WHO

Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, Michigan unit, a nonprofit that provides audio textbooks to students with reading disabilities.  RFB&D is a national nonprofit serving some 200,000 students with more than half a million textbooks. 

RFB&D Michigan is marking its 50 anniversary.

WHAT

The Great Taste of Michigan features an eclectic mix of Michigan wines & beers, foods, artists, authors and international figures, including photographer Monte Nagler. 

• Michigan foods, wines and beers via a strolling dinner
• Local sommelier from Papa Joe’s Gourmet Market
• Monte Nagler exhibit and pre-glow reception
• Selected art sale from College for Creative Studies students
• Local authors Sharon Kegerreis and Lorri Hathaway onsite to sign copies of “From the Vine”
• Silent and live auctions
• Jazz ensemble features Dennis Bowles, son of Funk Brothers’ Bean Bowles

Patron tickets are $100. Benefactor tickets are $150 and include a pre-glow reception.  Contact RFB&D at 248.879.0101.

WHERE

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center

1516 S. Cranbrook Road

Birmingham, MI 48009

www.bbartcenter.org

WHEN

Saturday, April 5, 2008

6:30 – 7:30 p.m. - Benefactor pre-glow with Monte Nagler

7:30 – 11 p.m. – Dinner, auctions, art sale, entertainment