Better Makers: Lyric Opera Women’s Board Celebrates 30th Anniversary Wine Auction

Lyric Opera Wine Auction 2018

The Lyric Opera Women’s Board hosted its 30th Anniversary Wine Auction on April 14. Since its inception in 1988, this triennial event has raised more than $11 million for Lyric Opera of Chicago programs and initiatives.

This year’s event was co-chaired by Keith Kiley Goldstein and Women’s Board President Nancy Searle. Shirley W. Ryan was the evening’s honoree, and the Honored Guest was Château Margaux, represented by Deputy General Manager Alexandra Petit-Mentzelopoulos and Global Ambassador Thibault Pontallier.

Lyric Opera Wine Auction: Lester and Renée Crown and Michael Davis
Lester and Renée Crown and Michael Davis (Photo by Robert Kusel.)
Lyric Opera Wine Auction: Paul and Corinne Wood, and Becky and Lester Knight
Paul and Corinne Wood, and Becky and Lester Knight (Photo by Jaclyn Simpson.)
Lyric Opera Wine Auction: Rick Waddell
Rick Waddell (Photo by Jaclyn Simpson.)
Lyric Opera Wine Auction: Nancy Searle, Thibault Pontallier, Alexandra Petit-Mentzelopoulos, Keith Goldstein
Nancy Searle, Thibault Pontallier, Alexandra Petit-Mentzelopoulos, Keith Kiley Goldstein (Photo by Jaclyn Simpson.)

 

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Anna Carlson writes the weekly 5 Things to Do column and monthly Recommended Events. A graduate of Glenbrook South High School and the University of Missouri, her work has been published in Chicago Parent, Inside Columbia Magazine and Central California Parent Magazine. She is a proud supporter of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

 

 

 

 

 

 

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