Great Expectations ...

Outside the Bohemian National Hall for The New York Ceramics Fair.

The New York Ceramics Fair celebrated its 15th anniversary on Tuesday night at the Bohemian National Hall. Despite the snow the place was full of well-wishers and lovers of all things ceramics, glass, porcelain and pottery from the 18th-21st centuries offered by 29 American and British specialists.

This show is the only one of its kind in the United States and has a loyal following of collectors and interior designers. Shaking things up a bit is Leslie Ferrin's exhibition, "Bacchanalistas: Passions + Pleasures," which presents ceramics by living artists whose art draws inspiration from ceramic history. Themes of passion, eroticism, sexuality, abundance and excess of food and wine are exemplified by the objects the dealers contributed to the show.

Inside the Bohemian National Hall

Among the guests: Geoffrey Bradfield, Roric Tobin, Harry Heissmann, Christopher Spitzmiller, Nancy Pearson, Ralph Harvard, Stiles Colville, Meg Wendy, Liz Lees, Betsy Pochoda, Leslie Grigsby, Ron Fuchs,Barry Hardwood, Catherine Futter and Karin Jones from Nelson Atkins, John Stuart Gordon, and Carol Sollis.

Chris Spitzmiller, Meg Wendy, and Harry Heissmann

Leslie Ferrin, Ferrin Contemporary

Bernard Derroitte and Paul Jeromack

Carol Sollis

Leslie Grigsby and Ron Fuchs

Rae Stern

Keeil Choi

Marilyn White and Nancy Pearson

Cliff and Holly Lee

Betsy Pochoda

Geoffrey Bradfield and Roric Tobin

Elizabeth Lees and Meg Wendy

Suzie and Scott Jacobson

A gala dinner dance for the benefit of Hospice of Palm Beach County was held at the Breakers. The evening was chaired by Ginny Burke, Anita Michaels and Hillie Mahoney with fashion show sponsored by Saks Fifth Avenue, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for Hospice.

Anita and Sam Michaels

Fred and Gail Alger

Lore Dodge and David Ober

David and Nicole Atkinson

Brock Hurely, Charlene Nederlander, James Nederlander, and Kristina Nederlander

Boaz Mazor and Renee Wood

Carol and Bob Garvy

Hillie Mahoney

Melinda and Tom Hassen

Sam and Vicky Hunt

Tom McCarter and Frances Scaife

Martin and Audrey Gruss

Oscar de la Renta fashion show ...

Jean Tailer with Anna and Bill Mann

Bob and Carol Garvy with Carol and Harvey Baxter

Amanda and Charles Schumacher

Lucy Musso, David Ober, and Lore Dodge

Hospice Evening décor by Scott Snyder

Jimmy and Margo Nederlander

Talbott Maxey and Kenn Karakul

Bob Nederlander, Pat Cook, and Mark Cook

Ginny Burke and Scott Snyder

Rachel Strassner and Peter Schuette, GM Saks Fifth Ave PB

Maureen Donnell of Newport and Palm Beach hosted a kick-off dinner at her ocean front home for the major donors to the Four Arts. The Four Arts gala dinner dance will be held on February 21st. Naeem Khan held a fashion show of his collection shown at Neiman Marcus just before the dinner.

Maureen Donnell and Naeem Kahn

Amb Edward Elson and Susie Elson

Robert Nederlander and Pat Cook

Marvin Davidson, Hillie Mahoney, and Dudley Moore

Naeem Kahn, Pamela Fiori, and Michel Witmer

Melinda and Tom Hassen

Peggy Moore and Mary Davidson

Bunny Whittaker

Rich Wilkie, Kit Pannill, and Steven Stolman

Lisa and John Cregan

Patrick and Heather Henry

Peter and Kay Lyons with friends

Sam and Vicki Hunt

Carol and Tom Kirchhoff

Carol Garvy and Naeem Kahn

Emilia Fanjul hosted her annual dinner dance for the Everglades Preparatory Schools at Cafe Boulud at the Brazilian Court. Pepe Fanjul, Emilia's husband, was Dinner Sponsor. The evening was called "A Night of Great Expectations" and so it was -- many think of it as the most glamorous party of the Palm Beach winter season.