From an article I'm reading:

> 今回はこのイベントの **様子を交えながら** 、このプロジェクトを総括します。

I understand 様子 as 'state/appearance', and 交える to mean 'mix', but I'm having
problems understanding what they mean together as 'mixed state' doesn't seem
to make sense in this case.
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Meaning of 様子を交える
Let's think 交{まじ}える as 'to mix A with B': AにBを交{まじ}える.

> 今回は **このイベントの様子{ようす}を交{まじ}え** ながら、 **このプロジェクトを** 総括{そうかつ}します。

As you understand, 様子{ようす} means 'state/appearance' and indicates how
someone/thing looks at a moment. In this sentence, it means 'how the event
looks', which is A of 'to mix A with B'. B is このプロジェクト 'this project'. So, the
sentence means 'This time I will summarize the project by referring to the
event how it was.'
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I would say that the sentence translates roughly to:

> This time, while mixing in `[some bits about]` the appearance of this event,
> I will give an overview of this project.

The bracketed part was inserted to make the English translation sound more
natural.

One of the most important things to always remember about Japanese is that the
language is EXTREMELY context-specific. Without more background it would be
impossible for anyone to tell you what the speaker/writer of that sentence
really meant. That said, my interpretation is that the speaker was about to
give a broad explanation of some project and wanted to emphasize to his/her
audience that whatever event he/she previously introduced would be discussed
further during the explanation wherever it became relevant.
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> 「[今回]{こんかい}はこのイベントの[様子]{ようす}を[交]{まじ}えながら、このプロジェクトを[総括]{そうかつ}します。」

The last part is the main clause, naturally. ⇒ 「このプロジェクトを総括します」= " ** _We will
recap this project_**."

While they do the recap, they also want to 「このイベントの様子を交える」 as it says 「ながら」,
right?

「このイベント」 and 「このプロジェクト」 are two different things, but they should be fairly
closely related. More specifically, the former appears to be a rather
important part of the latter (even though only one sentence has been given as
context).

「このイベントの様子を交える」 literally means "to mix in scenes from this event". As I
stated in the comment section, that usually would consist of " ** _showing
actual pieces of footage from the event such as photos, videos, etc._** "
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