If Only EVERY Wedding had a Silent Auction

Posted by Amanda Farrar on March 12, 2015

Rosanna & Buck are so very excited to have you all at their BIG Wedding, which also happens to be Barrel of Monkeys’ fundraiser, The Big Wedding: Everyone Get Married. Strange how that worked out. Don’t have your tickets to the event yet? Purchase them now! And we’ll see you at 7pm on Saturday, March 28!

The auction items are rolling in, and they are super duper stellar! In case you like to plan in advance, here is a preview of just some of the outstanding packages available to you for bid the night of the event.

One-of-a-kind, Once-in-a-lifetime Experiences!
• Dinner Party! Elise Mayfield competed on Masterchef, and now she competes for your approval in your very home! Elise and company member Kate Staiger work together to serve you a 5-course meal for 6 guests in your home with drink pairings for each course.

• YA Book Club in a Box! Does the young adult in your home (or the young adult in your heart) want to start a book club? Let us take the work out of that for you and up the ante…in this package you get 7 copies each of Don’t Touch by Rachel M. Wilson, Believe by Sarah Aronson, and The Great Greene Heist by Varian Johnson. IN ADDITION each author will visit your book club in person (or via skype) to engage in your group discussion about their novel.

• Too Much Light…In Your Life! Win this, and Neo-Futurist Nick Hart will write a short play based upon an event in YOUR LIFE. He will sign it and give it to you. Also you will be able to see your autobiographer on the stage with 2 tickets to Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.

Get out of Town…Vacations!?!
• Disney Vacation! Includes 4 one-day park hopper passes to Orlando’s Walt Disney World and a week-long stay at a 2 bedroom 2 bath condo at Orange Lake Resort.
• Downtown Excursion! Need a staycation? We’ve got it planned for you. This package includes a one night stay at The Westin, a $100 gift certificate to Beatrix, and two tickets to The Joffrey Ballet’s New Works.
• Madison Getaway! Just a hop skip and jump north you will enjoy a trip to Wisconsin’s capital with 2 tickets to Four Seasons Theatre’s Guys and Dolls, $150 gift card to Food Fight, Inc. which can be used at your choice of 17 local restaurants, and a two-night stay at Sheraton Madison Motel.

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• A Day of Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! See a live taping of Chicago Public Radio’s darling hour-long weekly radio news panel game hosted by Peter Sagal. This package includes 2 tickets to the taping and $125 gift certificate to Rock Bottom Brewery.
• Steve Harvey! Go to a taping of TV personality, comedian, radio show host and best-selling author, Steve Harvey’s show! Each weekday, Harvey talks to real people with real issues and brings his funny, fresh, insightful and common sense approach to everyday problems.
• Baconfest 2015! Baconfest is a fun-filled, walk-around tasting event featuring the most creative bacon dishes from the best chefs in Chicago. Enjoy 2 VIP early-entrance all-access passes to this bacon-lovers dream!
• C2E2 and MORE! As if two 3-day passes to Chicago’s best pop culture event (where you can see Barrel of Monkeys perform!) was not enough, this package also includes a vintage Star Wars Lego set and 2 vintage Star Wars figures of YOUR CHOICE on reproduced cards.
• Rollin in the Aisles! It’s your very own Chicago comedy subscription! Includes tickets to The Second City, Laugh Factory, iO, Comedy Sportz, Zanie’s, and Annoyance Theatre.

AND THAT’S NOT ALL! Stay tuned for more auction items, including exciting excursions, family events, fitness and spa, and even more!