- 2010
- 03/05/2010 - Starlight Children's Foundation 25th Annual GalaNEW
- 03/02/2010 - American Ballet Theatre’s Junior Council and Quest MagazineNEW
- 03/02/2010 - Hanley Center Foundation's 15th Annual LuncheonNEW
- 03/01/2010 - The School of American Ballet’s Winter Ball NEW
- 03/01/2010 - Literacy Partners 26th Annual Evening of Readings Gala Kick-off NEW
- 02/27/2010 - New York Junior League 58th Annual Winter Ball
- 02/27/2010 - Society Ties' Black Tie & Black Jack Casino Night
- 02/25/2010 - Bailey House 22nd Annual Auction and PartyNEW
- 02/25/2010 - Hedge Funds Care 12th Annual New York Open Your Heart to the Children BenefitNEW
- 02/25/2010 - Toast to "Justice is Served" Dinner Benefit
- 02/25/2010 - 2010 Frick Museum Young Fellows Ball
- 02/25/2010 - Chabad’s Children of Chernobyl's Third Annual Purim BallNEW
- 02/24/2010 - Kick Off Party to Benefit The East Side House Settlement Gala Preview of the 2010 Auto Show
- 02/24/2010 - C-CAP 20th Anniversary CelebrationNEW
- 02/24/2010 - POSH Palm Beach 2010 Gala Dinner
- 02/23/2010 - ForEverglades Benefit
- 02/20/2010 - 5th Annual Childhelp Fashion Show and Luncheon
- 02/19/2010 - MacDella Cooper Foundation Fashion Week Finale Party
- 02/17/2010 - Friends of the South Florida Science Museum Toast
- 02/14/2010 - Action Against Hunger Help Heart Haiti Valentine's Day Benefit
- 02/13/2010 - 55th Annual Palm Beach Heart Ball
- 02/09/2010 - Museum of Design Patron Preview event
- 02/09/2010 - Animal Fair and Wendy Diamond’s Yappy Hour
- 02/06/2010 - Lighthouse Center for the Arts’ 46th Annual Beaux Arts Ball
- 02/06/2010 - Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s Gem of an Evening Gala
- 02/06/2010 - Norton Museum of Art Bal des Arts 2010
- 02/05/2010 - The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's annual Light The Night Awards Party
- 02/05/2010 - The Princes Ball Mardi Gras Masquerade Gala
- 02/04/2010 - City Chicks 4 Charity & Young Wall Street benefit Chess in Schools
- 02/03/2010 - International Women's Health Coalition 2010 Gala
- 02/02/2010 - The Associates Council Lunch at The Oak Room
- 02/02/2010 - Parsons Dance Opening Night Gala
- 01/31/2010 - KIDs Strikes Back Bowling Party at Chelsea Piers
- 01/30/2010 - 53rd Annual International Red Cross Ball
- 01/30/2010 - Epilepsy Foundation’s Taste of Love Gala 2010
- 01/29/2010 - Partnership for the Homeless’ Auction at the Gagosian Gallery
- 01/28/2010 - Hearts 4 Haiti
- 01/26/2010 - Peggy Adams Unveils Much-anticipated Grace Pavilion
- 01/26/2010 - Art Battles
- 01/25/2010 - Fashionable opening night for Red Cross Show House
- 01/25/2010 - MICHAEL KORS and GRAFF Fashion Show Honors Heart Ball
- 01/24/2010 - National Dance Institute's Benefit Performance of Imagine: A Celebration of John Lennon
- 01/22/2010 - LADACIN Polar Bear Plunge
- 01/21/2010 - Help Haiti Now
- 01/21/2010 - Hospice Evening 2010 with Oscar de la Renta
- 01/21/2010 - UJA-Federation of New York's Generosity Event
- 01/20/2010 - Citymeals-on-Wheels Winter Cocktail Benefit
- 01/20/2010 - The American Antiques Show (TAAS) Benefit Preview Celebrating Texas
- 01/19/2010 - Cocktails for Vital Voices Global Partnership
- 01/14/2010 - Winter Antiques Show Preview Party
- 01/14/2010 - CCE Honors Over the Big Top Chairs at Saks Fifth Avenue
- 01/12/2010 - Zac Posen Fashion Show Featuring Cartier
- 01/12/2010 - Hope For Haiti With The Red Cross
- 01/11/2010 - Young Friends Red Cross Beach Bash
- 01/10/2010 - AICF-American-Israel Cultural Foundation 70th Anniversary Gala and Concer
- 01/07/2010 - Autism Speaks to Young Professionals
- 01/07/2010 - CHIC @ the Ames hotel
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation Second Annual Connoisseur’s Dinner
05/07/2008 - By Sotheby’s
Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation Second Annual Connoisseur’s Dinner:
An Evening of Wine and Art Raises over $1 million
NEW YORK CITY, NY (May 7, 2008) – The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF), in partnership with Sotheby’s, hostedAlzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation Second Annual Connoisseur’s Dinner:
An Evening of Wine and Art Raises over $1 million
NEW YORK CITY, NY (May 7, 2008) – The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF), in partnership with Sotheby’s, hosted it’s second annual Connoisseur’s Dinner: An Evening of Wine and Art on Thursday, May 1, 2008. The event attracted 228 guests who mingled for 6:30 pm cocktails in the entry to Sotheby’s 10th floor galleries and previewed some of the most extraordinary Contemporary Art by names such as Bacon, Calder, Koons, Richter and Warhol.
At 7:30 pm guests proceeded into the main galleries for the dinner and auction portion of the evening where they dined amidst a stellar array of Impressionist and Modern Art. Tables were arranged adjacent to the Cézannes, Chagalls, Giacomettis, Legers, Matisses Picassos, Rodins, Schieles, and more, which were hung in preview of the upcoming Sotheby’s auction.
Leonard Lauder (ADDF Chairman) and Nancy Corzine (ADDF President of the Board) served as dinner chairs. Honorary Chairs included Cece Cord and Dr. John Baldwin, James and Lee Niven, Thomas Quick, and Bill and Betsey Ruprecht. Guests included Dennis Basso and Michael Cominotto, Christine Keuhbeck and Carl Bernstein, Cornelia and Martin Bregman, Tory Burch, John Cooney and daughter Victoria, Roberto and Joanne de Guardiola, Lisa Dennison, Danielle and David Ganek, Marjorie Gubelmann, Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, Mark Locks, Eliza Osborne, Kate Furman Pasik and Timothy Pasik, Connie Anne Phillips, Hilary Geary and Wilbur Ross, Sir and Lady Evelyn de Rothschild, Ophelia and Bill Rudin, Liz and Randal Sandler, Amy Treitel, Peggy and Cyrus Vance Jr., Harriet and Ronald Weintraub, and ADDF’s Executive Director Dr. Howard Fillit and his wife Dr. Janet Werkmeister.
A special spring menu, created by Great Performances, included a first course of poached Maine lobster, accompanied by Jean Noel Gagnard, Chassagne-Montrachet, Les Masures, 2005. The main course featured a Southern-style rack of lamb, accompanied by a delightful pairing of red wines selected by Leonard Lauder that included Cos d’Estournel, (Saint–Estèphe), 2001 versus Trotanoy, (Pomerol), 2001. Dessert was an alternating presentation of a white chocolate passion fruit treasure box and a chocolate blaze, served with Graham Beck Brut Rosé, 2006, generously provided by Graham Beck.
Jamie Niven, Sotheby’s Chairman, North and South America, led the auction that included rare wines such as 1970 Pétrus (closing bid $28,000), 2001-2004 Ornellaia Vertical Tasting Case (closing bid $6,000), and 1990 and 2000 Château Lafite Rothschild Double Magnum Pair (closing bid $22,000); plus a Ten-Day South African Safari with deluxe accommodations, airfare provided by Delta (closing bid $40,000), a Parisian Couture Adventure for four with six nights at the Hôtel de Crillon and tickets to the Chanel, Givenchy, Jean Paul Gaultier and Christian Lacroix haute couture fashion shows (closing bid $28,000). ADDF also debuted the Fund a Scientist program, where guests bid to support a specially-chosen research project aimed at drug discovery with immediate impact; this program grossed over $200,000. With ticket sales, auction and Fund a Scientist, as well as generous donations, ADDF raised over $1 million dollars (up from over $700,000 in 2007). Ninety percent of all money raised by ADDF goes directly toward accelerating drug discovery for scientific research.
The next annual Connoisseur’s Dinner will be scheduled for spring 2009.
For more information about ADDF, please contact David DiVincenzo at 212-901-8011 or ddivincenzo@alzdiscovery.org.
Photos courtesy of Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation
ALL PHOTO CREDITED TO: PATRICK MCMULLAN
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