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Celebrities
Out and About in
New York City
You
see them all the time, celebrities out
and about in New York City. Well, you
no longer need to shoot grainy cell phone
photos. New York Cool, with the help of
PR Photos, will be posting celebrity photos
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The Buzz - Media Bits
and Pieces
Since
we are New York Cool, and well....cool,
we receive loads of tips from media mavens
and have decided to pass them on to you.
So check back often, it's The Buzz...(more) |
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El Museo's Gala Honoring
Mario Testino
May 26, 2011
Cipriani
El Museo del Barrio,
with sure-handed guidance of Gala Chairs
of Yaz and Valentín Hernández
and Alex González and Raúl
Martínez, pulled out all the stops
to honor famed Peruvian-born and Anna-Wintour-loved
photographer Mario Testino...(more) |
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Bootlegger 21
Speakeasy Party
April 16, 2011
76 Wooster Street
The fabled Cotton
Club of Jazz-Age Harlem was reincarnated
for one night in a four-story Soho townhouse...(more) |
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Bomb Magazine
30 Anniversary Gala
Capitale
April 15, 2011
The Bomb Magazine
Gala is a must attend event for New
York City's voyeurs. The art on the
walls is stunning, but what truly draws
the eye are the guests...(more)
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World Malbec Day
Party
New York Public Library
April 14, 2011
The New York
Public Library was aglow with the colors
of Argentina in honor of World Malbec
Day on April 14, 2011...(more)
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Opening Reception
for
Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of
Red and White Quilts
March 24, 2011
Park Avenue Armory
For six days, beginning
March 25, 2011, the Park Avenue Armory
was draped with quilts - 650 beautiful
red and white quilts which were stunning
lit for the maximum enjoyment of the
public...(more) |
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New
York Junior League’s
59th Annual Winter Ball
“Elegance Throughout Time”
The Plaza Hotel, Grand Ballroom March
5, 2011
United States Representative
for the State of New York Carolyn B.
Maloney was the Mistress of Ceremonies
for the 59th New York Junior League
Winter Ball. This year's theme was "Elegance
Through Time"...(more) |
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Fashionistas at
the
The Blonds Fashion Show
Milk Studio
February 16, 2011
Every season fashonistas
flock to The Blonds Fashion Show for
an opportunity to see and be seen. The
fashions on the runway are imaginatively
absurd...(more) |
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Dennis Oppenheim
Artist/Sculptor Dennis
Oppenheim died on January 22, 2011.
Dennis was an amazing artist and extremely
generous with his time...(more) |
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Townhouse Gallery
Group Showing
January 18th - 20th, 2010
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
501 2nd Street
Between 7th and 8th Avenues
Park Slope | Brooklyn
New York Cool contributor
Esther Nash has curated an art show
to held at Brooklyn's Townhouse Gallery
January 18- 27th ...(more)
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Reception for Teun
Voeten's
Tunnel People
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
November 30, 2010
Socialite and community
activist Cecilia Lewis has a passion
for fashion and a passion to help make
the the world a better place...(more)
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Organization of
Chinese Americans
2010 Dynamic Achiever
Award Gala
30th Anniversary
Double Tree Inn
Tarrytown, New York
November 13, 2010
The Westchester
County Chapter and Hudson Valley Branch
of the Organization of Chinese Americans
hosted their 2010 dynamic Achiever Award
Banquet at the Double Tree Inn in Westchester
on November 13, 2010...(more) |
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American Folk Art
Museum
Annual Benefit
Tribeca Rooftop
November 9, 2010
The American Folk
Art Museum hosted its annual benefit
honoring the American Folk Art Museum's
2010 Advocates for the Arts...(more)
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El Museo Del Barrio's
Young International Circle
Día de los Muertos (Day of the
Dead)Party
Tribeca Rooftop
October 28, 2010
El Museo Del
Barrio's Young International Circle's
annual Día de los Muertos (Day
of the Dead) Halloween party...(more)
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Somaly Mam Foundation
Hearts and Hands Gala
Capitale
October 26, 2010
Somaly Mam's Hearts
and Hands Foundation is dedicated to
helping former Cambodian sex slaves
- girls who have been forced into prostitution,
sometimes being sold by their own families
at ages as young as five...(more) |
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Halloween in New
York City
Weekend October 29 - 31st
Halloween is roaring
into New York City this weekend with
parties, haunted houses and New York's
famous Halloween Parade...(more) |
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Children's Rights
Annual Benefit
October 19, 2010
Plaza Hotel
Children's Rights
hosted their annual benefit this year
at New York City's historic Plaza Hotel.
The evening's festivities began with
a cocktail party in a beautiful grotto
style hall...(more)
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Kip's Bay Decorator
Show House
Opening Party
106 East 71st Street
October 13, 2010
The
Kip's Bay (kipsbay.org)
Decorator Show House, a benefit for the
Kip's Bay Boys and Girls Club, is the
place to go to see the latest in design...(more)
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Partnership
With Children
Eighth Annual Autumn Wine and Food Tasting
"A Taste of the Good Life"
Prince George Ballroom
Friday, October 8, 2010
Partnership
with Children hosted their Eighth Annual
Autumn Wine and Food Tasting, "A
Taste of the Good Life, " at the
Prince George Ballroom at 15 East 27th
Street in New York City on October 8,
2010...(more) |
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Cocktail Party in
Support of
The Somaly Mam
Hearts and Hands Gala
Home of Cathy Hardwick
October 4, 2010
Fashion designer
Cathy Hardwick hosted a party in honor
of the The Somaly Mam Hearts and Hands
Gala to be held on Tuesday October 27th
at Capitale..(more)
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Cocktail Party to
Benefit
American Folk Art Museum
Annual Fall Gala
Home of Laura and Dick Parsons
September 23, 2010
There was art on the
floor and art walking the floor when
Laura and Dick Parson hosted a party
at their expansive Tribeca loft....(more) |
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HB
Forman Talks to
Gemma Arterton of
Tamara
Drew
Selecting
Gemma Arterton to portray a swan was a
brilliant decision; it was the ugly duckling
portion of her latest movie that was more
of a stretch...(more)
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The Couture Council
of The Museum at the Fashion Institute
of Technology
Annual Benefit Luncheon
Honoring 2010 Award Recipient
Karl Lagerfeld
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
September 10, 2010
The Couture Council of the Fashion Institute
of Technology presented the Couture Council
Fashion Visionary Award to Karl Lagerfeld,
the head of the House of Chanel...(more)
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H. B. Forman Talks
to
Katie Holmes
Katie Holmes enters
a hotel ballroom dressed in collegiate
white shirt, wine-colored trousers and
heels and a funky-chic necklace, her
famous brunette mane curled and loose
against her porcelain skin...(more)
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Couture Council
Summer Party
The Cultural Services of the French
Embassy
972 Fifth Avenue
August 17, 2010
Chairpersons Yaz Hernandez,
Alexandra Lebenthal, Charlotte Moss
and Liz Peek hosted this year's Couture
Council of the Fashion Institute of
Technology Summer Party at the elegant
Cultural Services of the French Embassy...(more) |
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Press Conference to
Launch the Body Shop's Stop Sex Trafficking
of Children & Young People Petition
Campaign
Morgan Hotel Penthouse
July 30, 2010
On
Friday, July 30th, The Body Shop, ECPAT
USA, and the Somaly Mam Foundation hosted
a press conference at the Penthouse of
the Morgan Hotel to launch the Stop
Sex Trafficking of Children & Young
People Petition...(more) |
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H.B. Forman Talks
with
Bill Murray of Get Low
The unpredictable
comic genius known as Bill Murray, who
often makes producers and directors
jump through many hoops before he agrees
to work with them, definitely has a
soft side...(more) |
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Shanghai Symphony
Orchestra and The New York
Philharmonic Orchestra
Performance
Central Park, New York City
July 13, 2010
Once upon a time there
was a great wall around China. Not the
Great Wall that bisects the country's
interior but the wall around the heart
and soul of China...(more) |
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Screenplay Reading
of
Allegra Huston's
Good Luck Mr.
Gorski
Greenhouse Nightclub
June 17, 2010
Have
you heard the urban myths about the alligators
in the sewers, the snakes in the toilet
bowl or the Neil Armstrong's moon-walk
call-out to a mythical Mr. Gorski?...(more)
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South of the
Border Roundtable
With Director Oliver Stone
Regency Hotel
June 21, 2010
Oliver Stone has had
his share of media attacks in the three
decades he’s been making movies.
His personal character has been called
into question as well as his filmic
treatment of historic events. And, with
JFK, even his sanity...(more) |
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Rootstein’s
‘Young & Restless’ Mannequin
Line Launch Party
205 West 19TH Street
June 16, 2010
Every year the mannequin
company Rootsein throws a unique fashion
party featuring their stars, the mannequins
of course...(more)
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Martha Graham Dance
Company
Political Dance Project
World Premiere of
American Document and
Dance Is a Weapon
Joyce Theater
June 8 - 13, 2010
There was a lot of
excitement this spring in anticipation
of Martha Graham's Political Dance
Project...(more) |
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Puerto Rican Day
Parade
New York City
June 13, 2010
The Puerto Rican Day
Parade is New York city's answer to
New Orleans Mardi Gras. No other parade
brings out thousands of people giddy
with pride...(more) |
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Banzai!!!!!
Art and Performance Bash
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Red Lotus Room
Muffinhead and Eric
Schmalenberger hosted a party titled
BANZAI!!!!!!!!!! Art and Performance
Bash on Memorial Day Weekend...(more) |
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El
Museo del Barrio Gala 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Cipriani 42nd Street
The El Museo del Barrio
Gala is one of the most anticipated
social events of the New York spring
season; guests fly in from all over
the world to attend...(next) |
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White
House Arrival Ceremony
To Honor Mexican
President Felipe Calderon
May 22, 2010
San Antonio entertainer
Jade Esteban Estrada was among the celebrities
and politicos invited to the White House
to welcome Mexican President Felipe
Calderon for his first state visit to
the U.S....(more)
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American
Folk Art Museum Party
Espace
635 West 42nd Street
May 15, 2010
Henry Darger
was a reclusive American writer and
artist (1892-1972) whose works were
not discovered until just before he
died when his landlords entered his
one room apartment...(more)
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Bomb Magazine Party
and Silent Auction
National Arts Club
April 27, 2010
Bomb Magazine hosted
an uber stylish party at the historical
National Arts Club. The walls were filled
with art for the art auction and the
floor was filled with artists, art lovers
and walking pieces of art; Bomb lovers
are a very stylish group...(more) |
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People
Only Call You When You're Famous
Skrapper
Party
Good Units at the Hudson Hotel
356 W 58th Street
April 20, 2010
The founder of
Skrapper, William Quigley and designers
Alex W. Claster and Katie Theofilos
threw a fashion party at Good Units
celebrating the label Skrapper Inc...(more)
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Cocktails for a
Cause
Benefiting
Broadway in South Africa
The Box
April 15, 2010
The Box has become
New York's trendiest night spot with
its nightly menu of food, drink and
bottomless burlesque...(more)
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NYC DJ Battle
Mango Soho
561 Broadway
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Fashionistas, shoppers,
and lovers of music flocked to the Mango
store in Soho this past Thursday for
a DJ Battle like no other...(more) |
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Voices of Change
Somaly Mam Foundation
The Box
189 Chrystie
April 6, 2010
Lower Eastside hot
spot, the Box, was the spot
for a party honoring anti-human trafficking
activist Somaly Mam.
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Party Celebrating
The Twenty Fifth Anniversary of
Michael Musto's
Village Voice Column
March 2, 2010
Five hundred and fifty
of Michael Musto's dearest and closest
friends showed up to celebrate the 25th
anniversary of Musto's Village Voice
column, La Dolce Musto...(more) |
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Beauty Cares
Charity Cocktail Event
15 East 18th Street, Suite 301
February 28, 2010
Beauty
Cares, a non-profit organization founded
by former model Aryn Quinn, held their
first fundraiser on February 18, 2010...(more) |
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Michael Musto's
Twenty Five Year Anniversary
Village Voice's
La Dolce Musto
For twenty-five years
Michael Musto has been telling the story
of downtown New York through his Village
Voice column, La Dolce Musto.
It is a story filtered through the cheesecloth...(more)
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The Scone Foundation’s
Seventh Annual
Archivist of the Year Awards
CUNY Graduate Center
January 25, 2010
George Santayana famously
said, "Those who cannot learn from
history are doomed to repeat it."...(more)
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American Antiques
Show
Opening Night Party
The Metropolitan Pavilion
January 20, 2010
The spirit of Texas
lit up the opening night party for the
American Antiques Show; one of Texas's
most famous daughters, Lynda Johnson
Robb, traveled to New York to be the
party's Grand Chair...(more) |
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Vital Voices Reception
Bowery Hotel
January 19, 2010
In 1995, then First
Lady Hillary Clinton and soon-to-be
Secretary of State Madeline Albright
(nominated and confirmed in 1996) traveled
to Beijing for the Fourth Annual World
Conference on Women...(more) |
