Event Profiles

EVENT PROFILES

Transforming Spaces: Before and After

By Julie Scheff

Photos courtesy of: Infinity Park Event Center & Steve Crecelius; Detail Special Event Production Company Inc; The Given Institute.

The transformation of static spaces to extravagant displays is one of the...>>

Little Company of Mary Crystal Heart Ball

By Marcia Callaghan

As the invites were sent out for the 19th Annual Little Company of Mary Crystal Heart Ball, everyone involved with the hospital's foundation waited anxiously to see if community members would purchase tickets given the...>>

Ending an Era, Celebrating the Future

By Susan Diamond

Photo courtesy of the Dakota County Historical Society.

On a blustery April day with strong winds and driving sleet, nearly 1,500 people visited the South St. Paul Stockyards for the last time to pay tribute to...>>

Red Carpet Event: The Juno Awards

By Michael Nathanson

(Photo: The Westin Bayshore Hotel in Vancouver, B.C. hosted the 2009 JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards. Photo courtesy of MVKA Productions.)

Like their American cousins the Grammy Awards, the Juno Awards...>>

Prologue of the Amgen Tour of California

By Janet Fullwood

Photo courtesy of: Doug Pensinger

When cycling legend Lance Armstrong comes to town, event planners can be assured that the whole world is watching.
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Men for the Cure's Gentlemen's Dinners

If you spend any time in the meetings and events industry, it's obvious that it is a female-dominated profession. Even volunteer committees for events tend to have a heavy dose of progesterone. The Men for the Cure Foundation's 10th annual Gentlemen's...>>

Putting Theory to the Test

For one magical night each October, 36 students in the Hospitality and Tourism Management Program at San Francisco State University get a real-life taste-and test- of what they've been absorbing through countless hours of textbook study and lectures...>>

From Blank Canvas to Work of Art

An art competition spanning 18 days and three square miles of city, with prizes totaling nearly $500,000 going to artists voted on by the public via mobile devices and the Web.

This was the unique canvas ArtPrize creator Rick DeVos presented...>>