Benefits
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ACADEMY AWARDS Architect Cesar Pelli will receive a lifetime achievement award at the annual gala for the National Academy. Guests at the black-tie affair can bid in a silent auction for a print by Will Barnet and participate in a raffle for a portfolio of prints by academy members including Wolf Kahn and Jane Freilicher. The event also honors the Art Dealers Association of America. Tonight, 7 p.m. cocktails, 8 p.m. ceremony, 8:45 p.m. dinner, National Academy, 1083 Fifth Ave. at 89th Street, 212-369-4880 ext. 202, $600.
HELP FOR HALE HOUSE A gala benefit for Hale House celebrates state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer; the chairman of the organization’s board of directors, Zachary Carter, and celebrity mothers including Cookie Johnson, Vanessa Williams, and singer Angie Stone.Proceeds from the black-tie Mother Hale Awards for Caring go to the nonprofit group’s work with children in Harlem. Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers, 23rd Street at the Hudson River, 212-531-5431, $500.
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