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Tony Fayne presides over an
event he organized at Forte
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Tony Fayne brings cutting-edge
events to Metro Detroit
nightlife.

BY RONIT PINTO

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ike many young Metro Detroiters, 31-
year-old Tony Fayne of Birmingham was
feeling dissatisfied with the local
nightlife offerings.
So Fayne, who by day is director of sales at
Custom Homes in Novi, decided to take matters
into his own hands.
In 2001, he launched Capital Event
Productions, hired a small staff and began spicing
things up by transforming Metro Detroit's night-
clubs into elaborate settings reminiscent of hot

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spots in South Beach and Manhattan.
Fayne started small, organizing an event every
few months. As his reputation and guest list grew,
so did his company. Capital Event Productions cur-
rently organizes monthly parties and small weekly
gatherings where young professionals can let loose.
A member of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield,
where he was bar mitzvah, Fayne graduated from
North Farmington High School and Michigan State
University. In his spare time, he is social co-chair of
the Young Adult Division of the Jewish Federation

of Metropolitan Detroit (YAD), and he uses his
expertise to keep the group on the cutting edge.

How did Capital Event Productions get its start?

A "I was going to a lot of nightclubs with my

friends but craved the flair you'd find in Vegas or
Los Angeles. I wanted to create a trendy atmos-
phere for people to dress up and have fun. So I
went to Pronto! Too, a restaurant in Ferndale, in
March 2001 and they agreed to let me use their
venue.