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CONFETTI: BALLET TROUPE FUNDRAISER PUTS PROS ON THEIR TOES

Alexandra Gudmundsson

Fundraisers create a conundrum for event producers as high style must be paired with low production costs. A challenge, as always with not-for-profits,...

GALAS: CORCORAN BALL IS MUSEUM QUALITY

By Natasha Garber

Hosted by the Women's Committee of the famed Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, the annual Corcoran Ball offers its guests 1,000-plus invited museum...

CONFETTI: PLAYING WITH FIRE

Alexandra Gudmundsson

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...

WHITE HOUSE GOES WHITE-TIE FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH

In a first for the 6 ½-year presidency of George W. Bush, the White House staged a white-tie dinner to fete Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on Monday night....

CONFETTI: CHICAGO OLYMPIC BID EVENT IS A SOLID-GOLD GALA

Alexandra Gudmundsson

At the core of the Olympics is a love of spirited competition. Chicago-based Proactive got into the spirit of celebrating the city with a well-played...

GALAS: A FLIGHT-THEME FUNDRAISER SOARS

BY NATASHA GARBER

WHILE hardworking volunteer committees are an invaluable resource for nonprofit events, committees sometimes find themselves faced with a quandary. As...

TABLE-HOP TILL YOU DROP AT THE OSCAR BALL

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....

GALAS: HEFFERNAN MORGAN HAS GALA BRANCHING OUT

BY NATASHA GARBER

WHEN the New York City Ballet visits your city for the first time in more than a quarter century, naturally you want to fte it in style. And style was...

Children's Hospital Fundraiser is a Family Affair

BY NATASHA GARBER

WHEN Toronto's SickKids Foundation first approached event planner Hala Bissada, it delivered a clear mandate: Come up with an event that's family-oriented,...

EDITOR'S PAGE: TRUMAN CAPOTE'S BLACK AND WHITE BASH

BY LISA HURLEY

I bought myself an early Christmas present: a copy of Deborah Davis' book Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and...