It was a real family affair last night at “Art Rocks! New York,” a silent auction of 14 emerging artists—and a foot stomp of a party—held at the Bowery Hotel ballroom. Theodora Richards gave some sibling support to sis Alexandra, whose black-and-white painting of Guns N’ Roses drummer Slash was one of the works up [...]

The “when the going gets tough, the tough go shopping” ethos is little more than wishful thinking these days. But as long as stores keep opening, there’s one thing that seems unlikely to lose currency anytime soon: free Moët. Seemingly everyone at last night’s party for Hugo Boss’ new Meatpacking District store happily imbibed. Drinks [...]

“Can I have your attention, please: The Rose Bar is now officially a rock ‘n’ roll club.” With that announcement, which was made by Nur Khan, who’s been the maestro of the Gramercy Park’s swanky red-velvet lounge since it opened, the top-secret second anniversary celebration of the club began. (Not that anything in this city [...]

Though it was slow to get going—hostess Fergie was more than an hour late—once last night’s MAC dinner at Café Select got going, guests didn’t really need any distractions. But that didn’t mean there weren’t any. Across the street from the soon-to-open restaurant, Whitney Port was filming her New York-based Hills spin-off at La Esquina. [...]