Galas/Fundraisers

While raising cash is the ultimate goal of any charity event, New York-based Metropolitan Events' Shelly Taggar says her client had an objective of his own. “For Scott,” she explains, “the main thing is this is not a regular event — this is a...

Though the three-month writers' strike threatened to freeze out Oscar festivities, the parties resolved their issues and the parties went on Sunday night...

The event team behind the 50th Grammy Awards after-party--set for Feb. 10 at the Los Angeles Convention Center--will offer a lush, Victorian look “not unlike an evening at the opera in turn-of-the-century Europe,” said Branden Chapman, vice...

Hollywood's most famous icons--the gold Oscar trophy and the red carpet--will set the design motif for the 80th annual Academy Awards Governors Ball, slated for Feb. 24 in the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles. At...

Her events are so famous that even the media previews are mobbed. Cheryl Cecchetto is the architect of such landmark galas as the Academy Awards Governors Ball and the Emmy Awards Creative Arts & Governors Ball, achievements even more remarkable...

Gala winners were honored at The Special Event 2008, Jan. 18 in Atlanta...

Nearly 1,000 special event professionals were on hand Friday night in Atlanta to honor the winners of the Gala Awards. The black-tie ceremony, held at the Georgia World Congress Center Stanley Marcus ballroom, was followed by a high-end dinner...

To come up with a design for a pharmaceutical company meeting's farewell dinner, Dominique Kennan of Montreal-based event firm Mina Martini didn't have to search far for inspiration. Indeed, it was right there, in the bounty of Montreal's world...

Debra Lykkemark, president and CEO of Culinary Capers in Vancouver, British Columbia, describes a caterer's nightmare: “Food gets cold, sauces coagulate, and dinner guests wait.” To avoid this, fundraising dinners require caterers to show...