On Thursday, The Gordon Parks Foundation held its annual awards dinner and auction at Cipriani 42nd Street.
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On Wednesday, MoMA PS1 held a benefit gala in honor of Agnes Gund, and artists Djali Brown-Cepeda, Rashid Johnson, and Deana Lawson.
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Also on Wednesday, Bergdorf Goodman and Cafe Cecilia held a celebratory dinner for Simone Rocha.
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On Tuesday, the Whitney held its annual gala inside the museum. The night was followed by an after part at Genesis House.
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Also on Tuesday, The Hollywood Reporter held a party for its “Most Powerful People In Media” issue at The Pool.
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On Monday, The Society of MSK and Net-A-Porter held a Winter Lunch at the Rainbow Room. The event raised funds for Memorial Sloan Kettering’s department of pediatrics, and the Pediatric and Adolescent & Young Adult Fertility Preservation Fund, which supports the cost of fertility preservation in qualifying MSK patients.
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Later that night, Matchesfashion and Lehmann Maupin held a party to celebrate Frieze Week.
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Last Friday, Saks and Amanda Nguyen, CEO and founder of Rise, hosted a dinner in honor of AAPI heritage month at L’Avenue at Saks.
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Also on Friday, the Ali Forney Center held its A Place at the Table Gala at Cipriani Wall Street.
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