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Haden-Guest’s 89thBirthdayinManhattan’sLowerEastSide
NewYorkCity,NY–February2,2026
MovieproducerJayShapiroandhismother,formerfashionmodel DawnEve,returnedtoManhattanthisweektoattendthe89thbirthdaycelebrationoflegendarywriter,artcritic, andnightlifehistorianAnthonyHaden-Guest.
ThemilestoneeventwasheldonAnthony’sactualbirthdayattheiconicLowerEastSidevenueBakerFalls,where guestsarrivedbeginningat7:00p.m.anddancedintotheearlymorninghours,capturingtheglamorous,anythinggoesspiritreminiscentofNewYork’slegendarynightlifeeraatStudio54.
Haden-Guest,celebratedforchroniclingNewYork’sart,fashion,andculturalscenesfordecades includinghis famedbookTheLastParty:Studio54 wasinhighspiritsthroughouttheevening,enjoyingredwine,lively conversation,andnonstopdancingalongsidefriendsfromtheworldsofart,media,comedy,andfilm
Shapiro,currentlyproducingtheupcomingmotionpictureMyBuddyfromBrooklyn,flewDawnEveinfrom MinnesotafortheoccasionasapersonaltributetohermodelingyearsinNewYork.Dawnwasoneofthemodels whoworkedalongsidelegendaryhorsetrainerBuddyJacobsonandsupermodelMelanieCain,makingthenighta meaningfulreturntothecitywheremuchofherfashioncareerunfolded.
Addingaserendipitousconnection,JayandDawnhadjustreturnedfromPerupriortothecelebration onlyto discoverthatBakerFalls’managerandownerisalsoPeruvian Conversationsarealreadyunderwayabouta potentialfuturemovie-relatedcelebrationatthevenuetiedtothefilm’srelease
NotableattendeesincludedAnthonyHaden-Guest,BlakeSandberg,comedianRonnieNorbel,JulieHarvey,Karen Nielsen,LeslieLaurence,nightlifelegendDustin“Pop”Pittman,acclaimedactorandfilmmakerChristopherGuest, alongwithDawnEve,producerJayShapiro,andavibrantmixofartists,creatives,andNewYorksocialitessoonto befeaturedinupcomingmagazinephotospreads.
TheeveningstoodasajoyfultributetooneofNewYork’sgreatculturalstorytellers provingthatat89,Anthony Haden-Guestremainsasenergetic,influential,andcaptivatingasever.
AboutAnthonyHaden-Guest
AnthonyHaden-GuestisaBritish-Americanwriter,journalist,poet,cartoonist,andartcriticrenownedfor documentingNewYorkCity’sartworldandnightlifeculture Hisworkhasappearedinmajorpublicationsandhis books includingTheLastParty:Studio54,TrueColors,andTheParadiseProgram havebecomeessential chroniclesofmodernculturalhistory
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