Risa Provencio, event and wedding consultant for San Clemente, Calif.-based Romanza Events, had never attempted anything like the 56-guest tea party themed to the 1964 Disney movie “Mary Poppins” that she created in December. “Before this event, I...

The best backdrops and screens stand out while luring event guests in. Whether you use them to encircle, divide, connect or conceal is entirely up to you...

Theme trends come and go, but what about “themes” themselves? “Environment” is the big buzzword these days, with some professionals preferring understated event environments over obvious themes. Yet, both environments and themes have their place —...

The Washington area is no stranger to inaugural events. But inaugural Professional Golfers' Association tournaments — well, that's a different story. When the Tiger Woods Foundation teamed up with AT&T to debut the AT&T National at Bethesda, Md.'s...

Dale Harmon says he has Sears-Roebuck to thank for his start in what has become a long career in events. More commonly associated with large appliances and even larger mail-order catalogs than high-style entertaining, the famed retailer hired a...

Lovely linen from Spring Valley, N.Y.-based Cloth Connection has covered tabletops at events from Donald Trump's high-profile wedding to high-spirited parties at the 2005 Super Bowl. Decking out tables is in owner Michael Davis' blood — his mother...