On Monday, the Creative Coalition was putting on a ball with a performance by the Goo Goo Dolls, while the Young and Powerful Black Tie Ball and the Congressional Black Caucus Inaugural Ball were also taking place in the city.
It was a frame full of drama on and off the baize as referee Colin Humphries, 24 hours after warning O'Sullivan for a hand gesture, was forced to call a foul after Chigwell's finest potted a red when on 60 with the black ball still to be returned to the spot.
Of course, whacking the little black rubber ball repeatedly isn't the same thing as knowing how to play the game.
It was Hibs' turn to escape when Black chipped the ball into the box and Skacel volleyed well over from 15 yards when Elliott might have been better placed to find the target.
The private university is consistently ranked as one the most politically active in the country and, every four years, during the presidential inauguration, it hosts the black-tie GW Inaugural Ball.
But the black shirts held firm and the ball was eventually spilt forward, allowing Januarie to lift the siege.
The hosts were frustrated by Vettori and Mills, yet they produced a disciplined effort with the ball and limited the Black Caps to just 52 pre-lunch runs.
Highlights: truffle surprise (a nugget of pt de foie gras, wrapped in a glistening skin of shredded black truffle, nested in a ball of gele), and one of the most mouth-wateringly delicious chocolate souffls ever served in a New York restaurant.
However, even if the ball of plasma is a black hole, it is not thought to pose a threat.
He was expected to take the new ball with Matthew Hoggard against the Black Caps at Seddon Park on Tuesday, 4 March.
But while the left-armer took the bulk of the wickets for his side his fellow seamer Ishant Sharma (one for 47 off 14 overs) always made life difficult for the hosts and was eventually rewarded with the scalp of Black Caps skipper Daniel Vettori for a 13-ball 11.
Restaurants like R Bistro with its ever-changing seasonal menu, craft cocktail bar Ball and Biscuit, and the innovative Black Market, which serves beef tongue and burgers, are interspersed with boutiques and art galleries, offering an urban experience that rivals more tourist-heavy metropolitan areas like Los Angeles and Boston.
The Black Cats found space on the wings and managed to despatch the ball into the Liverpool area but more often than not the visiting defence coped easily with what was thrown at them.
It has an unusual black face and white head to allow for better visual alignment with the ball on the tee.
The ball caromed back onto the field off the bottom of a black retaining wall just above the fence and was initially ruled in play.
The Black Cats failed to clear a free-kick and Behrami latched on to the loose ball to drive a shot from inside the box that deflected off Jones and into the net.
The last time these sides met, Sunderland secured victory with a Darren Bent shot that deflected in off a beach ball, but not even that type of bizarre intervention could have saved the Black Cats here.
He had been in impressive form with the ball for Lancashire and would have returned to the squad for the first Test against the Black Caps at Lord's.
The former Black Caps skipper escaped when Ambrose failed to collect an outside edge off Paul Collingwood's first ball but Broad ended his stay at the crease during a fine spell after lunch.
Meanwhile, "Silver Ball" (1930) by Arthur Dove presents circular and jagged shapes of dour color outlined with black Fauvist-style brushstrokes.
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