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LANDON NORDEMAN's New York

5 days ago | avenuemagazine.com | Peter Davis

Scenes from the 2025 New York Botanical Garden’s 50th annual gala at the New York Botanical Garden. in New York City.
The Best Reason to Don Black Tie? The Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering Spring Ball

2 weeks ago | avenuemagazine.com | Peter Davis

It’s a perfect May night at the Plaza Hotel, high fashion weather, and the women behind the Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Ball – MSK Society President Claudia Taylor Overstrom, Virgina W. Tomenson (I call her Gina), Marcie Pantzer, Lisa Errico, Joline Stemerman and Sarah Wetenhall – swan into the Grand Ballroom, dripping in GRAFF jewels, a sponsor of the night with UBS and Oscar de la Renta. I see the always-chic Lauren Santo Domingo.
LANDON NORDEMAN's New York (Inside the Frick Ball)

3 weeks ago | avenuemagazine.com | Peter Davis

Scenes from the 2025 Frick Young Fellows Ball on Thursday, May 15th.
The Ultimate Insider Art Fair Crawl

3 weeks ago | avenuemagazine.com | Peter Davis

If by Friday, Monday feels like a year ago, then New York Art Week 2025 did its job. JANET MERCEL art crawls the days away. Day OneDiving into my first injection of art via an actual fair, I arrive at NADA bright and early preview morning. The 11th annual edition takes over the gargantuan Starrett-Lehigh building in Chelsea. With the Hudson’s startling blue outside the warehouse windows, the 120-gallery showcase has a spectacular backdrop.
The AVENUE Party Report Card

1 month ago | avenuemagazine.com | Peter Davis

Lionel Richie and Edward Enninful host the King’s Trust Global Gala at Casa CiprianiTiffany & Co. launch Blue Book 2025: Sea of Wonder at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The AVENUE Report Card

1 month ago | avenuemagazine.com | Peter Davis

Wham Bam! The Brooklyn Academy of Music hosts their star-studded BAM Trailblazers Gala at BAM Strong in Brooklyn. High-brow meets high-fashion: The New York Public Library’s 2025 Library Lunch at the Celeste Barton Forum. Aerin Lauder and Cordelia de Castellane host a super chic soirée at Neue Galerie.
The AVENUE Party Report Card

1 month ago | avenuemagazine.com | Peter Davis

The 2025 YoungArts (The National Foundation for the Advancement of Artists) New York Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe Bronx Museum of the Arts 2025 Gala and Art Auction Honoring Futura 2000, Ebony G. Patterson and Abbott Stillman at Tribeca RooftopYoung Patrons of the Center for Youth Mental Health cocktail party at MossTony Bennett’s Exploring the Arts Family Dinner at the Angel Orensanz Center
The Secrets of the UES' Wellness+ Studio Revealed!

1 month ago | avenuemagazine.com | Peter Davis

Maria Vera recently turned 67. She noticed her body got tired more quickly. But Maria had an epiphany! She did not have to feel like this anymore. The answer: the all-star team at Wellness+ Studio. Maria, what inspired you to start your journey at the Wellness+ Studio? Naturally, as people age, they face more health problems. I was having issues with my knee. The doctor offered me two solutions: surgery or painkillers. Considering the weight of my options, I hesitated, not wanting to choose either one.
Ione Skye Says Everything

1 month ago | avenuemagazine.com | Peter Davis

“I like shocking people.”In 1989, Say Anything made Ione Skye an overnight movie star. The scene of a teenage Skye in her bedroom, John Cusack blasting Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes”on a boom box, was instantly iconic. Since then, she has co-starred with Madonna, Keanu Reeves and her friend, the late River Phoenix. Her father Donovan, the Scottish musician and the poster boy for the Flower Power movement, named her for the Isle of Skye in Scotland.
Legacy, Smarts and Good Looks: Meet Matt Brown, the Museum of the City of New York's New Board Chair

2 months ago | avenuemagazine.com | Peter Davis

Matt Brown, the great-grandson of Henry Collins Brown, the Scottish immigrant and self-taught historian who founded the Museum of the City of New York in 1923, gathers a gilded group to the museum at 1220 Fifth Avenue. Matt’s always stylish wife Marisa is here as is his handsome financier brother Chris Brown. Matt thanks guests and toasts to the mission of the museum to celebrate and interpret the city’s history, art, popular culture, and civic life, highlighting New York’s influence worldwide.