Glam Media, the pioneer and global leader of Vertical Media - a revolutionary new media model that combines their flagship properties with curated publisher sites and their passionate, engaged audiences, held a party Wednesday night at SL Simyone Lounge. The party had many highlights including my favorite, tiny little cupcakes Baked by Melissa. In the past year, 23 of the top 25 brand advertisers have partnered with Glam Media to engage highly targeted audiences with the right content at the right time and and as a result they have been able to reach some of the largest audiences. They're also all gorgeous which doesn't hurt.

Glam Media

The New York Dermatology Group teamed up with Hanger Ivan R. Sabel Foundation for Rx Haiti Thursday night to raise money to help secure prosthesis and provide attendant medical care for Haitians who suffered the loss of a limb during the devastating earthquake. NYDG's Rx Haiti foundation, is led by Dr. David Colbert, whom after returning from Haiti believed one of the most important things we could do was help provide these services to these people so that they can function again and get on with their lives. If each of us does one little thing, it adds up to a very big thing. The auction featured works from major artists and photographers and guitars signed by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Woods, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and many more.

Dr. David Colbert, Mick Jagger

As part of the 30th Anniversary Celebration for the London book Review, a panel discussion was held with John Lanchester, Colm Tóbín, Mary-Kay Wilmers and James Wood, discussing the role of the Author in the Age of The internet. Developments in the internet and electronic publishing are revolutionizing the way books are sold and read. Not since Gutenberg has there been such a profound change in the transfer of knowledge in our society. What effect is this having on authors, is it changing the way we write? If the physical book dies out, how will this alter the way they write? These and many other questions were addressed as the panel examined the shift in media's medium and accessibility.

Nicholas Spice, Mary-Kay Wilmers, Colm Toibin, John Lanchester, James Wood

On Thursday, Red, the 1950's era play based in New York, opened at the Golden Theatre to a packed crowd of A-listers and theater enthusiasts. The Domnar Warehouse production, which just transferred from a run in London's acclaimed West End, stars Alfred Molina along side Eddie Redmayne. The play tells that story of artist Mark Rothko receiving the world's largest commission to create a series of murals for the Four Seasons restaurant in the new Seagram building on Park Avenue. Under the watchful eye of his young assistant Ken (Eddie Redmayne) and the threatening presence of a new generation of artists. With the commission Rothko faced his greatest challenge of producing a definitive work while struggling to accept his fame and growing riches.

Showtime welcomed nurses, nursing students and those representing some amazing charities to compete in the epic spectacle of medical mastery. With exciting events, thrilling feats of skill and a few carefully placed gurney's, the teams faced of in the first ever Rx Games. The purpose of the games was to create a fun competition that was both entertaining and recognized all those in the nursing community around New York City. The teams consisted of four people plus a back up, and first place prize was $10,000 for the team and $50,000 for their chosen charity. Guests in attendance included Edie Falco, Peter Facinelli, Matthew Blank, Arjun Gupta, Dominic Fumusa, Lenny Jacobson and Linda Wallem.

Arjun Gupta, Linda Wallem, Stephen Wallem, Liz Brixius, Peter Facinelli, Lenny Jacobson, Edie Falco, Stephen Wallem, Matthew Blank, Merritt Weaver, Richie Jackson

On Thursday The New York City Opera welcomed New York's elite to the spring gala at David H. Koch Theater. The gala marks the beginning of the spring season and this year featured a production of Emmanuel Chabrier's L'Etolle followed by a grand evening on the Promenade of the David H. Koch Theater and dancing to waltzes played by the NYC Opera Orchestra. The Spring season will feture L'Etolle, Puccini's Madama Butterfly and Handel's Partenope. Guests included Robert Verdi, Tim Taylor, George Steel, Bobby Flay, Stephanie March, Ann Bass and Susan Baker.

Last night, the Whitney Museum of American Art, celebrated their 2010 Biennial Artist Council Artist's Party at MxCo. The party commemorated the 75th edition of the Whitney's signature exhibition. This years exhibit, titled "2010" embodies a cross section of contemporary art production rather than a specific theme. The idea is to underscore the idea of time as an element of the Biennial and to demonstrate the influence of the past on 2010. The exhibit runs from February 25th to May 30th.

Aurel Schmidt

On Saturday evening, the Writers Guild of America announced the winners of the 2010 Writers Guild Awards at the Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel. The Ceremony, In it's 62nd year, recognizes writers in TV, news, radio, promotion and graphic animations. The award ceremony was also being held simultaneously in Los Angeles. This years celebration was hosted in New York by Susie Essman of Curb Your Enthusiasm, with awards going to Mad Men, for drama series, 30 Rock, for comedy series, Modern Family, for new series, The Young and the Restless, for day time serial and Frontline's "The Madoff Affair", for documentary-current events, just to name a few.

Susie Essman

The South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports & Tourism, the Korea Creative Content Agency and the CFDA celebrated the launch of Concept Korea at the New York Public Library Friday evening. Concept Korea is a two-year partnership intended to help American and Korean designers build competitive businesses at home and abroad. What Concept Korea does is provide a platform for the open exchange of ideas, commerce, employment opportunities, training, exposure and relationships necessary to emerge and succeed in foreign markets. The opening showcase will be on view at the New York Public Library on February 13th and 14th.

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FESTIVAL FROM THE TRENCHES:

Day 1

Hi people-
It's HELL!!
Already...
Had to sit in the friggin' cold for 4 hours waiting and wasn't prepared for this weather. They didn't put a tent over the photographers and there was a snowstorm and I had a massive amount of frozen boogers in my nose and couldn't connect to the net 'til just now.
Am drivin' around Park City.
Things will get better; I know it.

Grazie
Stef

It's 12:30 and I'm standing in this friggin' tent which is somebody's. I just don't know whose.
There is free stuff: That's enough for me! And there's this computer right in front of me.
Oh yeah. and its hot in here; I'm talking at least a hundred degrees! I don't want to take off my coat cause it'll take me hours to put it back on again.
The Gap sucks!
They have to get the tent action right: It's either too hot or no heat at all.
I'll upload a pic of last night and one from today so you can see what I look like in 50 layers.

More soon-
Stef