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 k...
As an event planner for the Greater Kansas City [Mo.] Chamber of Commerce for 18 years, Bill Svoboda learned a lot about small businesses with big aspirations. It was their successes that inspired him and John Short...
Design Mind: Tony Conway, CMP, A Legendary Event, Atlanta, www.alegendaryevent.com
DIFFA Strokes: For a recent Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS fundraiser, Conway and crew created a nature-inspired “Fashio...
No pouting, no shouting, no whining. For event designer Christopher Aldama, these are words to live by. The CEO of La Habra Heights, Calif.-based Fiori Fresco Special Events says that it's his company's “no drama” po...
They conquered L.A, so it was New York next. Los Angeles-based Sequoia Productions has been the talent behind the West Coast rendition of the annual “G'Day USA: Australia Week” gala since its 2004 inception. But the ...
Design Mind: Diann Valentine, D.R. Valentine & Associates, Studio City, Calif., www.drvalentine.net
Two for One: Wedding guru and host of DreamWorks TV's “Wedding Day,” scheduled to premiere on TNT this spring, Vale...
For a handful of event industry notables, the business is in their blood. Twenty-year rental veteran Dan Nolan is one such event pro. Nolan started working for his family operation — the Chattanooga Co., launched in ...
Adobe Systems' November customer-appreciation event in San Francisco had more than one thing going for it — in fact, it had two. Staged at the new California Academy of Sciences and adjacent de Young Museum — two lan...
