Party Pictures from Hudson River Rising’s Dance Your A** Off Party at the Purple Crayon

: Tara Rosenblum of News 12 Westchester, Yonkers resident and VP of Customers Bank Martin Ball, and Kris Ruby of Ruby Media of Greenwich, Connecticut, hosted the March of Dimes’ 75th Anniversary Celebration at 42 The Restaraunt at The Ritz-Carlton, Westchester, in White Plains.

: t A Tree Grows in Pleasantville, Jewish Child Care Association’s Eighth Annual Cocktail Party to benefit The Cottage Schools: Wendi Winshall of Chappaqua, Phyllis Neider of Briarcliff Manor, Richard Altman of Manhattan, Peter Hauspurg of Bedford, Rachel Rader of Chappaqua, Kathy Goldberg of Armonk

: Hudson River Rising participated in One Billion Rising’s global action to end violence against women and girls by organizing two events: the Dance Your A** Off Party, a dance party at The Purple Crayon in Hastings-on-Hudson, and Strike, Dance, RISE! a moving dance flash mob through the streets of Tarrytown. More than 100 people attended the dance, and about $27,000 was raised for the local charity Hope’s Door. The flash mob drew a crowd of 100 dancers and onlookers. Liston led the flash mob through the streets of Tarrytown.

: Mike Hynes (center) of Yonkers—and owner of Molly Spillane’s in Mamoroneck—with Anne Marie and James P. Hynes of Greenwich, Connecticut, at the official sash presentation ceremony of the Sound Shore St. Patrick’s Day Parade at the Orienta Beach Club in Mamaroneck. James P. Hynes was named the 2013 grand marshal of the second annual parade.

: Elizabeth and Richard Fitzgerald of Yonkers, and X2O Chef Peter Kelly of Blauvelt, New York, at the Hudson River Museum’s Hudson Valley Bounty. At the annual event, six Hudson Valley chefs pair a six-course menu with award-winning wines.

: Former New York Mets pitcher Doc Gooden and Steiner Sports founder Brandon Steiner at Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway. Steiner signed copies of his book You Gotta Have Balls, and Gooden autographed baseballs. Gooden said he was known as “Doc” as far back as high school, when a friend of his father yelled from the stands, “Come on, Doc, operate on these guys!”

: Nat Mundy of Mount Kisco, Ebony White of White Plains, Mount Kisco Mayor J. Michael Cindrich, and Claude Meyers of Irvington at a party benefiting Abbott House at Grand Prix New York in Mount Kisco. Nearly 100 attendees—including youth from Abbott House group homes and programs for foster children and developmentally disabled persons—enjoyed bowling, arcade games, simulated racing, dinner, and beverages.

: Julie Chen, host of CBS’s The Talk and Big Brother, received the 2013 De La Salle Medal at Manhattan College’s annual fundraising dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan. Joining Chen are Alfred E. Smith IV of New Canaan, Connecticut; NYPD Commissioner and Manhattan College alumnus Raymond W. Kelly; Frederic V. Salerno of Rye; Nan Moore Smith of New Canaan, Connecticut; and John Catsimatidis of Manhattan.

: Hudson River Rising participated in One Billion Rising’s global action to end violence against women and girls by organizing two events: the Dance Your A** Off Party, a dance party at The Purple Crayon in Hastings-on-Hudson, and Strike, Dance, RISE! a moving dance flash mob through the streets of Tarrytown. More than 100 people attended the dance, and about $27,000 was raised for the local charity Hope’s Door. The flash mob drew a crowd of 100 dancers and onlookers. Co-producers of Hudson River Rising Elyssa Feldman Most of Tarrytown and Jane Dubin of Sleepy Hollow with the dance party’s special guest, Sopranos star Dominic Chianese of Manhattan

: Hudson River Rising participated in One Billion Rising’s global action to end violence against women and girls by organizing two events: the Dance Your A** Off Party, a dance party at The Purple Crayon in Hastings-on-Hudson, and Strike, Dance, RISE! a moving dance flash mob through the streets of Tarrytown. More than 100 people attended the dance, and about $27,000 was raised for the local charity Hope’s Door. The flash mob drew a crowd of 100 dancers and onlookers. The live entertainment included a performance of a Maya Angelou poem by Judith Kass of Tarrytown, Jana Platina Phipps of Cortlandt Manor, Naomi Vladek of Sleepy Hollow, Kathleen McCarthy Udoff of Tarrytown, and Margaret Liston of Sleepy Hollow and choreographer of HRR. Chianese also sang and played guitar

: Andrey, Yulia, and Kirill Omelich of Chappaqua, and Ted Sacasa, staff assistant to Senator Marco A. Rubio of Florida, at the Hart Senate Office Building prior to President Obama’s Inauguration. Yulia Omelich, a former Russian diplomat and the United Nations FCU Senior Credit Risk portfolio manager, now runs a luxury business, COUTUREDossier in Chappaqua.

: t A Tree Grows in Pleasantville, Jewish Child Care Association’s Eighth Annual Cocktail Party to benefit The Cottage Schools: Eliot Kaplan and the Today show’s Jean Chatzky of Briarcliff Manor. The event raised $350,000 for at-risk boys and girls.

: Joe Nunziata of Pelham Manor and Yankee ace reliever Mariano Rivera of Purchase at An Evening with Mariano and Friends at the School of Visual Arts Theatre in New York City. The fundraising event was organized by Ed Randall’s Fans for a Cure.

: Fashion expert and author Jené Luciani of White Plains with recording artist Eve at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Lincoln Center in Manhattan

: At the Gala Preview Party for the 40th Annual Art Show held at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Bedford: John Blau of California, art show co-chair Laura Blau of Bedford, and John Warden of Bedford Hills