edition here -- and scroll to the bottom of the page for the podcast. Or you can download an MP3 file here. ...

They Roar, In Couture
By Amanda Gordon | Thu, 1 Nov 2007 at 5:11 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Excerpt: See all the pix from the UJA-Federation of New York Lion of Judah Fall Luncheon, honoring Susan Stern and, although absent, her mother, Carrol Kahn. ...