Some really fantastic and diverse arts and culture options are up for grabs in the 2014 CL Holiday Auction to benefit The Children's Home.
Get in the black box with the irrepressible and much-beloved Tampa theater troupe, Jobsite Theater, and enjoy the rest of their eclectic and entertaining 2014-2015 theater season at the Straz. Package includes a dinner at Bella’s Italian Cafe. Value: $259. (2 Jobsite season tickets: $209; Bella’s gift card: $50.)
Fashionistas who want to make a big impression on Gasparilla Day can bid for a La France "Discover Your Inner Pirate Wench" consultation and purchase. The winning auction bid gets a gift certificate for fashion from the retro-fabulous La France in Ybor City, plus a session with a personal stylist to put together a pinup-worthy pirate costume. Value: $200.
Need a good conversation starter at awkward parties? Learn some interesting trivia about Tampa's past as well as some history about the surrounding Bay with a private tour of the Tampa Bay History Center.
Pass some time in of our area's loveliest towns with the Dunedin Arts and Eats package. It includes a slew of restaurant goodness as well as a family membership to the Dunedin Fine Art Center; and four admissions to DFAC’s Trashy Treasures, Tampa Bay’s most beloved art garage sale, and Contain It!. (Restaurant cards: $200; DFAC items: $100.)
This article appears in Nov 20-26, 2014.