Events

Live Auction Highlights

Viking Outdoor Grill

This Viking “T-Series” outdoor grill with rotisserie and smoker box includes a barbeque party hosted by the On Broadway Committee.

Donated by: Mike Beranis/Viking – The GSC

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The Complete Closet Make-Over

Imagine the opportunity to redesign your closet and fill it with fantastic new items from the most stylish Walnut Creek boutiques. The Container Store has donated a closet make-over and shops like Bonne Nuit, Diva, Footcandy and Hush have provided goodies and gift certificates guaranteed to make your closet the envy of all who see it. Your friends will beg to borrow your new Jimmy Choo clutch and Citizens for Humanity jeans. But this package is all yours. Enjoy it!

• Container Store closet makeover
• $100 gift Certificate to designer clothing store Diva
• $200 gift certificate for an "unmentionable" at Bonne Nuit
• Gift certificate for shoes from Deliciouz
• Jimmy Choo clutch from Footcandy
• Select your own Citizen for Humanity Jeans from Hush

donated by: The Container Store, Bonne Nuit, Diva, Footcandy, Hush, Deliciouz

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VIP Vegas Experience with Bette Midler and the Jersey Boys

Jet off to Vegas for two nights at the magnificent Palazzo Resort, Hotel and Casino. While there, enjoy the musical phenomenon Jersey Boys with a chance to meet the cast. Top it off with two tickets to Bette Midler’s “The Showgirl Must go On” in the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. This whirlwind entertainment extravaganza is not to be missed!

Date: TBD

Donors: Steve & Mackenzie Lesher, Peggy & Michael White

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Private Dinner for Ten with Woodward & Bernstein

This once-in-a-lifetime experience gets you up close and personal with America’s most famous journalists. You won’t have to meet up in a dark garage to enjoy this private dinner for ten at Meribeth’s Fine Dining before Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s November 17 appearance at the Lesher Center. This package includes tickets to the show for non-subscribers, an after-show champagne and dessert party, as well as gift baskets with signed books and DVDs.

Date: November 17, 2008

Donated by: Steve & Mackenzie Lesher, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein & Meribeth Farmer; wine donation: Gary & Susie Fisher

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New York Theater Package

Experience the bright lights of New York City for three nights, including tickets to two Broadway shows, airfare, and accommodations for two at the Westin Times Square hotel.

Dates: March 5 - 8, 2009

Donors: Steve & Mackenzie Lesher, Scott Denison

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A Christmas Carol Cameo Role

Let your inner-actor out! Share the magic of a Walnut Creek holiday tradition: Center REPertory Company’s production of A Christmas Carol. Fully costumed on the Hoffman stage, you and a guest will have a walk-on role in one of Lesher Center’s best-loved productions. Receive eight tickets for family and friends to watch your big debut! You’ll also be part of the cast photo as a momento of your stage experience. After the show, you’re invited to a festive holiday cast party – certain to be as merry as Fezziwig’s ball! This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for theatre patrons and a wonderful Christmas memory for all. No humbugs admitted.

Possible dates: December 13, 18, 20

Donor: Center REP

Cal Football Fan Packages

Experience Cal football in true VIP fashion. You and a guest will score a pair of prime seats to both the Cal/Oregon and Cal/Washington games, and get behind the scenes for all the action with two great voices of college football. You will have lunch with Joe Starkey before the UW game and sit in while he does the KGO pre-game show. At the Oregon game, you will meet public address announcer, Dick Callahan while he calls the action in the stadium with his signature “First Down, Bears!” This is a package you won’t see anywhere else.

Date: November 1, 2008 & December 6, 2008

Secured by: Steve and Mackenzie Lesher, Dick Callahan & Joe Starkey

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The Ultimate Winemaking Experience

This is your chance to create 300 bottles (25 cases) of your own private-label wine beginning with a private barrel tasting for you and up to nine guests at Periscope Cellars in Emeryville, allowing you to tailor a wine to your taste. Once you've created your ideal concoction, you will have the opportunity to create your private wine label and share your new creation with a private release party for twenty of your friends at Va de Vi Restaurant.

Dates: Suggested October or November 2008 for optimum experience with recently harvested grapes

Donated by: Brian and Lyn Hirahara, Va de Vi Restaurant

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VIP Holiday Parking & Shopping Spree

Holiday shopping has never been so easy! From Nov. 28, 2008 through Jan. 1, 2009, WaMu has reserved a prime parking spot for you in the heart of Broadway Plaza, where you can shop til you drop with a $1,000 gift certificate.

Donated by: Broadway Plaza & Scott Mac Cormac, WaMu

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A Splash Hit! Giants Luxury Baseball Package

Party like an all-star and watch the game with eleven of your favorite baseball buddies in Chevron’s luxury suite at AT&T Ballpark. You will receive 12 tickets and all the perks of luxury skybox seating. Chevron will cover $600 for food and beverages, you can keep the garlic fries coming and the cold drinks flowing all night while you watch the all the activity of boating fans in McCovey Cove. The grand slam doesn’t end here; you will also receive four tickets for field seats behind the Giants dugout and an authentic Giants jersey signed by Omar Vizquel.

Dates: 2009 dates for luxury box event and field seating subject to availability and will be selected by Chevron. Chevron’s concessions payment is good for food and non-alcoholic beverages. Alcoholic beverages and any food items over $600 must be paid to the caterer directly by the winner.

Donor: Chevron

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Sunny Palm Springs Villa Vacation

Sun, fun, and relaxation await you at the five-star JW Marriott Resort & Spa in Palm Springs, California. This weeklong getaway of sun, fun and relaxation includes luxurious accommodations for six in a two-bedroom, two-bath villa complete with full kitchen, formal living and dining areas and two private balconies/patios. Enjoy the many amenities at the adjacent JW Marriott Resort & Spa, a five-star Marriott property, including restaurants, shops, spa, golf course, a private lake and tennis club. Your fun-filled week includes a tennis package including instruction and court time at the JW Marriott Resort’s outstanding Lawn and Tennis Club.

Advanced reservations are required. Package expires October 30, 2009.

Donors: Dave & Peggy Marshburn

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Civil War Quilt: Take Home a Piece of American History

The art of quilting has deep roots in America. No other form of needle art has been so thoroughly employed to narrate the birth and history of this country and the lives of its citizens. The Bedford Gallery's Untold Stories: Early American Quilts from the Collection of Susan Brooks, presents 40 quilts from the 18th and 19th century that were created during some of the most momentous and significant eras of U.S. history. Stitched by resilient and courageous women struggling to survive, the quilts chronicle the slave era and Underground Railroad, the Civil War, the Mormon and Oregon Trails, the Northeast whaling community, and Temperance Movement.

On Broadway guests have the exclusive opportunity to own their own piece of history with the Dove in Window quilt, part of the Mormon Oregon Trails collection dating from 1840-1870.

Donor: Bedford Gallery

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Spotlight Items

Charmed by Tiffany & Co.: Choose your own 18K gold Charm Bracelet and Charms.

A Charming Story… One hundred and fifty-six years ago, Tiffany introduced charms to the world. Enchanted by the tiny talismans, women of all ages coveted and collected them, as they do today. Each charm, in its exquisite, detailed perfection, celebrates love, special occasions and memorable milestones in a way that’s quintessentially Tiffany. And like all things Tiffany, these little pieces of luxury are inimitable in style and unparalleled in quality.

In addition, Tiffany & Co. will host a private tea for four at its Walnut Creek Store. The winner will also enjoy a private consultation to view and select your own Charming story. The event will take place on a Monday through Thursday on a mutually agreed date and time prior to October 10, 2009.

Purchase your chance to win at the event: $100

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Sign-Up Events

VIP Wente Vineyards Experience
Saturday, January 24, 2009, 6:00 p.m.
Reservations: $150

Join friends and fellow arts lovers for an exclusive four-course Chef ’s Dinner with wine pairings at The Restaurant at Wente Vineyards. Executive Chef Arthur Wall will serve an elegant four-course menu, preceeded by the Chef’s insight into the dish’s preparation and the wine selection. Prior to dinner, guests will receive a VIP wine tasting tour in the historic Wente Vineyards caves. Limited to 40 guests.
Sign up at the event: $150

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Newsmakers VIP Experience with Lisa Ling
Monday, April 20, 2009
Reservations: $50 (for Newsmakers ticket-holders), $100 (including ticket)

Lisa Ling, Special Correspondent for the Oprah Winfrey Show,previously of National Geographic Explorer, comes to the Lesher Center for a special evening with Newsmakers: The Lesher Speaker Series. Join DRAA at a pre-show reception and meet Lisa Ling while mingling with other arts supporters.

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