The Boston Children's Museum hosted its 100th anniversary gala on October 5, and it celebrated the big event with an appropriately sized dessert display. The catering team at the Intercontinental Boston topped a giant prop cake with nostalgic desserts such as mini whoopie pies, mini Twinkies, cake pops, and chocolate-dipped strawberries. The "cake" was designed by Rafanelli Events.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic hosted its 10th Anniversary Concert September 30. The event had a “Starry Night” theme. To create a celestial look, Shiraz Events draped the top of the dinner tent with an LED star-drop curtain, which resembled a twinkling galaxy. A custom chandelier added softly glowing light, and the walls were draped with silvery fabrics.
At the National September 11 Memorial & Museum Gala gala, held September 3, memorial visitors, construction workers, and first responders to Ground Zero were among those featured in the house-of-cards centerpieces. They were designed by 360 Design Events.
Held on October 5, the evening included a dinner-dance at the Hilton Chicago. In the ballroom, lush golden trees from HMR Designs stood as centerpieces.
On September 17 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the New York City Opera staged the United States premiere of the opera Anna Nicole. At the after-party, Great Performances decorated the dessert table to look like a boudoir. The menu was written on mirrors in red lipstick, jewelry boxes and glass jars overflowed with candy, and Lucite displays held cones of pink cotton candy.
With dining-room vignettes from nearly 30 artists, architects, and interior designers, Diffa Chicago's “Dining by Design” in early November was a font of design inspiration. An elegant tailgate party inspired the vignette from Sparc Inc., designed by Richard Cassis and Hunter Kaiser, which had a tablecloth that looked like a football.
The Big-Apple-theme gala took over the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in late October. A soundtrack of New York street sounds played in the ballroom, where dinner tables were set with mini replicas of the Brooklyn Bridge and tiny yellow taxis. The tabletop design was conceived by the school's development team; the overall design was from production designer John Iacovelli, a Tisch grad.
To benefit the Washington-based S&R Foundation, the Night Nouveau took over Georgetown's Evermay Estate on November 2. The venue was set up to look like a manse plucked out of a murder-mystery film, and guests used clues to help solve a staged murder mystery. Planned by Sage Communications, the night also included whiskey sampling and dancing at a silent disco.
Fiery lighting patterns illuminated the wall and created a warm vibe at the PricewaterhouseCooper holiday party in Toronto in 2008.
“Celsius is known to most New Yorkers for their winter fare—for this party we hire them to serve some of their signature drinks, like the Snowcap: Kahlua, Absolut vanilla, hot chocolate, and whipped cream.”
