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PARTY PICTURES

Museum of Art & Design launched MAD Luminaries, with its inaugural Artists Salon; A reception at Laverdin Gallery to benefit the U.S. Friends of Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre; Jim Dove and Bob Carey hosted a Hard Hat Cocktail Party in honor of the designers of the Kips Bay Palm Beach Show House.

GUEST DIARY

"Square cut or pear shaped, those rocks don't lose their shape because diamonds are a girl's best friend." With those lyrics in mind and Valentine's Day right around the corner, Barbara Hodes heads to the Diamond District to find singular pieces.

SOCIAL DIARY

On these quieter, mild winter days the focus is on Mother Nature and the neighborhood, which in New York means Construction.

PARTY PICTURES

The New York Philharmonic's ninth annual Lunar New Year Concert and Gala; Central Park Conservancy Women's Committee Celebrates Seventh Annual Playground Partners Winter Luncheon.

PARTY PICTURES

Ashley Judd and Audrey Gruss launched the new Hope Fragrance Collection; NewYork-Presbyterian Phyllis and David Komansky Children's Hospital's tenth annual Plates for Pediatrics; One-night-only pop-up exhibition of What's for Dinner at Galerie Gmurzynska; Screening of a new Giselle by Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY.

SOCIAL HISTORY

Palm Beach Social Diary. Augustus Mayhew takes us on an historical tour of a famous Palm Beach mansion in Bravo Park, built in 1930 and completely restored by its present owners.

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