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Spruce Foundation’s Spruce Gala
By HughE Dillon 4/10/2013
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More than 540 people attended the 6th Annual Spruce Gala on Saturday night at the World Cafe, raising nearly $60,000. The Spruce Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides funding and consultation to charitable groups serving at-risk youth in Philadelphia. Here with event emcee Maria Papadakis and Spruce Foundation co-president Brittni Devereaux are some of those who received this year's Foundation grants, Alex Gilliam and Stephanie Michel, both of the North Fifth Street Revitalization Project, and Rudy Flesher, of Here's My Chance.
PIFA 2013 Gala
By HughE Dillon 4/04/2013
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HughE Dillon: ACHIEVEability Food for Thought
By HughE Dillon 3/25/2013
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Nearly 600 guests, 34 of Philadelphia's top chefs, and 6 ABC's Alicia Vitarelli were at ACHIEVEability's annual Food for Thought event Saturday night at the Navy Yard. ACHIEVEability aims to break the cycle of poverty by stabilizing families and focusing on higher education. Below: Vitarelli and Tim Thornton, of Vanguard, participate in the live auction.
What You Missed This Weekend: Anne Hathaway, in Rittenhouse, Disguised in a Pink Wig
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood 3/25/2013
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Anne Hathaway, whose parents--LaSalle graduates--have Philly roots, was in town this weekend, partying as inconspicuously as possible. (But not inconspicuously enough.) Philly Chitchat reports that she was spotted Saturday night in a pink wig and sunglasses at the Ten Six Club, off Rittenhouse Square, for a cousin's bachelorette party. And last night, if these twitnesses are to be trusted, she was exposing herself to risk of infectious disease at 30th St. Station.
Nothing like seeing Anne Hathaway disguised like she was in the princess diaries in the Philly train station! #famous #awesome
— Sally Lim (@sallymanderr) March 24, 2013
Just saw Anne Hathaway
Zarwin Baum March Madness Party
By HughE Dillon 3/22/2013
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With the start of March Madness, there were at least a half dozen big parties in Philadelphia, and one of the biggest was hosted by the Zarwin Baum law firm and HUB International Parties at the Crystal Tea Room. This year, more than 2,000 people attended the annual event, an eight-hour extravaganza, where guests dined on burgers, wings and chicken, enjoyed an open bar, had their favorite cigars rolled in the cigar room, and watched the NCAA games on projection screens. Pictured: Firm founder Norman Zarwin, Sheriff Jewell Williams, Councilwoman Cindy Bass, and Mitchell Kaplan, partner at Zarwin Baum.
UNCF Mayor’s Masked Ball
By HughE Dillon 3/13/2013
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On Friday night, Philadelphia hosted its inaugural United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Mayor's Masked Ball at the Marriott Downtown. The UNCF has hosted these balls throughout the country, but this was the first time they held one in Philly, and they put the whole thing together in less than two months. It was very impressive. Pictured: Mayor Michael Nutter and First Lady Lisa Nutter.
American Red Cross Red Ball 2013
By HughE Dillon 3/11/2013
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On Saturday night, the American Red Cross held its annual gala, Red Ball, at the Please Touch Museum, and nearly 1,000 people dined on delicious food by Seasons 52, the Water Works, Ristorante Panaroma, and the JNA Institute of Culinary Arts, and danced to the tunes of CTO Artists. The evening’s hostess, Renée Cardwell Hughes, CEO of the Southeastern Pennsylvania chapter of the American Red Cross greets the guests, as chairman of the ball Leon LaRosa (left) and chairman of the board Tom Hays look on.
Bryn Mawr Students Trash Dorm; Dean Demands Payback
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood 3/07/2013
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Gawker has the scoop from a Bryn Mawrette:
Yesterday, the school's Undergraduate Dean sent out a blistering email describing a series of infractions recently committed by the residents of one campus dormitory, and outlining the corresponding punishments. Here is the list of—"violations" seems too small a word, so we'll just go ahead and call them "war crimes"—cited by the dean in her email:
"Requiring first-year students to swear alliance to Radnor over a keg"
"Shouting at first-year students with and without bullhorn."
"Throwing items in common room (toilet paper, cardboard). Some items thrown into audience (may have been at first-year students)."
"Creating potential for injury
PMA Young Friends Winter Gala
By HughE Dillon 3/06/2013
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The Young Friends of the Philadelphia Museum of Art hosted their annual Winter Gala at the museum on Saturday, with all proceeds going to the Young Friends' mission of support for art acquisitions, education, conservation, and special projects within the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Below: Rachel Swartz, Shawn Robertson, Megan Fredericks and William Bond Read IV were excited to check out the newly opened exhibition "Great and Mighty Things": Outsider Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection; it runs until June 9th.
Philadelphia Flower Show 2013
By HughE Dillon 3/03/2013
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"Brilliant!" is the appropriate name for this year’s edition of the world-renowned annual Philadelphia Flower Show from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. This year's displays take inspiration from the beauty and splendor of Great Britain’s magnificent gardens, as well as its wonderful history of pop culture and royalty. The annual black-tie preview party (this year, scheduled a night earlier to give the show two full weekends for the public to enjoy Brilliant!) was held Friday. Pictured: Peter Auerbach, Out Hotel, Kristin Auerbach, Drew Becher, PHS president, and Eric Lochner, president of global talent management at Kenexa.
