November 22-24 – You know how when drunk at 3 A.M. you find yourself in the oddest places? How about a JFK marathon? A non-profit ad hoc citizens group called “We Remember November 22, 1963” held a 24-hour public reading of Jim Bishop’s book, The Day Kennedy Was Shot, at Cooper Union starting at 7 A.M. on Saturday, continuing through 8A.M. on Sunday, November 23. Celebrities reading on Saturday afternoon included actors Joel Grey and Chris Noth, playwright John Guare and arts advocate/socialite Kitty Carlisle Hart. Martha Stewart never looked up once during her reading bit. Ah, New York. The city that never sleeps.

We couldn’t stay for the entire 24 hours, since that evening we had to get over to the Waldorf for the Michael J. Fox “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson’s” benefit. Actor Michael J. Fox, who suffers from Parkinson’s, seemed in great spirits as he and wife Tracy Pollan partied with Gary Shandling, Dennis Miller, actress Eva Mendez, supermodel Heidi Klum, Denis Leary, Ellen Barkin and Ron Perelman, and Jon Bon Jovi and bandmate Richie Sambora and his wife, Melrose Place queen Heather Locklear, looking all 1970s Angie Dickinson.

On Monday, a pretty crowd way too young to remember JFK came out for the premiere of the movie Honey. The dance/drama’s stars Jessica Alba, Joy Bryant and hip hoppers Missy Elliott and Tweet all sashayed over to club Sessa to celebrate after the screening.