Get ready for autumn galas, benefits, cocktail parties, and more: Here’s a look at the latest ideas for catering, rentals, cocktails, entertainment, teambuilding activities, and decor inspiration in New York.
Grilled vegetable and mozzarella brochettes from Sterling Affair are presented beneath glass votives filled with rosemary smoke; the fragrant aroma escapes when guests pick up the glasses to eat the passed hors d’oeuvres.
Photo: Andrew Bicknell Photography
Among the new additions to Something Different Party Rental's inventory this fall are stylish steak knives featuring amber and black-and-white swirl handles.
Photo: Nadia Chaudhury/BizBash
Get inspired: Running September 18 through December 31 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years" explores Andy Warhol's influence on the contemporary art world. The exhibit includes 45 paintings, sculptures, and films by Warhol alongside 100 works by 60 other artists, such as Jeff Koons and Jean-Michel Basquiat, who in some way reinterpreted or reacted to the Pop Art legend’s oeuvre.
Photo: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Artists Rights Society, New York
Taylor Creative Inc. is now carrying Kartell's invisible coffee table. Ideal for pairing with Louis Ghost chairs, the sleek Lucite tables rent for $150 each, and there are 16 available.
Photo: Courtesy of Taylor Creative Inc.
Available for bookings in the New York area through Elan Artists, Earth Harp Entertainment is a collective of musicians led by artist William Close. The Earth Harp is a large string instrument that is rigged to the surrounding architecture and environment with strings that can extend up to 1,000 feet in length. The performer wears cotton gloves covered in violin resin, and plays the musical instrument/installation by running his or her hands along the strings to create cello-like tones. Accompanied by percussion and other instruments, performances can range from ambient and trance-like to theatrical and energetic.
Photo: Courtesy of Elan Artists
Esprit Events is offering live chocolate truffle rolling stations as a dessert option. Guests pick either a citrus chocolate or lemon cognac truffle-on-a-stick and, with the help of pastry chef Christine Santos, dip the truffles in white or dark chocolate and roll it in their choice of premade toppings, which include pretzels, gingerbread, wasabi peas, coconut, cocoa, cinnamon, crushed potato chips, pistachios, crushed almonds, or graham crackers. The station can also feature prerolled truffles.
Photo: Courtesy of Esprit Events
Sushi by Simon offers private sushi making lessons in the tristate area. Chef Simon Feil can lead corporate groups of as many as 200. The hands-on classes include all the tools and ingredients needed to make maki (note: everything is kosher). Everyone gets to eat what they create, and sushi kit gift bags for each participant are available for an additional fee. The customizable bags typically include recipes, bamboo rolling mat, nori, containers of pickled ginger and wasabi, and a bottle of seasoned rice vinegar. Sushi by Simon also offers custom sushi- or Asian-themed gift baskets that can come packaged in a fabric bag or bento box. Corporate groups of 20 or fewer cost $1,200 plus $10 per person.
Photo: Courtesy of Sushi by Simon
Audio, video and lighting company WorldStage is the first company to carry the Barco C5 5.5-millimeter pixel pitch, lightweight indoor LED display. The extremely high-quality video tiles offer faster setup and a more affordable price. "We've done well with the Barco NX-4 and NX-6 tiles for a number of years; however, they are an expensive technology beyond the budgets of many of our clients," WorldStage President Josh Weisberg said in a press release. "We first saw the C5 at the Detroit Auto Show and thought the video performance of the tile was markedly better than the inexpensive tiles that are proliferating throughout the events community and, when we learned that Barco had priced the C5 tile very competitively, we were sold."
Photo: Andrew Bicknell Photography
Abigail Kirsch is serving an updated twist on the vodka sour: The marmalade vodka sour is made with homemade honey-orange marmalade and citrus juices, with a raw sugar orange zest rim.
Photo: Andre Maier Photography
New macaron purveyor Dana’s Bakery is putting a nostalgic, all-American spin on the French classic, with flavors like red velvet, thin mint, s’mores, and cookie dough. The bakery will also be offering a limited-edition candy corn flavor throughout October, ideal for Halloween parties. In addition to creating custom colors and flavors for events, Dana’s Bakery offers macaron towers and dessert bars. The cost is $2.25 per macaron for orders of 61 to 200, and $2 for each additional cookie over 200. Delivery, available in New York from Battery Park to 100th Street, is $12; nationwide shipping will be available on October 1.
Photo: Courtesy of Dana's Bakery
