Caplan Miller Events recently designed a Formula One-theme bar mitzvah for an Austin, Texas, teenager. The event took place at a local racetrack, where each garage was decorated as a different F1 location—Monaco, India, Shanghai, and Italy—with custom cabanas and international menu items, like vegetable samosas with tomato chutney, steak frites, and steamed dumplings, from Kurant Events.
To create a feeling of intimacy in the expansive Engelhard Court during the May 4 gala, benefit producer Raul Avila and his team lowered the ceiling to 14 feet by hanging nearly 200,000 stems of wisteria overhead.
The Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario hosted its 14th annual fund-raising gala on April 25 at the Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex. Instead of traditional floral centerpieces, designer Bill Fulghum decked tables at the circus-theme event with giant pieces of cotton candy.
