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OUT AND ABOUT SNAPS Charity breaks record as gala season hits its stride by Ali Elkin and Theresa Agovino CAREER BUILDER SATURDAY, JUNE 1, AND SUNDAY, JUNE 2 The CALPULLI MEXICAN DANCE COMPANY is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a family dance workshop and a dance party on Saturday and a performance on Sunday at the 92nd Street Y. Admission to all three is $50 for adults; for individual events, $15 to $30. Children’s tickets are $5 for each of the Saturday events and free for the Sunday performance. Tickets are available at www.92y.org. THURSDAY, MAY 30 Unemployed millennials (and their parents), take note: The New York Public Library is holding a DROP-IN JOB CLUB FOR COLLEGE GRADUATES IN THEIR TWENTIES at the Science, Industry and Business Library at 188 Madison Ave., at East 34th Street. Participants will hear from career coach Sherry Natkow on how to market themselves and search for jobs strategically. The program runs from 6 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. It is free, and there is no preregistration. For more information, visit www.nypl.org. JOSH NASH, ACE GREENBERG, HELEN NASH and PETER MAY at the May 21 benefit for the UJA-Federation of New York, which raised $1.1 million for the organization. united way of new york city ANTHONY CARVETTE, SHEENA WRIGHT, KYLE WILSON and ROBERT KUEPPERS at the May 21 benefit for the United Way of New York City. The fete brought in more than $1.6 million. DON’T MISS WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, TO SUNDAY, JUNE 2 The WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL will bring a slew of science-themed events to locations throughout the city, including the American Museum of Natural History and Google’s New York headquarters. Events include a look into the science behind beer, a celestial sail aboard a schooner and a lesson on the music of cicadas, apropos of the coming invasion. Prices, times and locations vary. For the full event lineup and registration information, visit www.worldsciencefestival.com. OPENING ED COX, BOB TIERNEY and MADELYN WILS at the benefit for the New York League of Conservation Voters and its education fund. The May 20 gala raised $850,000 for the group, which advocates for environmental causes. See more of this week’s Snaps online at CrainsNewYork.com/galleries. FUNDRAISERS THURSDAY, MAY 30 Bertolt Brecht’s play THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE opens this week at the Classic Stage Company’s theater at 136 E. 13th St. It stars Christopher Lloyd and features a score by DAVID MUGRABI, LIBBIE MUGRABI, JACQUELINE SACKLER and MORTIMER SACKLER at the gala to benefit the 92nd Street Y on May 20. The event raised a record $4.2 million. jesse winter WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 Sandpiper Partners is hosting a LAW FIRM CYBER RISK CONFERENCE at the Yale Club at 50 Vanderbilt Ave. from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The event will teach law-firm leaders how to protect their companies against online security breaches, particularly cyberattacks and data theft. Admission costs $495. Those interested in attending can fill out a form at www.sandpiperpartners.com. patrick mcmullan.com FRIDAY, MAY 31 In conjunction with its exhibit “NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star,” the New Museum is hosting DON’T STOP: NEOPHILIA, NICHE WAR, EXPERT BOXES, THE SUPERBODY AND NETWORKING THE MIDDLE CLASS, a one-night event that will explore the language of the early and mid-’90s. Writers and artists will perform passages lifted from fiction and pop culture that exemplify the jargon that prevailed between 1992 and 1996. (Think the girl in Jurassic Park saying, “It’s a UNIX system. I know this!”) The event is at 7 p.m. Admission is $8 for nonmembers and free for members. The museum is located at 235 Bowery. Visit www.newmuseum.org. michael priest photography CULTURE FIX TUESDAY, MAY 28 Shop and have a cocktail for a good cause at A PRIVATE SHOPPING EVENT AT CYNTHIA ROWLEY, hosted by Sip With Socialites. Shoppers will have the chance to meet designer Cynthia Rowley, and 10% of the event’s proceeds will benefit the Georges Malaika Foundation, which provides educational opportunities to girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The event is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Cynthia Rowley store at 43 E. 78th St. Shoppers can RSVP to info@sipwith socialites.com. Duncan Sheik, who wrote the music for Spring Awakening. It tells the story of a young woman who adopts a child in the Soviet Union at the end of World War II. The play will run until June 9. Tickets cost $65 to $125 and are available at www.classicstage.org. WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 Help preserve the Long Island Sound and honor women in conservation at the Audubon Society’s 10TH ANNIVERSARY RACHEL CARSON AWARDS LUNCHEON at the Plaza Hotel at 768 Fifth Ave. The event starts at 11:30 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m. Individual tickets start at $300, and tables start at $5,000. Participants can buy tickets at www.audubon.org or by calling (212) 979-3039. MARK YOUR CALENDAR… TUESDAY, JUNE 11 ENJOY FREE ACCESS to all of the museums along Fifth Avenue, from the Met all the way up to El Museo del Barrio, at the MUSEUM MILE FESTIVAL, which runs from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The avenue will be closed to traffic between East 82nd and East 105th streets as the museums host musical acts and activities outdoors. Hear a klezmer band outside the Jewish Museum or cabaret singer Kim Smith outside the Neue Galerie. Kids can decorate the street along the entire stretch at sidewalk chalk stations. Outside the Guggenheim, there will be magic, face painting and balloons. May 27, 2013 | Crain’s New York Business | 27 http://www.sandpiperpartners.com http://www.newmuseum.org http://www.92y.org http://www.nypl.org http://www.CrainsNewYork.com/galleries http://www.crainsnewyork.com/hollywoodeast http://www.worldsciencefestival.com http://www.audubon.org http://www.classicstage.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Crains New York - May 27, 2013

In the Boroughs
In the Markets
Small Business
The Insider
Business People
Opinion
Alair Townsend
Greg David
Steve Hindy
Report: Largest Companies
The List
Classifieds
For the Record
Real Estate Deals
New York, New York
Source Lunch
Out and About
Snaps

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