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When: Holiday House Opening Night Gala, November 30, 2010, 6:30pm-9:30pm; Holiday House opens to the public December 1-15, 10am-6:00pm.
What: Holiday House 2010 & Opening Night Gala Benefits The Greater New York City Affiliate of Susan G. Komen For The Cure.
Preview the 2010 Holiday House while you mingle with the stars, meet distinguished designers, and enjoy cocktails. For the third consecutive year, breast cancer survivors and advocates have banded together to create a Holiday-themed Designer Showhouse event benefiting the Greater New York Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure and celebrating a year full of holidays. Holiday House will feature original tabletop designs, settings and rooms by renowned interior designers.
Designers will create unique tables and rooms celebrating specific holidays, from a New Year’s Eve party to a New Year’s Day brunch, a Hanukkah dinner, Valentine’s Day lounge and more. Timothy & Associates is preparing a refined Christmas celebration. Mark Epstein’s design will celebrate Hanukah. Robin Wilson is setting her tablescape for Easter. Rooms by Eric Cohler and Stephen Fanuka is creating a Mother’s Day fete. Krissa Rossbund, Senior Style Editor of Traditional Home, is partnering with Silver Peacock to create an unforgettable birthday party.
Holiday House 2010 will offer an array of activities, such as hot chocolate and lunch at the Marie Belle Chocolatier Cafe, shopping at the Holiday House Boutique, and a Rizzoli pop-up bookstore. In addition, the showcase will feature lectures, book signings, and culinary demonstrations. Special events include an Authors Night booksigning with a host of authors personalizing the season’s best illustrated books, including Bobby McAlpine’s The Home Within Us, James Gregory’s New York Parties, Nancy Corzine’s Glamour at Home, Richard Mishann’s Modern Luxury, and many more.
Many of the designers involved in this year’s Holiday House have had personal experience with breast cancer. Iris Dankner, founder of Holiday House, is a 13-year breast cancer survivor and was a member of the Komen Greater NYC Board of Directors and Chair of the Komen NYC Race for the Cure. “I am very proud to once again be creating an event like Holiday House with Production Chair Stephan Sparta. It combines my twin passions, love of design and my dedication to Komen Greater NYC,” said Danker. “I am excited to be part of this effort and to be working side by side with some of the greats in the interior design business.”
Who: Gala Chair Iris Dankner, Production Chair Stephan Sparta, Honorary Chairs Maurice Dubois & Sara Gore, Honorary Contractor Stephen Fanuka, supporters and friends.
Where: 2 East 63rd Street, New York City
RSVP: Tickets for Holiday House Opening Night Gala are $250 per person. Tickets for Holiday House are $25 per person. For more information and tickets please visit Jolie@joliekorek.com
Josi Morales Designs,
Kate Taylor Interiors,
Kathryn Scott Design Studio, Ltd.,
Marcia Sherrill for Lerebours Antiques (www.AnabellebyMarciaSherrill.com)
Marcia Tucker Interiors,
Mark Epstein Designs, Inc.,
Mary Anne Davis with Davistudio Fine Porcelain,
MH Studio,
Moura Starr,
Robin Wilson Home,
Rona Landman Design & Kleinfeld,
Rooms by Eric Cohler and Stephen Fanuka,
Rooms by Zoya B.,
Sabin Howard Sculpture,
Samantha’s Table Strategic Matchmaking,
Stephan Sparta Design,
SY Interior Designs,
Timothy & Associates Interior Design, and
Traditional Home with The Silver Peacock.
About The Greater New York City Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure
In 2010, Komen Greater NYC is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Founded in 1990, Komen Greater NYC has raised over $50 million to date. The organization is dedicated to the greater New York City metropolitan area, disbursing up to 75 percent of its net income to local programs offering breast health education, screening and treatment in the five boroughs of New York City, on Long Island and in Westchester and Rockland Counties. Twenty-five percent of all revenues fund national peer-reviewed research programs. In 2010, Komen Greater NYC awarded close to $4.3 million in grants $3 million supporting 37 community based organizations and three hospitals that provide breast health programs to underserved women and more than $1.3 million underwriting peer-reviewed research projects at the national level. For more information please visit www.komen.org or call 1-877-GO KOMEN.
