February 10, 2012 Fundraiser

February 10, 2012, 5:30pm to 7:30pm, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Mariners Museum Park, 101 Museum Drive, Newport News, VA.  The evening will feature soups created by talented chefs from local restaurants accompanied by bread, dessert and beverages.  Live music, silent auction, raffle, cash bar, bowl selection and pottery demonstrations will take place throughout the Pfac galleries.  Doors will be open to receive guests 5:30pm to 7:30pm. Bowl selection, silent auction and galleries will remain open until 8:00pm or beyond.  In addition to the meal, guests leave with a reminder of this important issue in their handcrafted empty bowl.  Additional bowls will be available for purchase after the meal, and a portion of the proceeds from the cash bar will also add to funds raised for the charities.

Tickets

We can sell only 300 tickets.  Advance tickets are available — cash or check only — in Newport News at Peninsula Fine Arts Center, or in Hampton at the Gallery at the Chapman.  Tickets $20 in advance, $25 at the door, while supplies last.

If you would prefer, you can purchase will-call tickets by mail at the same price as advance tickets, while supplies last.  Make your check out to “Empty Bowls VP” and mail it to Empty Bowls VP, 121 Terrell Road, Newport News, VA  23606.  Please be sure these mail requests are postmarked by January 31, 2012.

You can pick up your tickets when you arrive for the event.  Please be able to show ID when you give your name at the door.  The tickets will be in the same name as your check, unless you specify otherwise.  If you would like to include your email address with the check, we will send you a reminder email a few days before the event.  Please be sure to mail your check by January 31, 2012.

Directions

Peninsula Fine Arts Center:  On J. Clyde Morris Blvd., drive to Warwick Blvd. and then continue across Warwick onto Avenue of the Arts (this is where you pass the great brass propeller, which will be on your left).  Take the first left turn onto Museum Drive and continue to a large parking lot shared by the Mariners’ Museum and the Peninsula Fine Arts Center (Pfac).   The Pfac reception desk has event tickets for advance sale until the day before the event, while supplies last.

Gallery at the Chapman:  On Cunningham Dr., drive to the intersection at Hartford Drive and turn into Peninsula Towne Center.  Straight ahead you’ll see the Chapman apartments; the entrance to the Gallery at the Chapman is right beside the Chapman apartments’ main entrance.  The Gallery sales desk has event tickets for advance sale through January 31, 2012, while supplies last.