The Week in Events: A Shoe Chandelier for Adidas, Oscar Party Highlights, and 5,000 Roses at the Spirit Awards

A giant Oscar statuette stood sentry at the Academy's own Governors Ball, which drew 1,500 guests after Sunday's show to the Grand Ballroom at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles. Cheryl Cecchetto of Sequoia Productions led the production of the event, which offered a retooled experience Cecchetto said was intended to "energize" the room: Guests dined on more than 50 mostly tray-passed dishes from Wolfgang Puck, instead of the typical sit-down dinner.

The Elton John AIDS Foundation celebrated its 20th annual viewing party at the newly redesigned West Hollywood Park, a change of venue from its usual haunt, the Pacific Design Center. Virginia Fout of V Productions produced the Los Angeles event, which this year got a blue, nautical-inspired look with design by Antony Todd. The fund-raising event took in $5.25 million, thanks in part to auction items like the opportunity to join John and husband David Furnish at the Vanity Fair Oscar party, which sold for $230,000.

A halftime performance by Nicki Minaj during Sunday's N.B.A. All-Star Game at the Amway Center in Orlando included elaborate special effects and colorful lighting, with equipment provided by Production Resource Group.

Inside the Orlando Executive Airport, Night Vision Entertainment hung 22 pairs of sneakers in a spiral pattern for the Adidas party held Friday night in honor of Orlando Magic player Dwight Howard.

On Saturday, as part of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Florida Blue’s Fun and Fit as a Family event saw Rachael Ray take part in live cooking demonstrations onstage. The family-friendly affair also engaged kids with cooking activities at the Kellogg’s Kidz Kitchen.

Two days before the Film Independent Spirit Awards, a customs snag at the airport held up 5,000 roses flown in from Ecuador for sponsor Piaget’s backstage V.I.P. tent. The hot pink blooms eventually did arrive in time for the Saturday event in Los Angeles, where 3,500 of them covered the branded wall at the entrance.

On February 22, a flash mob of 250 CrossFit members swarmed Toronto's Dundas Square after a 15,000-pound shipping container was lowered from 30 feet in the air. Part of a global campaign, Reebok hosted the stunt and launched their new CrossFit apparel at a nearby tent that was open until Saturday.

At MOCA in North Miami’s 15th-anniversary celebration on February 25, New York-based event designer David Stark created a color-coded grid made up of 20,000 squares representing the museum’s past to cover the walls and lampshades in the dining area.

The Ellie Fund's Oscar Night Boston gala, which was timed to Sunday night's broadcast of the Academy Awards, drew more than 300 guests to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. At the event, guests could pose in front a green screen with actor Chris Cooper’s Academy Award statuette. The printout looked like the cover of Boston Common magazine, a new media partner for the event.

At "Tickled Pink," a February 24 fund-raiser held in Chicago for breast cancer charity Y-Me, local magazine editors and news anchors strolled through the River East Art Center selling hot pink boas and buckets of shiny beads to support the cause.