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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 ...
SHE came to New York looking for an acting career, but she is now a star of special events. As director of protocol and corporate entertainment for financial media giant Forbes Inc., Cathi Culbertson and her full-time staff of five oversee an ave...
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...
AN architect of event experiences, including a 15-year stint at PGI Inc., C.B. Wismar made headlines in December with the news that he joined Minneapolis-based Carlson Marketing as vice president of event marketing. In his role, he will aid the c...
IMAGINE an automotive marketing event literally created by its target market. Imagine a product launch going far beyond the usual outreach to industry media to inspire 300 million impressions, due in part to ongoing blog coverage by its own parti...
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...
Domestic diva Martha Stewart launched her DVD series, developed by Warner Home Video, with a pretty party at the Celeste Bartos Forum within the New York Public Library...