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OUT AND ABOUT SNAPS Hot Pink Party raises millions for cancer research by Emily Laermer and Miriam Kreinin Souccar WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 Network with hundreds of businesspeople and vendors at the 15TH ANNUAL ECONOMIC CONFERENCE, hosted by the Staten Island Economic Development Corp. The keynote speaker will be Kenneth Daly, president of National Grid. There will also be a panel discussion about the city’s mayoral candidates. It starts at 8 a.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn, 110 South Ave., between Arlington Place and Richmond Terrace, in Staten Island. Tickets to keynote events are $325, and include breakfast, lunch and a cocktail reception. For more information, visit www.siedc.org. DON’T MISS ANDY MEETS EDVARD SATURDAY, APRIL 27 See two well-known artists with little in common at MUNCH | WARHOL AND THE MULTIPLE IMAGE. The exhibition, which runs through Saturday, July 27, pairs lithographs by Edvard Munch with large-scale screen prints by Andy Warhol. It is at the Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave., between East 37th and East 38th streets. The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 6 p.m., and until 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students and seniors. For more information, visit www.scandinaviahouse.org. OPENING ELIZABETH WINSOR, CONSTANCE WHITE, EMARY ARONSON and ANDREW SIEG at the Partnership With Children gala on April 16. The event raised $750,000. GREG, RAYMOND and JIM KELLY at the Police Athletic League’s Legal Profession Luncheon on April 9. The event raised $603,050. See more of this week’s Snaps online at CrainsNewYork.com/galleries. FUNDRAISERS THURSDAY, APRIL 25 See the final installment of a series of exhibitions reassessing the Whitney Museum’s permanent collection. I, YOU, WE runs through Sept. 1, and includes paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints and photographs that reveal individual and collective concerns of the 1980s and early 1990s. The museum is at 945 Madison Ave., at East 75th Street. It is open Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Friday, 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. For more information, visit www.whitney.org. TORY BURCH, VERA WANG, LISA PERRY and JAMIE TISCH at the Breast Cancer Research Foundation benefit. patrick mcmullan.com SUNDAY, APRIL 28 Celebrate the Year of the Snake at the 13TH ANNUAL PEKING OPERA FESTIVAL. The Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera Company will perform The Legend of the White Snake, with music, miming, martial arts and acrobatics in addition to a traditional Chinese orchestra. It is at 3 p.m. at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuardia Place, at Washington Square South. Tickets are $38 for general admission. To purchase tickets, call (212) 352-3101 or (866) 811-4111, or visit www.skirballcenter.org. LEONARD LAUDER and KAY KRILL at the Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s Hot Pink Party on April 17. The gala raised $5.2 million for research and advocacy. howard wechsler WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, AND THURSDAY, APRIL 25 Join local building owners, managers, architects, contractors and engineers at BUILDINGSNY 2013. Topics of conversation at the free seminar include commissions, disaster recovery and emergency planning. Attendees will have access to exhibitors, as well as new products and technologies. It runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655 W. 34th St., at 11th Avenue. For more information, visit www.buildingsny.com. patrick mcmullan.com CAREER BUILDERS TUESDAY, APRIL 23 Consider yourself a whisky connoisseur? Experience the launch of THE DALMORE SELECTED BY DANIEL BOULUD, a bespoke single-malt Scotch whisky, with a whiskyinspired prix fixe menu at each of Mr. Boulud’s six New York City restaurants. Prices range from $48 at DBGB Kitchen and Bar, 299 Bowery, between Houston and East First streets, to $145 at Daniel, 60 E. 65th St., between Park and Madison avenues. To make reservations, visit www.daniel boulud.com/reservations. patrick mcmullan.com CULTURE FIX MONDAY, APRIL 22 See an evening of dance at DESTINY RISING, an event benefiting the NYC Dance Alliance Foundation College Scholarship Program. The event will feature choreography from faculty members, as well as guest performances from members of the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, the New York City Ballet and Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet. It is at 7:30 p.m. at the Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave., at West 19th Street. Tickets start at $25 and can be purchased by calling (855) 6925678 or visiting www.nycdance.com. TUESDAY, APRIL 23 Celebrate the discovery of a new frog species in Tanzania’s rain forest at the African Rainforest Conservancy’s 22ND ANNUAL ARTISTS FOR AFRICA BENEFIT. Proceeds benefit the organization’s efforts to preserve and restore African rain forests. It will include a live art auction, an African musical dance performance and dinner. The event is at 6:30 p.m. at the Bowery Hotel, 335 Bowery, at Great Jones Street. Tickets start at $125. For more information, visit www.africanrainforest.org. MARK YOUR CALENDAR... FRIDAY, MAY 31, TO SUNDAY, JUNE 2 CELEBRATE BROOKLYN’S ARTS SCENE at the seventh annual Bushwick Open Studios and Arts Festival, a free three-day event. It kicks off Friday at 8 p.m. at Shea Stadium BK, 20 Meadow St., between Bogart and Waterbury streets, with a blowout launch party. Visit www.artsinbushwick.org. April 22, 2013 | Crain’s New York Business | 43 http://www.mcmullan.com http://www.buildingsny.com http://www.danielboulud.com/reservations http://www.danielboulud.com/reservations http://www.skirball.org/ http://www.siedc.org http://www.CrainsNewYork.com/galleries http://www.scandinaviahouse.org http://www.nycdance.com http://www.whitney.org http://www.africanrainforest.org http://www.artsinbushwick.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Crains New York - April 22, 2013

Crains New York - April 22, 2013
IN THE BOROUGHS
IN THE MARKETS
THE INSIDER
BUSINESS PEOPLE
CORPORATE LADDER
REAL ESTATE DEALS
OPINION
ALAIR TOWNSEND
GREG DAVID
REPORT: GREEN NEW YORK
THE LIST
FOR THE RECORD
CLASSIFIEDS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
SOURCE LUNCH
OUT AND ABOUT
SNAPS

Crains New York - April 22, 2013