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Walter
Isaacson and Wynton Marsalis
to be Honored at the
New-York
Historical Society’s Annual History Makers Gala,
Tuesday,
November 20, 2012
On Tuesday, November 20, 2012, the
New-York Historical Society will present Walter Isaacson and
Wynton Marsalis with the distinguished 2012 History Makers
Award at The Pierre during its annual History Makers Gala.
The theme of the evening will be An American Story in
Music and Words featuring a musical performance by
Wynton Marsalis and Jonathan Batiste Trio with vocals by
Cécile McLorin Salvant.
The money raised will benefit the
programs of the New-York Historical Society, including major
exhibitions and educational programs on American history.
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Event:
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History Makers Gala
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When: |
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
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Location: |
The Pierre
2 East 61st Street
New York, NY 10021
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Time:
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6:00 pm |
Cocktails |
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7:00 pm |
Dinner
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Dinner Chairs:
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Helen Appel, Diana and Joe DiMenna, and Bernard L.
Schwartz. |
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Gala
Co-Chairs: |
Norman Benzaquen, James S. Chanos, Ravenel Curry
III, Elizabeth B. Dater, Buzzy Geduld, Richard
Gilder, Martin J. Gross, Roger Hertog, Patricia
Klingenstein, Charles Phillips, Michelle Smith, Sue
Ann Weinberg, and Michael Weisberg.
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Tickets: |
$1,000 Author Ticket
$2,500 Trumpet Ticket
$5,000 Bestseller Ticket
$10,000 Bandleader Table
$25,000 Editor’s Table
$50,000 Maestro Table
$100,000 President's Table
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RSVP: |
For more information or to purchase tickets, please
contact Barbi Zakin, (212)
744-0799,
barbizakinevents@gmail.com.
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Honorees: |
Walter Isaacson
is the president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a
nonpartisan educational and policy studies institute
based in Washington, DC. He has been the chairman
and CEO of CNN and the editor of TIME
magazine. He is the author of Steve Jobs
(2011), Einstein: His Life and Universe
(2007), Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
(2003), and Kissinger: A Biography (1992),
and co-author of The Wise Men: Six Friends and
the World They Made (1986). He is the chairman
of the board of Teach for America, and has been on
the boards of the Broadcasting Board of Governors,
Partners for a New Beginning, United Airlines,
Tulane University, the Overseers of Harvard
University, and the Louisiana Recovery Authority.
Wynton Marsalis
is an internationally acclaimed musician, composer,
bandleader, educator, and a leading advocate of
American culture. He is a winner of nine Grammy
Awards®, and in 1983 he became the only artist ever
to win Grammy Awards® for both jazz and classical
records. In 1987, Wynton Marsalis co-founded, and
became Artistic Director for Jazz at Lincoln Center
and Music Director for the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra. Under his leadership, Jazz at Lincoln
Center has developed an international agenda
presenting rich and diverse programming that
includes concerts, debates, film forums, dances,
television and radio broadcasts, and educational
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About the New-York Historical Society
Founded in 1804, the New-York Historical Society has a
mission to explore the richly layered history of New York
City and State and the country, and to serve as a national
forum for the discussion of issues surrounding the making
and meaning of history.
New York Historical is recognized for engaging the public
with deeply researched and far-ranging exhibitions, such as
Alexander
Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America; Slavery in New
York; Nature and the American Vision: The Hudson River
School at the New-York Historical Society; Grant and Lee in
War and Peace;
Lincoln and New
York;
The Grateful
Dead: Now Playing at the New-York Historical Society;
Nueva York,
and
Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn.
Supporting these exhibitions and related education programs
is one of the world's greatest collections of historical
artifacts, works of American art, and other materials
documenting the history of the United States and New York.
From October 5, 2012 through May 27, 2013, New-York
Historical is presenting WWII & NYC, a major new
exhibition on the most widespread, destructive, and
consequential conflict in history. WWII & NYC will
restore to memory New York’s crucial and multifaceted role
in winning the war, the exhibition will commemorate the
900,000 New Yorkers who served in the military while also
exploring the many ways in which those who remained on the
home front contributed to the national war effort.
www.nyhistory.org
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