Veronica Webb graces the cover of SOUTH FLORIDA magazine March 2026

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MovieProducer Jay Shapiro andMother Dawn Eve

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