

HONORARY CHAIRS
Gene & Jean Cochrane and Charles Thomas & Micaila Milburn
Thursday, November 2, 2023 | Charlotte Convention Center
Verse & Vino is Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation’s signature annual fundraiser. For a decade, this celebration of reading, writing and the joy of libraries – shared with a community of readers and New York Times best-selling authors – has become one of our region’s most anticipated events.
6:00 pm
Wine and cocktail hour, book sales, and book signings by the authors
7:00 pm
Dinner and Program
MENU
Fall salad with mixed greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, red cabbage with a white balsamic vinaigrette
gluten and dairy free
Land and Sea Duet: pan roasted salmon with green and golden tomato confit and chargrilled filet with a bourbon reduction, sauteed green beans and roasted potatoes
gluten free
–OR–
Barbecue Tofu with Job’s Tears (barley), succotash, roasted Roma tomato, southern green beans and baby carrots
vegan
Flourless chocolate torte (gluten free) or carrot cake
9:30 pm
Program ends with an opportunity for additional book sales and signings
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Charles and Mary Bowman
Brown Brothers Harriman
Centene
Charlotte Hornets
Susan Daughtridge
LeRoy and Wyea Davis
Sarah Dodd
Selena Giovannelli
Molly Griffin and Bob Sink
Peter Keane
Kelso Communications
Loftin
Mecklenburg County
Caton and Charlie Morris
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
PMC Commercial Interiors
Sally and Russell Robinson
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