Get ready for autumn galas, benefits, cocktail parties, and more: Here’s a look at the latest ideas for catering, rentals, corporate gifts, entertainment, and group outings in Los Angeles.
Keep the energy up at an in-office meeting by providing a sugar rush courtesy of John Kelly Chocolates. The company's offering known as "the Slab" is three pounds of truffle fudge. Order in any of 17 flavors. The confection serves 48 people and measures 5 by 11 inches.
Photo: Serafin Canchola
From the pull-no-punches creators of South Park, The Book of Mormon kicks off its Los Angeles run at the Pantages Theatre in September and runs through September 25. Group tickets are available for 15 or more. Warning: Choose your audience wisely, as the show is far from PG.
Photo: Joan Marcus
A Dylan's Candy Bar location just opened in L.A. on September 8. Personal shoppers are on hand to help select corporate gifts, and a "celebrations team" can bring the whole-store experience to an office or any other off-site venue.
Photo: Courtesy of Dylan's Candy Bar
The Grammy Museum, in cooperation with the estate of Whitney Houston, debuted in August a major new exhibition, "Whitney! Celebrating the Musical Legacy of Whitney Houston." It's the first major museum exhibition to explore Houston's career, and it will be on display through February. The collection includes artifacts, rare photographs and footage, and items from the family's private collection, like costumes and scrapbooks. Group pricing and docent tours are available for a corporate outing.
Photo: Courtesy of The Grammy Museum
David Arquette's new nightclub, Bootsy Bellows, has just introduced a dinner-theater experience that would make for memorable corporate entertaining. The 90-minute show includes a marionette manipulator, magician, and Arquette as M.C.
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For eye-catching entertainment, check out North Hollywood-based iLuminate. The performance troupe combines art and technology, performing illusions and choreography in the dark for a completely buzzworthy effect. Dancer and software engineer Miral Kotb is behind the company.
Photo: Courtesy of iLuminate
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will co-present "Stanley Kubrick," the first U.S. retrospective of the director, on view November 1 through June 30, 2013. The exhibition widely covers Kubrick's practice, beginning with his early photographs for Look magazine, taken in the 1940s. His films are represented through a selection of annotated scripts, production photography, lenses and cameras, set models, costumes, and props. Group discounts apply to groups of 10 or more. Docent or private tours are available before or after the exhibition's operating hours.
For entertaining a serious V.I.P. or for an indulgent corporate gift, offer a skincare session at the airy new Beverly Hills office of Gina Mari. In the brand-new space designed by Barondes Morris Design, Mari and her team offer high-technology skin-care therapies, and count a large number of male visitors among their clientele.
Photo: Courtesy of Gina Mari
Pick up crowd-pleasing corporate gifts or in-office meeting treats from L.A.-based confectionery house Sweet Mary's. Mary Riesgraf offers the likes of artisanal white chocolate and raspberry popcorn, caramel-chocolate apples, and white chocolate Chex mix.
Photo: Carrie Riesgraf Bruder
The Cielo Blanco four- by eight-foot dining table is available with custom fabric insets from Town and Country Event Rentals.
Photo: Courtesy of Town and Country Event Rentals
