By Mona L. Bronson-Fuqua
Today
Oscar Night@America, benefiting People Working Cooperatively. 6 p.m., Coconut Grove, 18 E. Fifth St., Newport. $150; corporate tables of 10 are $2,000. 351-7921.
Tuesday
Here's To Henry, benefit for Springer School and Center with actor Henry Winkler. 6-10 p.m., Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, downtown. $125. Reservations required.
871-6080.
Thursday
Northern Kentucky United Community Awards, 5:30 p.m., Receptions Conference Center, 1379 Donaldson Road, Erlanger. Reservations required by Tuesday. $18, table of eight $144. (859) 525-2600.
Saturday
Friars Club 32nd Annual Dinner, honoring Harry H. Santen and Rob Braun and benefiting Friars Club Inc., 6:30 p.m., Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, downtown. $100. Reservations required. 381-5432,
Ext. 366.
Grande Gala Dinner and Auction, benefiting Mount Notre Dame High School, cocktails 5:30 p.m., dinner 7 p.m., 711 E. Columbia Ave., Reading. $75 per person, $30 cocktail hour only. 683-4523.
A Knight in the Old West, auction benefiting Summit Country Day School. 6 p.m.-midnight, Summit Athletic Complex, 5580 Ehrling Road, Hyde Park. $125 per person. Reservations required. 871-4700.
Moeller High School Antique Show, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and noon-4 p.m. Sunday. Moeller High School, 9001 Montgomery Road, Montgomery. $3.
A Night to Remember III, benefiting Dress for Success Cincinnati. 6:30 p.m., Music Hall Ballroom, Over-the-Rhine. Reservation deadline Monday.
651-3372.
SpartanRama, benefiting Turpin High School athletic programs. Holiday Inn Eastgate, 4501 Eastgate Blvd. Reservations recommended. $45. 232-7770
Twelfth Annual PFLAG Scholarship Banquet, 6 p.m., The Madison, 700 Madison Ave., Covington. $40, $25 students. www.pflagcinci.org. 241-8291
Next Sunday
Pucks-n-Tux Casino Night, benefiting Ruth Lyons Children's Fund and Cyclones Fan Club. 5-9:30 p.m., Radisson Hotel , 668 W. Fifth St., Covington. $25-$30. (859) 635-4944. www.cyclonesfanclub.com
March 8
National Exemplar Restaurant Fund-raising Dinner, benefiting the Wellness Community. 5 p.m.-10 p.m., National Exemplar, 6880 Wooster Pike, Mariemont. Reservations recommended. 271-2103.
March 10
James Beard Dinner, benefiting the James Beard Foundation. 6 p.m., Cincinnatian Hotel, Palace Restaurant, Reservations required by March 8. $200. 381-6006.
March 11
Cincinnati FunRaisers St. Patrick's Day Party, benefiting Cincinnati Children's Hospital Cancer Research Department. 6-10 p.m., Clarion Hotel and Suites, 5901 Pfeifer Road. Blue Ash. 636-8900.
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