Top: On Saturday night, Diane von
Furstenberg (second from left)
hosted an awards ceremony at
the United Nations. Colombia’s
former presidential candidate and
kidnapping victim Ingrid Betancourt
(left) was honored by Meryl Streep.
Also participating in the weekend’s
events were Christiane Amanpour,
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
and Queen Rania of Jordan, among
other international luminaries,
journalists and activists.
Notable events along the Acela line
Women in the World The Daily Beast’s Tina Brown and fashion designer/philan- thropist Diane von Furstenberg teamed up March 12-14 for a weekend of big-name perfor- mances, presentations and panels addressing myriad issues facing women around the world.
The Presidents at Madame Tussauds
In celebration of Presidents Week, 30 first-graders from
Cleveland Elementary School in Washington, D.C., attended
the unveiling of nine new U.S. President wax figures at Madame
Tussauds. In the fall, a new U.S. Presidential Gallery will debut,
featuring all 44 presidents. The first-graders interacted with the
first nine figures, which include John Quincy Adams, Andrew
Jackson, Gerald Ford and Grover Cleveland, for whom their
school is named. Washington D. C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty
helped to unveil the new additions.
Left: Students from Cleveland Elementary mingle with presidents,
including Grover Cleveland, the only U.S. President to serve
two non-consecutive terms.
