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2013 ACADEMY OF THE ARTS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS & DINNER

The 28th Annual Guild Hall Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Awards took place  Monday, March 4, 2013 at The Plaza Hotel. Marshall Brickman served as Master of Ceremonies for the evening, which honored Mickey Straus for Leadership & Philanthropic Endeavors, Walter Isaacson for the Literary Arts, John Alexander for the Visual Arts and Nathan Lane for the Performing Arts. Alec Baldwin presented the award to Mickey Straus, Ken Auletta to Walter Isaacson, Lorne Michaels and Dan Aykroyd to John Alexander, and Jack O’Brien to Nathan Lane.

PRESS

“For Numbers Guy, a Life of Serving the Arts,” The Wall Street Journal, March 1, 2013

“When Melville ‘Mickey’ Straus is asked how many years he has served as chairman of the board of trustees of Guild Hall…he always answers, ‘I don’t know. Six, seven, eight years. Ten years,’ he says. It’s been a labor of love and he isn’t keeping count…” Continue reading

“Serious Talent At Guild Hall’s Lifetime Achievement Awards,” The Southampton Press, March 7, 2013

“Mr. Straus, who received the Special Award for Leadership and Philanthropy and whom many credit with the success of Guild Hall and other important cultural institutions, was also the recipient of two standing ovations on Monday night. His longtime friends Richard Reiss and Eugene Zuriff introduced him. ‘Mickey’s not a man of numbers, Mickey’s a man of people,’ said Mr. Zuriff….” Continue reading

“Back to Business,” New York Social Diary, March 5, 2013

“Guild Hall is a serious institution out there in the land of tycoons and billionaires by the sea. It is one of those New York phenomena of being “local” (East End-wise) and yet with a wide range of influence and activity because of men and women like Mr. Straus – who professionally is in the investment business here in New York, and keep the show on the road…” Continue reading

“Nathan Lane Gets a Guild Hall Lifetime Achievement Award,” Huffington Post, March 5, 2013

“The award season is all about superlatives and thank you speeches but for East Hampton’s Guild Hall Lifetime Achievement Awards, it is about community and family…” Continue reading

“SJP Steps Out for Guild Hall’s Academy of the Arts Awards,” Guest of Guest, March 5, 2013

“Guildy Pleasure,” The New York Observer, March 5, 2013

“The reverberation of dinner chimes echoed through the stairwell of the Plaza as a tardy Shindigger rushed up the steps to the 28th Annual Guild Hall Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Awards on Monday evening…” Continue reading

“Extra…caught up with Hilaria and Alec Baldwin…at the 28th Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Awards,” Extra TV, March 5, 2013

“Stars hit red carpet for Guild Hall of East Hampton benefit at the Plaza,” Long Island News 12, March 4, 2013

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ABOUT THE AWARDS

“The Awards annually celebrate the creativity of an outstanding group of artists and visionaries on the East End whose work has consistently delighted and whose commitment to the arts has inspired us,” says Roy Furman, president of Guild Hall’s Academy of the Arts.  The Academy honors both summer and year-round East End residents who have demonstrated excellence in the visual, literary, and performing arts.  Funds raised from the Award’s gala dinner benefit Guild Hall’s mission of celebrating the artistic spirit on the East End by educating, inspiring, and enriching diverse audiences with excellent and engaging year-round programming.

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