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
Author Sponsor
First Edition Sponsors
Wine Sponsor
Technology Sponsor
Best Seller Sponsors
Collector Sponsors
Table Sponsors
AARP North Carolina
Stephanie Alger and family
Beacon Partners
Mary and Charles Bowman
Brown Brothers Harriman
Katie and Mark Caldwell
Carolina Complete Health
Charlotte Hornets
Cherry Bekaert, LLP
Jean and Gene Cochrane
Susan Daughtridge
LeRoy and Wayea Davis
Jessica Dienna
Miriam Dixon
Sarah and Ryan Dodd
Hamilton Stephens Steele + Martin, PLLC
Kara and Graham Hunt
Selena Giovannelli
Mark Kutny & George Sistrunk
Loftin & Co. Printers
Pete Keane’s “Get Lit” Table
Kelso Communications
Donna Lerner and Julie Lerner Levine
Lit Happens
Mecklenburg County
Nikki and North Moore
Caton and Charlie Morris
Katie and Walker Morris
Parker Poe, PLLC
PMC Commercial Interiors
Sally and Russell Robinson
Molly and Robert Griffin & Caroline and Bob Sink
TCG Events
Wray Ward
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Individual Sponsors
Helen Hope and Marcus Kimbrough
Kellie and Brandon Lofton
PerMar and Jon Olin
Mamie and Kevin Stichter