Renee Gallagher and Diane Darst

Kathleen Whitby and Whitney Rosenberg

George Rudenauer and Heather Leeds

Tim and Lauren Lufkin

Michel Cox Witmer hosted a party at Greenwich’s Bruce Museum to celebrate next week’s Haughton International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show Preview Party to benefit The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. On hand were benefit co-chairs Grace Meigher, Alexandra Lind Rose, and Alexia Hamm Ryan alongside Society president Leslie Jones and Peter Sutton, executive director of the Bruce.

Leslie Jones, Peter Sutton, Alexandra Lind Rose, Grace Meigher, Michel Cox Witmer, and Alexia Hamm Ryan

Among those seen sipping cocktails and taking in the museum’s “Paris Portraits” exhibit were Muffy and Donald Miller, Laura and John McCloy, Tamara Holiday, Leah and Robert Rukeyser, Jane and Charlotte Reardon, Renee Gallagher, Diane Darst, ABC newscaster Jocelyn Mimenta, and Gary Doyen. The 20th annual preview party to benefit The Society will take place next Thursday, October 16, at the Park Avenue Armory on Park and 67th Street. Previews for the event, sponsored by Elle Décor, Bacardi U.S.A., and 1stdibs.com, begin at 5:45 PM and tickets are still available by contacting The Society office at 212-639-7972.

. Fred and Jane Brooks with Kathleen and Robert Whitby

Lucia Rivera, Dino Rivera, and Lorraine Laigo Rivera

Cassie and Michael Scanlon with Debbie Jamgochian

Don and Muffy Miller with Laura and John McCloy

Arianne Kolb and Susan Mahoney

Muffy Miller and Michel Cox Witmer

Jean Doyen de Montaillou, Vanessa Laplaud, and Yann N'Diaye

Carl and Sabrina Forsythe with Mary Bell and George Case

Gary Doyens, Jocelyn Maminta, and Peter Sutton

Jane and Charlotte Reardon

Lisa Stolt-Nielsen and Evelyn Lorentzen-Bell

Alexandra Lind Rose, Grace Meigher, and Alexia Hamm Ryan

This past Tuesday night, Fred Leighton, hosted a kick off party for Casita Maria's upcoming Fiesta 2008 fundraising gala. Guests enjoyed champagne, marveled at the glittering jewelry and toasted the Fiesta, which takes place next Tuesday night, October 14th at the Mandarin Oriental.   Aileen Mehle The evening also honored Fiesta chairs Jacqueline Weld Drake, Aileen Mehle and H.R.H. Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia and the Fiesta committees. 20% of the proceeds of all Fred Leighton's sales during event benefited Casita Maria. Among those attending the reception at the Fred Leighton salon on 66th an Madison were Peter Bacanovic (President of Fred Leighton), Mario Buatta, Violaine and John Bernbach, Ann Dexter-Jones, Gaetana Enders, Ralph Esmerian, Somers Farkas, Emilia Fanjul, Pamela Fiori, H.R.H. Princess Firyal of Jordan, Barbara Gollust, Toni Goodale, Aileen Mehle, Peggy Siegel, Daisy and Paul Soros, Adrienne and Gianluigi Vittadini, and Deborah Norville and Karl Wellner. Casita Maria is a 501@3 non-for-profit organization whose mission is to create a gateway of opportunity through after school education in the Arts, Literacy and Job Readiness while addressing critical needs for youth, families and seniors in predominantly Hispanic communities in the South Bronx and East Harlem.

Ann Rapp and Roy Kean

Barbara Hemmerle Gollust and Marjorie Reed Gordon

Christine Cachot, Stephanie Stokes, and Yaz Hernandez

Jayron Larijani and Mark Ritchken

Gianluigi Vittadini, Adrienne Vittadini, Alain Nemarq, Violaine Bernbach, and John Bernbach

Deborah Norville and Aileen Mehle

Deborah Norville, Mario Buatta, and Karl Wellner

Daisy Soros and Pamela Fiori

Ann Dexter-Jones, Kathryn Berry, Wendy Breck, and Sharon Sondes

Frances Sevilla-Sacasa and H.R.H Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia

Jacqueline Weld Drake and Peter Bacanovic

Geoffrey Thomas and Sharon Sondes

Gaetana Enders and Jacqueline Weld Drake

Buck Jensen, Amanda Novak, and Ted Smith

Ben Rodriguez-Cubenas, Christine Cachot, Yaz Hernandez, and Tony Sol

Virginia Coleman and Barbara Bancroft

Patricia Weeks and Daisy Soros

Margo MacNabb Niederlander, Somers Farkas, and Sharon Handler

David and Jayron Larijani

Martha Bograd, Andreas Rodriguez, and Alicia Lubowski

“Tomorrow is Tonight,” the 11th annual Project ALS benefit gala, was held on Tuesday night at the Waldorf-Astoria with a bevy of young stars who turned to support the organization. ALS, which stands for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known in this country as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, after the famous Yankee baseball player of the 1930s contracted it, is a progressive, usually fatal neurodegenerative disease that causes muscle weakness and atrophy throughout the body. It is a hideous and torturous disease. In the past fifteen years there has been some breakthroughs with drugs (such as Rilutek) but a cure remains elusive.

Jerry Stiller

Gina Gershon

Julianna Margulies

Jane Alexander

Rosanna Scotto

Sarah Silverman

Ashley McDermott and Nancy Jarecki

Veronica and Ray Kelly

AJ Calloway

Valerie Estess and Matthew Broderick

Richard Steinberg of Warburg Realty and Baron Jean van Gysel hosted at cocktail party on Monday night at the Core Club for “V ... Greece on the World.” The “world’ in this case are the remarkable islands located in the coastal waters of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. "V ... Greece on the World" is a 484,882, square foot development by V Resorts Limited. Visible to the naked eye from space, “Greece” sits on the southeast side of the Europe archipelago. It is an intimate hideaway surrounded by crystal clear water and situated only four kilometers from Dubai’s sandy coast.

Sharon Sondes, Anne Dexter-Jones, and Ann Downey

Andrea and John Stark

Anka Palitz

Din and Shyema Azam

Beth Brenner and Storm Berwick

Jon Heinemann and Michelle Marie Heinemann

Barry Rice and Dr. Jeffrey Moser

Lisa Guest, Baron Jean van Gysel, and Cornelia Guest

Eric Moran and Frank Greco

Xavier Flouret, Paul Marcum, Sarah Fiszel, and Muffy Flouret

Samy Kebbab, Stefan Denooijer ,and Xavier Flouret

Stanley Bogen, Margie Emden, and Bobby Emden

Geoffrey Bradfield and Roric Tobin

AJ Calloway

Marcy McDonald, Lee Fryd, and Vivian Shiah

Richard and Renee Steinberg with Baron Jean van Gysel

Somers Farkas and Michel Witmer

Roberta Kozloff and Carla Goldworm

Marquise de San Juan and Linda Silverman

Claire Johnson and Dino Valaoritis

Renee Steinberg and Victoria Furman

Late last month at the Maya Stendhal Gallery at 545 West 20th Street, they opened the exhibition, Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1894 – 1941. The event attracted an eclectic group of people who were excited by the opportunity to view this rare collection representing the legacy of early American experimental cinema. These visionaries in the world of art and film included artists Jonas Mekas and Shigeko Kubota, film historian Robert Haller, film producer Jon Kilik, and gallery owners Harry and Maya Stendhal.

Harry Stendhal and Shigeko Kubota

Jon Kilik and friend

Widely considered a masterpiece in film preservation and restoration, Unseen Cinema was realized through the dedication of Anthology Film Archives in collaboration with over 60 of the world’s largest film archive institutions. Unseen Cinema has been extended through October 25th.

Nicole Demby and Harry Stendhal

Jonas Mekas and Maya Stendhal