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The El Museo del Barrio Gala was held on
Thursday, May 27, at Cipriani 42nd Street,
in New York City. This year's event honored
Plácido Domingo with a lifetime artistic
achievement award. Tony Bechara, the
museum's long-serving board chairman was
honored with a special leadership award.
The master of ceremonies was Barbara
Walters. Renée and Alvaro Domingo with Yaz
and Valentín Hernández were the gala chairs.
The 2010 gala also recognized the dedication
and achievements of El Museo's outgoing
executive director Julián Zugazagoitia.
The gala's stellar honorary committee
included José Solís Betancourt,
Rubén Blades, María Cornejo, Francisco
Costa, Christian Cota, Benicio del Toro,
Alex González, Carolina and Reinaldo
Herrera, Marilyn Horne, Carlos Mota,
Candy Pratts Price, Brian Reyes, Narciso
Rodríguez, Angel Sánchez,
and Isabel + Rubén Toledo.
Guests included: John and Gaily
Beinecke, Estrellita and Daniel Brodsky,
Claudia Cisneros, Barbaralee Diamonstein and
Carl Spielvogel, Olga and Tony Duke, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Pepe Fanjul, Agnes Gund, Donald and
Adelle Hall, Mariana and George Kaufman,
Alexandra Lebenthal and Jay Diamond,
Ambassador John L. Loeb and Ms. Sharon
Handler, Gillian and Sylvester Miniter,
Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, Liz and Jeff Peek,
Laura and Richard Parsons, Barbara and
Donald Tober, Joseph and Carmen Ana Unanue,
and many more
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