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The Week Ahead · October 26–November 1
Eight picks for Halloween week: the Frick, City Harvest, Harlem comedy, sacred music, ASRM Prom and costume parties in New York and Miami.
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The Week Ahead · October 21–27
Our October 21–27 picks: Many Hopes, Champagne Week, Hulaween, NAB at Javits, Art Basel Paris, Gatsby in Southampton and museum nights.
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Art & Culture · Miami
The November 6 fundraiser supports Bakehouse Art Complex’s working-artist community, with open studios, Homegrown and music by Spam Allstars.
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Galas · New York
Five benefits connect the social calendar to culinary work, arts education, medical research, museum programming and artists’ studios. The useful question is what each evening supports.
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Galas · New York
A practical guide to attending a New York charity gala: individual tickets, tables, invitations, dress codes, guest lists, auctions and choosing a cause.
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Galas · New York
The November 7 benefit in Chelsea supports an organization that connects Korean-heritage artists with grants, exhibitions, professional development and audiences.
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Galas · Miami
Miami's leading partner in the fight against homelessness gathers its supporters at the JW Marriott Marquis on Saturday, October 17, for its signature Illuminations Gala.
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Galas · Miami
Spain's national opera house brings its orchestra, Gustavo Gimeno and a program of Falla, Rodrigo and Scheherazade to the Knight Concert Hall on Saturday, October 17, with a gala dinner alongside.
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Galas · New York
The incubator behind more than a decade of new plays, musicals and series gathers its supporters at Tribeca Rooftop on Monday, October 19, to honor two of the most distinctive voices in American theatre.
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Galas · New York
On October 20, the American Museum of Natural History opens its halls after closing to children and their families for a sold-out evening of hands-on science, live animals and conversations with the people who study the natural world.
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Galas · New York
On Tuesday, October 20, The Frick Collection honors Annabelle Selldorf, the architect of its celebrated renovation, at a black-tie dinner in the Fifth Avenue mansion she helped bring back to life.
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Galas · New York
On Thursday, October 22, Queens Community House returns to the Museum of the Moving Image for an evening of premieres, gelato and gratitude in support of programs reaching tens of thousands of Queens residents.
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Galas · New York
The Alzheimer's Association's storied New York benefit, founded by Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, gathers at The Plaza on Thursday, October 22, to honor Jon Ledecky and the New York Islanders.
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Galas · Long Island
Black tie meets the red-striped top hat on Thursday, October 22, when Long Island Elite brings its storybook gala to Oakdale in support of Family & Children's Association.
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Galas · Connecticut
On October 23, the Women's Business Development Council gathers Connecticut's business and political leadership at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich for a luncheon honoring women who build companies, and the people who back them.
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Galas · New York
New York Restoration Project's costumed fall benefit sinks to the depths at the Glasshouse on Friday, October 23, with Cyndi Lauper on the bill and Mario Cantone as master of ceremonies.
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Galas · Connecticut
The Greenwich nonprofit that has housed adults living with mental illness since 1981 gathers supporters at Delamar Greenwich Harbor on Friday, October 23, behind a mask and for a cause.
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Galas · New York
The development charity's black-tie New York benefit comes to The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers on Friday, October 23, in support of rural African entrepreneurs, most of them women.
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Galas · New York
New York's society of New Netherland descendants returns to the Lotos Club for a black-tie evening with the Peter Duchin Orchestra, honoring the founders of the Irish Repertory Theatre.
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Galas · Miami
On Saturday, October 24, the Miami-born youth mentorship organization takes over the Hilton Miami Downtown for a 1990s-themed gala built around the young musicians it serves.
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Galas · Miami
On Saturday, October 24, the PortMiami ministry that welcomes the world's seafarers holds its 2026 gala aboard Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas, a rare daytime benefit at sea level.
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Galas · New York
On Wednesday, October 28, more than 50 chefs, restaurants and mixologists gather on the West Side for Peace, Love & City Harvest, a sixties-mod tasting benefit with a serious aim: help feed four million New Yorkers.
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Galas · New York
The Dorill Initiative, which champions young artists from neighborhoods across the city, takes its annual gala to the rooftop of the Manny Cantor Center on Thursday, October 29, with Oscar winner Paul Tazewell among the honorees.
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Galas · New York
The city's therapeutic horsemanship program gathers some 350 guests at Guastavino's on Thursday, October 29, to honor KKR's Rene Theriault and keep New Yorkers with disabilities in the saddle.
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Galas · New York
Dominican Joe Kids brings an intimate tasting gala to the Poltrona Frau showroom on Madison Avenue on Thursday, October 29, to sponsor every one of its students for the year.
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Galas · New York
Bronx Neighborhood Housing Services gathers its partners at Marina Del Rey in Throgs Neck on October 29, with State Senator Jamaal T. Bailey as keynote speaker and every dollar pointed at helping Bronx families buy homes.
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Galas · New York
On Thursday, October 29, the nonprofit that has spent fifteen years making sport safer for LGBTQIA+ people gathers in New York for its flagship celebration, with every dollar raised pledged to college athletes doing the work on campus.
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Galas · West Palm Beach
On October 30, the Juno Beach sea turtle hospital and conservation center brings its 17th annual awards luncheon to West Palm Beach, with shark scientist Dr. Mikki McComb-Kobza as keynote and Eleanor Fletcher Lifetime Achievement honoree.
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Galas · New Jersey
On Thursday, November 5, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Paterson gathers at The Meadow Wood in Randolph to honor four of its most devoted friends and to fund work that reaches families across North Jersey.
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Galas · Westchester
Mamaroneck's beloved performing arts center salutes its Birdland Jazz Series with a cocktail-attire evening at the Beach Point Club on Thursday, November 5.
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Galas · New York
Patricia and Roger Silverstein host an intimate fall evening for the Silverstein Dream Foundation, with a conversation featuring its Diabetes Health Ambassador, Katie Beth Hand.
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Galas · Palm Beach Gardens
The Warriors Choice Foundation, which pairs combat veterans and first responders with task-trained Belgian Malinois, opens its Fairways to Freedom weekend with a gala dinner in Palm Beach Gardens on Friday, November 6.
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Galas · New York
The St. John Committee's black-tie benefit for the Order of Malta's humanitarian work, now in its second decade, returns on Friday, November 6, with patrons, a live auction and dancing until half past midnight.
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Galas · Palm Beach
On Friday, November 6, Best Buddies crowns its Palm Beach Champion of the Year on South Ocean Boulevard, with a co-chair who is the campaign's first leader with an intellectual or developmental disability.
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Galas · Wider Connecticut
On Friday, November 6, the Connecticut Education Foundation hosts its fourth annual gala at the Omni New Haven, an evening of awards, dinner and dancing that funds scholarships for future teachers and emergency help for students and educators in need.
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Galas · New York
The James Beard Foundation brings its black-tie benefit to The Pierre on November 6, honoring Daniel Boulud and S.Pellegrino with a dinner cooked by a roster of the country's most talked-about chefs. It is already sold out.
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Galas · Long Island
On November 7, Imamia Medics International gathers on Long Island for an evening of literature, music and service, with oncologist and author Dr. Azra Raza and vocalist Ali Haider, in support of a planned teaching hospital in Karachi.
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Galas · Westchester
Saint Joseph's Medical Center returns to the Westchester Country Club on Saturday, November 7, honoring its chief of neurology, Dr. Sandeep Gulati, and trustee Moira J. Kiernan.
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Galas · Long Island
On Saturday, November 7, the Smithsonian-affiliated museum opens its history galleries in Stony Brook for an evening of dinner, dancing and live jazz, honoring Kevin Lenane and the Stony Brook Fire Department.
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Galas · Miami
Miami-Dade's community parent center for families of children with disabilities marks its 22nd Journey of Dreams at the JW Marriott Marquis, with three honorees and CBS Miami's Lissette Gonzalez as emcee.
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Galas · New Jersey
New Jersey's volunteer doctors, nurses and supporters gather at The Grand in Totowa on Saturday, November 7, for the 29th anniversary gala that funds free care in the Caribbean, Ghana and beyond.
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Galas · New Jersey
On Sunday afternoon, November 8, The Campbell House holds its second annual Champions of Change gala luncheon at Galloping Hill Caterers, honoring seven community leaders and raising funds for girls and young women ages 5 to 21.
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Galas · New York
The Guggenheim's annual gala returns to Frank Lloyd Wright's rotunda on November 10, pairing a New York painting legend with the Abu Dhabi cultural leader whose city is about to open a Guggenheim of its own.
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Galas · New York
Louise Bourgeois, Deborah Kass and Christine Mack are the focus of a November evening supporting the next generation of artists.
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Galas · New York
The French Heritage Society's black-tie dinner dance returns to a private Manhattan club on Wednesday, November 11, in support of the châteaux, gardens and young preservationists on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Galas · New York
On November 12, New York's 133-year-old home health pioneer honors CityMD founder Dr. Richard Park with the Lillian D. Wald Award at a festive-attire dinner and dance supporting its charitable care programs.
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Galas · New York
After a year's pause, America's leading dealers return to the Park Avenue Armory under a new banner, opening the inaugural ADAA Fair on Thursday, November 12, with a preview gala for the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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Galas · New York
Sound Business, Inc. honors the five-time Tony nominee and two pillars of its own community at A. Philip Randolph Campus High School on Thursday, November 12.
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Galas · Miami
The 28th Best Buddies Miami Gala returns to Mana Wynwood with 850 guests, a fundraising race for Champion of the Year and a closing performance by Flo Rida.
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Galas · Wider Connecticut
More than a thousand guests are expected at the Connecticut Convention Center on Saturday, November 14, for a sold-out evening in support of Connecticut's only health system devoted entirely to children.
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Galas · Connecticut
On Saturday, November 14, Make-A-Wish Connecticut brings its most important night of the year to Greenwich Country Club, with dinner, dancing, auctions and a live wish reveal in the chapter's 40th year.
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Galas · Connecticut
On Saturday, November 14, the Connecticut Burns Care Foundation gathers at The Waterview in Monroe for its annual gala, honoring a camper, a counselor and a benefactor while raising support for a summer camp that costs its families nothing.
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Galas · New York
On November 16, the Wicked star headlines a one-night-only benefit concert in the Wu Tsai Theater, raising money for the programs that keep Lincoln Center's stages open to everyone.
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Galas · New Jersey
New Jersey's grassroots lifeline for families facing pediatric cancer holds its 24th annual gala at the Crystal Plaza on Tuesday, November 17, with dinner, dancing, magic and auctions.
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Galas · Long Island
The volunteer-run land trust behind some of the North Shore's most cherished old houses and green spaces holds its 22nd annual fall gala on Wednesday, November 18, with historian Noel Gish back by popular demand.
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Galas · New York
On November 19, the organization New Yorkers knew for 150 years as the NYSPCC gathers at The New York Historical for 'An Evening of Power and Purpose,' honoring Jalen Brunson's Second Round Foundation and Deloitte.
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Galas · New York
Voices Center for Resilience marks the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and of its own founding at the New York Athletic Club on Thursday, November 19, with Brian Williams as emcee and former CIA Director John Brennan as honoree.
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Galas · New York
Silver Art, the free studio residency inside the World Trade Center, marks five years of artists in residence with a festive-formal gala at 3 World Trade Center.
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Galas · New York
On Thursday, November 19, the American friends of Paris's Institut Curie gather at the Rainbow Room to honor philanthropist Laure Sudreau and to celebrate the institute's newest advances against cancer.
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Galas · New York
Craig Melvin hosts and NBCUniversal's Karen Kovacs is honored as the school-building and service-learning nonprofit marks its 35th year on Thursday, November 19.
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Galas · New York
The United Breast Cancer Foundation marks a quarter-century of its signature gala on Friday, November 20, with an evening of opera, honorees and patient support at The Plaza.
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Galas · New Jersey
On Saturday, November 21, the volunteer-run charity founded by five South Asian women in 1971 gathers at the Moghul Ballroom for an evening of music and performance, with singer Sparsh Shah as its special guest.
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Galas · New York
Churches United For Fair Housing, the Brooklyn faith-rooted coalition behind some of the city's most determined tenant organizing, marks 17 years with a festive, formal evening in Williamsburg on Tuesday, December 1.
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Galas · New York
On Wednesday, December 2, a ticketed hospitality evening in the International Building offers dinner, dancing and reserved plaza viewing as the Rockefeller Center tree is lit, with a portion of proceeds going to Make-A-Wish.
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The American Museum of Natural History's annual benefit fills the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life on Thursday, December 3, with cocktails, dinner, an auction and a special musical performance.
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Galas · New York
On December 4, the American Scandinavian Society opens New York's holiday season the Nordic way, with a candlelit Lucia procession, a three-course dinner and dancing to a live orchestra until midnight.
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Galas · New York
On Tuesday, December 29, one of New York's most enduring society rituals returns to The Plaza, presenting young women from across the country and abroad in a ball that has marked the end of the holiday season since 1954.
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Galas · New York
The Metropolitan Opera rings in 2027 with the premiere of Richard Jones's new production of La Fanciulla del West, followed by a black-tie dinner dance with the cast on the stroke of midnight.
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Galas & Society · Palm Beach
The American Red Cross opens the Palm Beach season on Friday, January 8, 2027, with the 66th edition of the ball Marjorie Merriweather Post began in 1957.
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Galas · New York
On Tuesday, January 12, 2027, the National Board of Review, a New York institution since 1909, gathers the year's filmmakers and stars in Midtown for one of awards season's most storied evenings.
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Galas · New York
On January 14, 2027, the Association of Performing Arts Professionals marks seven decades with an anniversary celebration at the New York Hilton Midtown, opening the week its conference turns the city into the capital of live performance.
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Galas · New York
New York's statewide bar association fills the grand hall of Cipriani 42nd Street on January 21 for its black-tie Presidential Gala, with NY1's Cheryl Wills as mistress of ceremonies and the association's highest honor, the Gold Medal, to be presented.
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Galas · New York
The Korean American Physicians Association of New York gathers at Current, on the Hudson at Chelsea Piers, on Friday, January 22, to raise scholarship funds for students pursuing the future of healthcare.
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Galas & Society · Palm Beach
Bret and Amy Baier, Sylvester and Jennifer Stallone and John and Amy Phelan chair the 21st annual ball on Saturday, January 23, honoring Nicola and Jeff Marcus and the men and women who keep the island safe.
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Galas · New York
The Central Park Conservancy's Playground Partners open their fundraising year on Monday, January 25, with the luncheon that keeps the park's 21 playgrounds clean, safe and beloved.
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Galas · New York
On January 30, New York's Piarist alumni present a new class of debutantes at the University Club, with tails, ball gowns, the Grand Palotás and a cause rooted in four centuries of free education.
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Galas & Society · Palm Beach
On Saturday, January 30, 2027, the Princess Grace Foundation-USA brings its awards gala to Palm Beach for the first time, with Prince Albert II of Monaco in attendance to celebrate a new class of emerging artists.
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Galas · New York
The German-American Scholarship Association's volunteer-run Quadrille Ball returns to The Plaza on February 6, 2027, with a champagne reception, a rehearsed quadrille and dancing until 2 a.m.
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Galas · Palm Beach
The Norton Museum of Art turns to Surrealism for its February 6 gala, with chairs Audrey Gruss, Sue Hostetler and Josephine Kalisman, patron honorees Pam and Bob Goergen, and a live auction with Sotheby's.
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Galas · New York
On Tuesday, February 9, 2027, the Philharmonic's annual Lunar New Year Gala returns to David Geffen Hall, with conductor Holly Hyun Choe making her debut with the orchestra in the first season of the Dudamel era.
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Galas & Society · Palm Beach
On February 10, 2027, Palm Beach Opera's annual gala welcomes the celebrated tenor for an evening of cocktails, recital, dinner and dancing, continuing a run of star soloists at the island's grandest hotel.
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Galas & Society · Palm Beach
Honorary chairs Amy and John T. Collins lead Palm Beach Symphony's silver-anniversary gala on February 15, with cocktails in the Mediterranean Ballroom and a dinner dance and live auction in the Venetian Ballroom.
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Kevin Puts's opera of the 1914 Christmas truce makes its Metropolitan Opera premiere on Monday, March 8, 2027, with Ann Ziff chairing a gala evening of cocktails, dinner, and champagne at intermission.
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Galas & Society · Palm Beach
LIFE's 33rd annual Lady in Red Gala turns masquerade on Sunday, March 14, at The Breakers Palm Beach, with an evening of comedy, the Palm Beach Symphony and the Danny Beck Band.
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Galas · New York
The design world's longest-running charity takes its spring gala back to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Thursday, March 18, with a disco theme and a mission to fund housing, meals and health care for New Yorkers in need.
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Galas & Society · Palm Beach
On March 26, The McDavid Group Charities brings its inaugural gala to The Mar-a-Lago Club, with dinner, a live auction and tributes supporting the children and spouses of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
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Galas · New York
On Wednesday, April 14, 2027, New York's largest food rescue organization turns Cipriani 42nd Street into a celebration of South Asian culture, honoring Jason Carroll and Hudson River Trading.
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Galas · New York
The eleventh Hope and Heritage Gala gathers New York's Arab-American community and friends of St. Jude at Cipriani Wall Street for cocktails, dinner, a live auction and dancing.
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After a record $5.4 million in 2026, the Central Park Conservancy Women's Committee has set the date for its next luncheon in the Conservatory Garden, the most famous hats of the New York spring.
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Galas · New York
Robin Hood has set Tuesday, May 11, 2027, for its annual benefit at the Javits Center, the single-night gala that has become one of the most consequential fundraisers in the city's philanthropic year.
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Galas · New York
On Thursday, May 13, 2027, the 132-year-old East Side settlement house returns to Cipriani 42nd Street for a black-tie evening of designer tablescapes, dinner and dancing, honoring Richard and Chele Farley.
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Galas · New York
New York's LGBTQ+ legal community has saved the date for May 19, 2027 at City Winery on the Hudson, where its annual gala funds a walk-in legal clinic, judicial fellowships and more than four decades of advocacy.
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Galas · New York
The American arm of Paris's Institut Pasteur honors Sanofi chief executive Dr. Belén Garijo on Tuesday, May 25, with a black-tie evening at 583 Park Avenue and a conversation on what women's biology is teaching medicine.
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On Tuesday, May 25, 2027, the Metropolitan Opera marks six decades in its Lincoln Center home with fully staged scenes from more than 30 operas, Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium and a black-tie gala chaired by Cindy and Tod Johnson.
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Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Philharmonic's Spring Gala and Concert on Wednesday, May 26, closing out his inaugural season as Music & Artistic Director.
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Save the date for June 2: the Central Park Conservancy's annual evening of tastings from New York chefs and restaurants returns to the park, raising funds for the care of the city's most beloved landscape.
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Galas · New York
On Thursday, June 17, 2027, the New York section of the Illuminating Engineering Society returns to Chelsea Piers to celebrate the year's finest architectural lighting, with submissions for the Lumen Awards open until January 8.
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Culture · The Week Ahead
October 15–21: the Apollo Circle Benefit, NYCWFF, museum evenings, III Points, Angel Ball and the Frick Autumn Dinner.
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Galas · New York
What Many Hopes funds, the local partners caring for children, and the board and leaders behind its mission. A closer look at the cause behind the October 21 benefit.
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Galas · New York
The October 19 Golden Heart Awards 2026: announced honorees Misty Copeland, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Andrew Scott, and the medically tailored meals the benefit supports.
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Galas · New York
Beneath the Guastavino vaults by the Queensboro Bridge, a half-century-old New York foundation gathers researchers, oncologists, patients and donors to fund the next round of cancer science.
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Galas · New York
Search and Care, the Upper East Side's quiet champion of older New Yorkers, brings its annual ball to the Union Club on Saturday, November 7.
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Galas · New York
On the Hudson at Chelsea Piers, Urban Green Council honors COOKFOX's Rick Cook and 32BJ's Linda G. Nelson, opening a week in which the green-building world descends on New York.
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On November 18, the Central Park Conservancy turns Rumsey Playfield into Studio 72, a disco-era night of drinks, dinner and dancing for the park that 42 million visits a year depend on.
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Galas · New York
On November 10, The Society of MSK's Associates Committee returns to the Plaza's ballroom for a cocktail-attire dinner and dance raising funds for pediatric cancer research.
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Galas · New York
The career nonprofit for first-generation college students marks its tenth anniversary with an evening hosted by NBC's Vicky Nguyen and a performance by Will Butler and Sarah Neufeld.
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Galas · New York
On November 12, the Museum of Modern Art and CHANEL honor Steven Spielberg at the 18th annual Film Benefit, a night whose proceeds keep the museum's film collection alive on the screen.
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Galas · New York
American Ballet Theatre opens its season at Lincoln Center with a curated program of Ashton, Bournonville, de Mille and Fokine, hosted by two principal dancers and honoring one of the stage's most transformative performers.
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The Metropolitan Opera opens Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek's adaptation of George Saunders's Booker Prize–winning novel with a gala evening of cocktails, dinner on the Grand Tier and a first night for the history books.
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Galas · New York
At Cipriani South Street on November 12, the JAX–New York Stem Cell Foundation gala, "Stronger Together: From Lab to Life," honors Martha Stewart and patient advocates Dinakar and Arya Singh.
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Galas · New York
On November 3, the global network marks a quarter-century of championing women in finance with four honorees, a full room of senior leaders and a night under one of Manhattan's grandest ceilings.
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Galas · New York
Angel Ball 2026 at Cipriani Wall Street: the October 19 program, announced performers, honorees and cancer-research mission, plus ways to support the foundation.
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