Jazz at Lincoln Center

The Time 100 Double-Helix

Stephen Schwarzman, John Edwards and Brian Grazer try to influence each other.
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Stephen Schwarzman, John Edwards and Brian Grazer try to influence each other.

“I’ve met an estimated 56 of 100,” said NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, surveying the crowd at last night’s Time 100 gala. “I always assumed I might come as a guest but not a lapel-wearing member.”

Oh, Mr. Williams, don't be so modest! Or quite so serious, either: he said he was most looking forward to meeting Elie Wiesel, author of Night.

When guests include the likes of Cate Blanchett, Martha Stewart, Michael J. Fox, Harvey Weinstein, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Richard Branson, Tina Fey, and Stephen Schwarzman, that almost seems like taking things a bit seriously.

But Elie Wiesel was there, just like the others, to be honored at Time’s third annual party for the magazine’s hand-picked influencers. It was held, as these things are nowadays with an almost monotonous regularity, at Jazz at Lincoln Center.  read more »

March 31, 2006: Initiatives

Tomorrow morning, Fulani vs. MacKay will be heard in Brooklyn, challenging the state Independence Party's dissolution of local county organizations.

Then, Bill Clinton announces the details of the Clinton Global Initiative 2006 at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

The NYU Center for Global Affairs hosts a symposium on America in the World 2006: Assessing the State of Terrorism.

And the Queens County GOP hosts a candidates campaign seminar.

—Nicole Brydson

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