Sentence examples for night benefits from inspiring English sources

It has been my experience that a group which looks at a large chunk of one (or two) writer's work in one night benefits more than those that read a few pages of all.

That's what 120 authors were busy doing last Saturday at the East Hampton Library's annual Authors Night benefit.

Footnotes His footwork is graceful and often balletic, so why shouldn't the New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter be the honorary chairman of the opening night benefit gala of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater on Dec. 1 at City Center?

To help them reach their goal, Ms. Palmer, a multi-media artist formerly of the punk-cabaret band the Dresden Dolls, announced that she would host the Saturday night benefit from 7 to 11 p.m., on May 25, at the Bowery Ballroom on Delancey Street.

The all-star cast includes the Pointer Sisters, the Oakland group that got its start in Texas; Nile Rodgers, the musician and producer whose song "Le Freak" was a Studio 54 staple; and Gloria Gaynor, whose song "I Will Survive" will take on new meaning on this night benefiting the Texas Children's Cancer Center.

The display at the Onassis Center, in the Olympic Tower at 645 Fifth Avenue, at 51st Street, continues through Jan .3. CITY CENTER: A BALANCHINE RARITY -- The audience at American Ballet Theater's gala opening night benefit at City Center tonight will witness a choreographic rarity.

In a scene right out of "Center Stage," Mr. Martins offered her an apprenticeship while they were backstage before last year's workshop closing night benefit, at which she and Ms. Cohen were the soloists in a Bournonville ballet and Ms. Keenan received a May L. Wien Award for outstanding promise.

By Elizabeth Hawes The New Yorker, November 24 , 1980P. 39 Talk story in the form of a list made by Martha Stewart, a caterer in Connecticut, of all the food and cooking equipment she and her staff brought to Pier 57 in Manhattan for the Preview Night Benefit of the Fall Antiques Show, called Celebrate the Hudson.

U.S. choreographer Alvin Ailey arranged for the two stars of the National Cuban Ballet to come to the U.S. for his opening night benefit at the City Center on Wednesday.

The inaugural performance, Oct. 2, will feature the Parsons Dance Company in a one-night benefit.

The New York City Ballet said Aurélie Dupont and Mathias Heymann will perform at City Ballet's opening-night benefit on Nov. 24.