Benefits

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MUSIC FOR MEMORIES The Alzheimer’s Association’s Forget-Me-Not Gala is expected to raise $1 million for research into the disease. The benefit honors the New York Police Department and others who helped find a missing Alzheimer’s patient, Annie Burns, who had wandered to New York City from St. Louis, Mo. Tonight, 6:30 p.m. cocktails, dinner and awards to follow, the Pierre Hotel, 2 E. 61st St. at Fifth Avenue, 212-888-7003, $750-$2,500.


LANDMARK LEADERS Farran Tozer Brown, Celerie Kemble, and Emilia Fanjul Pfeif ler are co-chairwomen of a Young Landmarks benefit for the New York Landmarks Conservancy. The evening includes cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and a performance by the Juilliard Jazz Ensemble. Tonight, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Lever House Terrace, 390 Park Ave. at 54th Street, 212-995-5260, $150.


WOMEN FOR WOMEN The Women’s Project honors Adrien Arpel, Mariska Hargitay, Caroline Hirsch, Emily Mann, and Frances Sternhagen at its Roaring 20th Annual Gala. Actress Donna Murphy serves as hostess. Monday, 6:30 p.m. cocktails, 7:30 p.m. dinner and awards, Cipriani 23rd Street, 200 Fifth Ave. at 23rd Street, 212-765-1706 ext. 203, $500 and above.


HONORING ARTHUR MILLER The first Anne Frank Human Writes Award, honoring a body of work that expresses the “ideals which have become synonymous with Anne Frank, the writer,” will go to the late Arthur Miller. At the gala ceremony, there will be readings from the diary along with performances by Cyndi Lauper, Michael Feinstein, and others. The event’s chairmen include President and Senator Clinton, Natalie Portman, Senator Obama, and Lou Reed. Proceeds go to the Anne Frank Center USA. Tuesday, 6 p.m. cocktails, 7:30 p.m. dinner, 8:30 p.m. performance, Pier 60 at Chelsea Piers, 212-888-7003, $500 and above.


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This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.


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