Waldorf News

Young Audiences Arts for Learning celebrates its Annual Gala on Thursday, November 21, 2013 at the Waldorf Astoria. Young Audiences will honor Fiona and Stanley Druckenmiller for their commitment to philanthropy and the acclaimed Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company will perform. The Gala is chaired by Young Audiences Board Members Mrs. Michel P. Fribourg, Lady Maughan, and Mrs. John L. Weinberg, with Paul J. Fribourg, Chairman and CEO of Continental Grain Company, serving as Business Committee Chairman, and Diane Volk as Master of Ceremonies.

Earlier this week, as part of Hilton Worldwide's commitment to extending hospitality to local communities, Hilton HHonors, the loyalty program for the company's 10 distinct hotel brands, hosted the finale event of its 8th Annual Hilton HHonors Charitable Golf Series, presented by the Citi Hilton HHonors Reserve Card. Celebrity guests, including Alanis Morissette and Kevin Nealon, were on hand at The Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles to raise funds for City of Hope, one of the nation's leading research, treatment and education centers for cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening diseases.

Conde Nast Traveler today announced the results of its 26 th annual Readers' Choice Awards, ranking the best cities, islands, cruise lines, airlines, hotels, and resorts in the world. This year, a record-breaking 79,268 readers participated in the survey, almost double the number of survey takers in 2012. These dedicated and discerning travelers cast 1.3 million votes for more than 16,000 properties around the world.

Hilton HHonors, the loyalty program for Hilton Worldwide's 10 distinct hotel brands, is offering members the chance to earn points faster through its latest global promotion, More Nights, More Points. Now through January 31, 2014, Hilton HHonors members can earn double points for a two-night stay, triple points for a three-night stay and quadruple points for any stay four nights or longer at participating Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, DoubleTree by Hilton, Embassy Suites Hotels, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton, Homewood Suites by Hilton, Home2 Suites by Hilton and Hilton Grand Vacations properties.

As BroadwayWorld.com continues to celebrate the site's landmark 10th anniversary, with a variety of special features, today we're turning our spotlight on the wonderful photography of Linda Lenzi.

Six events for the public are scheduled for the Ware Center this coming First Today - there's something for everyone, all ages. All but the film ARE FREE.

Dallas Theater Center has announced the regional premiere of Clybourne Park, running in rotating rep with A Raisin in the Sun, to launch the theater's 55th season. Clybourne Park will be directed by DTC Associate Artistic Director Joel Ferrell. Clybourne Park begins with a Pay-What-You-Can performance tonight, October 4 and runs through Sunday, October 27 at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in the AT&T Performing Arts Center.

Carnegie Hall today announced that its Opening Night performance-scheduled for tonight-Wednesday, October 2-has been cancelled due to a strike by Carnegie Hall's stagehands, represented by IATSE/Local One (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees). The season-opening concert by The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin and featuring violinist Joshua Bell and vocalist/double bassist Esperanza Spalding, was scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. All future performances remain on Carnegie Hall's schedule, and daily updates will be issued pending resolution of the strike.

Carnegie Hall's Opening Night concert, scheduled for tonight-Wednesday, October 2-has regrettably been cancelled due to a strike by Carnegie Hall's stagehands, represented by IATSE / Local One (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees).

Returning to Las Vegas for a record-smashing 54th consecutive year, internationally renowned comedian, actor and entertainer Don Rickles will return to The Orleans Showroom tonight and tomorrow, September 28 and 29.

Six events for the public are scheduled for the Ware Center this coming First Friday - there's something for everyone, all ages. All but the film ARE FREE.

During a U.N. GA Summit reception at the Waldorf Astoria, Dule Hill and fellow cast members of AFTER MIDNIGHT performed for President Obama and the First Lady. The cast performed 'I've Got the World on a String,' 'Devil in the Deep Blue Sea,' and 'Creole Love Call.' Hill sung the first of these.

Hilton Hotels & Resorts the flagship brand of Hilton Worldwide, today announced the launch of Herb N' Kitchen, its new dining concept that infuses fresh, local gourmet food into an upscale restaurant and convenient culinary market. Now open inside New York Hilton Midtown, the largest hotel in Manhattan, the first Herb N' Kitchen offers locals and travelers healthy fare for breakfast, lunch and dinner; and the choice of restaurant dining at their leisure, meals packaged to take away or in-room delivery for hotel guests.

According to Deadline, GOSSIP GIRL's Leighton Meester is set to lead the indie drama from RAY DONOVAN's Frank Whaley, with Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and Debra Messing attached to co-star.

POP! (Portland Ovations Presents) is an arts celebration and a silent auction benefit raising money to support Portland Ovations' school- and community-based arts-programs, Ovations Offstage. The party takes place on Tuesday, October 1st at 5:30pm inside The Portland Company Complex at 58 Fore Street, Portland.

Dallas Theater Center launches its 2013-14 season with A Raisin in the Sun. Tre Garrett of Fort Worth's Jubilee Theatre will make his directorial debut at DTC with this Tony Award-winning play. A Raisin in the Sun begins with a Pay-What-You-Can performance tonight, September 13 and runs through Sunday, October 27 at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in the AT&T Performing Arts Center.

Patrick Fitzgibbon, senior vice president, development, Europe & Africa, Hilton Worldwide, said, "Georgia is a growing business and leisure tourism destination and we are delighted to have reached agreement on two separate deals to bring two new world class hotel brands to the country for the first time. Hilton Worldwide is growing across Eastern Europe and we see significant potential to bring quality, branded accommodation to the region."

Lois Braverman, President & CEO, Ackerman Institute for the Family, announced today the honorees and host for The Moving Families Forward Gala which will take place at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel at 301 Park Avenue on Monday, October 21st in New York City.

“Gossip Girl” star Leighton Meester has gone from ruling the Upper East Side as Blair Waldorf to being the new face of French fashion chain Naf Naf. Naf Naf was founded in 1973 and was 'the' label during the 80's and 90's.

Sofia's Downstairs Theatre and it's sister restaurant on West 46th Street--the site where the Luca Brasi murder scene was filmed for The Godfather--may now sleep with the fishes, but Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, who for the past five years and more than 500 shows have been playing at the venue and keeping alive the big band music of the jazz and swing eras of the 1920s, will be swimming upstream to a new home at the Iguana Restaurant on 54th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue). Giordano was forced to move when earlier this summer The Hotel Edison decided not to renew Sofia Restaurant's lease (after jacking up the rent exponentially). The Nighthawks, who played at Sofia's downstairs club every Monday and Tuesday nights from 8 to 11pm, will have the same weekly performance schedule at Iguana beginning on September 9. The cover will be $15 with a $20 food/drink minimum.