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Max Blum Max Blum Project Manager Office: 323.321.1793 EMAIL: MBlum@eventworks.com Max is on Linkedin Many of you may have spoken to or met Max over the past 12 months as he has been free-lancing with us as a producer. We love his detailed-oriented, efficient work style and his calm-in-the-storm, positive disposition and we are happy to announce that Max Blum has joined the EventWorks Team as a full-time Project Manager! Max will lend operational and event support to our team.   Things you should know about Max: Max is one of those rather rare real Californians, born and raised in Los Angeles. However, he carries two passports thanks to his British "mum" and he has spent a lot of time in the United Kingdom. Max holds a B.A. in Communications and Media Studies from CSUN and comes to us with an extensive background in television and video production. He honed his skills on National Geographic, Travel Channel, Animal Planet and commercials production...

Steve Elkins' Honduras Adventure continues! We are happy to announce that National Geographic is currently featuring the story in both print and television. 1994 It's been a long time coming - National Geographic is telling the story in a new documentary that will first broadcast on October 4th. Please check their website for local times in your area. 2014 American author Doug Preston's print story is already available online and in the October print edition of National Geographic Magazine. Steve Elkins is currently working with his team members and Honduran officials to return to T1, now known as part of the the Mosquitia Patrimonial Heritage Preserve. "Modern technology has allowed us to prove there is much more to the history of the Mosquitia than previously assumed. This area has seen very little exploration. It is a relative black hole in the archaeological records. We are very excited about the possibilit...

While we just fret about the drought some people are inspired to turn their concern into an amazing art installation! Our friend Doron Gazit introduced his current environmental art project "The Red Line" a few months ago at the Pasadena Armory Center for the Arts. Less than three months later, he realized his first large-scale installation at the Dead Sea, Israel. We all know him as the innovative industrial designer behind air dimensional design. Doron is passionate about using his materials in environmental art installations to draw attention to issues close to his heart. Doron: "As an Israeli I have water conservation basically embedded into my DNA. We all grow up very water conscious and we learn how to use it responsibly. Watching the California drought evolve is difficult because I know how much water goes wasted here every day. The Red Line installation is a long, inflatable “red line” to draw attention to lands that have been devastated due...

Most of you, our esteemed colleagues and readers, know our front office EventWorks team. But we are only one part of the EW family. We feel that Labor Day is a good occasion to introduce you to Carolyn Vasi's EW production team - the amazing, hard working creators, artisans and artists who turn ideas and themes into event reality and make the magic happen! As we were reminiscing recently, we realized that our production team can pretty much create anything you can imagine. 500 Bavarian pretzel stands for an authentic Oktoberfest for a German company?  - ✔️ - the whole crew particpates. Intricate visual art pieces, ranging from traditional Japanese fan motives to urban graffiti walls? ✔️✔️ - Frankie Flores is our in-house visual artist. Branded, customized props of all sizes get designed and built constantly. Since we like to be cost effective and environmentally friendly, we reuse as much as we can. But we can do much more than that. Carolyn Vasi still m...