Is it possible to recover a single event in iPhoto with Time Machine?

I was looking back through the events in iPhoto (300+), nd found one missing.  Not sure why; probably accidentally deleted.

There is a way, but it may well be extremely tedious. If you know the filename of the photo, you can try searching for that either
1. in Spotlight (if Time Machine has not been added as an exclusion in  > System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy),
or
2 manually through the finder tree:
Backups.backupsdb > .......  > Pictures > iPhoto Library
You'll need to choose a backup that you're fairly certain would have been before the time you think it might have been deleted in order to narrow down the search.
In any case follow the path to an 'iPhoto Library' file on your TM disk. Click once on iPhoto Library to select it, hold down the control key, and click again. Choose 'Show Package Contents' from the menu that appears.
This will open up the package like an ordinary folder. Look for a folder called 'Originals'. From here you can browse through your indivudal pictures for that backup date, but there'll be a lot and it'll probably take you a while.
Using either of the methods above, when you finally find the file on your Time Machine disk, click on it once, press 'Command-C' to copy it, then go back to your normal desktop and press 'Command-V' to paste it.
Open iPhoto as usual and import the photo from your desktop.

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