May 24, 2016

That His Eminence, Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan, a huge Yankees fan, will throw the first pitch at the inaugural Catholic Schools Night at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, joined by more than 1,400 Catholic school students . . .

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That more than 40 top restaurants are participating in the Central Park Conservancy’s Taste of Summer on June 8 at Bethesda Terrace. Co-chairs including Kristy and Jonathan Korngold, Carol Sutton Lewis and William Lewis, Laurie and Jay Mandelbaum, and Gillian and Sylvester Miniter will be among those there.

May 9, 2016

That Robert De Niro took his wife, Grace Hightower, and their two children, Elliot, 18, and Helen Grace, 4 ¹/₂, to Blue Hill at Stone Barns — the farm-to-table restaurant on the Rockefeller Estate in Pocantico Hills, NY — and chef Dan Barber created a special pasta dish for Helen . . .

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That Patricia Hearst Shaw had an extra-happy Mother’s Day because her daughter Gillian Hearst Simonds and son-in-law, attorney Christian Simonds, announced they are expecting their third daughter around the holidays . . .

May 7, 2016

That Alexandra Lebenthal will host the Boys & Girls Club of Bellport Area’s “Beach Ball” at her waterfront home on June 18, featuring a Grucci fireworks exhibition . . .

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That honorees at the American Cancer Society’s Taste of Hope Gala on May 25 will include David Burke and Drew Nieporent . . .

That Nick Tsoulos, Nick Pashalis, and Marc Packer, co-owners of Avra Estiatorio on East 48th Street, will open Avra Madison, the second location of their upscale Greek seafood eatery, this Summer on 60th Street and Madison . . .

April 29, 2016

That Mark Ruffalo will present an award to hotelier Sean MacPherson, who is being honored along with Peter Davis and Eric Rudin at the Love Heals gala at the Four Seasons restaurant on Tuesday . . .

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That Dr. Jill Biden will present Sandra Lee with the Spirit of Life Award at the City of Hope luncheon on May 9 . . .

That “purple daze” was the new sickness spreading across Manhattan this week, with many taking sick days off work after partying too late and too hard to mourn the sad loss of Prince.

April 28, 2016

Vulture will hold an early viewing of Disney’s "Alice Through the Looking Glass" followed by a discussion with the film’s Oscar-nominated costume designer, Colleen Atwood, led by New York magazine and Vulture senior editor Kyle Buchanan on Sunday, May 22.

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April 21, 2016

That Port Authority Police Department Capt. Richard Gutch is one proud papa after his daughter, Sheena Colette, was named best actress at the 2016 Beverly Hills Film Festival, and her movie “Irrefutable Proof” won the fest’s Golden Palm Award . . .

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That nightlife guru Derek Koch has joined the Ariel Cohen Team at Douglas Elliman. . .

April 15, 2016

That Lori Stokes of WABC News will emcee the Food Allergy Research & Education spring luncheon at Cipriani 42nd Street Tuesday . . .

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That the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation’s Collaborating for a Cure luncheon May 18 at the home of Andrea Stark will include an Oscar de la Renta presentation . . .

That the New York Center for Children will host its spring cocktail reception Monday at the Peninsula . . .

That Sheila Rosenbaum won two honors for her horse La Verdad at the awards banquet of the New York Thoroughbred Breeders . . .

April 13, 2016

That Dolly Parton is hitting the road for the first time in 25 years and will play her hits at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York on June 25  . . .

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That The h.wood Group owners John Terzian and Brian Toll are expanding their restaurant ventures with a supper-club version of current hot spot The Nice Guy set to open in the old DBA space in West Hollywood later this year. . .  

April 6, 2016

That Alex Rodriguez will attend the NYC Autism Charter School’s baseball event May 13 at RBI Field in Harlem . . .

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That at Thursday night’s fashionable New Yorkers for Children gala, Guardian Scholar Jessica Maxwell will pay tribute to the org’s late founder, Nicholas Scoppetta. Guests include models Elsa Hosk, Lindsay Ellingson, socials such as Zani Gugelmann, plus Stephen and Christine Schwarzman . . .

That Sean Combs’ Bad Boy Family Reunion concert on May 20 at Barclays Center sold out in seven minutes . . .

March 30, 2016

That Bill Clinton will serve as the honorary chair of Harlem EatUp! The food festival, co-founded by chef Marcus Samuelsson and marketer Herb Karlitz, opens on May 19 . . .

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That Fred Mwangaguhunga, the founder of mediatakeout.com, was recently spotted at Facebook headquarters discussing his start in media, as his 8-year-old site gears up for a relaunch . . .

That stylist Lauren Rae Levy will debut her eyewear collection EuroOptix on QVC Tuesday . . .