(NYT36) NEW YORK -- January 26, 2007 -- WALLSTREET-PARTY-3 -- Truman Capote, center, with Katharine Graham at Capote's Black & White Ball, November 28, 1966 in Manhattan. New York social history is rich with grand celebrations that have defined a moment in time for those who threw them. Capote's ball came in the wake of the triumph of "In Cold Blood." (Barton Silverman/The New York Times)