WITH sponsors to accommodate, A-list guests to please and a high-profile client to provide with a profitable party, the Lakers Youth Foundation Casino Night is one tall order. That's why Los Angeles-based Along Came Mary relied on its greatest...
DESIGNING and constructing a venue to hold 5,300 corporate event attendees on scant notice would have been challenge enough for the team at Calgary, Alberta-based XV-Experiential Events. Add to that an 11th-hour entertainment emergency, and one...
IN the world of events, there are clients and there are themes. But on one special occasion, designed and produced at San Marino, Calif.'s stately Huntington Library and Gardens by Charles Banfield, the two were one and the same. Created to fête...
The movie industry's glitterati will enter a serene world of Asian chic at the 78th Academy Awards' Governors Ball on March 5 as designed by Cheryl Cecchetto and produced by her and her team at Culver City, Calif.-based Sequoia Productions...
WHEN Los Angeles' Central City Association planned to host its 11th annual Treasures of Los Angeles luncheon to honor outstanding Angelenos, it turned to Simply Mumtaz Events for production expertise. And when the barely-a-year-old L.A.-based...
Dignitaries from the special event industry worldwide were on hand Friday night as the winners of the 2005 Gala Awards competition took the stage at the Adam's Mark Hotel in Dallas to pick up the coveted trophy. As chosen by the Special Events...
The Special Events Magazine Gala Awards judges — all members of our Advisory Board — have read through the hundreds of entries we received to find the best-planned, most beautifully designed events in 35 categories covering everything from the top...
WHEN Janis Dinwiddie, owner of Newport Beach, Calif.-based Dinwiddie Events, came aboard as producer for the First Team Real Estate Invitational Regatta fund-raiser, she knew the event needed to make waves to reel in donor dollars. Designed to...
Special Events Magazine is proud to present the nominees for the 2005 Gala Awards, as selected by our Advisory Board. The winners will be announced at a black-tie celebration on Jan. 13 at The Special Event show in Dallas. Watch for our January...
NOTED wine expert Ian Blackburn has been hosting an ongoing series of Friday night wine and food tastings through his Santa Monica, Calif.-based company LearnAboutWine. The tastings are extremely popular and boast 200 to 300 participants...
