Out & About
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It was formal attire with a Western twist at the Blue Jean Ball, a young professionals fund-raising event for the Children’s Aid Society.
“The great thing about the party is that you see a little bit of everything,” one of the chairwomen of the event, Katie Donovan, said.
Cowboy hats bobbed on the dance floor of Capitale on Friday, underneath T-shirts, tuxedoes, and ball gowns. “It’s a huge mix – no one looks alike,” a guest, Jess Tran, said.
To help the time-crunched partygoers get into the theme, the Children’s Aid Society sold cowboy hats in a variety of styles at the event. There were $10 straw hats, $50 Stetsons, and $20 leopard-print hats that sold out quickly.
A former cast member of the television show “The Apprentice,” Andy Litinsky, auctioned himself off for $350 to a group of women who work together at a jewelry company. Mr. Litinsky was offering dinner at Jean-Georges and a tour of Trump Tower: He now works for Donald Trump in real estate development, as he had hoped to do before he was “fired” on the show. He giggled as he met the auction winners, and then he turned Trumpish, telling them they had to pick only one person to go out to dinner with him.
The guests at the event liked supporting a cause, and many encouraged their friends to attend similar events in which they are involved. Eva Kim is a mentor for Streetwise Partners, a job-training organization with a gala on Thursday. Dawn Palo was talking up the May 16 gala for Stages of Learning, which teaches theater to children in grades three through seven.
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Can you imagine a home filled with glass chairs, tables, cabinets, and desks? At the turn of the century, European glass manufacturers filled Indian palaces with such designs. Some of the finest examples will go on view in May at the Corning Museum of Glass.
A party Thursday at New India House celebrated the imminent opening of “Glass of the Maharajahs” – because who knows when there will be time to get to Corning. Those in attendance included the Queen of Gwalior, who lives in a palace with glass furniture; the consul general of India in New York, Neelam Deo, and the cookbook author Madhur Jaffrey.
