Community New & Politics - Events

Thursday, April 30th
 
Lenox Hill Democratic Club Annual Cocktail Reception honoring State Senator Jose M. Serrano
7 PM -9 PM
15 Gramercy Park South

Thursday, April 30th

An Evening Honoring Micah Kellner
6 PM - 8 PM
At the home of Anne Davis
936 Fifth Avenue, apt. 6B. 
Contributions of $250+ requested. 
Please RSVP to Leila Noor at 917.620.5364


Thursday, April 30th


Buffalo Exchange is one of our favorite vintage shops because of its hip and eclectic collection of clothes and accessories. This Saturday the store will give us another reason to love it (as if we needed one) by honoring Earth Day with a special dollar sale.
 
 “A dollar sale?” you ask.  It’s what you think it is. 
 

Important notices about important political events!

Tuesday, April 21st
 
inMotion's 2009 Annual Photography Auction and Benefit (for Justice for all Women)
Cocktails at 6 PM & seated dinner at 7:15 PM
The Waldorf Astoria
301 Park Avenue (between 49th and 50th Streets) 
Tickets: $500.00

If you were to tell me that you are a mentalist, a “mind reader, well I’d say, “prove it!”  Mike Harris, the REAL Mentalist plans on it. 

Preservation consultant Erica Avrami will moderate a panel of experts to discuss the importance and difficulties of preserving buildings and making them sustainable.


God spoke to Al Franken.  First, he decreed, gain fame on SNL.  Second, said God, become notorious for your political satires.  And third, progress into politics.  Franken listened. 


The National Audubon Society, Audubon New York and New York City Audubon recently worked with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to build Chimney Swift towers as a means of laying out the welcome mat for this fast declining migratory bird. You'd appreciate a welcoming home too if you had just flown all the way up from Chile.



The Far West Village, also known as the C6-1 zone, has been targeted by developers looking to place oversized commercial developments because of its outdated zoning rules. The zoning district, enacted in 1961, encourages “very out-of-scale hotel, dorm, and office development” and last year the district was targeted by a developer who wanted to build a 100 ft. tall hotel.