News and trends in special events including bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, birthday parties, Sweet 16 parties, debutante balls, corporate events, awards programs, fairs, festivals, galas, fundraisers and green/eco events.
KBY Designs develops a bold, brilliant open-air market as the festive party setting for a bar mitzvah. And that's not all--the second half of the event features a night club where guests could party till the wee hours. Photos by Lovka.
Alison Silcoff, longtime mastermind of the Canadian Cancer Society's Daffodil Ball—a perennial Gala Award winner—offers her tips on the "never to be broken" rules for fundraising galas
Washington society turns out for the annual opportunity to dine among masterworks at the Phillips Collection. The 2014 theme: fun, flashy "Glitter and Glam" a la 1970s, the last decade chronicled in the museum's landmark 'Made in...
The Sequoia Productions team takes the 66th Emmy Awards Governors Ball out for a spin on the color wheel. The Aug. 25 event will key on the theme "A Kaleidoscope of Color," with vivid linens, modern optics and the latest in lighting...
Event pro Angela Butorac, co-founder of EventTrender, celebrates her own brand-new baby boy with a cute and charming baby shower. Wait till you see the rubber ducky punch ... Photos by Sue Keels of the Royal Park, EventTrender co-founder.
Headlines in special events this week include finalists for the 2022 Olympic Games, the final decision on the host city for the 2016 Republican National Convention, a new name for SITE, and the sad 70th anniversary of the Hartford circus tent fire.