The public library is the heart and soul of most towns in our region, and, volunteers are the backbone of the library. No one is more committed to the Hotchkiss Library of Sharon than the indomitable octogenarian trustee Dorothy Felske, who organized Sunday night's "Eat, Drink and Be Literary" silent auction at the Sharon Country Club, where a snappy crowd bid on items like a week in San Miguel de Allende and dinner for eight with author Michael Korda at literary agent Lynn Nesbit's beautiful home in Sharon.
Artist Peter Felske and antique textiles authority Titi Halle; ABC News chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross and his wife, Lucinda.
Auction chairman Dorothy Felske and interior decorator Billy Saster; auction committee members Toni Tucker and Kristin King.
William and Arete Warren
Attorney Louise Brown and Carol Rand, who donated a week at her house in San Miguel de Allende for the auction; Chris Roberts and Nancy Zanini.
Sisters and committee members Katherine Jaffe and Helen Degener; interior designer Nicholas Pentecost and Martha Baer
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Matteline deVries-Dilling, founder of Lite Brite Neon, one of the evening's honoree of this year's Upstate Benefit adresses the gala from the Caboose's caboose.
- Karen Pearson. Courtesy Art Omi.
Olana senior vice president and landscape curatorMark Prezorski, president Sean Sawyer, The evenings honoree Kristin Gamble and New York State Assemblymember Didi Barrett.
- Oxygen House Photo
