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Event Report: Art and Automobiles - The Making of A Multi-Faceted Event

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One location, two days, an event involving a global automobile corporation, a Brooklyn art-and-design space, a London-based multi-disciplinary art and design group, VIPs, media and the public. All in one production! Event Date: May 15 and May 17, 2018 Location: A/D/O, Brooklyn, New York Guest Count: Ranging from an intimate group of VIPs to 3,200 public guests. Our Task: Designing the experience around a press conference and VIP/Public Reception to celebrate the opening of "Spirit of The City" - an art installation by London-based United Visual Artists in  the Amalgamated Drawing Office - or A/D/O, Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Creative Director Kate Brack: "We were challenged to create an environment that framed the UVA art installation and distinct character of the existing interior design of A/D/O. It was a thrill to come up with minimal, striking details that fulfilled multiple roles; at once providing a professional engagement for the press conference, an el

Event Report: "The Best of Las Vegas" Turned This Evening Into An Immersive Experience

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EW's Stage Manager Ann Friday, VP & Executive Producer  Kristen Rensch and EPlus Productions' Event Producer Eddie Morales The Event:  Reception & Dinner Party with non-stop entertainment  for a Japanese group. Date: June 6, 2018 Location: The Chelsea at Cosmopolitan Las Vegas Guest Count: 350 The Challenge:  Creating experiential, immersive non-stop entertainment for an international group that included children. Kristen Rensch: "Our client requested entertainment segments for many aspects of the evening consisting of a reception and a dinner show at The Chelsea. 10 Cirque-themed costumed characters created an immersive environment upon guests' entry. Photo ops with the characters provided interactive moments. A few weeks before the event the client asked us to create a custom skit that company executives could participate in to greet and warm up the audience. This technique of introducing the executives, much in the manner of audience partic

Event Report: Brynne and Alisa Love Working at The Grammy Museum

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No wonder Brynne Peña and Alisa Walsh were excited to work at a local iconic venue that celebrates the entertainment industry. In fact, both Brynne and Alisa have family members in the music business. Brynne's brother Sam Price is the drummer in lovelytheband. They currently top the Alternative Songs chart on Billboard and are getting ready to start their first headlining tour this fall. Alisa Walsh grew up backstage watching her stepdad perform in the most iconic California band, The Beach Boys. No wonder our producers loved working at the Grammy Museum's Target Terrace at L.A. Live. Music is their inspiration. Our team channeled the energy into the event. The Event: A 2-Day Brand Showcase for a Luxury Hotel Chain. Dates: June 5-6, 2018 Location: Grammy Museum, Target Terrasse at L.A. Live, Los Angeles, CA. Guests: 150 Alisa: "It was a really great opportunity to showcase some of the ideas we have been wanting to produce! We created two very effective new

Event Report: We Loved Working in Mexico City

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Alisa with our Mexico Team: Gerardo and Rocio. Alisa Walsh reports from Mexico City. The Event: a General Session and Dinner  Guest Count: 120 Industry: Hotel Franchise Owners and General Managers Date: May 2018 One month time to produce a general session and dinner event in Mexico City? Not a problem. Alisa: "Thanks to our wonderful team members in Mexico we can deliver an event in Mexico City in the same time frame it takes us to produce a similar event in our hometown of Los Angeles. I have to say, we had the hardest working staff ever. They did not have an easy load-in. As a further challenge we had a very short turnaround time from general session to dinner." "We had just an hour and a half for the room turn and our team made it happen in record time even though they had to overcome a difficult access route. They had to bring all dinner evening elements in by walking through the kitchen and up one floor using stairs and a freight elevator. Our local