Master Calendar of Charity Benefits, Parties & Events
in
New York
March 2012
Editor: Randall Ian Stempler
Submit Event Listings to: listings@charitybenefits.com
Friday, March 2
- Black Watch Council of the Fort Ticonderoga Association: "Ticonderoga Ball"
at the Union League Club.
Music, dancing, silent auction, and dinner.
Black Tie (kilts and decorations optional).
Details from 518-585-2821, ext. 226,
MStrum@fort-ticonderoga.org or
online.
Monday, March 5
- Waterkeeper Alliance: "Art for Water"
hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Jeff Koons,
celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act.
Matthew Marks Gallery.
Details from 212-868-8450, ext. 210 or liz@livetreichard.com.
Tuesday, March 6
- Associates Committee of The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: "21st Annual Bunny Hop
"
at FAO Schwarz Fifth Avenue,
767 Fifth Avenue. 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Event Chairmen: Kate Doerge,
Chiara Edmands,
Blair Husain and
Palmer O’Sullivan.
Benefit Vice Chairmen: Alexandra D. Edwards,
Shabnam Henry,
Marianna Olszewski Rounick and
Martha Sharp.
Tickets: $200 Adults/$80 Children.
Details from 212-639-7389 or SullivA4@mskcc.org.
Wednesday, March 7
- Foundation Fighting Blindness : "Building Toward a Cure, Benefitting the Foundation Fighting Blindness"
at the Plaza Hotel, honoring will Ron Yeffet and Karen Holopigian, Ph.D.
6:00 p.m.: Reception.
7:00 p.m.: Dinner & Awards.
Tickets: $1,000.
Details from JWexler@FightBlindness.org or 212-244-1470.
- Museum of Modern Art: "The Armory Party"
from 9:00 p.m. - midnight. Performance by Neon Indian. Includes ticket for MoMA Vernissage Access to The Armory Show on March 7, 2012 at 5:00 p.m.
Tickets: $125.
Details and purchase tickets online.
Thursday, March 8
- Starlight Children's Foundation NY*NJ*CT: "27th Annual Gala"
at the Marriott Marquis Hotel, honoring Howard Lutnick.
Cocktail Reception at 6:00 p.m.
Dinner at 7:00 p.m.
Details from 212-354-2878.
Tuesday, March 13
- Musicians on Call: "A Night with Jullian James"
at Sway Lounge, 305 Spring Street, from 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Live music and drink specials. Complimentary sponsored cocktails from 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Drink specials will span the duration of the event.
Jullian James will perform songs off his upcoming debut album "From My Integrated Soul". MOC brings live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities.
Tickets: $10 donation at the door.
Thursday, March 15
- Endometriosis Foundation of America: "Fourth Annual Blossom Ball"
at the New York Public Library in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue.
The evening will begin at 7:00 p.m. with a cocktail reception followed by a seated dinner, musical performance and dancing.
Event co-chairs are Chelsea Handler, Susan Sarandon, Cindi Leive, and Dr. Mehmet Oz. Honorees are Dr. Charles Koh and Dr. Hugh Taylor and philanthropists Aslihan and Demir Sabanci
are expected to attend.
Black Tie Optional.
Tickets: $500 (dinner)/$75 (cocktails, dessert and dancing).
Details and purchase tickets online.
- Randall’s Island Sports Foundation: "2012 Gala Dinner--Fielding Dreams NYC"
at Skylight Soho,
275 Hudson Street.
Honorees: Pamela Liebman and Mark Sanchez.
Master of Ceremonies: Willie Geist, Co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
Dinner Co-Chairs:
Michael Boxer,
Mark I. Greene and
Richard J. Mack.
Auctioneer: CK Swett, Philips de Pury.
Details from 212-829-0002 or
purchase tickets online.
- YMCA of Greater New York: "Harlem YMCA’s 42nd Annual National Salute to Black Achievers"
from 5:00 p.m.. – 9:00 p.m.
New York Marriott Marquis Hotel.
Details from 212-630-9699 or emurphy@ymcanyc.org.
- Center for Contemporary Opera: "Annual Gala"
at 8:00 p.m. at the National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South.
Tickets: $50.
Details from 1-800-838-3006 or
purchase tickets online.
- Fashion Institute of Technology and the FIT Foundation: "25th Annual Awards Gala 2012"
at Cipriani 42nd Street.
Reception from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Dinner from 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Special Performance by
Natasha Bedingfield.
Black Tie.
Tickets: $1,000.
Details from 212-217-4105.
- Performance Space 122: "Spring Gala 2012"
honoring Lucy Sexton at St. Ann's Warehouse, 38 Water St., Brooklyn, NY.
Cocktails & hors d'oeuvres with DJ Johnny Dynell at 6:00 p.m.
Performance at 7:30 p.m.
Dessert & silent auction at 9:00 p.m.
Afterparty at Superfine at 10:30 p.m.
Details from lori@ps122.org, phone at 212-477-5829, ext. 302 or
online.
Monday March 19
Asia Society: "Celebration of Asia Week Gala Benefit"
Thursday, March 22
- Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS: "Cocktails by Design"
at Pier 94, 55th Street at 12th Avenue. 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Tickets: $150.
Details and purchase tickets online.
Saturday, March 24
- GLAAD: "23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards"
at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square.
Tickets: $500.
Details and purchse tickets online.
Sunday, March 25
- Citymeals-on-Wheels: "Joyeux Anniversaire--A Birthday Celebration for Chef Daniel Boulud"
at Daniel, 60 East 65th Street, celebrating 30 years in New York City.
This year’s guest chef cooking alongside Boulud will be Alain Solivérès, of Taillevent restaurant in Paris.
Silent Auction of rare wine and other unique packages, as well as a live auction of one-of-a-kind travel and dining destinations.
Cocktail Reception & Silent Auction at 5:30 p.m.
Live Auction and Seated Dinner at 6:30 p.m.
Co-Hosts: Mr. & Mrs. Thierry Gardinier of Taillevent, Paris.
Co-Chair: Robert S. Grimes.
Wine Chair: Daniel Johnnes.
Attire: Sunday Chic; No Tie Required.
Tickets: $1,250.
Details
online.
Monday, March 26
- MCC Theater: "Miscast 2012"
at Hammerstein Ballroom. Cocktails and Silent Auction at 6:30 p.m.
Dinner at 7:30 p.m. Miscast Revue at 8:45 p.m.
Festive Attire.
Tickets: $500.
Details from 212-727-7722, ext. 232.
- Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS: "Dining By Design Gala Dinner"
at Pier 94, 55th Street at 12th Avenue. 6:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Tickets: $500 ($250 for young professionals under 35 (limited availability)).
Details and purchase tickets online.
Tuesday, March 27
- Juilliard Jazz: "Ron Carter at 75: A Life in Music"
at 8:00 p.m. in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center,
in celebration of Juilliard faculty member and bassist Ron Carter. Performances by Mr. Carter and
featuring guest artists Carl Allen, Benny Golson, Hubert Laws, Russell Malone, Christian McBride, Mulgrew Miller, Lewis Nash, Buster Williams, and others.
Private reception with the artists after the concert.
Details from 212-769-7409 or
roncarter75@juilliard.edu.
Wednesday, March 28
- Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro New York and Western New York: "Wine Á Wishes--9th Annual Wine tasting and Auction"
from 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers, 23rd Street and Hudson River.
Guest Emcee: Chris Wragge, Anchor, CBS2 News @6.
Tickets: $250.
Details and
purchase tickets online.
Thursday, March 29
- New York Choral Society: "53rd Anniversary--Spring Gala"
at the National Arts Club, honoring Music Director John Daly Goodwin for his 25th anniversary and final season with the New York Choral Society with
the Outstanding Leadership Award, and Laura R. Walker, who will be presented with the Distinguished Service to Music Award.
Cocktail reception will begin at 6:00 p.m. followed by a seated dinner at 7:00 p.m. followed by a dessert reception.
Entertainment will be provided by soprano Angela Meade and the Young People’s Chorus of New York. Silent Auction.
Festive Attire. Tickets: $275 ($75 for an 8:00 p.m.entry for Dessert & Entertainment only).
Details from 212-247-3878 or
purchase tickets online.
- Friends of the Children: "Friendraiser Gala--A Decade of Change, A Future of Promise"
at the Yale Club, 50 Vanderbilt Avenue.
6:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Tickets: $200.
Details and
purchase tickets online.
- Storefront for Art and Architecture: "Spring Benefit--Red/Read"
honoring Barbara Kruger and Bernard Tschumi at the Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway.
6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Cocktails. Hors d'oeuvres. A Building Performance and an "Almost" Silent Auction.
Tickets: $250 (limited availability).
Details from contact liz@livetreichard.com or
purchase tickets online.
- Glimmerglass Festival: "Season Preview Reception"
hosted by Francesca Zambello, Artistic & General Director and Linda Jackson Managing Director. Cocktail reception and a sneak preview of the opera festival’s upcoming 2012 Season
at Harlem’s 5 and Diamond Restaurant, 2072 Frederick Douglass Boulevard (between 112th & 113th Street). 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
The Metropolitan Opera’s bass baritone Eric Owens, who is The Glimmerglass Festival Artist in residence this year, will be among the featured performers.
Details from 212-729-0834.
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March 2012
Wednesday, March 7
- Museum of Modern Art: "The Armory Party"
from 9:00 p.m. - midnight. Performance by Neon Indian. Includes ticket for MoMA Vernissage Access to The Armory Show on March 7, 2012 at 5:00 p.m.
Tickets: $125.
Details and purchase tickets online.
Thursday, March 8
American Museum of Natural History: "Museum Dance."
Saturday, March 10
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC, Young Professionals Committee: "BIG Night Out"
at Cipriani Wall Street.
8:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
Open bar. Casino games and prizes.
Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament.
Silent auction. Dancing to the music of DJ Mode.
Gift bag.
Black Tie Preferred.
Tickets: $165 (includes: gift bag and $50 in casino chips).
Texas Hold 'Em Tournament: $50.
Details and purchase tickets online.
Thursday, March 15
- The Ireland Funds: "New York Young Leaders St. Patrick's Celebration 2012"
at Capitale, 130 Bowery.
7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. for VIP).
Open bar, hors d’oeuvres and lite fare.
Honoring NYPD Hero. Detective Kevin Brennan.
Award presentation by
NYC Council Speaker, Christine Quinn.
Other special guests include:
Knicks Center, Jared Jeffries;
Yankees World Series Champion, Jeff Nelson; and
Irish Rugby legend Alan Quinlan.
Event Co-Chairs: Mary Beth Glaccum, Dean Thomas and Joseph Tully.
Music by the McLean Avenue Band and DJ Tim Sommers.
Cocktail Attire.
Tickets: $175 ($150 for members).
Details and
purchase tickets online.
- UNICEF Tap Project: "2012 New York City Launch Event"
at The Griffin, 50 Gansevoort Street.
Open vodka bar from 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Wine and Beer specials from 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Hors d'oeuvres by Chef Jehangir Mehta, Next Iron Chef contestant and Master Chef of Graffiti Food and Wine Bar and Mehtaphor.
Silent Auction.
Special guest DJ.
Gift bag.
Tickets: $40.
Details and purchase tickets online.
- Youth at Risk: "22nd Annual Bowl-a-Thon"
from 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. at Frames, 550 Ninth Avenue (Corner of 40th Street).
Details and purchase tickets online.
- Junior Board of the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund: "Third Annual Evening of Dinner, Drinks and Hot Chocolate"
at City Bakery, 3 West 18 Street.
9:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Tickets: $90 (in advance; $110 day of event).
Details and
purchase tickets online.
Saturday, March 24
- Giving Opportunities To Others: "La Belle Epoque: Spring Soiree"
from 9:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. Union Square Ballroom, 29 Union Square West.
Cocktail Attire.
Tickets: $85.
Details and purchase tickets online.
Tuesday, March 27
- New York Chapter of theCrohn's & Colitis Foundation: "A Night of Stand-Up Comedy, Food, and Drinks"
with Jon Fisch, David Foster, Amber Nelson, Mindy Raf & Sasheer Zamata.
Host: Brian Berrebbi.
Broadway Comedy Club, 318 West 53rd Street.
Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Show starts promtly at 8:00 p.m.
Two drinks and heavy hors d'oeuvres.
Tickets: $65.
Details and
purchase tickets online.
Thursday, March 29
- Nature Conservancy: "Cocktails Under the Canopy: A Benefit for LEAF"
at the Angel Orensanz Foundation for Contemporary Art,
172 Norfolk Street.
Pre-Reception from 7 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Details and
purchase tickets online.
- Tri Delta Alumnae Chapter for the benefit of St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital: "3rd Annual Stars & Crescent Evening"
at the Bowery Terrace Hotel. 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Light hors d'oeuvres. Sponsored beer and cocktails.
Silent auction and raffle.
Tickets: $60 ($70 at the door).
Details and
purchase tickets online.
Friday, March 30
- Museum of the City of New YorK: "Young Members Circle 2nd Annual Winter Thaw"
Cocktails, music, and private access to Museum exhibition. 7:00 p.m.
Tickets (ages 21-39): $25 Young Members/$40 Non-members before March
30th/$50 Non-members at the door.
Details and
purchase tickets 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
E-mail all inquiries to: randallstempler@charitybenefits.com