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OUT AND ABOUT SNAPS Public’s Nora Ephron tribute raises record amount by Ali Elkin and Theresa Agovino WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 Irish comic Dylan Moran will perform his new show, YEAH, YEAH, at NYU’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. Less famous stateside, Mr. Moran is known in his native land for an irreverent style of observational humor. He has appeared in movies including Shaun of the Dead and Notting Hill. Tickets are $36 and are available online at www.nyuskirball.org. For more information, call (212) 998-4941. OSKAR EUSTIS, KATE LEVIN and JACOB BERNSTEIN at the Public Theater’s June 11 gala that honored the late Nora Ephron at Central Park’s Delacorte Theater. The event raised more than $2.3 million, a record for the Public. FRIDAY, JUNE 21 Fresh off its Boston launch a month ago, the East Coast division of incubator SAMSUNG VENTURES will introduce itself to the New York tech community at the Hatchery, 1601 Broadway, between West 48th and West 49th streets. The event starts at 4 p.m. Registration costs $20 and is available online at www.friday 062113.eventbrite.com. Visit www.hatchery.vc for more information. DON’T MISS THE LONGEST DAY FRIDAY, JUNE 21 Celebrate the abundant daylight of the first day of summer at THE LONGEST DAY CHALLENGE, a walk around the entire island of Manhattan. The sunriseto-sunset event starts at 5:30 a.m. at West 90th Street and Riverside Drive and goes on for the next 16 hours around Manhattan’s 32-mile perimeter. The walk raises money and awareness for the Alzheimer’s Association. Participation is free, but walkers can choose to pay $35 to benefit the cause. Registration is available online at www.thelongestday-es2.eventbrite.com. For more information, visit https://thelongestday.alz.org or call (800) 272-3900. OPENING TONY BENNETT and CHELSEA CLINTON at Samsung’s Hope for Children Gala on June 11. The event raised $1.5 million for children’s charities. JULIE MENIN and PAUL MASSEY at the June 5 benefit for the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. The gala raised $706,000. LYNNE MEADOW, DAVID HYDE PIERCE and BROOKE SHIELDS at the Forget-Me-Not Gala hosted by the Alzheimer’s Association’s New York City chapter. The June 3 fete at the Pierre raised $1.3 million. See more of this week’s Snaps online at CrainsNewYork.com/galleries. FUNDRAISERS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 Artist Paul McCarthy will bring his racy take on pop culture to the Park Avenue Armory this summer in WS. The exhibition takes on Snow White, traditionally considered an icon of innocence and purity, and explores the violence and sexuality underlying the fairy tale. For this reason, entrance is restricted to those 17 or older. The exhibit runs through Aug. 4. Admission is $15. The Park Avenue Armory is open Tuesday through Sunday. For more information, visit www.armoryonpark.org or call (212) 616-3930. kevin mazur/wireimage TUESDAY, JUNE 18 Northeast Women in Public Finance will host its FEATURED PROJECT OF THE YEAR: HUDSON YARDS FROM START TO FINISH. The presentation will discuss the financing of the large development project on the West Side. The event will be held at 7 p.m. at the KPMG offices at 345 Park Ave. Registration is $40 for nonmembers and guests and free for members. To register, visit www.northeastwomenin publicfinance.wildapricot.org. For more information, email in@newpf.org. ronald l. glassman FRIDAY, JUNE 21, TO WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 In his first New York exhibit since 1980, artist JAMES TURRELL will bathe the Guggenheim Museum’s rotunda in colored artificial and natural light. Mr. Turrell is known for his experiments with light and is currently in the process of turning a natural crater in Arizona into a naked-eye telescope. The Guggenheim is open Friday through Wednesday. Admission for adults is $22 every day except Saturday, when it is pay-what-you-wish. For more information, visit www.guggenheim.org or call (212) 423-3500. simon luethi CAREER BUILDER billy farrell agency CULTURE FIX MONDAY, JUNE 17 The Trevor Project, a suicide-prevention organization for LGBT youth, is holding its annual benefit, TREVOR LIVE, at Chelsea Piers. Jane Lynch, known for her role on Glee, will host the event, which will include a silent auction and a performance by Tony winner Billy Porter (Kinky Boots). The event begins at 6 p.m. Tickets start at $500 and tables at $5,000, and are available at www.thetrevor project.org. For more information, call (310) 271-8845. THURSDAY, JUNE 20 The GOVERNORS ISLAND ALLIANCE GALA this year will fete the Bloomberg administration, as well as Leslie Koch, president of the Trust for Governors Island, and Arthur Imperatore Jr., vice chairman of NY Waterway. The party begins at 6 p.m. at the Governors Beach Club on the island. Individual tickets start at $300 and tables are $10,000. Tickets are available at www.giagala13-es2.eventbrite.com. For more information, visit www.governorsisland alliance.org or call (917) 652-6359. MARK YOUR CALENDAR… WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, TO WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14 REVISIT YOUR old favorites at McCarren Park’s outdoor movie festival, SUMMERSCREEN, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. This year’s lineup leads off with Can’t Hardly Wait, widely regarded as the magnum opus of the ’90s teen genre. Other screenings in the series this summer will include The Goonies and Speed. The audience gets to pick the last movie, to be shown Aug. 14. Food trucks are available, and music kicks off at 6 p.m. The movie begins at sunset. Admission is free, but get there early to snag a good spot. The park is located on Lorimer Street. 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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Crains New York - June 17, 2013

IN THE BOROUGHS
IN THE MARKETS
THE INSIDER
SMALL BUSINESS
BUSINESS PEOPLE
OPINION
GREG DAVID
FOR THE RECORD
REPORT: FORTUNATE 100
THE LIST
REAL ESTATE DEALS
CLASSIFIEDS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
SOURCE LUNCH
OUT AND ABOUT
SNAPS

Crains New York - June 17, 2013