Elephants don’t get cancer. Co-Founder and CEO of PEEL Therapeutics, Josh Schiffman informed the gala attendees of this as he accepted his Wings of Hope award.
Opera Lafayette kicked off their second annual Baroque Music Festival this past week here in New York City.
The inaugural season of vildwerk. is set for 2024.
Mayor Eric Adams will declare May 18, 2023, as “Kindness is Cool” Day in New York City in honor of the Mi Amor Graciousness Gala, which supports survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking. The annual event from the Luisa Diaz Foundation will host its ninth-anniversary benefit at The Plaza Hotel and offer an evening of compassion-meets-fashion, including the crowd favorite “Runway of Hope.” Funds from the event will benefit three charities: Safe Passage Heals, Hope’s Door and Team TLC NYC.
The Knockturnal attended the VISION GALA at New York City Center. The Dance Theatre of Harlem honored Founding Member and Outgoing Artistic Director, Virginia Johnson with the Arthur Mitchell Vision Award; and arts advocate, business leader, and former DTH Board Chair Reginald Van Lee with the Virtuoso Award.
On April 3rd 2023, NYU Hosted their Annual Tisch Gala at the Ziegfeld Ballroom after 3 years of Covid Epidemic and its spikes and flows. A lovely night filled with the biggest names from NYU Alumnus, staff, teachers and students coming together to honor and celebrate the Mother and Son Honorees: Alum and Guggenheim Fellow Hank Willis Thomas (‘98) and MacArthur Fellow and chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at Tisch Dr. Deborah Willis.
The 2023 HeartShare Spring Gala took place on Wednesday, March 29th at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. The gala honored the achievements of extraordinary individuals committed to helping people in the community live their best lives.
Vineyard Theatre celebrated their 40th Anniversary with a red carpeted fundraising gala that honored Tony winning actor, Billy Crudup. Funds raised from the event, held in the Edison Ballroom in NYC on Feb. 13, will support the theatre’s upcoming season; including their Fair Pay Initiative and the “Good Neighbor” ticket program which offers free and affordable theatre tickets to thousands of local theatre goers.
The eminent Alvin Ailey Dance Theater company hosts a prodigious opening night gala to kick off a four-week holiday season celebration.
DKMS hosted its annual black-tie gala produced by HK Media Group on October 20th in New York City at Cipriani Wall Street.