Arts center to hold annual auction

Entertainment, dining, fine arts and sports packages and more will be offered at the 39th annual auction on Saturday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m., at the Beverly Arts Center (BAC), 2407 W. 111th St. The BAC auxiliary board plans and presents the event, the biggest annual fundraiser for the not-for-profit regional fine arts center. Tickets are $50 and include live entertainment, hors d’oeuvres and desserts and cash bar.

The BAC’s live auction will be conducted by Keith Jones, from Sayre and Jones Auctioneers, a Chicago-based firm that specializes in charity and fundraising auctions.

• Among the experience items going up for live auction are:
• A private tour and brunch at the Guy C. Smith House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
• Chicago Blackhawks tickets plus a jersey autographed by Jonathan Toews,
• Golf at Beverly Country Club for four plus pool passes and dinner on the patio.
• A sketch by Pulitzer Prizewinning Chicago Sun-Times political cartoonist Jack Higgins.
• A private tour of the Art Institute of Chicago’s modern wing paired with lunch.
• Chef-prepared dinner aboard a boat while sailing on Lake Michigan.
• Dinner at Rhapsody plus two box seat tickets to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

The silent auction will feature 100 items to bid on, including 20 auction baskets, each of them a combination of certificates, gifts and experiences.

Live and silent auction items can be previewed on mARTini Night on Thursday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m. at the BAC. Admission is $10, or free with the advance purchase of a ticket to the auction.

BAC Auction sponsors include O’Rourke’s Office and Solution 3 Graphics. People wishing to donate certificates for entertainment or services can call Nora at the BAC.

Tickets to mARTtini Night and the 39th annual Auction are available by calling (773) 445-3838 or online at beverlyartcenter.org.

This is part of the February 3, 2010 online edition of The Beverly Review.

Have an opinion on this matter? We'd like to hear from you. Click here.