Rare Weekend 4.12.07

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THE OPENING
Okay, you know Tom Ford’s menswear emporium opens today (4/12) at 10 a.m. The details: 9,679 square feet, 3 floors, too many models/employees to count, and 1 secret elevator.

Tom Ford, 845 Madison Avenue (East 70th Street), tomford.com.

THE RESTAURANT
From the champagne cocktails to the perfectly prepared cod with greens to the almond tart with passion fruit sauce, everything at Provence delivers. The interiors are charming and the service: fine-tuned for the opening.

Provence, 38 Macdougal Street (Prince Street), (212) 475-7500.

THE CLASS
Raise the steaks of your meat game with this carnivorous cooking class taught by Nick+Stef’s Steakhouse’s Executive Chef Steven Stamm. Learn how to pick the best cuts, make great sauces, and turn a grocery store slab into a steakhouse quality dinner. Saturday (4/14), 12 a.m. - 2 p.m. $75.

The Art of Steak at Nick + Stef’s Steakhouse, 9 Penn Plaza (at 8th Avenue), (212) 563-4444, rapatina.com/nickStef.

THE EXHIBIT
Catholic school girls: Worth the pursuit, or are they just big teases? You be the judge at Sante D’Orazio: Katlick School, a new 32 piece black and white photo exhibit. Saturday (4/14), 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Sante D’Orazio: Katlick School at Stellan Holm Gallery, 524 West 24th Street (between 10th and 11th Avenues), stellanholm.com.

THE SHARE
Made arrangements for summer yet? If not, check out this summer share party at Town Tavern where you can mingle with other stragglers looking to share a place in the Hamptons, Fire Island, or Jersey Shore. Or just come for the open bar and free food. Thursday (4/12), 6:30 p.m.

Summer Share Party at Town Tavern, 134 West 3rd Street (Sixth Avenue), (212) 253-6955, towntavernnyc.com.

THE BENEFITS
Arrive hungry at the celebrity chef laden kick-off party for Restaurants Against Hunger, a month-long national movement that fights hunger with bill proceeds. Falai, Dawat, Balthazar, Sfoglia, and Kee’s Chocolates (among many others) will serve alongside an open bar featuring Pol Roger and Blue Pont Brewing Company. Thursday (4/12), 8 p.m. From $75.

Restaurants Against Hunger Kick-Off at the Altman Building, 135 West 18th Street (Sixth and Seventh Avenues), restaurantsagainsthunger.net.

Join Global Action Foundation, a not-for-profit, organization whose efforts center around helping the victims of poverty and war in Sierra Leone, for its fund-raising photo exhibition at Opia. Be the first to view the compelling photos taken by world-renowned journalist Sarah Bones’s during her trek through remote Sierra Leone villages documenting the needs of local families. Thursday (4/12,) 6:30 p.m. $10 donation.

GAF Photo Exhibition, at Opia Restaurant & Lounge. RSVP to Robert Finn at (917) 584-6890, or habitationnation@yahoo.com. go-act.org.