Pratt Contemporaries
Black and White
Party

The Pratt Contemporaries — a foundation supporting the Enoch Pratt Free Library — had a vision for their annual Black and White Party: transform one of Baltimore's most beloved beaux-arts spaces into a fully immersive circus world. EventPro, a full-service event production company based in Maryland and serving clients across the Mid-Atlantic, delivered every element of that transformation — scenic, audio, video, lighting, custom bars, furnishings, graphics, rigging, and entertainment — for 800 guests in January 2026.

The centerpiece of the production was a custom fabricated, full-scale rotating carousel rigged directly from the ceiling of the Elizabeth K. Moser Central Hall. Built at EventPro's 80,000 sq ft Maryland production facility just outside Washington DC and transported to Baltimore, the structure featured carousel horses, red silk swag drapery, custom marquee-style banner panels, and thousands of Edison string lights — and rotated continuously above the main floor for the duration of the evening.

Below the carousel, the hall was layered with a complete circus environment: custom large-format graphic backdrops in bold circus poster style, an illuminated DJ booth with a carousel horse silhouette, gold bar units with interior crystal detail, and LED video panels running graphic black-and-white imagery. EventPro also sourced and managed the full entertainment roster — aerial lyra and silks artists, stilt walkers, hand balancers, contortionists, and LED performers — who performed throughout the evening across custom-built staging platforms positioned around the hall.