Members of Event Pros Take Action, a nonprofit of event industry professionals  founded by Susie Perelman of Mosaic Inc., donated their time and services Friday  for Forces of Nature, a benefit for hurricane victims, at Bakery Square. The evening featured vignettes … Continue reading →

Blame the whiplash on some delicious eye candy being  displayed during the Forces of Nature party on April  5, where little was left to the imagination and plenty was grabbing right onto  the senses. “It took us like 45 minutes … Continue reading →

Ben Roethlisberger got another ring on Saturday. The Steelers’ Super Bowl-winning quarterback married New Castle native Ashley Harlan in a private church ceremony in Ohio Township, then celebrated into the night at a reception Downtown. The affair was coordinated by … Continue reading →

Carla Cicero and David Ramsey first met while in college, but not on campus. Instead, they connected while both visiting Pittsburgh for a weekend. After this initial brief exchange, the two didn’t see each other again for five years. Eventually, … Continue reading →

Would you jump at the chance to party in paradise with Pittsburgh Steeler Troy Polamalu? We did! More than 425 guests attended the safety’s first charity event held at the Westin Convention Center Hotel. It commenced with Mai Tais and … Continue reading →

Oakland Catholic High School’s leading ladies took center stage at the Westin Convention Center Hotel, where more than 560 guests gathered for the Broadway soirée, which featured a musical performance by the OCHS Chamber Singers. The show-stopping evening included a … Continue reading →

Keepsake Arabians Equestrian Center in McDonald was the fabulous setting for  the third annual Cradle Will Rock benefit sponsored by the Twenty Five Club of  Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC. The benefit on Saturday featured an auction of  customized and autographed … Continue reading →

For a wonderfully romantic wedding, you can rent a tent, drape it with beautiful fabric, floor it, carpet it, air condition it, and line the ceiling with crystal chandeliers. Gorgeous flowers, china, crystal, linens, and chair treatments add the finishing … Continue reading →

WHIRL MAGAZINE Weiner has 24 years of event planning experience, and her company, The Event Group, has four full-time employees who oversee the production of events locally, nationally, and internationally. In addition to assisting brides in planning their weddings throughout … Continue reading →

Sheila C. Weiner, a lawyer by education, has been a special events producer since 1987. Weiner has assisted clients locally, nationally and internationally, with many of her events garnering editorial and photographic coverage in national publications, and she has appeared … Continue reading →

Weiner founded The Event Group as a full-service special event production, destination, trade show and meeting management company, and later created two related businesses: The Prop Shop, which provides thematic decor and props for events, and Table Attire, a specialty … Continue reading →

Special events require special talents, something many of us attending a celebratory evening might never notice. From the welcoming greeting to the departing valet, the table setting to the setting of the table, hundreds of designs and details go into … Continue reading →

The Pittsburgh Middle East Institute’s Fourth Annual Conference included a  dinner Oct. 26 with former Secretary of State and Nobel Laureate Dr. Henry  Kissinger at Carnegie Music Hall, where PMEI Founder & CEO Simin Curtis,  announced from stage, that PMEI … Continue reading →

The Pittsburgh Middle East Institute’s Third Annual Conference included a dinner Wednesday night with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at Carnegie Music Hall. As the first female secretary of state, she became the highest ranking woman in the history … Continue reading →

The Pittsburgh Middle East Institute held a gala sponsors dinner Tuesday before  a lecture by Newsweek International editor Fareed Zakaria at Carnegie Music  Hall. The evening was part of the institute’s Second Annual Conference.     Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/life/seen/pittsburgh-middle-east-institute-hosts-dinner-at-carnegie-music-hall-362803/#ixzz2OlK3Md4l By … Continue reading →