6pm, $250 (35 and younger), $650, The New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx, 212-254-9628, poetrysociety.org. The Poetry Society of America will honor Jacqueline Woodson, the Young People’s Poet Laureate and author of more than two dozen award-winning books. An incandescent evening of botanical splendor, artistic revelation, memorable entertainment, superb culinary fare and bountiful conversation.