1st Anuual Culture Machine Celebrity Aution

CultureMachine, a youth program that teaches music production and media literacy to inner city kids in NY and NJ, will host its 1st annual Awards & Celebrity Auction at the Grill Room, located inside the World Financial Center in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday, November 17th 2009, 7-10pm. The event will be hosted by Entertainment Reporter, Julie Chang. The program will kick off with a special performance by Grammy award-winner Gordon Chambers, followed by a video montage of CultureMachine's youth programs and activities over the past six years. Three New York non-profits will be honored: Musicians on Call, The September Concert and Manhattan Youth for their outstanding work in utilizing music and media as a positive force. The auction will consist of items donated by jazz guitarist George Benson, Academy Award winner Philip Seymour Hoffman, NY Knicks player Patrick Ewing, Vince Carter (Nets), Satch Sanders (Boston Celtics), welterweight WBO boxing champion Kendall Holt and many others. Performances by the FLAMINGOS and the CROWN HEIGHTS AFFAIR.