The Carson Center for the Performing Arts is offering two evenings of Vine & Dine (August 27 and August 28) with seating limited to 50 people each evening. Vine & Dine is an updated, fresh, socially distanced, CDC-compliant approach to The Carson Center's popular Vintner's Dinner, a dinner party fundraising event. Wagner Wine & Spirits is the long-time sponsor of these annual wine dinners. This year’s Vine & Dine celebrates Australian wines from Cutting Edge Selections' international repertoire of respected winemakers, fantastic food catered by DOE’s Eat Place (a favorite dining destination), good friendships, and a love of our region’s performing arts center. Both evenings will feature the same five wines paired with the same six-course seated dinner—and a beautiful view from the Myre River Room at The Carson Center . Ted Borodofsky, a Carson Center founder, will play swinging jazz as the perfect backdrop for your experience. This is The Carson Center’s first fundraising dinner party to feature catering by DOE’s and live music by Ted Borodofsky. His jazz performances are popular at other events at The Carson Center and throughout our region.

The Carson Center dinner party fundraising events are a favorite for many people of our community and region. The combination of food and wine together with the aromas, flavors, complexities, enhanced by socially gathering (safely) at your Carson Center make this a truly special experience. Information sheets on the wines are available at The Carson Center Website . Descriptions of the perfectly paired six courses will be available later this summer.

Making reservations is simple, but call soon! Call The Carson Center Box Office at (270) 450-4444. Choose your evening or “seating”: 6:30 pm Thursday, August 27; or 6:30 pm Friday, August 28. Friday evening is almost full. Thursday evening has seating available at this time. The Carson Center will reserve your seats, take your payment, and get you seated with your table-mates in one easy phone call. Seating can be purchased for two, six, or eight people from the same household, family, friend group, or work group. The “early bird” price of $165 per person is available through July 31. The price per person is $185 in August. Proceeds benefit The Carson Center, which is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit performing arts center at 100 Kentucky Avenue in historic downtown Paducah.