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Wednesday November 15, 2006
6:00 to 8:00 pm
Manhattan Penthouse, New York City

Emcee NY1’s Stephanie Simon


Meet Our Honorees
Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation education and community service
Russell Simmons, Danny Simmons, and Joseph “Rev. Run” Simmons, Co-Founders
Jon Faddis adovocacy of the arts
Jeff Hoone
and Light Work service to artists
UBS philanthropy in the arts

Hear The Incomparable Jon Faddis Perform

Shake the Hand of Jazz Legend George Wein

Individual Tickets $150
Artist Tickets $100
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Silent Auction Artists: James Rosenquist, Frank Gehry, Mimi Gross, Stuart Davis,
Peter Max, Graham Sears,
Zigi Ben-Haim, De LA Vega, Louise Chase, Louise Sloane, Rose Hartman,
Jazz at Lincoln Center tickets and meeting with Wynton Marsalis, and more

HONORARY COMMITTEE
George Wein, Honorary Chair, Richard J. Schwartz, Honorary Chair, Mildred C. Brinn, Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky, Kathleen Chalfant, Anita Durst, Tovah Feldshuh,Senator Roy M. Goodman, Agnes Gund & Daniel Shapiro, Robert Harris, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Phoebe Jacob, Louis Armstrong Foundation, Senator Kenneth P. LaValle, The Honorable & Mrs. Earle I. Mack, Senator & Mrs. Serphin Maltese, Donald M. Mawhinney, Jr., Assemblyman Joseph Morelle, Kathleen O’Grady, O’Grady Foundation, Hal D. Payne, Judith O. Rubin, Gary Schiro & Robert Burns, Ellen Stewart, La Mama Etc, Kristin Swain, John A. Thorne

HOST COMMITTEE
Ted Berger, Elliot Figman, Poets & Writers, Elaine Giguere, Seymour H. Knox IV, Janet Langsam, Westchester Arts Council,
Susana Leval, Robert Lynch, Americans for the Arts, Frank Pitts, George Rehn, Roy Suskin

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Stephanie Simon, Chair, Linda Earle, Gary Schiro, Anita Durst, Maya Israel, Jeremy Bitz, Sara Brians, Judith K. Weiner