Event Themes

After entering the museum under the wings of the space shuttle Endeavour, guests made their way to the main building for the cocktail reception, done up to look like the desert just outside of Jerusalem where the scrolls were buried in caves for 2,000 years. The production team's goal was to give the area the look and feel of ancient times.

During the cocktail reception, goats and a costumed shepherd invited guest interaction and also served as a photo op.

During the cocktail reception, the street artist Retna painted works live alongside kids, many of whom were from local community programs.

During dinner, guests were immersed in a series of large-scale projections that portrayed Jerusalem scenes. The projections slowly and subtly transitioned from day to night over the course of the meal, surprising guests.

On the dinner tables, C.J. Matsumoto's arrangements alternated between short and tall, and varying tablecloths in six colors evoked the hues of Jerusalem.

An aerialist floated adjacent to a large-scale projection of Marc Chagall stained-glass artwork, which covered an entire two-story wall in the main building.

After dinner, the gala traditionally allows guests to return to visit the exhibit upstairs, catch the Imax movie in the theater, or stay for the after-party. This year, the party area was meant to simulate a Bedouin village.

A drummer from Lucent Dossier used dramatic pyro elements to get guests' attention.

Guests signed a light graffiti wall at the Comcast Spotlight holiday party in November 2014. JDK Group produced the disco fete.

At the Groupon party, held at the Aragon Ballroom in December 2014, guests posed in front of a striped circus tent backdrop. The event was inspired by the Chicago World's Fair.

"By far one of the coolest catering concepts I've experienced was for TEDMed's 2013 conference dinner at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. United Kingdom company Gastrophonic worked with Occasions Caterers to design multiple flights of food and drink that combined the taste and smell of the small plates with your senses of sight and sound through lighting and music. As the music got bolder, the combinations of flavors in the food and drinks did too. With the food all placed on shelves at illuminated stations, it was an amazing, full-sensory experience." —D. Channing Muller, contributing editor

The Pacific Room at the Long Beach Arena boasts cutting edge; sound and lighting techniques to create dramatic special event experiences.