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Cocktails at Sunset

ACRIA’s summer benefit was as carefree as could be.

by Vanessa Lawrence

ACRIA's Cocktails at Sunset Presented by DAVID YURMAN

What: ACRIA’s annual Cocktails at Sunset benefit, presented by David Yurman

When: Saturday, July 19th

Where: The Beechnut Hill Farm estate, a “gentleman’s farm” (read: no livestock or actual farming happening), in Watermill

Who: Hosts Ross Bleckner, Jeffrey Colle, Deborah Hughes, David Kleinberg and Stewart Shining drew an art-loving crowd who meandered through a silent auction of works by everyone from Terence Koh to Robert Wilson.

Why: Yes, alfresco summer cocktails are about as carefree an affair as you’ll find, but if you can do some good for AIDS and HIV research while sipping your vodka-soda, why wouldn’t you?

Photos: Cocktails at Sunset

David and Sybil Yurman. Photograph by BFAnyc.com.

Stewart Shining and Casey Fremont Crowe. Photograph by BFAnyc.com.

ACRIA’s Cocktails at Sunset. Photograph by BFAnyc.com.

Ross Bleckner and Benjamin Bashein. Photograph by BFAnyc.com.

Polina Proshkina. Photograph by BFAnyc.com.

Erin Beatty and Lex Sidon. Photograph by BFAnyc.com.

Bettina Prentice. Photograph by BFAnyc.com.

Klaus Curtis, Jill Stuart, and Billy Sullivan. Photograph by BFAnyc.com.

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