Parties, Openings, and Fashionable Spots for the Week of March 14 Stellar Benefit Padma Lakshmi, Chelsea Handler, Susan Sarandon, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Tyra Banks, Debbie Harry and others are expected at the Endometriosis Foundation of America's fourth annual fund-raiser. CuCu Diamantes is scheduled to perform. According to the foundation, endometriosis, a gynecological disorder, affects 176 million women and girls worldwide. New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street; endofound.org. Thursday from 7 p.m. Dinner tickets from $500. Kudos to Gaultier Parisians like to party uptown, too. Jean Paul Gaultier will be honored by Lycée Français de New York at its black-tie gala. Expected guests include Linda Evangelista, Kelly Rutherford, Reed Krakoff and Eric Ripert. Lulu Gainsbourg and Ayo will perform. Mr. Gaultier, who turns 60 in April, is currently the subject of a traveling museum exhibition. Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue; lfny.org. Saturday from 6:30 p.m. Party Pics The cameras are turned. Patrick McMullan, the ubiquitous party photographer, hosts his annual St. Patrick's Day party. About 1,000 guests are expected, and 10 V.I.P. areas will be set up. Invited guests include Courtney Love, Joan Rivers, Amanda Lepore and various cast members from "Real Housewives of New York City." Yotel, 570 10th Avenue. Saturday from 11 p.m. Hibernating Bears A final sleuth of Broadways Bears - the fancifully attired, celebrity-lookalike teddy bears - will be auctioned off for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. This year's cuddly crop includes 50 teddy bears dressed as Broadway characters and signed by celebrities like Hugh Jackman, Daniel Radcliffe and Darren Criss. The bear tradition, which started in 1998, has raised $1,816,900 to date. B. B. King Blues Club and Grill, 237 West 42nd Street; broadwaycares.org. Sunday from 8 p.m. Tickets from $35. Catered Book Fair Fight hunger with gourmet food. A limited print run of 100 cookbooks, with original recipes by Mario Batali and illustrations by the pop artist Jim Dine, will be auctioned for the Lunchbox Fund. A nonprofit, it was started by the South African model Topaz Page-Green and provides meals for impoverished South African students. Books by Yoko Ono, Deepak Chopra and others will also be auctioned. The inveterate partygoers Michael Stipe and Salman Rushdie will host. Del Posto Ristorante, 85 10th Avenue; thelunchboxfund.org. March 21, 7 to 11 p.m. Tickets from $350.