Baranski is HVA auction host

WASHINGTON — Christine Baranski’s annual harvest-time tradition of hosting HVA’s Auction for the Environment will be virtual, live and full of new treats this Sunday, November 22 from 4-5 p.m. Back for a second year after their success in 2019 are co-chairpersons Alexandra Peters of Sharon and Rebecca Neary of Warren. As always, proceeds will help keep the waterways and lands of the three-state Housatonic Valley clean and healthy. This year’s live auction will be online.

Featured auction items include Q, A & C (cocktails!) Zoom Time with Seth Meyers, a Paris-Bordeaux adventure (on a future, more COVIE-19-safe date) a singing/talking gift card from Margo Martindale, and a long weekend getaway at a beachfront house in Chatham Cape Cod. A variety of other treats from regional friends including Litchfield Distillery, Harney & Sons Fine Teas, Kent Wine & Spirits, GW Tavern in Washington Depot, and Fife & Drum in Kent will also be available.

Tickets to the auction are available to the public for $100. A pre-auction VIP reception with Christine and Margo Martindale is offered at 3:30 p.m. for $1,000 or more. To buy tickets visit hvatoday.org and click “Register Now to join Christine Baranski at Auction 2020” at the top right of the home page.

Baranski is an HVA Board member and costar of CBS’s The Good Fight and movie Mama Mia! Here We Go Again. Martindale has had roles in many films including Dead Man Walking, Marvin's Room, and Million Dollar Baby.

Lead corporate sponsors include Harney & Sons Fine Teas, Litchfield Distillery, and Aquarion Water Company.

Founded in 1941, HVA is uniquely dedicated to protecting the entire Housatonic River Watershed. The watershed includes about 2,000 square miles of land stretching from western Massachusetts through western Connecticut and eastern New York to Long Island Sound. HVA’s offices are in Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut; Stockbridge, Massachusetts and Wassaic, New York. For more information, please visit hvatoday.org