The Week in Events: Heads as Centerpieces at MOCA, 'Twilight' Premiere, MoMA's Rose-Filled Wall for Almodóvar

The Museum of Contemporary Art's annual gala in Los Angeles took place last Saturday, and had centerpieces that rotated on lazy Susans beneath the tables. The concept was formed by artist Marina Abramović.

BoxTop Productions created 3D mappings on the walls of the Design Exchange  trading floor at the DX Black and White gala on Saturday.

On Tuesday, the Museum of Modern Art in New York held its annual film benefit, which honored Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. The event was sponsored by Chanel, with Vogue editor Anna Wintour and designer Karl Lagerfeld serving as co-chairs. Instead of a step-and-repeat, the organizers used a wall of more than 20,000 roses as the backdrop for the arrivals area.

At last Thursday's Twilight premiere in Los Angeles, about 1,200 fans infatuated by the fantasy series camped outside in downtown LA the night before. Inside, a dramatic floral canopy and wedding arch in the center of the party space evoked the wedding scenes in the film.

At the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Breath of Life Gala in Washington on Saturday, streamers divided the National Building Museum atrium into three spaces.

A boxing match served as the evening’s main entertainment during last Thursday's Fight for Children event at the Washington Hilton.

Just inside the front door, staff offered samples of five cocktails made with Patrón XO Café at Patrón’s Noir party in Orlando on Saturday.

Built to look as though the environment was inside a Nintendo 3DS console, the entrance to the Nintendo launch of Super Mario 3D Land event in New York on Saturday was framed by over-size controller buttons and a screen-shaped doorway.

On Monday night, Food & Wine hosted its annual Entertaining Showcase at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. Guests got to sample a dish from chef Grant Achatz's Next restaurant from its "Paris 1906" menu.

Guest speaker Chelsea Clinton spoke about one of her role models, her late grandmother Dorothy Rodham at the Big in Boston gala on Saturday.