Friday, May 6th, 2011

DNAinfo reports the LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, better known as the “Fame” high school, is holding their annual benefit auction tomorrow night at 7 pm.

Among the many items up for bid are a pair of thigh-high Chanel boots from Madonna. Her daughter, Lourdes, attends LaGuardia. Other celebrity items include:

• Novelist Jonathan Lethem, a LaGuardia graduate, is selling off what’s billed as “immortality” — the chance to become a character in his next novel. The winning bidder will see their name appear in Lethem’s next work, though the author gets to decide whether the character will be the hero or a minor player.
• Adrien Grenier, also a LaGuardia alum, donated two packages. One is a three-hour acting workshop with Grenier and his LaGuardia acting teacher, Harry Shifman. The other is a three-night stay at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, lunch with Grenier at his favorite Los Angeles restaurant, Little Dom’s, and tickets to the “Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson.
• Celebrity designer Isaac Mizrahi, a 1980 LaGuardia graduate, donated a behind-the-scenes tour of his studio.
• Paul Stanley, a 1970 graduate who went on to front the band KISS, has donated signed KISS memorabilia.

These auction items are just the ones highlighted in the DNAinfo post — there are LOTS more (327, to be exact). You can find the full list here, and there’s actually some pretty cool stuff available. If you’re looking to donate some money and get more than just personal satisfaction in return, it’s definitely worth checking out. Click here for the event’s official website. While you obviously don’t have to bid on anything, tickets to the auction are $50 (available at the door) and include food and live-music.

The auction raised $140K last year and organizers are aiming for $200K this year. Auction chair (and parent) Jane Rosen told DNAinfo “The budget cuts have been horrendous. [The auction] helps make up for a host of things — the college office, the music department, the dance department, piano tuning, anything that’s needed.”

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