Tickets are still available for the 16th Annual Night of a Thousand Stars Gala, which will be held on Saturday.
The event, which raised about $194,000 for the Nebraska AIDS Project last year, will be held from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Holiday Inn, 72nd and Grover streets.
The theme for this year’s party is “Bewitched, Bedazzled & Be Dancin'” and once again the event will feature a variety of hors d’oeuvres and desserts and music from Session 7, one of Omaha’s hottest musical groups.
The UNMC pre-party reception with hors d’oeuvres will take place at Pauli’s Blueroom, 4016 Leavenworth St., from 7 to 9 p.m.
The UNMC pre-party will be hosted by:
- Miguel Madariaga, M.D., assistant professor of infectious diseases;
- Ziba Jalali, M.D., assistant professor of infectious diseases;
- Susan Swindells, M.B.B.S., medical director of the UNMC HIV Clinic, and the UNMC HIV Team;
- Keith Swarts, UNMC’s director of business services;
- Mike McGlade, senior associate dean for administration and director of finance, UNMC College of Medicine;
- Jayme Nekuda, UNMC’s director of benefits and worklife services; and
- brothers Chris and Paul Griego and Paul’s wife, Karen, representing Pauli’s Blueroom.
Tickets to the event cost $40 per person and include admittance to both the UNMC pre-party and the citywide party at the Holiday Inn.
For more information on the event or to purchase tickets, contact Deanna Hansen at 559-5392.