RiverCulture's Under Construction: Hard Hat Auction
Read the feature in The Recorder here.
Read about Greenfield Middle School's student hard hats in The Recorder here.
7-8 pm Hats preview + cocktails/hors d'eouvres
8 pm fashion show, live auction followed by dance party
We've completed a successful showing of our 28 artist enhanced hard hats in the windows of Wilson's Department Store in Greenfield and now they are residing in the Crocker Building windows on Avenue A in Turners Falls until the event on June 25th. Stop by and check out these ingenious creations designed by local artists! If you can't make it to see the hats in the windows, they can be viewed on our facebook photo gallery.
The black tie/blue collar event to benefit Turners Falls RiverCulture, emceed by our Police Chief, Ray Zukowski, will feature music by Michael Nix; a fashion show of all the hats choreographed by Wilson's fabulous window designer, Tami Beauregard; a live auction of the hats with auctioneer and owner of Holy Smokes BBQ Delicatessen, Lou Ekus; remarks by Sen. Stan Rosenberg, a silent auction of hats and other handmade items and services; and a post auction dance mix curated by Rob Fletcher and Laura Herbert, not to mention satisfying hors d'oeuvres and a bar with beer and wine.
Artists include: Fafnir Adamites, Daniel Brown, Nina Rossi, Gayle Kabaker, Donna Estabrooks, Laurie Goddard, Karen Gaudette, Frank Gregory, Tony Palumbo, Ramiro Davaro-Comas, Andrew Knox, Rebecca Clark, Sharon Lamonakis, Ami Podlenski, Barbara Milot, Ann Harding, Helen Pleasant, Cristine Levitre, Al Dray, Jack Nelson, Laura Herbert, Rachel Teumim, Louise Minks, Dick Little, Melinda Baughman, and more.
Tickets are available online here; at World Eye Bookshop, 156 Main Street, Greenfield or at the door the day of the event.
Saturday, June 25, 7 pm, $25, Shea Theater, 71 Avenue A, Turners Falls. Info at 413-230-9910 or riverculture@montague-ma.gov
