The Week in Events: Barton G.'s Launches 'Vault,' Sapphire Now Hosts 60,000, and Joan Rivers Brings Sass to Clio Awards

Joan Rivers served as the host of this year’s Clio Awards, an annual ceremony celebrating the most creative work in the advertising community. Held at the American Museum of Natural History, the event saw honors go to Ogilvy & Mather India's Piyush Pandey as well as photographer Annie Leibovitz.

Held at New York’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on Monday night, the Robin Hood Foundation’s annual gala had a subway theme, with signage, decor, and even ID tags for IML devices styled after the city’s public transportation. The latter were used by the 4,000 guests to make anonymous donations during dinner.

Dubbed “Le Bal Magique du Maroc,” the May 12 gala at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago was inspired by a Moroccan garden, and scent was important in bringing the vibe to life. For dinner tables in the ballroom, Kim Merlin of KKM Designs grouped Moroccan tea glasses, floating white roses, candles, lanterns, and bowls filled with fruits such as figs, oranges, and mangoes added to the look and the aroma.

A crane lowered a boxing ring into the backyard of the Villa By Barton G. in Miami Beach for a surprise boxing match at the launch of Vault Magazine By Barton G. May 11. The impromptu entertainment was just one element at the flashy soiree, which featured magazine-themed décor, a decadent backyard bar scene, and a few other fun surprises such as a "peep show" in which guests entered a private upstairs boudoir with a makeshift glass wall, configured with peepholes for peeking in on models and other guests.

Stella Artois hosted a private screening of the original Ocean’s Eleven at Boston’s Wilbur Theatre on May 10. With a vintage Hollywood theme, the event had impersonators of classic film stars such as Audrey Hepburn.

Further advancing the city's new reputation as a bona fide, world-class foodie destination is the annual Vegas Uncork'd by Bon Appétit magazine, which just wrapped after taking over town from May 10 through 13, offering an array of meals, tastings, and even a poker tournament. The centerpiece is the event's Grand Tasting, now in its sixth year, which set new attendance records. Selling out in advance for the first time, the event drew more than 2,500 people who took over the Garden of the Gods pool at Caesars Palace, tasting items from the town's most notable chefs and restaurants. Chef Gordon Ramsay made his debut appearance at the Grand Tasting, offering his beef wellington and sticky toffee pudding.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts shut down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington May 11 for the evening as part of its Look Up! Night Street Festival. Nearly 4,000 people turned their attention upwards, as Project Bandaloop took to the side of the Old Post Office Pavilion with an nearly hour-long aerialist dance performance. The Kennedy Center worked with Atmosphere Lighting to spotlight the performers from a hidden platform between two turrets of the building hidden from the view of the audience.

Lance Armstrong gave opening remarks Monday morning at SAP’s Sapphire Now conference at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. More than 15,000 people attended the event in person, and an estimated 60,000 watched sessions streamed via 13 topic-specific channels on sapphirenow.com.

The watch purveyor Swatch intended to bring its brand to life on Friday with a Los Angeles event at art space Royal/T, also the home of Swatch's new pop-up shop. Hosted with the TTR World Snowboard Tour, the event celebrated the unveiling of this year's Swatch Art Rules Design contest winner. Following the ceremony, L.A.-based DJ and radio/TV host DJ Skee spun for the crowd and shared the stage with a surprise musical performer: Warren G. The look and feel of the event—and of the MannoMedia-produced pop-up shop over all—was meant to embrace what Swatch calls the four pillars of its brand: art, music, sports, and fashion.

Bridgepoint Health Foundation transported 450 guests to days of Cleopatra at the 10th annual Fandango gala on Saturday in Toronto. The “On the Nile” theme was inspired by the gala’s co-chair and decor and entertainment--which included traditional belly dancers--channeled ancient Egypt. The gala raised $600,000 for the foundation.