Copyright 2008 The New York Sun Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:40:59 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about webmaster@nysun.com en-us Amanda Gordon http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/07/orchestra-of-st-lukes-tanglewood.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/07/orchestra-of-st-lukes-tanglewood.html Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:40:58 EST The orchestra, anchored most of the summer to the Caramoor Music Festival in Westchester, will head to the Berkshires on July 27 to perform Tower's In Memory, a tribute to those who died on September 11, 2001, at the Shed at Tanglewood. Back in New York City, the orchestra is getting a new rehearsal, recording, and administrative facility in Chelsea, the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, in recognition of a $5 million gift from Joseph and Diana DiMenna Amanda Gordon http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/07/who-will-couture-queen-of-fall-galas.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/07/who-will-couture-queen-of-fall-galas.html Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:10:13 EST It looks like soprano Renee Fleming will have a running start to rule the fashion pages next gala season. For the first time in the Metropolitan Opera's history, Karl Lagerfield, John Galliano, and Christian Lacroix will design costumes, for Ms. Fleming to wear in a concert of fully staged scenes at the season opening gala on September 22, the Met announced today. "Their sense of poetry in motion is a total complement to the music that I will be singing," Ms. Fleming said of the designers in Elizabeth Green http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/07/happy-birthday-diane-ravitch.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/07/happy-birthday-diane-ravitch.html Tue, 1 Jul 2008 14:43:00 EST Today is the 70th birthday of the historian Diane Ravitch, fearless advocate of improving education. The celebrations kicked off earlier this month with a party at Frankie's 457 in Brooklyn thrown by her close friend Mary Butz. Along with her two sons, Michael and Joseph, a new grandson, Elijah, and several classmates from her college days at Wellesley, some of the biggest names in education came to toast Ms. Ravitch. The United Federation of Teachers president, Randi Weingarten, praised Ms Amanda Gordon http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/06/love-boat.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/06/love-boat.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:01:38 EST The city had a party last night at South Street Seaport for Olafur Eliasson's Waterfalls. The art, design, and art patron crowds were there, trying to remember the last time they'd been to the seaport (an architecture competition launches this summer to reimagine the place). Paula Berry looked out on the harbor anticipating the big celebration next year launching the Harbor District. Boats ran all evening to take people closer to the falls, which are entirely different spectacles at night than Amanda Gordon http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/06/poetry-comes-home-to-battery-park-city.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/06/poetry-comes-home-to-battery-park-city.html Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:11:00 EST It was a night words and music triumphed over rain. Poets and poetry fans convened Wednesday for a picnic in Battery Park City organized by Poets House. Songwriter Jill Sobule sang melodious ballads, engaging some of the poets in her performance. For example, Hettie Jones took the stage and began reading her poem "Home."� Ms. Sobule and her band then joined in transforming the poem into a rock song. Poets Matthea Harvy, Cornelius Eady, Li-Young Lee, and Kay Ryan read their work without musical Amanda Gordon http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/06/birthdays-have-their-rewards.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/06/birthdays-have-their-rewards.html Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:05:00 EST The credit crisis isn't stopping one famous credit card company from throwing a party. On Wednesday, American Express invited members of the press to lunch at Eleven Madison Park to mark the anniversary of its credit card. And they not only got lunch, they got two sugar cookies iced to resemble actual American Express cards. With perks like these, it's easy to see why the American Express card has made it to the ripe old age of 50. --KATHERINE BALLAINE Amanda Gordon http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/06/an-avenue-goes-on-a-diet.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/06/an-avenue-goes-on-a-diet.html Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:01:00 EST In a townhouse on Park Avenue Tuesday night, Dr. Stuart Fischer celebrated his new book, "The Park Avenue Diet," a six-week regimen consisting of daily menus combined with exercise, hair, makeup, and interpersonal tips. Judging from the menu for the party, it's a Spartan diet: the spread included green grapes, orange slices, strawberries, pineapple, and a selection of mostly vegetarian sushi. If only every Park Avenue cocktail party could be so healthful Amanda Gordon http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/06/a-picnic-grows-in-brooklyn.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/06/a-picnic-grows-in-brooklyn.html Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:16:00 EST The Brooklyn Botanic Garden's "Passport to Summer" picnic Thursday night went beyond red and white-checkered blankets and potato salad. True to Brooklyn chic, the tables were covered in turquoise cloth and were just slightly raised from the ground. Guests did sit on the ground -- on tan and beige mats -- but they filled their plates at a lavish buffet offering salmon, roast beef, and barbecued chicken. The event, a fund-raiser for young professionals, supported the garden's educational programs Amanda Gordon http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/06/the-original-bash-for-new-yorks-original.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/06/the-original-bash-for-new-yorks-original.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:46:00 EST To the Battery they came from the Grand Concourse, Eastern Boulevard, Governors Island, Upper Fifth and Lower Broadway. Truly, the Battery Conservancy's gala drew cultural leaders from across the city, which seemed fitting, since the Battery was the place where the New York story really began. And so for the gala, they united, to celebrate flowers, step on floor chimes, and sit on benches made out of the same granite used for the base of the Statue of Liberty. There they united to imagine just Amanda Gordon http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/06/socio-horticulture.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/06/socio-horticulture.html Fri, 6 Jun 2008 17:37:00 EST Coming in Monday's paper: Coverage of the Conservatory Ball at the New York Botanical Garden. Above, a glimpse. More is online at: http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/nysun/outandabout/20080606 Amanda Gordon http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/06/music-for-the-people.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/06/music-for-the-people.html Mon, 2 Jun 2008 18:53:00 EST Bang on a Can's 12-hour run of music this weekend at the World Financial Center was wondrous for the sight of hundreds sitting on the steps of what is essentially a mall atrium, yet acting completely city-like, with boyfriends and babies and books in tow, making ad hoc picnics and listening to exquisite sounds, hour after hour. A highlight was the Brooklyn Youth Chorus's performance. Tip for next year: it's worth getting there early to see the sun set behind the players Amanda Gordon http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/05/gala-brings-in-3-million-gift-for-el-mus.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/05/gala-brings-in-3-million-gift-for-el-mus.html Fri, 23 May 2008 01:02:00 EST The gala itself raised $850,000 Thursday night at Cipriani, but a surprise announcement late in the evening increased the impact of the night significantly for this critically acclaimed museum on Museum Mile devoted to Latin and Caribbean art, set to mark its 40th anniversary next year Amanda Gordon http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/05/alanna-heiss-takes-a-picture.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/05/alanna-heiss-takes-a-picture.html Thu, 22 May 2008 16:47:00 EST Here's the sign of a museum director in the swing: After photog Sandra Hamburg snapped her photo, Ms. Heiss took the camera and snapped one back... captured at the Kitchen benefit last night. View here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYMWGP2DHQY Amanda Gordon http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/05/art-parties-for-ifa-and-the-kitchen.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/05/art-parties-for-ifa-and-the-kitchen.html Thu, 22 May 2008 11:03:00 EST Photos from the Institute of Fine Arts 75th anniversary celebration (that's Richard Meier entering the institute for the party on Tuesday, above): http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/nysun/outandabout/20080521ifa And last night's Kitchen benefit: T-shirts, ball gowns, and everything in between: http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/nysun/outandabout/20080522 Amanda Gordon http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/05/do-cows-fly-they-do-at-nyc-parties.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/05/do-cows-fly-they-do-at-nyc-parties.html Tue, 20 May 2008 17:34:00 EST The New York Foundation for the Arts benefit was pretty fun, as is on display in this video. Go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSr71f-eLio Amanda Gordon http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/05/a-weeks-worth-of-whirl.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/05/a-weeks-worth-of-whirl.html Mon, 19 May 2008 17:06:00 EST In the week ahead, the benefit circuit brings us events for National Audubon Society, American Ballet Theatre, 92nd Street Y, the Kitchen, SummerStage, El Museo del Barrio, Riverkeeper, and the Noguchi Museum. And here's what we got to do in the week just past: * admire Kimberly Dozier, a journalist injured in Iraq who has just published a memoir story: http://www.nysun.com/out-and-about/no-headline * ignore Mariah Carey in favor of some of the New Yorkers who helped raise money at Operation Amanda Gordon http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/05/chad-row-for-recount-premiere.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/05/chad-row-for-recount-premiere.html Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EST At the premiere of "Recount" at MoMA Tuesday night, the president of HBO Films, Colin Callender, noted the auspicious timing of a film about the election process, in an election year. "As good the HBO press department is, it could not have created the political environment we have now," Mr. Calldender said. "But they did bring in five voting boths, so you'll have your chance to see hanging chad and dimpled chad, in the HBO presidential elections." In the lobby of the Four Seasons, HBO had Amanda Gordon http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/05/order-out-of-social-chaos.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/05/order-out-of-social-chaos.html Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 EST So much going on this week, when I sat down Wednesday night to make a list of all the parties I'd gone to so far, the list had 10 items on it. And it was only Wednesday. Now it's Saturday, I technically have the day off, but I have a baby naming in Brooklyn soon (yay Abigail!). Before I go, though, I'm going to sort through the week and give you the highlights. It started last Saturday, when I started covering events at 11 a.m. and didn't finish until 12:30 a.m. Sunday -- but hey, I interviewed Amanda Gordon http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/05/pretty-in-camelot.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/05/pretty-in-camelot.html Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 EST At the top of the list of fun nights at Avery Fisher Hall is the New York Philharmonic's performance of a popular work at springtime. This year it's Lerner & Loewe's Camelot. On opening night of athe limited run, ladies were pretty as princesses, men acted princely, and bronze castles surrounded by purple hydrangeas added courtly chic. See more in the photo gallery: http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/nysun/outandabout/20080509nyphil M. Beverly and Robert Bartner, Cosby and Timothy George, and Amanda Gordon http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/05/ice-palace-costume-institute-gala.html http://www.nysun.com/blogs/out-and-about/2008/05/ice-palace-costume-institute-gala.html Mon, 5 May 2008 00:00:00 EST The Temple of Dendur tonight has been transformed into an ice palace for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute gala hosted by Giorgio Armani, with chairmen Julia Roberts and George Clooney. Guests will go up the 26 steps of the museum's grand staircase, flanked by paparazzi, then follow a red carpet into the new exhibit showing fashions side by side superhero costumes, then continue for cocktails in the Petrie Court, before hitting the ice palace. It will not, however, be a cold