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Dark Knight
Production Designer Stages Superman's Fortress for Costume Institute
New Yorkers for Children Still Stages a Chic, Stylish Benefit
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Premiere
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Magazine Marks Anniversary With Live Concert
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Best Products from ICFF
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EVENT REPORT
05.08.08 3:43 PM
Artists Dress Raw Space for Cultural Council's Downtown Dinner
The dinner area of the Downtown Dinner
Photo: Alison Whittington for BizBash
Avant-garde installations capturing the structure and color of New York City decorated the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s fourth annual Downtown Dinner last night. Some 650 art patrons filled the 52nd floor of
7 World Trade Center
, where the bird’s-eye view of the city accentuated the Manhattan-inspired exhibits.
A former participant in the council's residency program, McKendree Key, created a hanging grid made of yellow mason twine that covered the expanse of the dining area. The display played on the city’s symmetrical design, with horizontal strings spaced five feet apart met by intersecting vertical lines. Adjacent to this, Katie Holten, another program alum, showcased “Old News,” a composition of papier-mâché tree trunks seemingly rooted in the floor’s concrete, reminiscent of city sidewalks. And across the room stood current resident Mary Mattingly’s “Kart,” a winged bicycle stacked with an endless stream of packages that literally hit the ceiling.
Working with the nonprofit's director of development, Elaine Bowen, and its marketing and communications manager, Savannah Gorton, producer Bruce Rayvid of
Bruce Rayvid Projects
combed through dozens of artists’ portfolios to find work that spoke to his concept for the gala. “We wanted New York City to be this year’s theme, so immediately we gravitated toward the yellows, grays, and blacks of the city,” said Rayvid, who was also inspired by the lattice layout of Manhattan. “So I started putting the concepts together and came across McKendree’s work.” The locally based producer teamed with designer
Susan Holland
, who executed the vision.
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Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
EVENT REPORT
05.08.08 11:54 AM
The Bronx Museum Highlights Borough Cuisine at Spring Gala
Food was the focus at the Bronx Museum.
Photo:
Joe Fornabaio
for BizBash
Patrons, artists, and art lovers gathered at the
Bronx Museum of the Arts
on the Grand Concourse on Tuesday night for its 2008 spring benefit and silent auction, “A Bronx Feast.” The museum treated the 350 guests with a cocktail reception, free tours from teen docents, live jazz, a dinner highlighting Bronx cuisine, and an award ceremony recognizing four prominent local artists.
The night began in the museum's north wing, with plates of assorted Bronx treats like chicken dumplings and beef empanadas and an open bar with wine and mixed drinks, but guests gravitated toward the Kettle One martini bar at the center of the room, where the bartender combined drink mixing with performance.
Kettle One contracted the Canadian-based
Iceculture
to create an ice sculpture with two large Kettle One bottle carvings, each with a hollow spiral that started at the bottle’s opened cap and went down to a small opening at the base. Vodka and different juices met at the summit of the seven-foot sculpture, twisted down, chilling and mixing, and finally siphoned into a waiting martini glass. The line was 10 deep for most of the cocktail hour.
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Bronx Museum of the Arts
NEWS
05.07.08 1:59 PM
Amtrak to Host National Train Day Events on May 10
May 10, the anniversary of the first transcontinental railroad, will be the first-ever National Train Day, an Amtrak-sponsored event taking place in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C.,
according to
USA Today
. In order to highlight its recent success (1.5 million more travelers rode Amtrak in 2007 than in the previous year), the national passenger railroad is spending $2.2 million on the event, in addition to bringing on as its spokesman Al Roker, who will host the Washington events at
Union Station
with singer Sara Bareilles.
The Harlem Globetrotters will make an appearance at the New York events at Penn Station. In all of the cities, Amtrak will set up displays, offering visitors the opportunity to walk through actual trains, and feature sweepstakes, giveaways, and concerts. According to the
event's Web site
, Amtrak has partnered with MasterCard and
Wheel of Fortune
for National Train Day. The game show is sponsoring an Amtrak train wrapped in a
Wheel of Fortune
ad running between Chicago and Milwaukee through May 15.
—Wendy Wollenberg
RELATED TOPICS
Amtrak
,
Harlem Globetrotters
,
Wheel of Fortune
,
MasterCard
EVENT REPORT
05.07.08 11:55 AM
Crown Royal,
In Touch
Host Friday-Night Derby Fetes in Louisville
The Crown Royal Lounge
Photo: Playboy/James Trevenen
Several big-name brands showed up in Louisville over the weekend to host events surrounding the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby. Dubbed the Run for the Roses, the horse race has become a breeding ground for tabloid-friendly celebrities
—
and where celebrities go, endorsement-seeking brands follow. (Ubiquitous types like
The Hills'
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, model Molly Sims,
Entourage
's Adrian Grenier, and former Miss USA Tara Conner were on the scene.)
"The Derby is one of our favorite events," said Hi-Fi Marketing Group partner Brian Gefter, who produced Friday's
In Touch Weekly
Parlor party with his partner Mike Satsky. "We do all of these parties around national event properties like Super Bowl, but the reason the Derby is appealing to us is that it’s very celebrity-driven but it’s less cluttered. There's a real chance to make a huge impact in an area where there aren’t as many events going on, as, say, the Super Bowl."
Playboy
division vice president of creative services Donna Tavoso, who produced the Crown Royal Lounge on Friday night, said, "I think as more and more people realize that the Derby is a celebrity event and a great consumer event, they are drawn to the whole idea. It's not surprising that others want to throw a party [on the Friday night before the Derby]. That said, we know the level and quality of the party we throw, and we rest on that reputation."
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,
Barnstable Brown Gala
,
Playboy
,
In Touch Weekly
,
Pama
,
ProFlowers
,
Crown Royal
,
Grey Goose
EVENT REPORT
05.06.08 4:07 PM
Dark Knight
Production Designer Stages Superman's Fortress for Costume Institute
Superhero statues at the Costume Institute's gala
Photo: Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art/Don Pollard
The movie world is teeming with superheroes (
Iron Man
made $104.4 million in its opening weekend), and last night, the comic-book genre pervaded the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
's Costume Institute gala. Celebrating its spring 2008 exhibition "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy," the museum brought in Nathan Crowley—the production designer from
Batman Begins
and this summer's sequel,
The Dark Knight
—and event designer Raul Avila to design the look.
Filled with some of the biggest names in fashion and film, the event placed iconic comic characters front and center and even re-created Superman's icy fort in the dinner area. Attended by 750 carefully selected guests, the night was planned by
Vogue
special events director
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff
along with the museum's vice president for development and membership, Nina Diefenbach, deputy chief special events officer Ashley Potter, and deputy chief development officer for events Kristin MacDonald. Giorgio Armani served as honorary chair, with George Clooney, Julia Roberts, and
Vogue
's Anna Wintour as co-chairs.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
,
Costume Institute
,
Giorgio Armani
,
Vogue
,
Condé Nast
FROM THE EDITORS
05.06.08 3:01 PM
Tribeca Film Festival Mixes
Thriller
Zombies, Big Premieres, and Sponsored Lounges
The Tribeca Film Festival wrapped up Sunday, completing 12 days of indie movie screenings, big-budget studio premieres, sponsored lounges, lavish parties, outdoor events, concerts, and more. (Spokespeople confirm that the total attendance was just under 400,000.) We covered a variety of the offerings, from
Thriller
zombies at the Drive-In
to American Express's new
entertainment and hospitality lounge
. And we
talked to Joshua Cicerone
, vice president and creative director of Dalzell Productions (the company that produces the festival) to hear about a typical day during the festival and how he works with city agencies to coordinate the event's logistics. You can find an archive of all of our coverage
here
.
RELATED TOPICS
Tribeca Film Festival
GUEST QUESTIONS
05.06.08 1:18 PM
Costume Institute Guests Like Superheroes,
Hair
Last night an international crowd of fashion people and A-list Hollywood stars gathered for the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
's Costume Institute gala, pegged to the opening of the museum's “Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy” exhibition. In addition to the 60-piece showcase of movie costumes and couture designs, the Giorgio Armani- and Condé Nast-sponsored event brought in foam superhero structures, walls of mirrors, and
the cast of
the Public Theater's upcoming production of
Hair
to entertain the 750 attendees—some in superhero-inspired attire.
At the event, often heralded as the party of the year,
we quizzed departing guests, including designer Carolina Herrera and retiring Met director Philippe de Montebello, to see whether or not this year’s gala measured up to the hype. Here’s what they had to say.
“It was fabulous. The costumes that they showed were extraordinary. The event producers absolutely tied in the superheroes exhibit with the decor, striking the right balance with the venue.
Glorious Food
served a pasta dish with a sort of nest with caviar, so it looked like a spider web. My husband had a great time.”
—
Edith de Montebello, financial aid director, Trinity School, with Metropolitan Museum of Art director Phillipe de Montebello
“There was a wonderful theme to work with, the superheroes, and also the setting for the Met can’t be beat. The space they kind of left alone, but they did have these gigantic foam statues of superheroes. They made it look intergalactic. There was dramatic green and blue lighting. They really made a great effort. The event raised over $7 million.”
—
Amy Fine Collins, special correspondent,
Vanity Fair
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
,
Costume Institute Gala
,
Armani
,
Condé Nast
TED KRUCKEL
05.06.08 12:08 PM
High-End Hosts, Here's Where to Feel Cultured
The simply set tables
Photo: Ted Kruckel for BizBash
Just about the smartest thing the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation organizers did at last Thursday's dinner (and they did a number of smart things) was host their cocktails and dinner reception in the galleries of
Sotheby's
just preceding the Impressionist sale.
Planners of upscale parties, take note; this is a win-win.
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RELATED TOPICS
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation
,
Leonard Lauder
,
Nancy Corzine
EVENT REPORT
05.06.08 10:55 AM
Google Promotes Art Collaboration With Outdoor Projections
Google's outdoor projections
Photo: Courtesy of Obscura Digital
Google rarely does much advertising of its products—at least traditional advertising, like TV commercials and print ads. But the Mountain View, California-based Internet company put on a three-day experiential stunt over the weekend. Starting with a media launch on Thursday evening, Google promoted its new artist themes for iGoogle, the customizable homepage for Google users, with an outdoor gallery of sorts.
Google event marketing manager Lorin Pollack coordinated a stunt that projected moving images of the artwork onto the facades of several buildings on a highly trafficked corner of the meatpacking district—where Little West 12th Street and Ninth Avenue meet Gansevoort Street—between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. Using large projectors, San Francisco-based
Obscura Digital
illuminated the front of the Hotel Gansevoort, Pastis, Theory, and Inn LW12 with colorful imagery designed by the likes of Marc Ecko, Jeff Koons, Michael Graves, Mark Morris, and Yves Behar. And to give visitors an area to play around with the themes, Google also provided a lounge with computer stations under a clear-top tent.
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Google
EVENT REPORT
05.02.08 6:01 PM
Target Filmmaker Lounge Brings Rock and Movies Together With Logos
Target's branded bungalow
Photo: Jessica Torossian for BizBash
Where celebrities, filmmakers, and industry types go, so must heavily branded sanctuaries for them to hold quick meetings, catch up with work, or just relax. This year’s Tribeca Film Festival has them in spades, and one that runs for the festival’s duration is the Target Filmmaker Lounge at
Parsons
.
The mega-retailer is never one to shy away from over-the-top branding, so the gallery is fitted head to toe in red and white, with barely a square inch not showcasing a signature bull's-eye. Target has put on the Filmmaker Lounge in the past, but the new venue gave them considerably more space this year. Designer Daphne Shirley at
ShirleyGirl
decided to break up that space to allow for more private spots for people to gather.
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Tribeca Film Festival
,
Target
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