This week's roundup includes a cheesecake intended for 24,533 guests, hammers on dinner tables at a gala in Toronto, a chandelier with 1,000 paper cranes in Washington, and video mapping on a Beverly Hills mansion.
The June 5 Big Bang Bash, which served as a kickoff to the Toronto arts celebration the Luminato Festival, had a Berlin-inspired theme. Hammers were available for guests to bang away on a miniature Berlin Wall on the dinner table—and many attendees did just that. Some took home pieces of the wall as keepsakes.
The Washington National Opera's Opera Ball on June 7 had a Japanese theme. Susan Gage Caterers created the dessert buffet, which included cookies shaped like fans. They were displayed on a tray filled with white rice.
A chandelier contained 1,000 colorful origami paper cranes, a symbol of good luck in Japan. The ball's invitation came in an origami envelope, and planners sought to tie it into the decor.
On the E3 show floor at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Disney Interactive showcased its upcoming games, Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2.0 Edition) and Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved. For Super Heroes, Disney created a look that mimicked the streets of New York, inviting guests for a hands-on experience. The event took place June 10 to 13.
The 29th annual Chefs’ Tribute to Citymeals-on-Wheels on June 9 in New York had a “Summer by the Sea” theme. Accordingly, a photo backdrop was flanked by restored lobster crates, fishing nets, and buoys.
Etihad Airways celebrated the launch of its daily nonstop service between Los Angeles International Airport and Abu Dhabi with a party at a private estate on June 10. The lavish event included a projection-mapped show on the venue's exterior.
For Tasting Table's fifth Lobster Rumble in New York on June 5, guests cast their votes for their favorite lobster roll via an interactive voting wall. The 20- by 10-foot wall, produced by Eleventh Street Workshop, contained a slot for each of the 23 contenders through which guests placed their votes.
How's this for a giant treat? For the ninth annual Cream Cheese Festival in Lowville, New York, Philadelphia Cream Cheese served up a colossal cake made from more than three tons of cream cheese, sugar, graham crackers, and butter. It weighed 6,900 pounds and measured nearly 31 inches deep—which equals about 24,533 servings.
Marriott staged an interactive, soccer-related promotion on May 30 in Times Square. On the morning of the event, Breakfast set up an Instaprint mosaic grid in the tent where a Q&A session with athletes was to take place. Throughout the day, social media images were printed out and added to the mosaic.
Prevent guests from getting pestered by bugs at outdoor events with ThermaCELL lanterns. The compact, portable light protects a 15- by 15-foot area from mosquitoes, black flies, and other flying insects by releasing an odorless, natural insecticide.
