31st Festival Silent Auction
The Silent Auction is BACK for 2018!
Everyone missed the silent auction so much last year, we pulled out all the stops to bring it back to the festival this year.
The silent auction is offered throughout the duration of the film festival, beginning on Friday, June 1 with final bids accepted on Closing Night, Saturday, June 9 at the Closing Party at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Movie buffs can bid on a wide range of items that include travel, theater tickets, fine dining, artwork, and spa packages.
Save some time at the festival, and register to bid NOW! Just fill out the registration here.
Here’s a small sampling of items included:
7-day Cruise for Two to the Caribbean or Mexico aboard Holland America Line
When you step aboard one of the five-star ships of Holland America Line, you will experience a voyage unlike any other. You can choose any Caribbean or Mexico cruise for two (same stateroom) up to seven days in length (based on minimum unobstructed ocean view stateroom). Your journey will include extraordinary dining, spacious staterooms, elegant surroundings and days filled with new discoveries and gracious pampering by an award-wining crew.
$250 gift certificate to Becker’s Jewelers
For 40 years, Becker’s has continually offered high quality diamonds & fine jewelry, along with a vast Estate Department with a varied collection of antique & vintage jewelry and pre-owned Swiss watches. Whether you want to buy a new piece of jewelry or repair something old, each location has a Jewelry Service & Repair Studio as well as a complete Custom Design Department.
One night stay for two at the Revere Guest House in Provincetown
One-night stay in beautiful Provincetown in a beautifully restored colonial house located in the heart of town nestled between Commercial and Bradford Streets. The Revere House is one of the most convenient guest houses to all the main attractions and activities that Ptown has to offer. Continental breakfast is included.
$100 gift certificate good at some of Connecticut’s finest restaurants: 2 Hopewell American Bistro & Bar where the food is described as fresh, local, and creative, Birch Hill Tavern for a relaxed atmosphere, well-stocked bar, and tasty eats, or their newest restaurant, Sayulita serving inspired Mexican cuisine.
2 Night stay for two at Hawaii Lalala Gay Guest House
Located on the Big Island of Hawaii, Lalala is a clothing optional resort that is open and welcoming of the full spectrum of the LGBTQ rainbow and allies. Stay in the Paradise Room (private room, king bed, private bath) or Oceanfront Bali Hut which overlooks a black sand beach and lava fields.
Gay Secrets of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York OR the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
A 2-hour private tour with Professor Andrew Lear, one of the foremost experts on same-sex love in the ancient world. Join us for an entirely new concept: an exploration of homoerotic art in the museum of your choice. On this tour, we discover some of the museum’s queer treasures, from ancient Greek nudes and erotic vase-painting (on which Professor Lear is a world expert) to homoerotic paintings from the Renaissance—as well as a panoply of modern works, some by LGBT artists, some portraying LGBT people and some expressing same-sex desire.
Semi-annual World Explorer membership to Ancestry.com and an AncestryDNA kit
Discover your roots two different ways – through your DNA and through your family tree. This package will connect you across time to a history you might not have known was yours.
Two night stay for two at Stonehurst Place in Atlanta, GA
Luxury bed and breakfast in the heart of Midtown, the center of gay life in Atlanta. Spend two consecutive nights in lavish sophistication with beautiful mahogany furniture, gallery-quality art, marble bathrooms, luxurious toiletries, and plenty of 21st-century technology. Stonehurst Place is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
