The gala marked the social ascent of Koch, who, at the age of seventy, has become one of the city's most prominent philanthropists.
Then, at a black-tie gala marking the mall's face-lift, a rebuilt Janey Waney was unveiled at the center of a spanking new food court.
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN and EDWARD L. GARDNER, the group's chairman.; April 25: A preview gala marked the reopening of the Morgan Library and Museum, with a new glass building by Renzo Piano, connecting the original buildings.
And in May, it was set to hand him a second honor as part of a gala marking the NAACP's 100th anniversary.
A local newspaper proclaimed 2010 a "banner year" for Brooks after she received the medal and was later feted at a gala marking her retirement.
Music festivals and galas marked the Paris auto shows of the 1920's, and in 1924 a Decorative Arts show made a debut.
The Library of Congress in Washington has an exhibition called "Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine: Two Kids From Brooklyn" on view through July 27, and last month it held a gala to mark the opening of an archive and Web site dedicated to Kaye and Fine.
In a nearby venue on Thursday, the IOC and local government will host a gala to mark the one year countdown attended by the Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff, and the IOC chief, Thomas Bach.
On Sunday, at a private gala to mark 50 years since songwriting duo Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson met for the first time, the pair were joined by Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstadon stage at Berns Salonger in Stockholm.
According to an invitation sent out this week, the gala to mark Mr. Rangel's 81st birthday is being hosted by the cream of the Democratic establishment: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo; Senator Charles E. Schumer; the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn; along with a host of Mr. Rangel's House colleagues.
The gala also marked the début of the David H. Koch Theatre, as the New York State Theatre is now named.
