Earlier this week, photographer Brian Marcus opened his show, "Malawi: Images of Progress" to benefit orphans and vulnerable children in both Haiti and Malawi. The exhibition and auction was held at the Chelsea Art Museum and operated in partnership with "Goods 4 Good"- a charitable organization with an ongoing goal to turn "excess into progress." More»

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Last night, the Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn hosted a book party for I Am Because We Are, a companion to Madonna's documentary of the same name about the AIDS epidemic in Malawi.  Guests like Olivia Palermo and boyfriend Johannes Huebl (at left) viewed a series of powerful photographs by photojournalist Kristen Ashburn which accompany stories in the book of children suffering through the AIDS epidemic.  More»