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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
What’s cookin’?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Share Our Strength’s Great American Baking Contest is from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. this Thursday at The Cook’s Warehouse in Midtown.
Tickets are $25 per person and include a sampling of desserts and wine. Proceeds benefit Share Our Strength, an organization that combats childhood hunger.
My colleague, the dashing John Kessler, will judge the professional chefs’ creations, while a panel of professional pastry chefs will judge the amateur chefs.
For tix and info see www.strength.org/bakingcontest or call 770-436-5151.
For the Cook’s Warehouse, at 549-I Amsterdam Avenue, call 404-815-4993 or see www.cookswarehouse.com.
A Night for Hope in Camelot
From left, Alex and Joanne Gross and Christan and Kevin Wojcik, chairs of the upcoming Excalibur Ball: A Night in Camelot,” to benefit Hope Lodge.
This morning I had the opportunity to tour the American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge, a warm and inviting home away from home for patients receiving cancer treatment in the Atlanta area. The facility, on the Emory campus, includes 34 guest suites with private baths, with group living areas, a large communal kitchen and dining room and peaceful terrace overlooking the woods.
Patients who live at least 40 miles away and are referred by physicians stay there with their caregivers and enjoy a supportive, family-like atmosphere while they’re going through treatment. The residents come together for dance lessons, movie or Bingo night and their caregivers draw strength from the the Hope Lodge community. Every Wednesday is “graduation night,” when patients who have completed their treatment are sent home in style.
Hope Lodge, which is celebrating its 10th year this year, operates almost all the time at 99 percent capacity, and hopes to expand. So you’ll want to mark your calendar for the Excalibur Ball: A Night in Camelot, benefiting the Hope Lodge. It’s March 29 at the Atlanta History Center.
The evening will feature dinner, dancing and auction. Speakers are Vince and Barbara Dooley. Tickets are $250 each, patron tickets are $1,250 per couple. Call 404-582-6103 for information.
Oh by the way, I meet lots of hard-working volunteers who devote countless hours and resources to charity benefits around town. But this is the first bunch I’ve seen willing to dress up for their cause:
From left, Alex and Joanne Gross and Christan and Kevin Wojcik, all dressed up and ready for the Excalibur Ball: A Night in Camelot. Photo by Greg Mooney
Coming up: American Craft Council Gala
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta) will honor Renee and Philip Moulthrop the evening of March 13 at the American Craft Council’s opening night preview party. The party, at the Cobb Galleria Centre, is sponsored by Gas South.
Moulthrop is an Atlanta native and turned-wood artisan whose work is part of the permanent White House Collection on Fine American Craft. The Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery, the Yale University Art Gallery and the National Museum of American Art all hold Moulthrop’s work.
Moulthrop’s son Matt is an emerging turned-wood artist who has exhibited nationally and been featured in publications such as Southern Living.
The preview party is being co-chaired by Swan Coach House Curator Marianne Lambert, and Spruill Center for the Arts Board President Tania Becker. It’ll include a benefit raffle featuring one of Philip’s signature bowls, and a book signing of “Moulthrop: A Legacy in Wood.”
Proceeds from the opening night preview party will benefit BGCMA’s art and cultural enrichment programs. Tickets are $75, see www.youthartconnection.org.
