
Event Eleven designed the Screen Actors Guild gala in Los Angeles in January, creating an indoor feel with hard walls of blue-stained birch complete with baseboards and crown moldings.
Photo: Nadine Froger Photography

The party had a palette of blue, green, and purple, with gray vinyl-covered furniture.
Photo: Nadine Froger Photography

After the award show, guests moved to the SAG Gala, hosted by People magazine and the Entertainment Industry Foundation in a tent steps away from the Shrine.
Photo: Nadine Froger Photography

More than 5,000 yards of blue-green mirror organdy draping covered the ceiling at the party.
Photo: Nadine Froger Photography
6. Film Independent’s Spirit Awards

#6 Entertainment & Media Event
Film Independent’s Spirit Awards take over a tent in Santa Monica with a laid-back vibe, having moved back to the beach after a controversial move to L.A. Live. The Oscar-weekend event includes an array of backstage sponsor activations. Next: February 2013
Film Independent’s Spirit Awards take over a tent in Santa Monica with a laid-back vibe, having moved back to the beach after a controversial move to L.A. Live. The Oscar-weekend event includes an array of backstage sponsor activations. Next: February 2013
Photo: Joe Scarnici/WireImage, Courtesy of Film Independent
9. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County’s Dinosaur Ball

#10 Benefit
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County’s Dinosaur Ball is the museum’s black-tie biannual fund-raiser. In 2011, it was tied to the opening of the new, permanent Dinosaur Hall, which has the most species of dinosaurs on display anywhere in the country. The 2013 ball will mark the centennial of the museum. Next: June 8, 2013
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County’s Dinosaur Ball is the museum’s black-tie biannual fund-raiser. In 2011, it was tied to the opening of the new, permanent Dinosaur Hall, which has the most species of dinosaurs on display anywhere in the country. The 2013 ball will mark the centennial of the museum. Next: June 8, 2013
Photo: Moloshok Photography Inc.
11. Concours D'Elegance

#12 Benefit (new to the list)
Concours D'Elegance at Greystone Mansion, which the City of Beverly Hills hosts as a fund-raiser for the former Doheny family venue, is a high-end auto show in its third year and has fast become one of the region’s most anticipated—and exclusive, with tickets limited to 3,000—auto events. Next: May 5, 2013
Concours D'Elegance at Greystone Mansion, which the City of Beverly Hills hosts as a fund-raiser for the former Doheny family venue, is a high-end auto show in its third year and has fast become one of the region’s most anticipated—and exclusive, with tickets limited to 3,000—auto events. Next: May 5, 2013
Photo: Courtesy of Concours D'Elegance