 Unwrapped features unique entertainment, original local artwork, and live and silent auctions. The evening will showcase the city's young talent from Pittsburgh's CAPA (Creative and Performing Arts) High School and DWG dance troupe;
Unwrapped will be emceed by Andrew Stockey, Morning Anchor for WTAE Channel 4 Action News. The live and silent auctions will include gift certificates from local businesses, entertainment packages, a celebrity hosted dinner, and a custom fitted bicycle. Food for the distinctive evening will be provided by the Union Project's Eat UP Café and Catering, and will include an assortment of gourmet finger foods.
The Unwrapped silent auction will feature health and beauty products, dining packages, and gifts from local businesses. The live auction will feature:
- Trek SU100 8 speed, drive train, and aluminum frame bicycle donated by Trek of Pittsburgh
- Custom made dinnerware service for six, designed by Ceramics@UP
- Dinner for four with actor and Pittsburgh Native/Community Activist David Conrad of Ghost Whisperer at his Pittsburgh home
- Professionally catered preset four course meal at your home, by chef Kate Romane of Eat UP for 8-10 people
- Two Weekend stays (auctioned separately) at a two bedroom condo at Nemocolin Woodlands
The fundraising auction will be held in conjunction with entertainment by top tier CAPA students performing excerpts from How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and DWG, a young Pittsburgh-based dance troupe performing modern urban dance.
Tickets for Unwrapped are available for purchase
in advance for $35 or at the door for $45.
Tickets also include hearty hors d'oeuvres, desserts,
and a wine, beer chocolate martini bar.
For more information on ticket sales please
contact Hilary Brown at 412-363-4550 x26.
Honorary committee members for Unwrapped include:
Brian Didiano of Massaro Corporation; Christina French, Publisher of TABLE magazine; Patrick Dowd, Pittsburgh City Councilman; John Fetterman, Mayor of Braddock; Lindsay Patross, Founder of I Heart Pittsburgh; Donna Baxter, President and CEO of TheSoutPitt.com; David Conrad, actor and community activist; Amy Enrico, Owner of Enrico's Tazza D'Oro Café and Espresso Bar; Beth Dolinar, freelance writer for publications such as Pittsburgh Magazine and Pittsburgh Quarterly; Barbra Brown, real estate developer. Sponsors for the Union Project's Unwrapped include Massaro Corporation, PNC Bank, National City, Whole Foods Market, and The Bank of New York Mellon.
Located on the corner of Negley Ave. and Stanton Ave. in the East End, The Union Project is a nonprofit organization bringing Pittsburgh communities together to connect, create, and celebrate through mission-based businesses and exciting community events for youth and adults. Our businesses include stained glass restoration, a ceramics studio and co-op, office and events space rental, and Eat UP cafe and catering. We also provide a teaching environment that allows individuals with barriers to employment to attain specialized job skills, take pride in their work, and connect with the local community. More information about the Union Project, space rental or upcoming events can be found at www.unionproject.org.
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