Evening of Readings
Annual Gala
An Evening of Readings Annual Gala is an important event to benefit Literacy Partners, hosted on Monday, May 12, 2008 at Lincoln Center.
An Evening of Readings begins with a cocktail reception at 6:00PM followed by the program. Gala Chairman and host, Liz Smith,is traditionally joined by The Honorable Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg who, with Liz, leads the program that includes readings from their newest works by acclaimed authors.
Also, always a highlight, an adult literacy student joins the distinguished roster on stage to read an essay he/she has written about the experiences of learning to read as an adult. Dinner on the Promenade of the N. Y. State Theater immediately follows. As an important part of the program, one or more individuals are honored for their support of education.
Past reading authors include: Tom Wolfe, Wally Lamb, Steve Martin, Julie Andrews, Simon Winchester, Mary Higgins Clark, David McCullough, Patricia Cornwell, Rita Mae Brown and Michael Crichton.
Past honorees include: Oprah Winfrey, Pete Peterson, Tom Brokaw, Jack Welch, Tim Russert, Joan Ganz Cooney, Harold Evans, Tina Brown, Gerald Levin, Katharine Graham and Michael Bloomberg.
An Evening of Readings, an important fundraising event that helps make our free adult and family literacy programs possible, is one of New York City’s most anticipated annual black tie events. It is supported and attended by leaders in the publishing, corporate, financial and social communities.
Sponsorship of the Readings is $60,000 which includes the following benefits:
- Two prime tables of 10 with VIP reception access and 20 prime seats at the Readings
- A spread in the evening’s souvenir journal
- Prominent acknowledgement on all printed materials and in all press releases as Underwriter of the Readings
- Acknowledgement from the stage as Underwriter of the Readings
Need Additional Information?
For additional information call Linda Buckley or Anita Hall at Buckley Hall Events, (212) 573-6933; or the Development Department at Literacy Partners, (212) 237-0122
