Bryan Rafanelli celebrates his new book with - what else? - a great party
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Event planner Bryan Rafanelli during a party celebrating the release of his book, "A Great Party," at the Revere Hotel.
Friends and fans gathered at the Revere Hotel for a bash toasting the launch of Bryan Rafanelli’s new book, “A Great Party: Designing the Perfect Celebration.” The evening kicked off with a “fireside chat” with Rafanelli, hosted by Boston Globe managing director Linda Pizzuti Henry. There’s no doubt the event-planner extraordinaire has plenty of stories to tell. He designed White House state dinners and holiday celebrations during the Obama administration; planned Chelsea Clinton’s dream wedding, and has put on galas and parties for any number of charitable organizations in Boston, New York, and beyond. Among those on the guest list: Ron Druker, Deesha Dyer, Stephen Davis, Linda Holliday, Janet Wu,Howard Kessler, Ming Tsai, Simone Winston, Betsy Nabel, Ricardo Rodriquez, Vivien Li, and Jay Austen.
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Boston Globe managing director Linda Henry hosted a “fireside chat” with event planner Bryan Rafanelli at the Revere Hotel. Among other topics, the two discussed how Rafanelli and his team projected a rainbow onto the White House in 2015 (above) to mark the legalization of same-sex marriage.
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Vivien Li posed with Bryan Rafanelli in front of a balloon wall at a party celebrating the release of his book, "A Great Party," at the Revere Hotel.
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Deesha Dyer (left), former Obama administration social secretary, chats with journalist Janet Wu during a bash celebrating Bryan Rafanelli at the Revere Hotel.
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Tonya Mezrich and her husband, Ben Mezrich, a party celebrating the release of Bryan Rafanelli's new book, "A Great Party," at the Revere Hotel.
