David Arquette Hosts City Harvest's 'An Evening of Practical Magic' April 22, 2009
New York City. DAVID ARQUETTE HOSTED CITY HARVEST’S "AN EVENING OF PRACTICAL MAGIC" ON APRIL 22ND AT CIPRIANI 42ND STREET . MATCH BOX 20’S ROB THOMAS AND COMPOSER MARC SHAIMAN PERFORMED, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ADAM SHANKMAN. THE EVENT HONORED RACHAEL RAY AND ERIC RIPERT, AMONG OTHERS.
LAST YEAR’S EVENT ATTRACTED OVER 600 PEOPLE AND RAISED ALMOST $1.3 MILLION. AN EVENING OF PRACTICAL MAGIC PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE EFFORTS OF INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND IN THEIR COMMITMENT TO HELP CITY HARVEST FEED NEW YORK’S HUNGRY. CITY HARVEST’S EFFORTS TO FEED HUNGRY INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES BY RESCUING FOOD THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO TO WASTE HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS PRACTICAL MAGIC. IN THE CURRENT ECONOMY, INCREASING NUMBERS OF THE CITY’S MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS ARE NOW IN NEED OF EMERGENCY FOOD, MANY FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
ATTENDEE’S INCLUDED DAVID ARQUETTE, RACHEL RAY, ROB THOMAS, ERIC RIPERT, CHEF DAVID CHANG OF MOMOFUKU, COMPOSER MARC SHAIMAN, ADAM SHANKMAN, , ALL MY CHILDREN’S CHRISHELL STAUSE, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK CITY’S KELLY KILLOREN BENSIMON, NEWLY CROWNED MISS USA 2009 KRISTEN DALTON, PROMINENT MEMBERS OF NEW YORK SOCIETY INCLUDING: MITCHELL DAVIDSON AND NINA RENNERT DAVIDSON, SIMONE AND DAVID LEVINSON, DIANA AND JOE DIMENNA, FIONA AND ERIC RUDIN, JACQUELINE AND MORTIMER SACKLER, CARYN ZUCKER, STEPHANIE WINSTON WOLKOFF AND DAVID WOLKOFF, TRACY AND ERIC SEMLER, JENNY AND JOHN PAULSON, HEATHER AND STEVEN MNUCHIN, MICHELLE AND TIMOTHY BARAKETT AND TRACY NIEPORENT, ALONG WITH FOOD INDUSTRY NOTABLES INCLUDING CHEF AND CO-OWNER OF AQUAVIT RESTAURANT MARCUS SAMUELSSON, RESTAURATEUR VITTORIO ASSAF, CHEF ALEX GUARNASCHELLI, ARIANE DAGUIN OWNER OF D'ARTAGNAN RESTAURANT, CHEF FRANCOIS PAYARD OF PAYARD PATISSERIE & BISTRO, ALDO SOHM, WINE DIRECTOR AT LE BERNARDIN, AND ADAM PERRY LANE, AMONG OTHERS.
Photos by Sara Herbert-Galloway
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Read MoreLAST YEAR’S EVENT ATTRACTED OVER 600 PEOPLE AND RAISED ALMOST $1.3 MILLION. AN EVENING OF PRACTICAL MAGIC PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE EFFORTS OF INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND IN THEIR COMMITMENT TO HELP CITY HARVEST FEED NEW YORK’S HUNGRY. CITY HARVEST’S EFFORTS TO FEED HUNGRY INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES BY RESCUING FOOD THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO TO WASTE HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS PRACTICAL MAGIC. IN THE CURRENT ECONOMY, INCREASING NUMBERS OF THE CITY’S MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS ARE NOW IN NEED OF EMERGENCY FOOD, MANY FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
ATTENDEE’S INCLUDED DAVID ARQUETTE, RACHEL RAY, ROB THOMAS, ERIC RIPERT, CHEF DAVID CHANG OF MOMOFUKU, COMPOSER MARC SHAIMAN, ADAM SHANKMAN, , ALL MY CHILDREN’S CHRISHELL STAUSE, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK CITY’S KELLY KILLOREN BENSIMON, NEWLY CROWNED MISS USA 2009 KRISTEN DALTON, PROMINENT MEMBERS OF NEW YORK SOCIETY INCLUDING: MITCHELL DAVIDSON AND NINA RENNERT DAVIDSON, SIMONE AND DAVID LEVINSON, DIANA AND JOE DIMENNA, FIONA AND ERIC RUDIN, JACQUELINE AND MORTIMER SACKLER, CARYN ZUCKER, STEPHANIE WINSTON WOLKOFF AND DAVID WOLKOFF, TRACY AND ERIC SEMLER, JENNY AND JOHN PAULSON, HEATHER AND STEVEN MNUCHIN, MICHELLE AND TIMOTHY BARAKETT AND TRACY NIEPORENT, ALONG WITH FOOD INDUSTRY NOTABLES INCLUDING CHEF AND CO-OWNER OF AQUAVIT RESTAURANT MARCUS SAMUELSSON, RESTAURATEUR VITTORIO ASSAF, CHEF ALEX GUARNASCHELLI, ARIANE DAGUIN OWNER OF D'ARTAGNAN RESTAURANT, CHEF FRANCOIS PAYARD OF PAYARD PATISSERIE & BISTRO, ALDO SOHM, WINE DIRECTOR AT LE BERNARDIN, AND ADAM PERRY LANE, AMONG OTHERS.
Photos by Sara Herbert-Galloway
For more stories go to http://www.blacktiemagazine.com
