FVCC Art Department raises money for Venice program at 'Big Night' on June 18

Flathead Valley Community College’s Art Department on June 18 will present Big Night, an event to raise money for student scholarships for the Semester in Venice program.

The evening features an Italian-inspired dinner created by college culinary arts students and instructor Chef Howard Karp, a showing of the hit comedy/drama film “Big Night,” a no-host bar with Italian wines, an Italian-themed live auction, a Venice photo exhibit by photography instructor Peter Hertlein, paintings and a journal exhibit by 2011 Semester in Venice students and presentations by Semester in Venice alumni.

The benefit will be from 7 to 10:30 p.m. in the Arts and Technology Building on the college’s Kalispell campus. Tickets are $65 per person. 

Guests must be at least 21 years old unless accompanied by an adult. Proceeds will benefit the La Serenissima Scholarship program.

 For additional event information or to purchase tickets, visit www.fvcc.edu/bignight or call the FVCC Foundation at 756-3963. For more information on the Semester in Venice program, contact John Rawlings at 756-3896 or at jrawling@fvcc.edu.