Nathan Lane, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick Guild Hall's Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Awards The Plaza, NYC, March 04, 2013
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.
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“Mickey Straus Steps Down as Guild Hall Chairman,” The East Hampton Star, May 21, 2013
After a two-decade tenure on Guild Hall’s board and 18 years as its chairman, Mr. Straus announced his retirement in March at a star-studded event where he was given a lifetime achievement award and lauded by leaders in the arts, business, and academia, both in the room and in taped messages. This year’s event can be seen in its entirety on LTV’s Web site, or on the Guild Hall Web site in an excerpt featuring Mr. Straus’s tribute…” Continue reading
“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