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04/30/2012 - THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION’S HOT PINK PARTY
04/26/2012 - Grand St. Settlement's Taste of the Lower East Side
04/02/2012 - 2012 Skating with the Stars Gala
04/02/2012 - Strokes of Genius to benefit Autism Spectrum Disorders
03/29/2012 - The American Classical Orchestra 2012 Spring Gala Concert & Benefit
03/24/2012 - United States launch of the Seol Won Foundation
03/21/2012 - Kick-off event for The Perlman Music Program’s May 3rd Spring Benefit
03/16/2012 - Asia WeekNY kick-off reception at the Morgan Museum & Library
03/10/2012 - Toby and Itzhak Perlman and The Perlman Music Program hosted by Jim and Kristy Clark in Palm Beach
03/08/2012 - National Committee on American Foreign Policy Hosts the 2012 Gala Awards Dinner
03/06/2012 - 2nd Annual Fountain House Associates Spring Breakfast
03/05/2012 - School of American Ballet's Winter Ball 2012
03/03/2012 - AMIT NewGen Wine Tasting
03/01/2012 - American Cancer Society Honors Grace Hightower De Niro, Diane Reidy-Lagunes MD, Emily Sonnenblick MD
03/01/2012 - New York School of Interior Design Kick-off Reception
02/25/2012 - GiGi’s PLAYHOUSE NYC, Down Syndrome Awareness Centers, opened its doors for the first time
02/25/2012 - CARON LIGHTS UP MAR-A-LAGO WITH “AFTER DARK” GALA
02/19/2012 - Blitz Build 2012
02/07/2012 - 2012 Annual High School Counselor’s Breakfast
02/06/2012 - The Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s ® (BCRF) annual Hot Pink Luncheon and Symposium
02/04/2012 - The 2012 Hope Gala
02/03/2012 - North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee Presents Checks to Local Food Banks
02/03/2012 - American Cancer Society’s 54th Annual Black and White Gala
02/02/2012 - Cut 25 Flagship opening - an event to benefit Project Paz
01/29/2012 - KiDS of NYU Langone Foundation hosted its 6th annual KiDS Play to Win!
01/28/2012 - Girls Bite Out for the North Texas Food Bank
01/26/2012 - French Heritage Society’s New York ChapterKicked Off its 2012 Cultural Season
01/26/2012 - Annual Event to benefit The Samuel Scheck Hillel Community Day School
01/26/2012 - 2012 Plates for Pediatrics Benefit
01/24/2012 - New York Philharmonic Chinese New Year Gala
01/20/2012 - 2012 Wishmaker's Ball
01/20/2012 - Silence! Silent Art Forms
01/19/2012 - UJA-Federation of New York Generosity Signature Event
01/19/2012 - JDRF Central Jersey Chapter Events
01/17/2012 - TIFFANY & CO. HOSTS CARON SUPPORTERS TO SPECIAL PREVIEW OF 2012 TIFFANY LEATHER COLLECTION
01/16/2012 - 2nd Annual San Diego Breast Cancer Fundraiser
01/13/2012 - "Cycle Without Limits" Specialized Bike Program
01/12/2012 - Salvatore Ferragamo Hosts and Evening of Shopping to Benefit the Paradise Fund in Support of St. Jud
01/12/2012 - JDRF Central Jersey Chapter Walk to Cure Diabetes Awards Party
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The Genius of Autism
01/10/2011 - By Zankel Hall in Carnegie Hall, NYC

The Genius of Autism
Photos by ANN WATT @ Society-Photos.com

Roberta Lowenstein, Dr. Cece Mc Carton

On January 10, 2010, at Zankel Hall in Carnegie Hall, the “Genius of Autism” honored 16 enormously talented autistic youth for their accomplishments in the fields of music, visual arts, poetry and athletics.

Actress Laura Linney along with a host of Broadway’s biggest stars and some very talented young adults brought the house down in a unique and dramatic event presented by the McCarton Foundation for Developmental Disabilities. The brainchild of Dr. Cece McCarton, founder of the McCarton Foundation for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, expressed her motivation for creating this event best; “Often talents are not discovered in autistic individuals because so many people have stereotyped or limited expectations of their abilities. The tragedy of autism is not only with the individual who has autism but also with us who are often blind to the talents that lay hidden within them.” The line between ABILITY and DIS-ABILITY is a very thin one that often goes undetected.



These brilliant and brave children were the real stars of the evening, honored by world renowned performers including Dr. William H. Cosby, Jr., Dr. Deepak Chopra, Alicia Keys, Malaak Compton-Rock, Michelle Miller (CBS News), and Holly Robinson-Peete. The crowd was wowed with performances by Kelli O'Hara from South Pacific, Billy Porter , Brian Stokes Mitchell, Lauren Kennedy- (Sunset Blvd, Spamalot) and Ann Harada-- ( Avenue Q) and a chorus with singers from Wicked, The Drowsy Chaperone, Hair, RENT, The Lion King, Everyday Rapture and the TV series "Big Love”.



Morgan Stanley Smith Barney kicked the evening off with a VIP reception in the Rohatyn Room. Speakers Lou Toscano and Chad Kasprzak started the bidding off on over 20 pieces of artwork by various artists affected by autism including honorees Stephen Wiltshire, Justin Canha and more.



The evening was produced by the incredibly talented Daisy Prince Chaplin and Elizabeth Howell and commandeered by parent and visionary Michele Pierce-Burns whose son Danson’s poetry inspired the audience of over 500 supporters including Penny Toepfer, Kate Grandin, Linda Zelenko, Whitney Loy, Jordyn Kopin, Shawn and Suzanne Rubin, Roberta Loewenstein, Mitchell Rubin ,David and Jill Robbins, Alan and Karin Wilzig, Ronald and Michelle Herzlinger, Stephen and Lora Barbera, Michelle Russell Johnson, Pam, Valerie and Joel Edelman, Alexandra Shiva and Jonathan Sherman.

Photos: Ann Watt, Society-photos.com


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