Artful Event:

All About Halloween

By Shannon Hicks

Newtown United, Inc, which in the previous two years has hosted Artful Bra and Artful Bra & Boxer events as fundraisers for Ann’s Place/The Home of I Can, is planning its 2012 event.

“All About Halloween: Newtown’s Best Halloween Bash” will be Saturday, October 27, in The Alexandria Room at Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street. The event will run from 7 to 10 pm, and guests are being encouraged to dress is costume. Three secret judges will be in the room, looking for Best Original Design, Most Frightening and Most Fun costumes, with prizes to be awards.

Live models will be presenting this year’s auction items, to include a mix of decorated bras, hats, masks, and even chairs.

Artists who have already committed to design an item for auction are Evelyn Evagash, Janmaria Jagush, Lisa Willvonseder-Greto, Grace Scharr McEnaney, Suzanne Molineaux, Adele Moros, Wendee Nussle, Robert Rabinowitz, Roberta Shea, and Amy Skillin. An invitation has again been extended to NHS Art Portfolio students.

A Halloween Bazaar will offer decorations, novelties, costume gear, goodies, “and pumpkins of all manner and size,” said co-chair Rosemary Rau. She is again organizing the event with fellow chairs Marianne Scanlon and Marie Sturdevant.

Boplicity will return with live jazz, as will guest vocalist Valerie Caraluzzi.

Guests will be treated to hors d’oeuvres, desserts, and drinks (hard and soft). Seating will be set up around the perimeter of the room instead of the table seating that filled most of the floor space last year.

Tickets are $25 per person, and can be ordered by calling Rosemary Rau (203-426-2226) or Marie Sturdevant (203-740-2733). Reservations are required; tickets will not be sold at the door.

Proceeds will again benefit Ann’s Place, and will also help local food pantries.