• youngARTS Variety Show. Ziegfeld Theater, 141 W. 54th St., nr. Sixth Ave., 6:30 p.m. Mikhail Baryshnikov, Martin Scorsese, Julian Schnabel, Edward Albee, Jane Fonda, and Thelma Schoonmaker are scheduled to be on hand to watch high-school seniors perform and give them scholarships. It's like Fame, but with money.

• Nicole Miller 25th Anniversary Dinner. Chinatown Brassiere, 380 Lafayette St., at Great Jones St., 8 p.m. Expected guests include Robert Kennedy Jr., Gina Gershon, Jay McInerney, Anne Hearst, and Zac Posen. Do you think RFK Jr. resents Al Gore for totally stealing green issues from him?

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