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03/05/2013 - NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER’S FACES GALA HONORING LEON CHARNEY RAISED $4.5 MILLION
02/23/2013 - "I Have A Voice" fundraiser for Gigi's PLAYHOUSE
02/23/2013 - Eleventh Annual “Thanksgiving in February” Feeds over 500 of New York’s Needy
02/21/2013 - The French Heritage Society's Annual Palm Beach Gala Dinner
02/21/2013 - 24th Annual Gala of Heart & Soul Charitable Fund Auction at Christie’s
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02/13/2013 - Verdura hosts a fundraiser for“The Michael Feinstein American Songbook Initiative”
02/13/2013 - Lost and Found: The Pinajian Discovery, a benefit preview for the Fund for Armenian Relief
02/08/2013 - 56th Annual Red Cross Ball in Palm Beach
02/07/2013 - Lost and Found: The Pinajian Discovery benefit preview for the Fund for Armenian Relief
02/06/2013 - All Star Orchestra’s Preview Screening of their New Classical Music and On-line Education Television
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01/23/2013 - The Perlman Music Program Fourth Charity Wine Auction
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Women's Project 24th Annual Women of Achievement Awards Gala
03/02/2009 - By New York City’s Pierre Hotel

Women's Project 24th Annual Women of Achievement Awards Gala

The weather outside was frightful, but inside the Pierre it was hot and magical on a recent Monday night.

Women's Project 24th Annual Women of Achievement Awards Gala was in full swing and the Ballroom was SRO. Not even a deep blanket of snow could keep the City's most glamorous residents from the festivities.

The crowd was a mix of Hollywood and Broadway royalty and New York's social elite. It was a happy reunion for honoree Estelle Parsons and presenter Arthur Penn, who directed her Oscar-winning role in the iconic Bonnie and Clyde. The octogenarian actress is soon heading off on 44 week American tour with her hit Broadway play August: Osage County. Talk about a woman of Achievement - and stamina!

Honoree Lucia Hwong Gordon dazzled in one of Zang Toi's latest gowns and accessorized her stunning ensemble with the designer himself upon one arm. On her other, was Law and Order: SVU actor B.D. Wong, who presented Lucia's award. They met while collaborating on the Tony-award winning play M. for which Lucia wrote the score and Mr. Wong played the starring role. M. Butterfly playwright, Henry David Hwang, was in the house, as well, in support of both his former-colleagues and dear friends.

The professional accomplishments of honorees Susan K. Reed, editor-in-Chief of O, The Oprah Magazine and Susan Sobbott, president of AMEX OPEN, truly inspired the crowd. Renowned scholar and president of the Union Theological Seminary, Rev. Dr. Serene Jones, introduced Ms. Reed. Nell Merlino, founder of national "Take Our Daughters to Work" day presented Ms. Sobbott's award. This group of diverse and dynamic power-house women truly brought home the message of the evening.

After dinner, spirited guests burned up the dance floor as DJ Max Salpetrier played late into the night. Among the illustrious guests were Diane Passage and Ken Starr, Cynthia and Anthony Maltese, CeCe and Lee Black, Nurit Kahane Haase, Baroness Monica von Zadora Gerlof, Bonnie Pfeiffer Evans and Marcia Levine. It may have been cold outside, but Women's Project was keeping it hot in The Pierre.

Photos: Rob Rich
Photos Courtesy of the Saxton Group, Ltd.


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