Monday, March 1

• School of American Ballet: "Winter Ball" at the David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center. Cocktails at 7:00 p.m. Dinner at 8:00 p.m. The Encore at 9:30 p.m. Chairmen: Pamela J. Joyner, Marissa Mayer and Elizabeth R. Miller. Young Patron Chairmen: Brie Bythewood, Kate Davidson Hudson and Michelle Giuffrida. Tickets: $1,500 (Young Patrons Tickets: $500; The Encore Tickets: $75). Details from 212-769-6610.

Wednesday, March 3

• Museum of Modern Art: "The Armory Show 2010--Preview and Party" at Piers 92 and 94 on the Hudson River from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., followed by opening-day Party at MoMA from 8:30–11:30 p.m. Tickets: $100 ($125 at the door/other tickets available for earlier admission). Details and purchase tickets online.

Thursday, March 4

• New York Cares: "2010 Cirque de Soirée" at Providence, 311 West 57th Street. 6:00-7:00 p.m.: VIP reception; 7:00-10:00 p.m.: cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, live performances, silent auction, and mystery raffle. The event will honor two select individuals that have distinguished themselves through their volunteer efforts and made a real difference in the lives of struggling New Yorkers. Tickets: $125. Details and purchase tickets online.

Monday, March 8

• Gay Men’s Health Crisis: "Savor: A Culinary Experience" at Gotham Hall. Cocktails and silent auction at 7:00 p.m. Dinner and Passing the Whisk: The Ultimate Culinary Relay at 8:00 p.m. Cocktails and four-course dinner. Event Host & Chair: Ted Allen, Food Network’s Chopped. Honorees: Yvette Burton and Ted Snowdon. Tickets: $1,000. Details from 212-367-1557 or events@gmhc.org.

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• Greenwich House: "Eighth Annual 'A Taste of Greenwich House'" featuring a variety of cuisine from the neighborhood. 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. at the Altman Building, 135 West 18th Street.  Tickets: $100 ($110 at the door). Details from YMoro@greenwichhouse.org, 212-991-0003, ext. 403 or purchase tickets online.

Tuesday, March 9

• Inwood House: "180th Birthday Gala" at Gotham Hall. 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Tickets: $250. Details from jbaxter@inwoodhouse.com.

Saturday, March 13

• GLADD: "21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards" hosted by Alan Cumming at the Marriott Marquis. Cocktail reception and silent auction at 4:00 p.m. Sit-down dinner & Awards at 6:00 p.m.  VIP after-party immediately following the Awards show. Cynthia Nixon will receive the Vito Russo Award. Tickets: $500. Details from 877-519-7904 or purchase tickets online.

Monday, March 15

• Purchase College School of the Arts: "2nd Gala" hosted by Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Susie Essman and honoring artist Kiki Smith, choreographer Paul Taylor, playwright Lynn Nottage, musician Paquito D’Rivera, and philanthropists Jane and Donald Cecil with the Nelson A. Rockefeller Awards for their contributions to the visual and performing arts. Millennium Broadway Hotel/The Hudson Theatre. 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $500. Details from 212-677-3173, ext. 236 or online.

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• Harmony Program: "A Winter’s Waltz" at The Pierre. 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony will perform a selection of waltzes while professional ballroom dancers take to the illuminated grand ballroom. Dance demonstration and group lesson to help even first time waltzers feel at ease on the dance floor. Silent auction and a performance featuring some of the Harmony Program students. Open bar and dancing to a DJ for Young Patrons after 8:00 p.m. The Harmony Program is dedicated to providing intensive music instruction to students of New York City public schools. Formal Attire. Tickets: $375 (Young Patron tickets: $175). Details and purchase tickets online.

Wednesday, March 17

• Museum of Modern Art: "Gala Benefit Preview of The AIPAD Photography Show 2010." 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Desserts. Cocktail buffet at 6:30 p.m. for Sponsor tickets. Admission tickets also available for 5:00 p.m. entry. Tickets: $250 ($100 for admission at 7:30 p.m.; $250 for admission at 6:30 p.m.) Details and purchase tickets online.

Thursday, March 18

• New York City Opera: "Spring Gala and Opera Ball" featuring a performance of Emmanuel Chabrier’s "L’Étoile." David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center. Cocktails at 6:00 p.m. Performance at 7:00 p.m. Dinner & Waltzing on the Promenade with the New York City Opera Orchestra immediately following the performance. Honoree: Susan L. Baker. Co-Chairmen: Jennie and Richard Descherer, Mark and Lorry Newhouse, Grant and Jacqui Smith, Herbert M. Watchtell, and Sue Ann Weinberg. Formal, opera gloves and white-tie. Tickets: $1,000. Details from 212-870-5595.

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• Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS: "Cocktails by Design" to celebrate the launch of Dining by Design New York and the opening of the Architectural Digest Home Design Show. Pier 94 - 55th Street & 12th Avenue. 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Tickets: $150. Details from 212-727-3100 or purchase tickets online.

Saturday, March 20

• Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts: "2010 Fiesta Caliente Gala Benefit" at 8:00 p.m. at Walt Whitman Theatre at Brooklyn College, honoring jazz artist Poncho Sanchez with the Cultural Leadership Award. Concert by the Grammy Award-winning Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band, followed by an intimate reception for select guests with the legendary artists. The reception will feature specialty mojitos and Cuban culinary delights. Co-chairs: Marina Belessis-Casoria, Renee McClure, Yvonne Riley-Tepie, Antonia Yuille Williams, and Frank L. Sonntag. Tickets: $150 for the performance only/$250 for the concert and Fiesta Caliente Benefit. Details from 718-951-4600, ext. 21 or purchase tickets online.

Sunday, March 21

• Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS: "6th Annual ABC & Soapnet Salute Broadway Cares" at Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street. 8:00 p.m. Details and purchase tickets online.

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• Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS: "Table Hop & Taste." Wines paired with tastes from New York restaurants and gourmet food purveyors. Pier 94 - 55th Street & 12th Avenue. 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Tickets: $60. Details from 212-727-3100 or purchase tickets online.

Monday, March 22

• Asia Society: "Celebration of Asia Week--Asian Journeys. " Gala reception from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Dinner and dance from 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Begins at the Asia Society & Museum with a cocktail reception featuring top Asian fashion designers and artisans showcasing their latest lines, private Museum access, music and culinary delights from across Asia. Festivities continue at a nearby venue with an elegant, celebrity chef-designed dinner joined by many notable Special Guests. Auction of fantasy trips and other rare experiences. Dance party. Tickets: $1000 (Young Patrons (Age 40 & Under) $325)/Reception Only: $200. Details from viprsvp@asiasociety.org or 212-327-9335. Details online.

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• Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS: "Table Hop & Taste." Cocktails and table hopping are followed by a seated dinner, dancing, dessert, and a silent auction. Pier 94 - 55th Street & 12th Avenue. 6:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Tickets: $500. Details from 212-727-3100 or purchase tickets online.

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• For the benefit of the Hetrick-Martin Institute, Lambda legal Defense Fund, Gay Men’s Health Crisis, and the Lawrence King Memorial Scholarship at the Point Foundation: "Jeffrey Fashion Cares 2010" with cocktails, silent and live actions, and a runway fashion show on the Intrepid. 7:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Tickets: $125. Details and purchase tickets online.

Tuesday, March 23

• Literacy Partners: "Third 'Food for Thought… Authors on Reading and Writing' Luncheon Benefit" at The Ballroom. 122 East 66th Street. Elizabeth Strout, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge, Abide with Me and Amy and Isabelle, with a special introduction by founding member, Joni Evans. Tickets: $150. Details online or from 646-237-0105.

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• Brooklyn Academy of Music: "The Fairy Queen Gala: A celebration of the BAM Opera Festival." The evening begins with dinner in the Lepercq Space at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House. After dinner there will be a special performance of The Fairy Queen, a fully-staged production of Purcell’s joyous response to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which incorporates much of Shakespeare’s text into a sumptuous feast of music, theater, and dance. Tickets: $1200. Details from PatronServices@BAM.org or 718-636-4182.

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• City Critters: "Helping Hands for Needy Paws Benefit" at the Crooked Knife, 29 East 30th Street. 7:00 p.m. Admission is free (food, vodka and raffle prizes are all being donated) and 100% of the raffle/silent auction proceeds is going directly to City Critters. Purchase of a Dining Guide will be suggested, a portion of which will support the charity. City Critters is an all volunteer animal charity based out of Murray Hill that works without a physical shelter yet places hundreds of sick and abandoned cats and dogs in homes every year. Details on Facebook.

Wednesday, March 24

• Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro New York: "Wine & Wishes" from 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers. Details from 212-957-9474 or purchase tickets online.

Saturday, March 27

• For the benefit of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and God’s Love We Deliver: "24th Annual Night of a Thousand Gowns: The Imperial Court of New York" including Broadway-caliber entertainment, a 5-hour open bar, full course dinner, a Viennese dessert buffet, dancing, a silent auction, and the midnight coronation of the new reigning monarchs. Special Appearances by: "Broadway Bares", Crystal Waters, Broadway’s Terri White, Kristine W., Kelly King, Drag Divas Coco Peru & Jesse Volt and DJ Sherry Vine, among others. 6:30 p.m. at the Marriott Marquis. Tickets: $300 ($125 General admission after 10:00 p.m.).  Details from 866-533-4269 or online.

Monday, March 1

• School of American Ballet: "Winter Ball" at the David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center. Cocktails at 7:00 p.m. Dinner at 8:00 p.m. The Encore at 9:30 p.m. Chairmen: Pamela J. Joyner, Marissa Mayer and Elizabeth R. Miller. Young Patron Chairmen: Brie Bythewood, Kate Davidson Hudson and Michelle Giuffrida. Young Patrons Tickets: $500/The Encore Tickets: $75. Details from 212-769-6610.

Thursday, March 11

• Change for Kids Junior Council: "Rock for Kids" from 9:00 p.m. - midnight at the Canal Room. Rubix Kube and the lead singer of the Journey cover band. Two hour open bar. Neon and shoulder pads encouraged but not required. Tickets: $45 (for the first 100)/$50 (in advance, $60 at the door). Details from 212-213-8061.

Monday, March 15

• Harmony Program: "A Winter’s Waltz" at The Pierre with open bar and dancing to a DJ for Young Patrons from 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. The Harmony Program is dedicated to providing intensive music instruction to students of New York City public schools. Formal Attire. Young Patrons. Tickets: $175. Details and purchase tickets online.

Tuesday, March 16

• Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Reseach Association (DebRA) of America: "The Greening of DebRA" at O'Casey's Irish Pub. 22 East 41st Street. 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Music, drinks and an authentic Irish buffet. Cash Bar. All proceeds benefit DebRA's Family Crisis Fund. Tickets: $30 (in advance, $35 at the door). Details from 212-868-1573, msilent@debra.org or purchase tickets online.

Wednesday, March 17

• Museum of Modern Art: "Gala Benefit Preview of The AIPAD Photography Show 2010." 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Desserts. Tickets: $100. Details and purchase tickets online.

Thursday, March 18

• Nature Conservancy’s Young Professionals Group: "2010 Annual Benefit" at the Prince George Ballroom: 15 East 27th Street. 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Open bar and live music by Ancient Tongue. Funds raised from this year’s event will support the Conservancy’s efforts to protect the Coral Triangle, an area of the Pacific Ocean rich in plant and animal diversity that harbors more than 75 percent of all known coral species. Colorful Cocktail Attire. Tickets: $70 members/$90 non-members (Must be purchased in advance; $160 for membership & ticket; RSVP by March 4). Details from ypgevents@tnc.org or 212-381-2183.

Monday, March 22

• For the benefit of Slow Food NYC: "Choice Eats" at the 69th Armory, 68 Lexington Ave (26th Street), featuring over 50 restaurants and food from over 35 nations. 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Tickets: $45. Details and purchase tickets online.

Tuesday, March 23

• H.E.A.L.T.H for Youths: "First Annual Spring Benefit" from 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. at Tribeca Grill, 375 Greenwich Street. Open bar. Hors d'oeuvres and light buffet. Door prizes, a silent auction and gift bags. Details and purchase tickets online.

Thursday, March 25

• Coney Island USA: "30 Freakin’ Years" a Gala benefit in celebration and support of 30 Years of CIUSA at the Angel Orensanz Foundation, 172 Norfolk Street. 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. All proceeds go directly towards funding Coney Island USA's arts programming and the fight to preserve and revitalize Coney Island’s historic amusement district. Details from 718-372-5159 or purchase tickets online..

Saturday, March 27

• Art For Progress: "Clash of the Artists 2010" at Drom, 85 Avenue A. 7:00 p.m. - midnight. Tickets: $20 ($25 after March 19; $30 at the door, if available). Details and purchase tickets online.

Sunday, March 28

• Fund Art Now for the benefit of the New York City Haiti Relief Fund Administered by The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City: "The Nouveau Haiti Night: A Benefit for Haiti" from 4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. at Collective Hardware, 169 Bowery (between Broome and Delancey Streets). The evening will highlight the beauty of the Haitian cultural community through history, music, art and food. Featuring Cassandra Hepburn, Joan Horton, Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon and Anderson Cooper. Tickets: $20 and can be purchased at the door. Details online.

Although we endeavor to maintain the accuracy of the listings, locations, prices and times should always be confirmed with the sponsoring organization.

Master Calendar of Charity Benefits, Parties & Events in New York

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