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  Ralph Macchio Georgina Bloomberg NYC Second Chance Rescue hosted its 6th Annual Rescue Ball at The Lighthouse, Chelsea Piers in New York City. The organization’s signature fundraising gala brought together animal advocates, philanthropists, and supporters for an evening dedicated to helping save the lives of dogs and cats in need. This year’s Rescue Ball honored Ralph Macchio, Rob and Marisol Thomas, founders of Sidewalk Angels Foundation, and Dr. Tom Walker, all of whom received the Angel & Hero Award for their dedication to animal welfare. Special guests included animal advocates Georgina Bloomberg and Elaine Hendrix, followed by a performance from John Lloyd Young, and DJ GEO ROC kept the energy going well into the night. Guests enjoyed Tito’s Handmade Vodka specialty cocktails, a vegetarian and vegan menu, and live and silent auctions as NYC Second Chance Rescue celebrated 17 years and 17,000 lives saved.  One of the evening’s standout live auction moments was the bi...

Global Lyme Alliance @ Cipriani Larry Scott and Ramona Singer Global Lyme Alliance (GLA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to the research and education of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, announced its third annual New York City Gala raised $2 million. The funding will support GLA’s mission to advance scientific research leading to a reliable diagnostic test and better treatment protocols, as well as educate both the public and physicians about Lyme disease. Rob Thomas and Chris Daughtry Ally Hilfiger This year’s gala, produced by celebrity event planner Larry Scott of Lawrence Scott Events, was attended by more than 700 supporters at Cipriani 42nd Street and honored Marisol Thomas, philanthropist, animal rights advocate and wife of Grammy Award-winning musician Rob Thomas and Joseph Abboud, celebrated and award-winning menswear designer and author of Threads: My Life Behind the Seams in the High-Stakes World of Fashion and Fashion De...

Rob Thomas Rob Thomas performed at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada last night to a huge crowd. Photo By: Erik Kabik Photography/ MediaPunc h

**** THE GLORIOUS CORNER Story By G. H. Harding ****   Rob Thomas THOMAS HITS THE ROAD --- Multiple Grammy recording artist Rob Thomas has announced plans for a month-long North American special headline tour kicking off April 2nd in Temecula, C. A. These shows will offer the rare and unique opportunity to catch the superstar performing in a more up close and personal setting, playing a career-spanning set. Additionally, Thomas’ show on April 5th at Indio, CA’s Fantasy Springs Resort will benefit Sidewalk Angels Foundation, the non-profit organization founded by Rob and his wife Marisol Thomas. This show follows Rob’s three sold-out nights at Atlantic City’s Borgata Casino January 17th, 18th and 19th, where he returns for the 3rd consecutive year to benefit Sidewalk Angels. Fan club members will have early access to tickets beginning Tuesday, January 14th for select shows. Concerts will continue to go on-sale throughout the month of January...

**** THE GLORIOUS CORNER By: G. H. HARDING **** Matchbox 20 THANK GOD FOR ROB THOMAS --- Matchbox 20’s front man Rob Thomas has pretty much saved pop music as far as I’m concerned. In the last ten years or so, his work with Carlos Santana, Tom Petty, Willie Nelson, Mick Jagger, Marc Anthony, Pat Green, Taylor Hicks, Travis Tritt and Daughtry, has essentially made him the #1 go-to-guy in the biz. His success with his band Matchbox 20 has been rather unparalleled as well; their singles “Push,” “3 A.M.,” “Real World,” “Bent,” “Unwell,” “How Far We’ve Come,” and “She’s So Mean,” are all great works. Besides all that talent (and, I particularly loved his work with Jagger) he’s a great guy; terrifically knowledgeable and has a great sense of humor. I've bumped into him at events like the Tribeca Film Festival and various movie premieres around town. His savvy manager Michael Lippman (who’s managed almost everybody … including David Bowie in the 80’s) has...

**** 12th Annual Gala “An Evening Of Practical Magic” **** Story And Photos By: Ann Watt **** David Arquette With Rob Thomas And Rachel Ray City Harvest is testimony to brotherly love that exists in a city and culture that runs at such a speed that the most basic needs of many of our brothers and sisters are automatically ignored. In 1981 a soup kitchen worker, Helen ver Duin Palit, noticed that neighboring restaurants were wasting good food every day. Seeing an opportunity to bolster the food supply at the soup kitchen, she gathered volunteers and borrowed cars and vans to transport the food from where it was not needed to where it was needed very much. And City Harvest was born.City Harvest now distributes more than 100 million pounds of food to a network of more than 800 emergency food programs throughout New York City. They get this food from all segments of the food industry – restaurants, manufacturers, wholesalers, green markets, hotels, corporate cafeterias, grocery stores an...