International CringeFest '09 Silent Auction Has Been Extended Until 8/14

We are pleased to announce that the International CringeFest '09 Silent Auction has been extended till August 14, 2009. We hope this will give you a better opportunity to bid for some items.The silent auction will help support our outreach work throughout the rest of the year.

For those of you who have not yet signed up to bid, you can do so by writing to: Info@nyartists.org. Be sure to put as the subject "Silent Auction Bidder." Include in the body of the email: your full name, address, and a phone number to reach you in case we have a question about your bid.

We're very excited about our auction items and we once again extend a warm thank you to everyone who donated to this event, as well as to those participating.

Coffee with...
1. Coffee with... Ginger! (glamorous star Tina Louise)
Ginger or Mary Ann??? Definitely Ginger! Get happily stranded with luminous stage-screen-nightclub performer Tina Louise, best known as movie star Ginger Grant on "Gilligan's Island."

2. Coffee with... Austin Pendleton
Legendary film-TV-stage actor-playwright-director-teacher Austin Pendleton won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance for Last Sweet Days of Isaac.

3. Coffee with... Richard Pryor Jr.
Yes, Richard's son and Rain's brother, and a dazzling star of stage, screen & nightclub in his own right.

4. Coffee with... Broadway Producer Pat Addiss
Pat Addiss has been a producer on many Tony award-winning plays & musicals, including: Spring Awakening, The 39 Steps, Passing Strange, and more.

Collectables and Gifts
5. Biography about You! -- personally written by Jean Hart
An 8-10 page bound manuscript can sit on your coffee table for all to see.

6. IPod Touch donated & inscribed by Yoko Ono
It is personally inscribed with "IMAGINE PEACE love, yoko." (Earphones, USB cable, and iTurbo charger also included.)

7. Signed Photo of Yoko Ono and John Lennon
A collectible postcard of the famous couple Yoko Ono and John Lennon from the Montreal Bed-in, donated and signed by Yoko Ono.

8. Tina Louise Autographed Book, Sunday: a Memoir
Sunday: a Memoir, her moving account of growing up in an uncaring world of strangers. Read about this popular actress in her own words.

9. Tina Louise Autographed Photo
Beautiful and glamorous Tina Louise can now be yours through an autographed photo.

10. John Waters Autographed Movie Posters
Poster for "Cecil B. Demented"

11. John Waters Autographed Movie Posters
Poster for "A Dirty Shame"

12. John Waters Autographed Movie Posters
Poster for "This Filthy World"

13. NYC Ballet Signed Toe Shoes
Pink toe shoes, worn and signed by award-winning NYC Ballet soloist Tiler Peck.

14. Bill Clinton Inaugural Poster Signed by Artist Peter Max
Psychedelic poster of Bill Clinton, designed and autographed by Peter Max for the 1993 USA presidential inauguration.

16. Julessa JuJuBee Jewelry
This necklace and earring set is from Julessa's signature collection titled "Day-to-Night: Reflections in Moonlight."