Who says August is a sleepy month? This week parties sprung up in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the East End.
On Wednesday, Igee Okafor and Desta co-hosted an intimate dinner at Neuehouse, a co-working space in Manhattan.

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On Wednesday, the Brooklyn Museum celebrated the arrival of the Obama portraits with an opening reception. Kehinde Wiley, who painted Barak Obama’s presidential portrait, was on hand to fête his work.

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Last Friday, the new film Everybody’s Talking About Jamie premiered at a private residence in East Hampton. Several Hamptonites were in attendance, as was the movie’s star, Max Harwood.

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Last Thursday, Symbiome and Onda Beauty hosted an event at Onda’s Sag Harbor location. The party followed another event at Onda last week, when co-founder Naomi Watts celebrated the launch of Beautycounter at the store.

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