SOCIETY
Michele Gallagher, Maggie Norris @ Sailing Heals
Barbara Regna, Andrew Lambie @ Sailing Heals
Tori Keefe @ Sailing Heals
just don’t feel lonely here, and, luckily, I like my own company too.” Guild Hall created these awards in 1985 to recognize achievement in the arts. The jury elected Kurt Vonnegut, Willem de Kooning, and Alan Alda to receive the first Medals of Merit for excellence in the literary, visual, and performing arts. Past honorees include Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Steven Spielberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Dina Merrill, Bruce Weber, April Gornik, Chuck Close, Guild Hall board member Alec Baldwin, and many other esteemed artists. Cheryl and Michael Minikes were also awarded the Special Award for Leadership and Philanthropic Endeavors. Guild Hall is a highly esteemed visual and performing arts center in East Hampton that you need to visit and support. They will have a landmark show of Richard Avedon photographs from August 12 through October 9. guildhall.org
Bentley Meeker
Amanda Kahn, Jacqueline Kent Cooke @ Patrick McMullan Birthday Party
Cristina Verger, Dr. Christopher Calapai
The lighting artist Bentley Meeker has returned to his Canadian roots with the pot-themed show #Weedworld. Meeker created an exhilarating, immersive experience in a room filled with a blizzard of marijuana leaves made of light. This installation is a part of the #Grassland exhibition that opened at the Penticton Art Gallery in British Columbia. pentictonartgallery.com The show features 50 artists who explore the cultural, historical, and economic impact of marijuana on society. The exhibition is partially funded by the government and engages viewers in a political conversation about legalizing marijuana in Canada. bentleymeeker.com
BEAUTY FASHION 100th Anniversary
Aleksandra Milicevic and Dr. Kenneth Mark in the Hamptons
Andrea Correale and Nick Cannon in Los Angeles
Karen King, Tony Danza @ A Chnance in Life
Leaders of the beauty industry, including Karine LeBret of L’Oreal, Sumit Bhasin of Coty, Lana Glazman of Estée Lauder, fragrance consultant Ann Gottlieb, Hermès perfumer Christine Nagel, and Susan Plagemann of Vogue, gathered to celebrate the 100th anniversary of BEAUTY FASHION at the exclusive Cercle de l’Union Interalliee in Paris. Owner George Ledes toasted the event’s sponsor, Achim Daub of Symrise. Other guests included celebrity “noses” Maurice Roucel, David Apel, and Emilie Coppermann. Symrise, which has a 220-year heritage in fine fragrance, enabled the creation of iconic scents such as Guerlain’s Jicky through the innovation of synthetic vanilla, the exquisite perfumery bases from Fabrique de Laire, Shalimar, and more recently Marc Jacobs, Carolina Herrera, and Comme des Garcons. beautyfashionfragrance.com
C iGive
Lisa Jackson, John Travolta
Mark Gilbertson, Hilary Geary Ross, Scott Snyder @ Lennex Hill Neighborhood House
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Jamee Gregory, Audrey Gruss @ Lennex Hill Neighborhood House
President Bush’s daughter Jenna Bush Hager and Blair Underwood have added Cheri Kaufman as a judge to their NBC show Give. Kaufman is the founder of C iGIVE, an organization that empowers the charitable spirit of millennials by connecting them to business leaders. She surprised the young players of Broadway Bound Kids, by providing them with a real stage for their next performance. cigive.com