Guild Hall Executive Director Ruth Applehoff with hosts Richard and Renee Steinberg at The Core Club. Photos by Barry Gordin

New York City - Renee and Richard Steinberg of East Hampton recently hosted an intimate cocktail party at The Core Club recently to kick-off Guild Hall's 24th Annual Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Awards.

This special pre-celebration officially announced Candice Bergen, Ken Auletta, Jennifer Bartlett, and Donald Zucker will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Guild Hall's Academy of the Arts at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City on March 2. These honorees will receive this prestigious award for their work in Performing Arts, Literary Arts, Visual Arts, and Leadership and Philanthropic Endeavors, respectfully.

Academy-Award winning screenwriter Marshall Brickman will serve as the Master of Ceremonies for the upcoming gala.

At The Core Club honorees Donald Zucker and Ken Auletta mingled with friends and supporters of Guild Hall including Academy of the Arts President Roy Furman and Executive Director Ruth Appelhof, Leila and Mickey Straus, Pamela and Edward Pantzer with their son Jason and his wife Tricia, Somers Farkas, Kipton Cronkite, Cheryl Minikes, interior designer Rona Landman, Alice Judelson, Renee Lucas, Kevin Pancher M.D., Elaine Sargent, Mark W. Smith, Ashu and Vinayak Singh, Mike Clifford, Richard Alvazado, and Cindy Guyer.