Newmark chief honored by real estate arts group.chashama, a non-profit arts group headed by artistic director Anita Durst, will host a benefit to support its A.R.E.A. program (Accessing Real Estate for the Arts) on Nov. 15. The fundraiser will take place at 6:30 p.m. at Osteria Stella at 135 West 50th St., between Avenue of the Americas and 7th Avenue. The event will honor Jeffrey Gural, president of Newmark, and Cora Cahan, president of The New 42nd Street, for their contributions to the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. artistic community. A.R.E.A. is an initiative to create temporary art performance space using underutilized New York City real estate donated to chashama on a temporary basis. It provides subsidized space to thousands of new and emerging artists. In 1995, Gural donated the second floor of 40 Worth St. to chashama, enabling the fledgling non-profit to perform experimental productions. Recently, he has again provided space: this time more than 40,000 s/f. "Jeff Gural helped catapult chashama into the art world nine years ago," says Durst. "Thanks to his generosity and vision, the idea for A.R.E.A. was born." Cahan has also been a major force in revitalizing New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of theater, says Durst. As president of a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. , The New 42nd Street, she has helped to restore and recreate seven theaters on the block between Broadway and Eighth Avenue. "Cora recognizes how vital artistic expression is to New Yorkers, and, through The New 42nd Street, she has provided numerous opportunities for performing artists to pursue the creative process," says Durst. "She's a heroine to artists and audiences alike." Individual tickets for the fundraiser are $150 and $250 (the latter price includes 5 raffle tickets). Tables are $15,000 (Event Sponsor, table of 8), $10,000 (Visionaries, table of 8) and $5,000 (Developers, table of 6). The evening will feature performances by some of New York City's most innovative artists, including Julie Atlas Muz, a 2004 Whitney Biennial The Whitney Biennial is a biennial exhibition of recent American art, typically by young and lesser known artists, on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, USA. The event began as an annual exhibition in 1918. Exhibitioner Ex`hi`bi´tion`er n. 1. (Eng. Univ.) One who has a pension or allowance granted for support. A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. - G. Eliot. Noun 1. ; The Red Bastard; Happy Hour Clowns; choreographer cho·re·o·graph v. cho·re·o·graphed, cho·re·o·graph·ing, cho·re·o·graphs v.tr. 1. To create the choreography of: choreograph a ballet. 2. Edisa Weeks; and movement sculpture installation artist, Claire Barratt. There will also be a fire performance by "Flambeaux." A silent auction will contain works donated by chashama artists in residence. Raffle prizes include vacation packages, tickets to many New York City cultural institutions, and gift certificates to New York City restaurants. Funds raised at the event will directly support chashama's A.R.E.A. program. To date, A.R.E.A. has received contributions of more than 90,000 s/f in 12 properties from the New York City community. Contributors, include: Bruce Ratner Bruce Ratner (born January 23, 1945 in Cleveland, Ohio) is president and CEO of Forest City Ratner, the New York division of Forest City Enterprises, which is based in Cleveland. Ratner was New York City's most active real estate developer during the 1990s. , Forest City Rather; Peter Duncan Peter Duncan is the name of several people:
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