Matthew David Hopkins brings down the overhead in more ways than one at an eco-aware gala

One event pro looks back — way back — for decor cues to delight a modern audience

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Some designers have created so many “wow” events that after a time, just the mention of their name elicits a “wow.” Here, two celebrities of the event design world talk about their own stellar style.

An event team jazzes up a vintage Vegas-style gala with a forensic-science spin

David Beahm reins in the green and brings on the pink for a festive Hawaiian gala

When it comes to the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences' annual Grammy Awards after-party, event producer Along Came Mary has an ace up its sleeve — its long-standing relationship with the academy. “We know them really well and they...

Ballerinas routinely wow audiences with their pirouettes, but San Francisco-based Ideas, The Special Event Co., showed some fancy foot-work itself for the San Francisco Ballet's January opening-night gala. Just two weeks before the gala, the event...

In one of the roughest economies in memory, even long-standing fundraising galas are finding they must reinvent themselves in order to keep donations flowing in...