CORRECTION

Jan 01, 2006

In our December cover story (“Tent Sensations”), the building of structural sets for the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary event in Philadelphia was incorrectly attributed to Select Event Rentals. Affairs To Be Remembered in Broomall, Pa., was...

STAGE RIGHT

Jan 01, 2006

TO make a special event a success, having the right performers onstage is important. But just as important, professional staging suppliers will tell you, is the staging you build to support those performers. The right staging not only adds drama...

January 1, 2006

Jan 01, 2006

Classic scoops up Ducky-Bob's and Abbey Event Services

Dec 21, 2005

L.A.-based Classic Party Rentals, the biggest event rental company in the U.S., continued its acquisition spree with the announcement last week that it has acquired Ducky-Bob's Party & Tent Rentals, a major player in Texas, and Montebello...

‘The Producers’ premiere puts guests in a New York state of mind

Dec 21, 2005

In the Universal Studios film “The Producers,” Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom set out to produce a Broadway flop, but the world premiere of the film, held on Dec. 12 at the new AMC Theatres in west Los Angeles, was a bona-fide hit...

SoCal SITE makes holidays bright with fund-raiser

Dec 21, 2005

Nearly 400 generous members of SITE's Southern California chapter (SITE-SoCal) partied with a purpose last week, raising more than $102,000 for three local charities at the group's seventh annual holiday luncheon and charity auction...

Martha's DVD library launch

Dec 06, 2005

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...

Liverpool spectacle goes 'green'

Dec 06, 2005

The Liverpool [England] Culture Co.'s Nov. 20 spectacle to turn on the city’s Christmas light display for 15,000 attendees was powered by lively stage acts along with environmentally sensitive, "green" generators from locally based Pyramid...

Westin Hotels go smoke-free

Dec 06, 2005

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, based in White Plains, N.Y., announced Monday that its upscale Westin Hotels & Resorts brand will become the first hotel chain to introduce a systemwide policy banning smoking. Effective next month, all...

Aztec Tents continues independently

Dec 06, 2005

In our Nov. 23 edition of Eventline, we reported that Los Angeles-based Classic Party Rentals had acquired Aztec Tents & Events of Torrance, Calif. Spokespeople for the companies stress that Classic has acquired only the rental division of...