F O R I M M E D I A T E R E L E A S E
Contact: Mynecia Steele
Cultural Arts and Special Events
334.595.0851
February 3, 2025
The City of Prattville and the Prattville Arts Council will host the 2025 Honoree Dinner and Silent Auction on Saturday, March 8, from 6-9 pm at the Marriott Legends at Capitol Hill. This year, the city and arts council will honor The Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum and celebrate the 100th anniversary of the classic novel, The Great Gatsby.
The evening will begin at 6 pm with a reception and silent auction benefiting the Friends of the Arts fund. Local businesses, organizations, and individuals donate wonderful items, such as fine wine, gift certificates, jewelry, and artwork from local artists to help raise funds for a future cultural arts facility. A gourmet dinner will be served at 7 p.m., as guests enjoy an entertaining program in honor of the museum. The attire is semi-formal and inspired by the Roaring Twenties.
The museum in Montgomery, AL is the only museum dedicated to the lives and legacies of author F. Scott and his artistically talented wife, Zelda Fitzgerald. It is the last of four extant homes that survived their travels across the world, and the only home in which they both worked on their respective novels Tender is the Night and Save Me the Waltz. The couple’s daughter Frances “Scottie” Fitzgerald, who was successful in her own right, later retired in the home. The home served as a boarding house for many years. In 1986, Montgomery local Julian and Leslie McPhillips were able to save the home from demolition. Since then, it has evolved into a tourist destination for art and history lovers.
Since 2006, the Prattville Creative and Performing Arts Council has honored many people, including internationally-known artist Charlie “Tin Man” Lucas; Wilson Pickett, musician and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee; The Swampers of the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio; the Artist Nall; author Daniel Wallace who wrote Big Fish; Dr. Tonea Stewart, actress and educator; Geoffrey Sherman, Alabama Shakespeare Festival; Braxton Schuffert, singer/songwriter and original member of Hank Williams’ Band; The Alabama Blues Project and its founder, Debbie Bond, singer/songwriter and blues musician; Jack Warner, art collector and founder of the Westervelt Warner Museum in Tuscaloosa; and crime fiction writer Ace Atkins.
Tickets are $50 each and include a champagne reception, silent auction, delicious dinner, and an entertaining program. Tickets can be purchased online at cc.prattvilleal.gov. For more information, ticket reservations, and sponsorship opportunities contact the Special Events office at 334-595-0850.
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