Mark your calendars for the 2012 Celebration of Art & Soup, to be held March 14-15 at the Salt Lake City Sheraton Hotel (150 W. 500 South). Art & Soup is the premier fundraising event to benefit Community Nursing Services Home Health & Hospice. --- 

The unique two-day event shares some of Utah's finest art and artists with soup and dessert samplings from local restaurants. The admission, art exhibit, auction and sale all support CNS's charitable care programs.

The 2012 Celebration of Art & Soup will feature 22 restaurants and food & drink purveyors and 32 participating artists. Here's a list of the Art & Soup restaurants and food & drink purveyors:

Grand America Hotel Garden Cafe

Biaggi's Ristorante Italiano

Cake de Fleur

Utah Food Services 

Tin Angel Cafe

Red Rock Junction

Caffe Molise

Harmons

5 Street Grill

Grounds for Coffee 

Hopper's Seafood & Grill

Good Day Bakery & Catering

Cookietree Bakeries

Ben & Jerry's

The Olympian Restaurant

Frida Bistro

Fiddler's Elbow

Jason's Deli

Siragusa's Italian Cuisine

9th South Delicatessen

Matty's Zermatt Resort Restaurant

The Celebration of Art & Soup hours are: lunch: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; dinner: 5 to 9 p.m..

Admission is $15 per person at the door.

In addition, volunteers for the event are needed. If you'd like to volunteer, call 801-466-6841 to sign up. Volunteers receive an Art & Soup T-shirt and are able to sample the soups, breads and desserts.