America I AM:  The African American Imprint
The Hettema Group has been honored with a prestigious Thea Award by the Themed Entertainment Association for their work on American I AM: The African American Imprint.  read more »

PROFILE: Pasadena’s Hettema Group specializes in multimedia experiences for museums, hotels and other attractions.  read more »


San Francisco, CA --(PR.com)-- TEDxSF has announced its next event, Creativity, will be held on November 17, 2009 at the California Academy of Sciences. The event will feature fascinating speakers, great music and more.  read more »

NEW ORLEANS – Actor Tom Hanks says viewers are in for a realistic "wartime experience" when the new film he produced, "Beyond All Boundaries," opens at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on Friday.  read more »
Beyond all Boundaries Speaks to Each Generation

When the National World War II Museum in New Orleans commissioned The Hettema Group to produce a new cinematic experience about WWII, they were presented with a daunting challenge:  how to tell a story - that older Americans already know - in a fresh new way, and also grab the attention of a new generation.
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Beyond all Boundaries
incorporates state-of-the-art special effects all specially designed by The Hettema group for the Solomon Victory Theater.  The multi-sensory experience plunges audiences into another time, another place where they will feel the steam rising from the Guadalcanal's jungles, brush snowflakes from their cheeks while trailing troops in the Battle of the Bulge, and flinch at anti-aircraft fire as they fly with bomber crews above Nazi Germany.  How is this possible?  read more »

Beyond all Boundaries Brings New Understanding Across Generations

When The Hettema Group was commissioned by the National WWII Museum in New Orleans to design and produce Beyond all Boundaries, a multi-sensory cinematic experience about WWII, Phil Hettema knew exactly who to turn to first:  his dad.
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Creative Executive of The Hettema Group headlines at TEA’s SATE 09

Hettema Group founder and creative executive Phil Hettema has been selected to join the distinguished roster of speakers at the upcoming industry think-tank SATE 2009.

Phil will be exploring the current and future state of social networking and interactivity in the I-Generation.  With the ubiquity of iPhones and other smart devices, incorporating increasing levels of guest participation before, during, and after their on-site experience is now a “must” for future attractions.




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Phil Hettema invited to join Renaissance Weekends

The Hettema Group founder and creative executive Phil Hettema has been invited to join the elite Renaissance Weekends think-tank.  The upcoming gathering is set for Monterey, California, over the Labor Day weekend.

Phil joins a select group of innovative leaders from across all disciplines vital to our contemporary society:  business, finance, education, religion, law, medicine, government, media, science and technology, sports, non-profits, and the arts.
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The Hettema Group on a Fact-Finding Mission to Asia

Phil Hettema and George Wiktor report on their recent fact-finding tour of Southeast Asia. “Amazing countries with many layers of culture, religion, history, and civilization that co-exist side by side,“ comments Phil.
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The Hettema Group helps LA go green!

The piece of land is prime. The intersection of Mullholland Drive at Coldwater Canyon where the views stretch for miles across the San Fernando Valley. These four acres form the core of a boutique-sized project with global-sized ambitions. TreePeople is fighting Global Warming--one tree at a time.  read more »
America I AM:  The African American Imprint, Tavis Smiley

Countdown to Change
 
Kicking off a momentous week in American political life, the world premiere opening of the “America I AM” exhibit presented by Tavis Smiley at Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center caps a multi-month effort by organizers Arts and Exhibitions International and Cincinnati Museum Center, with design team The Hettema Group, and exhibit producer Nancy Seruto of Seruto & Company --all working with one goal in mind.  read more »