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TheCelebrityCafe.com is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a party and charity auction on May 22, 2005 from 2:00pm-8:00pm at the Melville Marriott Hotel in Melville, New York. Tickets are $50 pre-sell, $55 at the door. To order tickets call the Lupus Alliance as 516-783-3370 or 1-800-850-900. Their office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM and Fridays 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM. The auction will benefit Lupus Research/Aid, a cause close to the website's founder, Dominick A. Miserandino, whose sister suffers from Lupus. All proceeds go to the Long Island Chapter of the Lupus Alliance of America which uses 93% of its budget for programs and services.
Among the hundreds of items up for auction include two tickets to any location in the continental US provided by Southwest Airlines, and a year's supply of Izze Fruit Juice. Winners of the auction prizes will be announced in the online magazine as well as the newsletter. The party will include a buffet and a performance by pop/opera singer micheal CASTALDO. Jimmy Norman of The Coasters describes CASTALDO as "soft but powerful" and says his voice "hits you with intensity, filling you with a melancholic joy that makes you want to cry." There will also be a booth mixing sparkling Izze fruit juices. All attendees will receive a gift bags worth over $150 dollars.
http://TheCelebrityCafe.com/auction
Dan Aykroyd and Ben Manilla - Elwood's Blues
Nelson Demille - Up Country
Dave Grossman - The Two Space War
Joyce Faulkner - Losing Patience
Alan Moore - Fire
Esther Williams - Million Dollar Mermaid
Kathleen Weber - The Little Women
Rochelle Shapiro - Miriam the Medium
Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo - He's Just Not That Into You
Lauen Baratz Logsted - The Thin Pink Line
Gwendolen Gross - Field Guide
Jeff Tamarkin - Got a Revolution
Caroline Leavitt - Girls in Trouble
Carline Leavitt - Coming Back to Me
Patricia Reynolds - My Mother's Notebook
Elizabeth Gold - Brief Intervals of Horrible Sanity
Victoria Zackheim - The Bone Weaver
Fran Capo - Almost of A Wise Guy
Judy Picoult - My Sister's Keeper
Dawn Raffel - Carrying the Body
Kristin Ohlson - Stalking the Divine
Saralee Rosenberg - Claire Voyant
Saralee Rosenberg - A Little Help From Above
Sally O. Lee - Lucy Wakes Up
Sally O. Lee - Sometimes I Wonder
Sally O. Lee - Tunnels
Sally O. Lee - Lucy
Sally O. Lee - Tinkerella and the Blue Door
Sally O. Lee - Magdalena Finds the Golden Pear
Sally O. Lee - Lucy's Halloween
Sally O. Lee - Sam, the Un-Nutcracker
Sally O. Lee - Peony's Favorite Holiday
Sally O. Lee - The ABC Coloring Book
Sally O. Lee - Drageena's New Shoes
Carolyn Howard-Johnson - The Frugal Book Promoter
Naama Goldstein - The Place Will Comfort You
Jessica Barksdale Inclan - Her Daughter's Eyes
Jessica Barksdale Inclan - One Small Thing
Jessica Barksdale Inclan - The Matter of Grace
H. Steven Robertson - Acorns of Love and Wisdom
Kathleen Passanisi - It's Your Life, Choose Well
Bobbi Linkemer - Going Solo
Bobbi Linkemer - How to Write a Non-Fiction Book
Jim Brickman - Simple Things
Peter Bowerman - The Well Fed Writer
Barbara Florio Graham - Musings
Russ Spencer - The Naked Twilight
Christine Goff - Death of a Songbird
Christine Goff - Death Takes a Gander
Christine Goff - A Nest in the Ashes
Christine Goff - A Rant of Ravens
LT. Col Dave Grossman - On Combat
LT. Col Dave Grossman - On Killing
LT. Col Dave Grossman - Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill
Pat McGrath Avery - They Came Home: korean War POWs Tell Their Stories
Pat McGrath Avery - Letters from korea: A Story of the Korean War
Pat McGrath Avery - The Aged Tree Stands Proud
Janie Devos - The Path Winds Home
Janie Devos - How High Can you Fly
David Cutler - When I Wish I Was Alone
Adriana Trigiani - Cooking with My Sisters
Adriana Trigiani - Big Stone Gap
Adriana Trigiani - Big Cherry Holler
Adriana Trigiani - Moon
Adriana Trigiani - Lucia, Lucia
Adriana Trigiani - The Queen of the Big Time
Eileen Dreyer - Head Games