Tribeca is known for big-bucks lofts, celebrity residents and fancy food. The Taste of Tribeca, started in 1994, is a great way to pig out on glamorous grub from eateries like Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Grill, Bouley, Landmarc, City Hall and many others. The family-friendly event benefits the neighborhood’s public elementary schools P.S. 234 and Read More
Designer Oli Spencer founded his label Oliver Spencer in 2002. A self-taught tailor, the British designer marries traditional cuts with street wear while drawing inspiration from Americana, Japan’s cool kids, hunting and military clothes, and the costumes of Sandy Powell, who did the Martin Scorsese films Gangs of New York and The Aviator. Spencer launched Read More
El Museo del Barrio is New York’s leading Latino museum and cultural institution. Its yearly gala is a who’s who of Spanish-speaking society figures, thanks to gala chairs like Valentin Hernández, Fe Fendi, Marie Unanue and Valentino D. Carlotti. This year’s black-tie 20th-anniversary bash honors Raúl Esparza, the Cuban-American stage actor, singer and Broadway star, Read More
Bid on work by leading photographers including Pulitzer-prize winners Catherine Spangler and Adrees Latif at the Newswomen’s Club of New York’s annual silent auction and reception. Founded in 1922 and located on leafy Gramercy Park, the Newswomen’s Club is the oldest professional organization for women journalists in the city. Proceeds from the annual benefit will Read More
Very attractive couple-about-town Dennis and Coralie Charriol Paul’s film group and initiative React to Film is having its first film award party/fund-raiser, hosted by Lily Johnson White, Richard Farley, Henry Bodmer, Helene Comfort and Jasper van Santen. React to Film’s motto is “Expose. Engage. Inspire.” and it has done this through screenings of documentary films Read More
Where better to get all liquored up on Japanese whisky than in the presence of the art of sculptor Isamu Noguchi? The House of Suntory and its U.S. CEO Toshi Kumakura are hosting a tasting of their award-winning whisky, followed by a food pairing by Brushstroke with chef Isao Yamada and chef David Bouley. Just Read More
Badoit (pronounced ba-dwah) is French for fine bubbles, and to launch its sparkling natural mineral water nationwide, the company, founded in 1837, is hosting a “unique gastronomical experience” in the private rooftop garden at Rockefeller Center. The menu is by Timothy Hollingsworth, the former chef de cuisine at The French Laundry. And of course there Read More
It’s Mother’s Day, so bring your mom to a showy Scandinavian brunch at Michelin-starred restaurant Aquavit. Chef Marcus Jernmark’s seasonal menu of modern Nordic dishes will make mummy happy, and the expensive eatery is serving up a special four-course prix fixe menu, including a complimentary cocktail, for just $78, which is about the cost of Read More
The second annual brunch fund-raiser benefiting the Olevolos Project, a nonprofit organization that helps orphans and disadvantaged children from the Olevolos Village in Tanzania, is hosted by actor Bryan Greenberg, fellow trendy thespians like Gina Gershon, Jena Malone and Justin Long, and blonde supermodel Julie Henderson. It’s the perfect Saturday wake-up call—the daytime fun includes Read More
New York is an art-buying playground this week, and NADA—the New Art Dealers Alliance, founded in 2002 as a nonprofit collective of professionals working with contemporary art—opens its annual fair today. NADA believes that “the adversarial approach to exhibiting and selling art has run its course,” so it aims to foster a new dialogue in Read More
