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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 par...
Before Troy, Mich.-based Optics produced the January 2006 Super Bowl XL opening ceremony in Detroit, the Optics team had to pitch it. Steven P. Simmons, CMP, president and CEO of Optics — which specializes in designing business theater and learni...
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 biggest--the 80th annual Academy Awards Governors Ball--took over the Kodak Theatre in...
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 presi...
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 p...
Cruises may bring images of shuffleboard, seasickness and retirees to mind, but Long Beach, Calif.-based Bravo Productions overhauled the concept. The event team shanghaied 270 guests from Enterprise Rent-A-Car employees with all the engaging ele...
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 ...
Marietta, Ga.-based Brumark features a variety of environmentally friendly flooring options. Its new Eco-Cork floor is made of earth-friendly material, as is the EnviroRubber recycled rubber flooring. Brumark also offers FlexFloor, a roll-up floo...
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...
