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Liam Kavanagh, Adrian Benepe, Karen Cohen, Richard Gross, Rich Davis, Pat Shifke, Bimla Picot, Pat Begley, and Madeleine Rice with Lila and Cokie Rice |
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| Last Saturday night, Randall’s Island Sports Foundation (RISF) introduced a new fundraising concept for their annual benefit, with a day full of New York City's best outdoor recreation for all family members to enjoy on Randall’s Island. 1400 parents and children attended, along with 300 guests from the neighboring communities including East Harlem and the South Bronx enjoyed New York’s most exciting sports celebration ever. The event featured inter-active sports stations and entertainment including basketball, golf, soccer, lacrosse, baseball, football, softball, tennis and track & field.
Sportsfest 2007 raised more than $750,000 to support the Foundation’s Randall’s Island Kids youth programming, which serves over 14,000 public school children from Harlem and the South Bronx with free sports and environmental instruction on the Island. The event was attended by: RISF Honorary Co-Chairs Richard Davis and Karen Cohen; Benefit Co-Chairs Rodney Cohen, Madeliene Rice, and Dean Landis and their families; PGA golfer Jonathan Byrd; NY Giants player Howard Cross; Community Co-Chairs Bimla Picot, Stacy Pinelli, Elizabeth Sawyer Press, and Patricia Shifke; RISF Executive Director Aimee Boden; RISF Trustees Richard Gross, Patricia Begley, Michael Bellinger; U.S. Soccer FederationPresident and RISF Board Member Sunil Gulati; Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe; Brad and Kate Peck; Jonathan and Amy Meltzer; Nina Shapiro; Jennifer Saul Yaffa; Tobi Petrocelli; Vinton and Austria Vickers. |
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| Every October, Americans for the Arts celebrates the cultural riches through National Arts and Humanities month. The American for the Arts holds its National Arts Awards, which they did last Monday night at Cipriani 42nd Street. This year’s honorees were Wallis Annenberg who received the Frederick R. Weisman Award for Phlanthropy in the Arts; Ellsworth Kelly, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award; Music Industry and NAMM received the Corporate Citizenship in the Arts Award. Anna Deavere Smith received the Kitty Carlisle Hart Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Arts; the United States Conference of Mayors received the Special Recognition in honor of its 75th Anniversary, and John Legend was awarded the Young Artist Award for Excellence. |
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| Last Thursday night down in the Meatpacking District, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra hosted a Young Orpheus event at a lively restaurant. The event included a program of woodwind quintet music paired with hors d’oeuvres, as well as wines related to the respective pieces. Orpheus musicians Damian Primis (bassoon), Angela Cordell (horn), Alexandra Knoll (oboe), Elizabeth Mann (flute), and Alan Kay (clarinet) performed the prelude to Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, Persichetti’s Pastorale, the Andante tranquillo and Allegro assai movements of Francaix’s Quintet No. 1, and two movements from Irving Fine’s Partita. The evening included a wine-tasting along with the music. Young Orpheus patrons sampled wines provided by wine moderator Joe Bembry of 56 Degree Wine. The Ravel and Persichetti works accompanied the 2006 Roger Champault Sancerre Les Pierris and Highfield Marlborough Sauvignon Blancs, as well as the 2005 Lamy-Pillot Chassagne Montrachet “Pot Bois” and Porter Bass Chardonnay Russian River Valley chardonnays. |
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| The music by Francaix and Irving Fine set the mood for the 2005 Lignier Michelot Chambolle Musigny Vieille Vignes and Chehalem Pinot Noir Willamette Valley “Three Vineyards” pinot noirs, as well as the 2005 Domaine Combier Crozes-Hermitage “Clos des Grives” and Crop Syrah North Coast syrahs. What you need to know about Young Orpheus: Young Orpheus is a cultured group of 20 to 40 something-year-olds interested in meeting and mingling with fellow music lovers, expanding their knowledge and appreciation of classical music, all the while supporting New York’s preeminent chamber orchestra. Young Orpheus cocktail parties take place at various New York locations, and feature performances by Orpheus Chamber Orchestra musicians. Events offer Young Orpheus members the chance to party with peers and enjoy a rare, behind-the-scenes view of Orpheus performances. |
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| They held the Free Arts Annual NYC Young Benefactor Fall Benefit last Wednesday night at the Xchange at 640 West 28th Street. The luxury jewelry brand, Links of London, was also celebrating the launch of their highly anticipated watch collection by unveiling it. A coincidence? No, Links of London partnered with Free Arts and In Style magazine for a stylish and charitable evening of cocktails, fashion and watches. The Host Committee included Olivia Chantecaille, Brydie Bell, Celia Chen, Annie Churchill, Emma Snowdon-Jones, Melissa Skoog, Ferebee Bishop,In Style jewelry editors Marion Fasel and Penny Proddow, and Sharon Buntain, President and CEO North America, Links of London. |
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| Audemars Piguet has formed a “partnership” with The Clinton Foundation in the exclusive Clinton Foundation Equation of Time. Continuing the long-standing Audemars Piguet tradition of philanthropy through its Audemars Piguet Foundation, a significant portion of the proceeds from the sale of each Clinton Foundation Equation of Time timepiece will benefit The Clinton Foundation. |
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Francois Henry Bennahmias, Rahul Kadakia (head of jewelry for Christie’s Americas, auctioning off one of the 42 limited edition Clinton Foundation Equation of Time), and President Clinton in high spirits during the auction action. |
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| The Clinton Foundation is currently working around the world on its various initiatives, including its HIV/AIDS Initiative, which brings care and treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS. The Clinton Global Initiative members recently pledged 245 new commitments to address the issues of education, energy and climate change, health, and poverty. The Clinton Climate Initiative is currently working on an energy efficient building retrofit program in some of the world’s largest cities. “My Foundation is working around the world to have a measurable and sustainable impact on some of the most pressing issues we face today, such as HIV/AIDS, global climate change, poverty and the health epidemic of childhood obesity in the United States,” said President Clinton. “We cannot do this work alone, and I thank Audemars Piguet for their support of my Foundation.” |
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| On October 11, The Children's Storefront held a cocktail reception at the Ailey Studios (55th & 9th Avenue). Over 200 guests stopped by to help raise over $90,000. Co-chairs for the evening were Cherie Alcoff (who is one of the Trustees of The Children's Storefront), Ray Cameron (Managing Director Lehman Brothers), Steve Logan (VP SuttonBrook Capital Management), Jennifer Pollock McNally (AVP, Global Accounts at Moody's). The Children's Storefront is a non-profit, tuition-free school in Harlem currently serving 170 preschool through eighth grade students. Now in it's 42nd year, it is strongly committed to helping children who face tremendous obstacles in pursuit of their education. |
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| Photographs by Cutty McGill (Randall's); ©PatrickMcMullan.com (National Arts); Dan D’Errico (Orpheus). | Click here [8] for NYSD Contents |