Bowls & Books benefit is this week!

The eighth annual “Bowls & Books” Soupfest Contest will be held at the Rhode on Wednesday March 19th, 2008. Eight restaurants will be serving from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and eight different restaurants will be serving from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The restaurants pick their favorite and best soup. People coming to the event, receive a score card and a commemorative bowl provided by M&I Bank. The attendees go around from table to table, tasting, enjoying and scoring the soups. Where else can you eat that many different soups in one sitting?

The lunch Spoupfest has a $12.00 admission fee. The evening Soupfest includes wine, hors doeuvres and music (Frank Sinatra via Jim Namio) with an admission of $15.00. The Pollard Gallery with an interior entryway will be set up for soup tasters as well as the Main Hall and Madrigano mezzanine. The outer lobby will have books again this year. There will be hardbound biographies, autobiographies and other related entertainment people and fields, as well as all kinds of cookbooks. If you would like to donate books on these subjects, please call 657-7529 or 654-9030.

There will be silent auction items and a 50/50 raffle at both soup sessions.

All proceeds are for the renovation project at the Rhode Center for the Arts. It has been an ongoing effort for the last 20 years. This year, through additional support from the City of Kenosha, a new heating and cooling plant have been installed. The current construction is happening in the West Auditorium.

Ticket outlets are: Pollard Gallery (518 56th Street) Larsen Pharmacy (3535 30th Avenue) Copy Center (5038 6th Avenue). Tickets may be purchased at the door on the day of the event. For more information, call the Rhode at 657-7529 or Judy at 654-9030.