Summer picnicking

On The Great Lawn in Central Park for a joint performance of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic.

Beth DeWoody curated a group photography show entitled "Inspired" now exhibiting at the Steven Kasher Gallery at 521 West 23 Street.

Lisa Gostev, Kat Jones, Steven Kasher, Julie Wonbandue, and Elizabeth Wilmerding

Renata M.Black, Jessica Flores, Allison flores, Michelle Favin, and Kim Hoedeman

The blockbuster show, which presents contemporary photographs inspired by iconic photographs, opened with a reception at the gallery on Wednesday night with more than 1000 guests turning out.

Beth Rudin DeWoody, Patrick McMullan, and Anne Keating

Oona Zola Zlamany, Brenda Zlamany, Anthony Haden-Guest, and Meghan Boody

Nicole Miller, Debbie Bancroft, Beth Rudin DeWoody, and Tiffany Dubin

Craig Starr and Sarah Connolly

Kyle Parekh, Raymond, and Rianka Mohan

Richard Killeaney, Marie Haven, and Peter Sung

Gideon Lewin and Joanna Mastroianni

Chris Verene, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Steven Kasher, and Carlton DeWoody

Paul Judelson, Alice Judelson, and Andrew Mer

Sam Boloton, Chuck Attix, and Miles Buleo

Deborah Srb and Elizabeth Cohen

Agbani Darego

Katarina Boki and Nadia Zuza

Tony Impavido, Henny Garfunkel, and Scott Bromley

Amanda Charlwod, Jordan Doner, and Marissa Charlwood

Wendy Snyder, Agnes Gund, Patrick McMullan, and Kyle DeWoody

Frederick and Jordan Doner

Andrew Emma and Jillian Mercado

James Saloman, Beth Rudin DeWoody, and Meghan Boody

Jordan Doner and Kaja Sokola

Anita Sarko and Wendy Diamond

Melissa Mcateer and Sherry Mentor

Duncan Hannah, Anna Denizelos, and Andrew Brucker

Mark Wehby, Nina Chanel Abny, and Steven Heighton

Filiz Avunduk

Wendy Snyder and Frederick Doner

Margarita Medici

Elia Lugitse and Tania Valasa

Edwina Sandys and Richard Kaplan

Gail Parr and Joe Wemple

Kim Matulova and Max Snow

Anna Beam and Ryan Gentles

Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow and Dulcie Canton

Kim Bourus and Gail Dedilee

Randall Bourscheidt

Sammy Utella, Fathom Butterfly, and Julio Dello

Burton Machen

Chuck Attix and Miles Buleo

Michael Gross and Barbara Hodes

More than 33,000 music lovers turned out in Central Park Monday night for a performance of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Yu Long, and internationally acclaimed pianist Lang Lang and the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Andrey Boreyko.

Angela Chen, director of the China Arts Foundation, arranged a small informal reception before the concert that included Geoffrey Bradfield, author Ron Chernow, Theodore Forstmann, Hank Greenberg, William Haseltine, Padma Lakshmi, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Rubin and designer Zang Toi.

The performance celebrated the World Expo 2010 Shanghai and the partnership of the two cities.

The China Arts Foundation (CAF) is a non-profit organization that supports art performances and cultural events that involve Sino-International relations and exchanges.

Jake Sokol, Angela Chen, Ted Forstmann, Hank Greenberg, and Corrine Greenberg

Bowen Kang, Lin Pan, Louis Kang, and Yan Xhu

France Pepper, Beatrice Pei, Didi Pei, and Diane Fisher

Gayle Sanders, Deborah Sanders, Keith Hurd, and Judith Cervantes

Sophia Sheng, Weigang Li, and France Pepper

Shelley Rubin, Donald Rubin, Lang Lang, and Angela Chen

Fred Teng, Emily Snyder, and Brian Doherty

Joan Frohman, Lang Lang, and Jesse Frohman

Suada Velija and Clive Davis

Jonathan Marder

Ron Chernow and Michelle Caruso-Cabrera

Diana Picasso and Ling

Meredith Ostrom and Padma Lakshmi

Shirley Young, Weigang Li, and Angela Chen

Pernilla Holmes and Sharon Hoge

Lang Lang and Yu Long

Lang Lang and Lulu Zhang

Luyuan Xing and Cari Hills

Patty Tang and Alice Mong

Sister Magdalene and Sister Mary Aquinas

Tia Walker and Geoffrey Bradfield

Zang Toi and Beatrice Pei

Claire Cusack and Josh Lebowitz

Alice Hsi

Bee-Shyuan Chang

Oceana, the charity for ocean conservation, held its first East End Splash gala on Mecox Bay last Saturday night with Jackson Browne performing at a benefit concert. Oceana member Sam Waterston was there. "Anybody at all familiar with the technology associated with drilling for oil in the water knew this was coming," he said.

Keith Addis, Sam Waterston, David Rockefeller, Sue Cohn Rockefeller, Senator Frank Lautenberg, Bonnie Lautenberg, Lois Robbins, Jackson Browne, and James Simon

Jackson Browne, Sara Galloway, Barry, and Don Freytag

Sue Cohn Rockefeller, David Rockefeller, Diana Benbaquen, Lynn Waterston, Sam Waterston, and Lois Robbins

Diane Curtis, Ann Liguori, Brigette Adams, and Alisa Gaudet

David Rockefeller, Sue Cohn Rockefeller, Dianna Cohen, and Jackson Browne

"Oceana has been asking for a moratorium on oil leases off the coast for years and years for this reason. The real lesson is that the people who are supposed to take care of us have not been doing that. It's time for us to take care," he added.