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Photo Coverage: Bette Midler Celebrates 18 Years at NYRP's Spring Picnic!

By: May. 31, 2013
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In 1994, Bette Midler returned to New York after nearly 20 years in Los Angeles, and started the New York Restoration Project, a non-profit organization devoted to bringing abandoned and neglected parks, gardens, and open spaces in all five boroughs back to life. NYRP includes the beautiful New Leaf Cafe in Fort Tryon Park as part of its success, and is committed to helping restore parks and gardens devastated by Hurricane Sandy. The organization just held its 12th Annual Spring Picnic and you can check out full coverage below!

Attendees included: Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Parker Posey, Tim Gunn, Michael Kors and Lance LePere, Roseanne Cash, Patty Smyth, Judy Gold, Hugh Hildesley, Patti Harris, Mica Ertegun, Margo and James Nederlander, Paul Cavaco, Tonne Goodman, Claude Wasserstein, Ann Ziff and others.

Bette Midler began her legendary career as an entertainer in 1965, in New York, where she developed the trademark act that would make her one of the most renowned talents of her generation. Her debut album, 1972's The Divine Miss M set her on the path that has led her to earn Grammys, Emmys, Golden Globes and Academy Award nominations in a career that has spanned over 40 years.

She has toured the world, sold millions of albums, published two books and appeared in over two dozen films, including The Rose, Beaches, Ruthless People, Hocus Pocus, First Wives Club and For The Boys. In addition to her work on stage and in films, Bette has made her mark in television, with the Emmy Award-winning CBS special of Ol Red Hair Is Back, and several HBO concerts, Live at Last and Art or Bust, and the Emmy Award-winning Diva Las Vegas. In 1992 she starred in the CBS television adaptation of the musical Gypsy, for which she won both a Golden Globe and the national board of review award for her performance. In January 2009 she concluded her sold-out Vegas spectacular The Showgirl Must Go On, at Caesar's Palace, with over 200 performances.

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Roseanne Cash

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Ann Ziff

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Mayor Michael

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg

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Patti Harris

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