The McCarton Foundation hosted its 13th annual Celebration of Learning Gala at the Central Park Zoo to raise money for educating and empowering children with autism.

Guests enjoyed cocktails in the Tropic Zone, visiting with the penguins, and a sea lion show. Then they dined under the stars, with a view of Central Park in bloom, crowned by the New York City skyline.

 The evening's entertainment was an original musical mystery created by award-winning composers and comedians in concert with the McCarton School students.

Celebrity guests who attended included: Laura Linney, Hal Prince, Allison Moorer, Lika Evgenidze, Daisy Prince, Alexander Chaplin, and Managing Editor of the Huffington Post, Jimmy Soni, as well as New York notables Andrea Pollack, Adam Usdan, Bill Monness, Elyse Kroll, Baia Davitaia, Lora Corrado-Barbera, Katie Wright, Kristen McLaughlin, Jim Leddy and many others.