BBJ Events

The dinner for 90 took place at the Ivy Room. Flowery linens were from BBJ, and rentals came from Hall's.

BBJ Linen's Nanking plaid pattern

Dinner tables at the award show

Event producers incorporated the statuette's silhouette into the decor.

BBJ provided purple linens, and Richard Remiard Event Design supplied orchid-filled centerpieces.

Other sponsor tables filled the upper-level Graham Room.

A table at the Joffrey Ballet's Cinderella-inspired luncheon

Geared toward the largely female audience, raffle prizes included handbags and MAC makeup.

The lighting installation also illuminated the tent where a sit-down dinner and award ceremony took place.

Frost illuminated the museum's domes and cast leafy patterns on its walls.

The action took place in Stanley Field Hall, the museum's central area.

BBJ Linens is now offering a variety of chargers in addition to its inventory of linens. The glass chargers are food-safe, and many colors have matching bread plates.

Courtroom sketches from the Chicago Seven trial

The event took place in the Tiffany & Co. Foundation Celebration Garden in Grant Park.

Guests who participated in the Send a Kid to Camp paddle raise got a long-stem rose from Grand Street Gardens.

BBJ provided blue and platinum linens and chair covers.

A summer 2011 look book topped each place setting.

Some 450 guests sat to dinner in the ballroom.

BBJ provided silver linens.

Brenda Palm

The fire-inspired buffet area

Red roses surrounded a fabric flame at the fire-themed buffet station.

Centerpieces held silvery branches and snowflake ornaments, and no cut flowers.

BBJ provided silver and white linens.

The \"Saint Petersburg\" room

Heffernan Morgan used mod black-and-white decor to achieve a Parisian look in the "Rive Gauche" dining room.

White birch branches and blue lighting created a wintry feel in the "Saint Petersburg" dining room.

The "Shanghai Express" room featured embroidered linens and glossy black vases filled with inverted umbrellas.

Dinner in the Rice Solarium

A New Leaf provided star-studded centerpieces for each dinner table.

Dinner tables were round and square, and planners left ample space for the dance floor.

Jewell's "Windy City" salad course consisted of teardrop tomatoes, rock shrimp, green goddess dressing, and a C-shaped pastry.

BBJ provided sand-colored linens, and Kehoe's centerpieces incorporated vessels with the Unicef tagline "believe in zero."

The tables in the ballroom were hand-painted in black and white.

BBJ Linens provided red napkins, and Kehoe brought in tall pillar candles.

Glittery skulls also played into tabletop decor.

In the ballroom of the Peninsula Chicago, candles and crushed rose petals topped highboy tables.

Approximately 700 guests sat for dinner and an awards presentation in the Field Museum's Stanley Field Hall.

The Flower Firm crowned some dinner tables with towering centerpieces.

Chocolatine's table featured chocolate shoes and handbags.

An abstract sculpture made of chocolate crowned the French Pastry School's table.

A silent auction table featured items divided in categories such as Chicago sports and health and wellness.

The Sci Fi network's cocktail reception

The flowers from each centerpiece will be replanted in the museum's Woodward A. Wickham butterfly garden, and the lilac trees will be donated to the city.

Butterfly-shaped lights shone on the dance floor, where Bukiety hung a mobile made from recycled twigs and paper butterflies with embedded seeds.

Purplish-hued lighting washed the room.

Mini mirrored disco balls also served as centerpieces.

The event decor reflected an all-white palette.

Ivan Carlson & Associates provided floral arrangements for tabletops located throughout the venue.

Gift bags contained BizBash Chicago's first issue and sponsors' business cards.

After the fashion show, guests mingled in the Ivy Room's courtyard.

Heffernan Morgan decorated the dinner tables for a three-course meal that featured roasted tomato flan, grilled fillet of beef, and a mango tart.

Event planner Trish Farrell said that water, "one of the most important aspects of Aztec civilization," inspired the event's all-blue decor.

Heffernan Morgan's towering centerpieces resembled the headdresses of Aztec warriors.

Carl Sandburg Literary Awards Dinner

Silver and pale blue were the primary hues of the evening's decor.

On the main floor of the opera building, translucent lamp shades surrounded custom-made chandeliers.

The theater's box seats also housed sponsor tables.

After dinner, guests had Ethel's chocolates and drinks in a lower-level lounge that Heffernan Morgan decked in black and red decor.

Some guests had dinner in a tent adjacent to Griffin Court, where LED screens broadcast a feed from the live auction held in the museum. In the tent, staffers wore wireless headsets to communicate with colleagues inside the museum when guests placed bids.

Heffernan Morgan hung close to 20 panels from the ceiling of the Modern Wing, marking the first time any work had been dangled from that vantage point. Each panel got special spotlighting and represented a work from the museum's collection.

Pink dahlias filled Heffernan Morgan's centerpieces.

In the cocktail area, decor comprised heavy lighting and minimal floral design.

Outside the dinner tent on the theater's rooftop, pink lights and red linens played up the "Red Hot" theme.

The event took place in a tent on the Harris Theater rooftop, where red drapery separated the dinner room from the cocktail area.

Green linens and wine glasses, plus moss-and-floral centerpieces, created an earthy environment.

The evening began with an hour-long cocktail reception in the theater's lobby, where tables bore burgundy linens and white floral arrangements.

Orange lighting at the back of the stage reflected the Spertus Institute's signature hue.

To create a roomy dinner space, Event Architects built the Auditorium Theatre's stage out over the venue's first level of seating.

Heffernan Morgan topped dinner tables with hurricane candles, pink roses, and magnolia leaves.

Called the "Cuban Overture" after the Gershwin song, the first course was shrimp ceviche with mango-jicama salad.

Cafe Brauer housed the event.

In keeping with the "Summertime" theme, yellow lights formed a sunny glow on the tent's ceiling.

The holiday party featured kid-friendly activities such as pine-cone and cookie decorating.

Pine-cone owls, oversize acorns, and mini pine trees brought a woodsy feel to each table.

A zebra motif also appeared in the BBJ linens that topped highboy tables. Arena Design created colorful programs.

In HDO's tent, guests had a dinner of coffee-rubbed sliced beef tenderloin and jumbo grilled shrimp with salsa, couscous, and lemon-herb scones. Courses had thematic names such as "Warm Up Band" and "First Set."

During the cocktail reception, guests played craps, blackjack, and roulette.

Striped lamps and embroidered candleholders decorated highboys.

Gold linens, crystal globes, and black Chiavari chairs accented dinner tables.

The evening's three-course dinner began with mixed organic greens and Camembert cheese; a moon-shaped flat bread garnished each salad plate.

On each dinner table, Heffernan Morgan's white floral arrangements sat atop mirrored boxes.

Frost's video of falling diamonds measured 50 by 660 feet.

Heffernan Morgan's centerpieces incorporated tiered vessels, mirror boxes, and blush cymbidium orchids, all on top of BBJ's grey bengaline linens

Each place setting featured souvenir dog tags and postcards that guests could send to the troops from special mailboxes.

Some 930 guests sat to dinner in Navy Pier's grand ballroom.

A Perfect Event dressed dinner tables with blue silk linens and vases holding rose spheres and red-lacquered manzanita branches meant to resemble coral.