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September 6, 2018
The “Homeric Ball” took place in the custom-built ruins of a Doric-style temple at an abandoned iron factory on a cliff overlooking the Aegean Sea.
The “Homeric Ball” took place in the custom-built ruins of a Doric-style temple at an abandoned iron factory on a cliff overlooking the Aegean Sea.
Photo: Faruk Pinjo
'Gods and goddesses, heroes, monsters—these were the superheroes of my childhood. I’ve tried to convince a client to give this party for a decade. I finally just decided to do it myself,' van Wyck said.
"Gods and goddesses, heroes, monsters—these were the superheroes of my childhood. I’ve tried to convince a client to give this party for a decade. I finally just decided to do it myself," van Wyck said.
Photo: Faruk Pinjo
Duran Duran's performance included a cover of Madonna's early hit 'Holiday.'
Duran Duran's performance included a cover of Madonna's early hit "Holiday."
Photo: Courtesy of Bronson van Wyck
The 'Fun Size' Premiere in Los Angeles
The 'Fun Size' Premiere in Los Angeles
Chad Hudson Events produced the October 24 premiere event and after-party for the new film Fun Size. Held at Marathon Park inside the Paramount Studios lot, the event was inspired by a typical, all-American Halloween festival. Illuminated jack-o'-lanterns, creepy trees and scarecrows from CHE and Jackson Shrub and Props, and lighting effects and spiderweb gobos from CHE and Ultimate Lighting created the festive atmosphere.
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For the Central Park Conservancy's Halloween ball in 2010, Frank Alexander dressed tables in shades of brown and green and topped each one with alternating arrangements of tree stumps with hidden gnomes and fairies surrounded by flickering candles.
For the Central Park Conservancy's Halloween ball in 2010, Frank Alexander dressed tables in shades of brown and green and topped each one with alternating arrangements of tree stumps with hidden gnomes and fairies surrounded by flickering candles.
Photo: Ted Axelrod
Edward Gorey's morbid illustrations were the inspiration behind the design for the 2006 Central Park Conservancy Halloween ball. Inside the dining room, Grayson Bakula (a company that has since changed its name to Bakula Design) decorated the walls of the tent with projections of barren branches and hung menacing hooded figures from the ceiling.
Edward Gorey's morbid illustrations were the inspiration behind the design for the 2006 Central Park Conservancy Halloween ball. Inside the dining room, Grayson Bakula (a company that has since changed its name to Bakula Design) decorated the walls of the tent with projections of barren branches and hung menacing hooded figures from the ceiling.
Photo: Liza Young
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