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Tamarine Restaurant &
Gallery Hosts Semi-Annual Benefit Silent Art Auction
04.18.05,
3:01 PM ET
April 3rd Event Raises Nearly $10,000.00
for Eastside College Preparatory School PALO ALTO,
Calif., April 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Tamarine Restaurant's semi-annual benefit
silent art auction was held on Sunday, April 3rd and raised nearly
$10,000.00 for East Palo Alto's Eastside College Preparatory School. The
auction showcased the works of contemporary Vietnamese artists whose
creations were produced and purchased by Anne Le, proprietor of the
restaurant, in Vietnam last year. The benefit included live jazz,
international wines, cocktails and hors d'oeuvres hosted by
Tamarine.
The invitation-only event
featured nine major works produced by established and rising-star artists.
The featured artists included Nguyen Thanh Binh, an emerging impressionist
whose works are quickly becoming one of Vietnam's most sought after
exports; Hoang Thanh Vinh Phong, an abstract artist famous for his
artistic expression of the feelings experienced in human relationships;
and Quach Dong Phuong, whose abstract expression takes a unique look at
how people and their environment work together, often to the detriment of
the individual's character. Uncontrived and uncomplicated, these
illustrations of simple, pastoral life are seen by art critics as
antidotes to modern life and the highly intellectual modern art
scene.
Eastside College Preparatory
School is an all-scholarship private secondary school serving motivated
high school students from the low income, minority communities of East
Palo Alto and eastern Menlo Park, California. With a current drop out rate
in these communities reaching as high as sixty-five percent, Eastside's
program is designed to address problems fundamental to students'
preparation and environment. The program offers college preparatory
curriculum taught in a highly supportive environment, class sizes of no
more than 18 students, an extended school day until 5:00 p.m. containing
faculty-supervised tutorial periods and regular communication between the
school and students' families. Eastside's innovative program has resulted
in a 98% four-year college attendance rate for its graduating
classes.
Tamarine is located at 546
University Avenue (between Webster and Cowper) in Palo Alto, California.
Free parking is located directly behind the restaurant at the
Cowper/Webster Garage and street parking is also available. Tamarine is
open nightly for dinner and Monday through Friday for lunch. Visit
Tamarine on the Web at www.tamarinerestaurant.com. For information and
reservations, call 650-325-8500.
SOURCE Tamarine Restaurant
-0- 04/18/2005 /CONTACT: Tom Walton, +1-510-548-1097, or Anne Le,
+1-650-325-8500, both for Tamarine Restaurant/ /Web site:
http://www.tamarinerestaurant.com/ CO: Tamarine Restaurant ST: California
IN: RST ART ENT SU: JB-EB -- SFM013 -- 4120 04/18/2005 15:00 EDT
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