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HTML

<div id="page-wrapper">
	<div id="content_main">
		<div class="section layout-3">
			<div class="content-layout-4">
      		<div class="wrapper">
         		<h2>Events</h2>
            	<div id="event_wrapper">
                 	<div id ="event_imagewrapper">
               		<img id="event_picture" src="http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/images/img/homepage/87357.jpg"/>
                 	</div>
                 	<div id="event_textbox">
							<h2>Event-title</h2>
							<div id="event_text">
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							</div>
							<div>Continue...</div>
							<div id="event_date">01 APR</div>
						</div>
					</div>
					<div class="clear"></div>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
</div>

CSS

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Fira+Sans:400,500,600,700,800,900');

:root {
	--color1: rgb(255,245,255);
	--color2: rgb(235,0,255);
	--color2-overlay: rgba(235,0,255,0.1);
	--color3: rgb(130,0,150);
	--color4: rgb(84,80,80);
	--color5: rgb(69,65,65);
}

* {
	font-family: 'Fira Sans', sans-serif;
	font-weight: 400;
	font-size: 14px;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	vertical-align: top;
}

body {
	margin: auto;
}

#page-wrapper {
	width: 100%;
	margin: auto;
	text-align: center;
}

h2 {
	font-size: 24px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	font-weight: 800;
	letter-spacing: 1px;
	padding-bottom: 20px;
}

h2::after {
	content: " ";
	display: block;
	position: relative;
	width: 35px;
	height: 2px;
	left: 50%;
	-webkit-transform: translateX(-50%);
	-ms-transform: translateX(-50%);
	transform: translateX(-50%);
	margin-top: 10px;
}

#content_main > * {
	padding-top: 50px;
	padding-bottom: 50px;
}

.section {
	display: flex;
	justify-content: center;
	height: calc(100% + 100px);
}

.section > * {
	align-self: center;
	width: 100%;
}

.layout-3 {background: var(--color2);}

.content-layout-4 h2::after {background-color: var(--color3);}

.content-layout-4 h2 {color: var(--color1);}

.wrapper {
	position: relative;
	width: 70%;
	margin: 0 15%;
}

div.clear {
	display: block;
	clear: both;
}

#event_wrapper {
	display: inline-block;
	height: 90%;
	overflow: hidden;
	margin: 5% 0;
	background-color: var(--color1);
	position: relative;
  width: 100%;
}

#event_imagewrapper {
	display: inline-block;
	position: relative;
	width: 49%;
	height: 100%;
	overflow: hidden;
	float: left;
  background: url(http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/images/img/homepage/87357.jpg);
  background-position: 50%;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

#event_picture {
	display: inline-block;
	width: auto;
	height: 100%;
	position: relative;
  visibility: hidden;
}

#event_textbox {
	display: inline-block;
	width: 45%;
	height: 80%;
	padding-right: 4%;
	text-align: left;
	float:...