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Event professionals can be likened to artists – they bring fantasy worlds to life! They may not use paint or clay, but their preferred medium is an event space. One of my favorite aspects of working in the event industry is seeing how well a space can be transformed. Whether it’s a simple classroom style …

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We’re not going to start this blog post with something along the lines of “it’s been an unprecedented year” simply because we’ve already done that. A lot. In fact, thinking about the number of articles and blog posts out there that talk about changes to the industry or silver linings of the pandemic, we wanted …

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Pumpkin Spiced Coconut Rice Pudding It would appear fall is officially upon us. The old familiar cloudy skies and misty drizzle are back in the Pacific Northwest. In the air of that autumnal feeling and not succumbing to the lack of sun Executive Chef, Jack Reese put together a tasty treat for readers to make …

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The Great Pumpkin Beer Fest is an annual event in October hosted by Elysian Brewing with an emphasis on all things pumpkin and autumnal beer. As you can imagine, the event has quite the appeal for its target audience, but it started with humble beginnings. Seventeen years ago, long before Elysian joined the Anheuser-Busch family, …

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Over 40 years ago, the original Bellevue Jazz Festival started in Bellevue. Produced by the City of Bellevue, the festival would introduce a tradition of hosting jazz performances in the region. For 15 years thereafter, the music series brought the Pacific Northwest’s love of music to the Eastside. In 1993, the Bellevue Downtown Association (BDA) …

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When Washington State entered a statewide reopening on June 30th, everything was thrown into a tizzy. Here at Meydenbauer Center, we’d been talking for months about the inevitable opening of the proverbial floodgates and it would appear the time is upon us. Now, almost six full weeks from that date, we’ve learned some things and …

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It’s official! On June 30, nearly all the COVID-19 restrictions were lifted in Washington. Since the start of the pandemic, gatherings have been limited in some form or fashion, and we’ve been getting questions about what limitations may remain for events following the reopening. The short answer is that the only situation in which there …

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