A Celebration of Yes!
The Board of Directors invite you to:
Join us to celebrate our first seven years with delicious hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and live entertainment while bidding on fabulous auction prizes to benefit our 2010-11 season. Blue Bone Express is back with Live entertainment.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Weinstein Gallery, 301 Geary @ Powell, SF
6:30 check in, Auction begins 8:00
Donations: $50 per person
Sponsors: $250
Call: 415-677-9596 or
Sponsored by
Damar Enterprises
Ruth & Les Finkelstein
Marcy Taylor
Check Out these fantastic auction items
Private Acting Lessons
Estimated value: $1,500
Release your inner thespian with five private one-hour acting lessons with Bill English, Artistic Director of The SF Playhouse. Discover the secret behind the illusion that acting is easy. Bill English will you give you a crash course in the basics that will enhance your communication skills and may even leave you with the acting bug.
Original Painting
Estimated value: $5,000
Adorn your home with an amazing original work of art from Weinstein Gallery. Last year the winner received an original by John Anderson valued at $7,500.
Desert Vacation:
Palm Springs Luxury Home
Estimated value: $2,500
Enjoy a week's vacation at an esquisitely furnished 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom mid-century modern house in the heart of Palm Springs. Extremely secluded property with private swimming pool, fabulous outdoor kitchen, dramatic mountain views, and state of the art entertainment system.
Golden State Warriors Front Row Seats
Estimated value: $2,000
See the Golden State Warriors from four front row seats directly adjacent to the Warrior's bench. Includes VIP parking and access to the exclusive Corona Cantina Sports Club and the Courtside Club.
Select from one of these dates:
Wed 11/3 7:30 pm Memphis Grizzlies
Tue 12/14 7:30 pm Minnesota Timberwolves
Sat 12/25 7:30 pm Portland Trailblazers
Mon 12/27 7:30 pm Philadelphia 76ers
Mon 1/17 1:00 pm New Jersey Nets
Wed 1/19 7:30 pm Indiana Pacers
Fri 1/21 7:30 pm Sacramento Kings
Wed 1/26 7:30 pm New Orleans Hornets
Fri 1/28 7:30 pm Charlotte Bobcats
Sun 1/30 7:00 pm Utah Jazz
Thu 2/3 7:30 pm Milwaukee Bucks
Sat 2/5 7:30 pm Chicago Bulls
Sun 4/10 6:00 pm Sacramento Kings
Wed 4/13 7:30 pm Portland Trailblazers
Winter in Vail
Estimated value: $2,500
A winter week at one of America's most beautiful mountain resort areas -- Vail, Colorado. You and your friends will have the run of a lovely two bedroom beautifully furnished condo, with indoor pool, tennis, and hot tub. As an added attraction for those who might be interested in mountaineering, the package comes with a personal presentation by Colorado mountaineer extraordinaire Chuck Demarest. The former leader of the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group, Demarest is a businessman, renowned chemist, and inventor who also leads treks in Nepal and in 1998 successfully summitted Mt. Everest. A Coloradan who has "bagged" all 54 of Colorado's 14,000 foot high peaks, he is a compelling speaker on mountaineering and emergency techniques in extreme conditions."
Private Tour of Achenbach Graphics Collection with Curator Karin Breuer
Estimated value: $750
Private guided tour of the Achenbach Graphics Collection by its Curator - Karin Breuer - for up to 6 persons including meet-greet, introduction, private access to works of art on paper, complimentary Museum admission for up to 6 persons and tour either in general with Karin or focused on purchasers special area of interest.
Romance in the Caribbean
Estimated value: $2000
Three nights at the Four Seasons Nevis, West Indies, in the Caribbean. Uncover a little-known wonder in the Caribbean: Nevis, sister island to St. Kitts in the tradewind-kissed Leeward Islands. Bask in near-perfect weather, steps from the silken sand.
Employment Law Consultation
Estimated value: $2,000
Two hour consultation with Theodora Lee, labor and employment attorney at Littler Mendelson
Power and Influence
Estimated value: $2,000
Two hour workshop on "Power and Influence" given by Cristina Banks, PhD, UC Berkeley and Lamorinda Consulting LLC
Original Handmade Sculpture
Estimated value: $2,500
Original ceramic sculpture of a fish by artist Michael Ezzell of Laguna Beach (artist will be present)
Hawaiian Weekend
Three romantic nights situated on Kaanapali Beach at the Westin Maui Resort & Spa, one of the most romantic escapes in all the Hawaiian Islands. Explore the island with the car included in package.
Dinner with Willy and Wilkes
Estimated value: Priceless!
Join "da mayor", Willie Brown and the man responsible for keeping the SF social scene dressed to the hilt, Wilkes Bashford, at Le Central for a lunch filled with humor, politics and fashion.
Plus:
Dinners, Museum Tours, Dinner with the Founders of SF Playhouse, jewels and more! If you have prizes you would like to donate, please contact susi@sfplayhouse.org
