Obama knows how to attract star power. Though his opponents accuse him of spending more time as a celebrity than a politician, the President continues to enjoy the limelight as the guest of honor at super high profile fundraisers organized for him by some of America’s most famous.

In February actor George Clooney welcomed Obama to his home, and tonight “Sex in the City” star Sarah Jessica Parker, Vogue editor Anna Wintour and singer Mariah Carey will entertain him in New York City. Parker and Wintour are hosting a 50-person, $40, 000-per-guest dinner at Parker’s West Village place to support the Obama campaign, and Carey is performing in a second benefit dinner at the Plaza Hotel at Fifth Avenue, this one with 250 people at $10,000 a ticket.

You may not have $50K piled in your bathtub to swim in on lonely days like tonight’s guests, but here are five ways you still might be able to slip by the tough looking security guys in suits and sunglasses who stand between an average Thursday night and waking up tomorrow with a hangover and pictures on your phone of you trying to make out with Mariah Carey:

1.Walk in on the arm of a celebrity

There’s no way the security guards know every face on the guest list, so just hide right around the corner from the entrance and latch on to the first free famous arm that passes. You can explain once you’re in. Oh, I’m sorry, beautiful famous lady, I mistook you for my equally beautiful and also famous girlfriend.

2. Connect with one of the guards on a personal / spiritual level

It worked on bouncers all the time when you were younger, right? You forgot your ID at home and look about 15, but the big, burly secret service guy at the door is suddenly your best friend after you share a cigarette and realize that you both love Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

3. Dress up weird and say you’re Lady Gaga

You never know what this pop superstar will show up wearing at big events, and neither do security guards. Wear jet black make up, put a cardboard box on your head, cover yourself entirely in McDonald’s cheeseburgers – do whatever, just make sure that no one can really see your face and that you call whatever you’re doing fashion. (N.B. You might want to check to see if Lady Gaga is actually on the guest list.)

4. Pretend you’re part of the catering staff

This one’s easy because it’s in the movies. Pull some unsuspecting event staffer into a hidden room, make a lot of crashing and bonking sounds, throw in some cartoon smoke and lightning effects for comedy, and walk out 30 seconds later perfectly attired in the staffer’s clothes. Grab a tray of oeurs d’oeuvres and proceed to famous person mingling.

5. Find an invisibility cloak

Rumored to be made from the hair of Demiguise, this magical cloak conceals whoever wears it from site. It only exists in Harry Potter. Sadly, it also is the only option on this list that might actually get you in.

(By the way, if you read this article for real advice, you might want to try contacting this couple.)

The century-old West Park Presbyterian Church will benefit from a June 23 fundraiser to renovate its crumbling façade.

The expensive restoration project was one of the reasons Rev. Robert Brashear opposed historic preservation, arguing that landmark regulations would make it difficult to work with a developer to fund such repairs. Now, his goal is to get his congregation back into the West 86th Street church, at Amsterdam Avenue.

“It is our intention to reestablish our own congregation in our own building,” Brashear said. “We are looking for compatible nonprofit partners. Something that involves education and/or the arts.”

Council Member Gale Brewer, who was the target of protests from church members and congregants, kicked
in $1,000.

The money raised will go to the New York Landmarks Conservancy, which set up a special account for West Park as part of its Sacred Sites program.

Brashear called the fundraiser a good first step.

“There has to be an overall strategic plan that has a timeline and targets to establish how we move forward,”
he said.

With the money, the Landmarks Conservancy, a nonprofit that gives grants and assistance to owners for rehabilitating historic property, will provide an up-to-date assessment of the building’s exterior, identify and prioritize specific problems and figure out the price tag.

“It’s a beautiful church and it has a lot of needs,” said Peg Breen, president of the conservancy. “I hope we can start addressing them.”

That fall, he combined lessons from his travels with a budding interest in photography to co-found the Nuru Project, a non-profit that holds one-night photography exhibitions and auctions to benefit various organizations in developing countries. The project has previously held fundraisers benefiting the United Nations World Food Program and the non-profit Acumen Fund.

The Nuru Project’s latest event is “Stand with Haiti,” a Feb. 4 photo auction and fundraiser to benefit the organization Partners in Health, which has longstanding operations in Haiti.

The ruins of the presidential palace five days after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti Jan. 12. lvaro Ybarra Zavala/Reportage by Getty Images

“Partners in Health has been at work in Haiti for over 20 years,” said Bloch, 27. “Obviously, they’re doing great work now after the earthquake, but more importantly, they’ll be there long after.”

The auction will feature images of Haiti from photographers who shoot for the New York Times, National Geographic and other prominent publications.

“It’s always a tricky balance,” Bloch said. “On the one hand, you want to raise awareness and have powerful images, but on the other hand, you want to showcase the people and beauty of a particular place.”

For more information, visit nuruproject.org.

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Feb. 4, Gallery 25CPW, 25 Central Park West (at 63rd St.), nuruproject.org; 7 p.m., $20 to $100 suggested donation.