BIZBASH CALL SHEET — #80 — Tuesday, 08.16.11
Compiled today by Chad Kaydo and Jana Schiowitz in New York
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* INCOMING *
1. GAGA FOR BARNEYS: The luxury department store is collaborating with Lady Gaga on a holiday campaign, which will launch mid-November. Called Gaga's Workshop, the shopping environment will be filled with limited-edition, small gift items. The efforts bring together Eli Sudbrack and Christophe Hamaide Pierson of artist collective Assume Vivid Astro Focus and Thierry Mugler creative director Nicola Formichetti, who will work with Barneys creative director Dennis Freedman to create the holiday experience. Barneys C.E.O.: "Because of the renovation plans and because we are moving the fifth floor men's Co-op up to the eighth floor, it just happens that we have this once-in-a-lifetime possibility this holiday season to have an entire floor vacant." WWD:
http://bit.ly/qwyzTq
Barneys New York will donate 25 percent of the sales to a charity of the performer's choice. PR Newswire:
http://prn.to/nBExs0
2. FASHION CALENDAR CONFLICT: For the past 10 years, the National Design Awards luncheon has been held in July. This year, it seems there may have been a little mix-up: the meet-and-greet event hosted by Michelle Obama, will be held at the White House September 13, during New York Fashion Week, which has some designers scrambling to change their plans. WWD: "This year's Fashion Design winner, Gilles Mendel, moved the date of his runway show to ensure that he can get to the festivities at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue."
http://bit.ly/p7OHeR
3. FEAST FIASCO: An email this past weekend for Diner en Blanc, a Parisian pop-up dinner making its debut in New York this month, was supposed to have provided 1,150 people with the meeting location for the August 25 festivities. Instead, 1,800 people were accidentally charged for 200 open slots because of a computer glitch. Although people were reimbursed Sunday, angry potential diners took to Facebook to express their thoughts. The Wall Street Journal:
http://on.wsj.com/owyMZ0
Here's background on the dinner, from The New York Times:
http://nyti.ms/ogc5WZ
4. ACTS CANCEL AFTER STAGE COLLAPSE: After the deadly stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair this past weekend, Janet Jackson and Lady Antebellum have dropped out of the concert series. Thursday's Maroon 5 and Train concert will go, but organizers will announce a new location for the performances today. Billboard:
http://bit.ly/pIc08S
* READER RESPONSE *
Speaking of the Indiana Sate Fair stage collapse, Call Sheet reader Eric Todd, president of BML Blackbird Theatrical Services, a technical event production company based in Secaucus, New Jersey, responded to our question about what the event industry's response should be:
"The issue most likely isn't really the roof—it was the decision making process as to evacuation. A roof coming down with nobody in harm's way is an insurance claim, an investigation, and ultimately, everyone moves on. But there is no price on human life, and, unfortunately for many there, theirs will never be the same, because they lost loved ones or suffered injury or trauma."
Todd's full response is here:
http://bit.ly/quPvAi
* INTERNAL BUSINESS: BIZBASH EXPO EDITION *
BOSTON: Our first BizBash Expo & Awards in Boston is Thursday, November 10, at Fenway Park. Bryan Rafanelli of Rafanelli Events will appear at one of the general sessions, interviewed by BizBash editor in chief Chad Kaydo. Rafanelli will also be inducted in the BizBash Hall of Fame, along with Larry Green, president of Rentals Unlimited. A full schedule and registration info will be available shortly.
http://bit.ly/rgofop
CHICAGO: Our Chicago show is Thursday. See you there? The schedule and registration info is here:
http://bit.ly/O7uqx
* INDUSTRY ORG NEWS *
The Search Foundation hosted its 13th annual fund-raiser in conjunction with I.S.E.S. Eventworld, which took place August 4-6 in St. Louis. Around 180 guests attended the event at Lumen Private Event Space. The fund-raiser raised more than $26,500.
http://bit.ly/os4g7k
* LOCAL NEWS *
BOSTON: Freshii opened in the Financial District on Monday. The quick-serve spot serves wraps, salads, rice bowls, and soups, and offers off-site catering.
http://bit.ly/71n063
News from the National Association of Catering Executives: "New England N.A.C.E. has achieved its first success in recycling unused food from an a wedding [and donating it] to a receiving nonprofit organization...Now that venues and caterers are learning about the absence of liability for donating food, we are getting more and more interest, with several new events lining up to participate. Our goal is to lead the way for this to become a nationwide initiative"
CHICAGO: Raymi Productions' Taste of the Gold Coast will take place at the Sutton Place Hotel next Tuesday. The event will offer signature dishes from neighborhood restaurants, including Carmine's, Chicago Q, and the Drawing Room, and live entertainment from Lynn Jordan and the Shivers and Nan Mason and Terry Higgins.
http://bit.ly/5y98SA
On September 24, Smithsonian Magazine, will host the seventh annual Museum Day. Museums such as the Adler Planetarium, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Smart Museum of Art will offer free admission for the day.
http://bit.ly/bZJEjh
"Jersey Boys" will return to the Bank of America Theatre April 5 to June 2, 2012. Tickets are now available for groups of 15 or more.
http://bit.ly/agu9W
LAS VEGAS: Las Vegas Review-Journal looks at how performers and producers are helping local charities through shows and donations.
http://bit.ly/njdIVe
LOS ANGELES: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced yesterday that Reelzchannel will broadcast the Primetime Creative Arts Emmys, which Spike Jones Jr. will again produce. The awards will tape September 10 and air September 17, marking the first time Reelz has broadcast the ceremony.
A drawing by Rembrandt valued at more than $250,000 was stolen from an exhibit at the Ritz-Carlton Marina del Rey this past Saturday in what authorities called a carefully planned heist. The artwork was part of an event displaying pieces for potential buyers. Los Angeles Times:
http://lat.ms/oB4OHd
Lauren Murray is the new PR manager for Fiji water, handling publicity for most of the brand’s events. Murray spent the last three years at PMK-BNC.
MIAMI/SOUTH FLORIDA: Matthew Leonard has joined Eos at the Viceroy Miami as executive chef. Previously, Leonard worked at the Ritz-Carlton Chicago, El San Juan Hotel & Casino in Puerto Rico, and the Royal Palms Hotel and Casitas in Arizona. Miami New Times:
http://bit.ly/oR2vuJ
The national tour of "The Addams Family" is coming to the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County October 25-30. Tickets for groups will be available beginning August 22.
http://bit.ly/mOVM6o
NEW YORK: From BizBash contributor Jim Shi: Already the location of New York Fashion Week and the CFDA Awards, Lincoln Center's ties to fashion are getting even stronger—this time thanks to Ralph Lauren. On October 24, Lauren and Oprah Winfrey will reunite onstage at Lincoln Center as part of a multifaceted invitation-only gala evening to benefit both The Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention and Lincoln Center. The event, titled "Lincoln Center Presents: An Evening with Ralph Lauren," will start with a reception, followed by a chat between Winfrey and Lauren at Alice Tully Hall (produced by Tony Award-winner Darren Bagert) and capped with a gala dinner at Avery Fisher Hall.
Sur La Table will open its third New York store later this year in the Hearst Tower. The 6,174-square-foot store will house the retailer's largest kitchen and cooking class program, slated to start in early December.
http://bit.ly/p4vxXN
Kenny Chesney's "Goin' Coastal" tour at the New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Saturday was the largest ticketed country show in the New York or New Jersey area since a Willie Nelson event in 1983. More than 55,000 tickets were sold. Billboard:
http://bit.ly/qxiIem
ORLANDO: Orlando Business Journal: Brazilian churrascaria Fogo de Chao will open its first Orlando location early next year. The Dallas-based chain is building a 12,500-square-foot restaurant on International Drive, on the site that was most recently India Blue.
http://bit.ly/pcuPNn
TORONTO: Contortionists, magicians, jugglers, and acrobats from 12 different countries take to the streets of the St. Lawrence Market neighborhood Thursday through Sunday for the 12th annual Scotiabank BuskerFest. The festival supports Epilepsy Toronto.
http://bit.ly/18K4G
WASHINGTON: D.C. Beer Week kicked off Monday. More than 150 events like pairing dinners, guided tasting classes, and beer trivia night will take place throughout the week. For an up-to-date list of events, check out the Washington City Paper:
http://bit.ly/mTgt5D
YOUR NEWS: What are you doing? Tell us: [email protected].
With contributions from Jenny Berg in Chicago, Alesandra Dubin in Los Angeles, Mitra Sorrells in Orlando, Carla Warrilow in Toronto, and Jana Schiowitz, Anna Sekula, and Courtney Thompson in New York.
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