Magnolias & White Linen March 3

The Pensacola Symphony Guild is honored to present Hutton Wilkinson as the speaker for it’s annual Magnolias and White Linen luncheon fund raiser on March 3 at 11:30 a.m. at New World Landing. The event includes a meal and fascinating stories from one of Hollywood’s most soughtafter designers. Tickets are $40 and can be reserved by calling Judy Birdwell at (850) 456-6073.

‘Grease’ is the word for gala fundraiser

Redeemer Lutheran School will be holding its third annual benefit gala, “Grease,” themed after the movie, on March 13, from 5 p.m. until 11 p.m. at New World Landing. The evening begins with a full-course seated dinner and includes several great silent auction tables and features a rousing live auction. This annual event helps fund much needed scholarships, the school’s computer lab and library, extracurricular activities and more. Funds raised at the gala also support Redeemer Lutheran Church and School’s new Parish activity center.

Reservations for “Grease” are $50 per person or $350 for a table of eight. For more information, call (850) 455- 0330, email RLSGala@hotmail. com or visit www.rlschool.org

Art of Fashion raises funds for Covenant Hospice

We’re off to the races! Covenant Hospice, in conjunction with local artists and fashion retailers, presents the 5th Annual Art of Fashion event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 10 at New World Landing. This Kentucky Derbythemed luncheon features a runway fashion show, live and silent art auctions, derby hat contest and special drawings.

Both the live and silent auctions will showcase art in all mediums – from pottery to paintings – by Pensacola’s finest artists. Work by such esteemed names as Nina Fritz, Morris Eaddy, Mara Viksnins and more. Tickets for the Art of Fashion are only $35 per person prior to March 10, and $40 day of the show. Proceeds from the event will benefit the unfunded and non-reimbursed programs offered by Covenant Hospice, including children’s support, bereavement counseling and indigent care.

For more information about the event, sponsorship opportunities or to purchase tickets please contact Leah Harrison at 208-7122.

Pensacola Opera Dinner and an Aria

Pensacola Opera teams up with Jackson’s Steakhouse for Dinner and an Aria for the second consecutive year on Thursday, March 25, at Jackson’s Steakhouse.

This is a wonderful opportunity that offers opera to newcomers and enthusiasts alike to have an up-close, personal performance by some remarkable young opera singers. The 2009-2010 Artists in Residence artists are Ami Vice (soprano), Candra Savage (mezzo-soprano), Patrick Kelley-Alvarado (tenor) and Jason Coffey (bass-baritone) with Joshua Pepper accompanying on the piano.

There will be two seatings for this event; 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The featured artists will perform classics from the operatic, musical theatre and jazz standard repertoire.

Call (850) 469-9898. for reservations.

Dinner theater for missions at GBUMC

Dinner and a movie? Even on a tight budget that sounds wonderful! The United Methodist Women of Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church will do you one better – a Dinner Theatre and Silent Auction on March 19 & 20 in the Fellowship Hall at 75 Fairpoint Drive. Doors open at 6 pm so you can browse the silent auction items before dinner is served at 7 pm.

After dessert, a one-act comedy play, “Patio,” will begin. Set in the backyard of a middle-class Texas home, it features two sisters preparing a going-away party for the older sister, Jewel, a beautician who is bored with small town life, headed off to hopefully find success in the big city. As the two bustle about, their conversation reveals progressively more and more of their differences and dreams--and of the emptiness which has pervaded both their lives.

Proceeds go to local and international missions. Tickets are $20 per person. Call 932-3594 for details.