1. BET EXPERIENCE DEBUTS THIS WEEKEND: The network's new festival, with headliner Beyoncé, kicks off today and expects to draw as many as 80,000 fans to L.A. Live and will include activations from sponsors including Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, and Grey Goose. New York Times: “It’s definitely a sign that the market is strong,” said said Debra L. Lee, the chief executive and chairman of BET Networks. “I think it is a good sign that the music industry is strong and that our viewers and our consumers want to be part of a live event." http://nyti.ms/19BMDgN
2. CORPORATE SCAVENGER HUNT COSTS $270,000: Investment bank Goldman Sachs planned an all-night scavenger hunt in New York for employees called "Midnight Madness"—at a cost of $270,000. New York magazine: "Among the puzzles the Goldmanites had to solve: changing the color of the lights on top of the One Bryant Park building [and] arranging the wires on a custom circuit board to reveal a pattern showing the location of the next clue. … The scavenger hunt was good news for Good Shepherd Services, a charity for at-risk youth that raised $1.4 million from the event." http://nym.ag/16E6Jlb
3. DOM PERIGNON OFFERS JEFF KOONS SCULPTURE WITH CHAMPAGNE: The champagne brand and artist known for his balloon-like sculptures have a new package on offer for collectors or imbibers: Koons' “Balloon Venus” piece sold along with a vintage 2003 rosé. Women's Wear Daily: "The Champagne and sculpture package, limited to an edition of a few hundred, will sell at retail for about $20,000. It is a staggering price tag to be sure, and one that slingshots past prior Dom Pérignon artist collaborations that have include Andy Warhol and David Lynch. (The winery will also offer two, presumably less costly, Koons gift boxes.) But in Koons’ superstrata of the art market, a place populated largely by billionaires and those well on their way there, it qualifies as a value play." http://wwd.us/12qlqbg
* LOCAL NEWS *
BOSTON: Carolyn Rasley is now a publicist at Regan Communications.
CHICAGO: MC2 has two new hires: Paula Fauth is now an account executive, and Larry Roberts is the new operations manager.
Angelic Organics Learning Center will host the annual Peak Harvest Farm Dinner Benefit on August 3. The event includes a five-course, seasonal meal made by notable chefs including Paul Virant of Vie and Chris Pandel of the Bristol.
Budweiser's "Made In" concert series stops in Chicago on July 2. Held at the Congress Theatre, the event offers live performances from Walk the Moon and The White Panda; there will also be snacks and beer.
LAS VEGAS: International Meetings Review has a look inside the Incentive Travel Exchange: http://bit.ly/15JKtnF
LOS ANGELES: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has unveiled the key art for the 65th annual Emmy awards, which take place September 22.
Samantha Sackler and Tammy Morgan Ratner have teamed up to create Social, a production service for smaller-scale social events. The new service will be a division of Samantha Sackler Productions.
Coastal Luxury Management, the producers behind Pebble Beach Food & Wine and Harvest Farm-to-Table, have announced the third annual Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival slated for August 22-25. Press release: http://bit.ly/1502UaM
Local event listings from Masterplanner: http://www.masterplanneronline.com/losangeles
MIAMI/SOUTH FLORIDA: The Vans Warped Tour comes to West Palm Beach July 27. The 19th edition of the tour has several environmental initiatives such as eco-conscious catering for artists and crew from Tada Catering, a solar-powered sound system on the Kevin Says Stage, and carpool social media apps.
NEW YORK: Gregory Lawrence Boroff has been named the new executive director of Friends of Hudson River Park.
Relish, the catering company, has a new Web site, relishcaterers.com.
Jon Yanofsky is the new director of Brooklyn Center for Performing Arts.
Local event listings from Masterplanner: http://www.masterplanneronline.com/newyork
ORLANDO: Norman's at the Ritz-Carlton will celebrate its 10th anniversary with the Black Tie Gala, August 24. The night will include a cocktail party, a dinner prepared by celebrity chefs Charlie Trotter, Emeril Lagasse, Dean Fearing, and Jeremiah Tower, and overnight accommodations at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando.
TORONTO: The Pride and Remembrance Run will take place Saturday during Pride Week with more than 1,000 participants. The 5k run is the largest fund-raiser that takes place that week.
WASHINGTON: Blue Duck Tavern has named Gene Alexeyev its new sommelier and announced a new summer menu for lunch and dinner with wine pairings.
Washington Post: "In another sign of intensifying competition for performance spaces in and around the D.C. region, Round House Theatre is giving up its successful satellite theater in Silver Spring next June so that Montgomery County can make it available regularly to other companies that are hungering for a venue." http://wapo.st/14A5K46
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With contributions from Jenny Berg in Chicago, Alesandra Dubin in Los Angeles, Mitra Sorrells in Orlando, and Haley Holton, Beth Kormanik, Lauren Matthews, and Anna Sekula in New York.
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