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Making History: Telling HerStory Features Rita Mae Brown
Tickets are now available for the 2008 Gerber/Hart annual benefit, Making History: Telling HerStory. Rita Mae Brown is the keynote speaker for what promises to be a very memorable evening. The benefit will take place on Saturday, September 6, at 7 pm at the Swedish-American Museum Center, 5211 North Clark Street. William B. Kelley is the Honorary Chair.
The event will feature a dinner buffet, open bar, silent auction, and live musical entertainment. Admission tickets are $85. Benefactor tickets are $135 and feature a 6 pm pre-event champagne reception with Rita Mae Brown, special access to the Museum's exhibits from 6 to 7 pm, and acknowledgment in the benefit program book. Benefactors will also receive a book of Ms. Brown's that she will autograph for you.
You can purchase tickets online (choose admission ticket or benefactor ticket), by calling Gerber/Hart at (773) 381-8030, or by stopping in during open hours.
We also need your help to make this a successful event! If you would like to donate an item to the silent auction, please download a silent auction donation form. We also invite you to support the benefit by becoming a sponsor of the event. Sponsorship levels are: Historian - $5,000; Curator - $2,500; Archivist - $1,000; Librarian - $500; Cataloger - $250. Please return silent auction and sponsorship forms to Gerber/Hart by faxing them to (773) 381-8033 or by sending them by U.S. Mail.