Feeling fed up with flowers? Gina Cobetto, owner and designer for the Montreal-based Candelum Group, says foregoing floral in favor of creating a mood with light is a waxing trend. “I specialize in natural lighting; I don't need flowers because I...
SINCE the opening of Atlantis in 1995, Pennsylvania-based event expert Harith Wickrema has produced nearly 100 events at the Bahamian resort. So familiar with the property is the president of Willow Grove, Pa.-based Harith Productions that he...
WHILE hardworking volunteer committees are an invaluable resource for nonprofit events, committees sometimes find themselves faced with a quandary. As Kathy Miller puts it, “A lot of nonprofit committees assume, ‘We can do it all ourselves, and we...
TO produce a wedding reception with the perfect blend of Indian motifs and New York style, Barbara Wallace, MBC, CSEP, of Corona del Mar, Calif.-based Barbara Wallace Weddings had to “walk a line” of contrary ideas, she says. The event team — with...
BEHOLD the sports-theme bar mitzvah, perennial favorite of coming-of-age Jewish males from Portland, Ore., to Portland, Maine. With such demand for athletic ambience on the mitzvah-party circuit, it's the enterprising professional who is able to...
VENERABLE private clubs are known for upholding tradition, and many do just that with long-standing events that are still kicking after all these years. Yet, even the most time-honored traditions need a little tweaking to keep up with the times...
Forget the place cards: The 79th annual Academy Awards Govenors Ball--slated for Feb. 25 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles--will offer an array of casual seating options and lavish buffets so the A-list guests get A-plus face time. At the annual...
WHEN the New York City Ballet visits your city for the first time in more than a quarter century, naturally you want to fête it in style. And style was on the minds of the members of Chicago's Harris Theater Women's Board when they called upon...