The Best Parties of October

New York City Opera's Fall Fete featured autograph-worthy vintages Were you too busy preparing your Halloween costume to go to a gala this week? Check out new photo galleries to see what you missed. Nothing scary about it. New York City Opera Fall Fete Fruit of the Vines and the Wallet http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/nysun/outandabout/20071009 Whitney Museum of American Art Gala Chuck Close translated at the piano http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/nysun/outandabout/20071025 American Folk Art Museum Gala Wild Horses Couldn't Keep Them Away http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/nysun/outandabout/20071026c Power Pink Luncheon $35 Million for Breast Cancer Research Foundation http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/nysun/outandabout/20071026d Scholars and Statesmen Washington Institute Dinner Words of Wisdom from George Shultz and Bernard Lewis http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/nysun/outandabout/20071026b New York Downtown Hospital Gala David Childs checks in for some TLC http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/nysun/outandabout/20071017 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Opening Night Yefim Bronfman, Joshua Bell, John & Cynthia Whitehead...and no conductor! http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/nysun/outandabout/20071026O Dicapo Opera Theater Opening Night Oh Romeo! Young Opera Singers Shine http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/nysun/outandabout/20071026f