It begins with an experiment by a friend’s older brother growing crystals on lumps of coal in an aquarium with a fluorescent fixture on top. To enhance the colored crystals, he put pieces of colored cellophane around the bulb above the crystals.
I was fascinated. And six years old.
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Take1 Insurance’s Scott Carroll talks about why liability insurance is critical for those in the live event business.
The collapse of the temporary structure erected for the Indiana State Fair on Aug. 13, 2011 was the rigging and staging industry’s own 9/11. It has become the point on the timeline that divides, irreversibly, that professional community into sharply different eras of before and after. The tragedy, during an outdoor concert by the country band Sugarland in which a wind gust from an approaching severe thunderstorm hit the stage structure, causing it to collapse, killed seven people and injured 58 others. Read More »
MIDDLETON, WI – Undergoing a planned phase of strategic growth, ETC in Middleton, Wisconsin has surpassed a significant milestone this summer, employing more than 1,000 people worldwide.
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PixelFLEX is expanding its FLEXUltra product line with 1.6mm, 1.9mm, and 1.9mm front-serviceable LED video panels. Designed for the permanent installation market, the FLEXUltra product line promises stunning high-resolution and curve-able LED displays that allow designers and engineers to easily create exciting and unique environments.
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MONTREAL – The Duceppe theater company staged Judy Garland, la fin d’une étoile, a French language adaptation of Peter Quilter’s End of the Rainbow, which focusing on the last months of actress Judy Garland’s life, in Montreal from April 8 to May 16. Set designer Olivier Landreville required custom carpet to showcase Garland’s performance in a hotel suite, where a piano would sit. He turned to Vincent Rousselle, Duceppe’s technical director, for an assist, and Rousselle found a custom printed carpet solution from Enhance a Colour.
Read More »AUSTIN, TX – SHS Global announced that Tony Magaña joined the company as head of new business development, both for SHS Global and partner company TourPro Lighting. CEO and founder, Leigh Anne Aiken, made the announcement. Magaña comes to SHS with extensive experience in the entertainment and specification lighting industry working for over 25 years with manufactures both in the US and Mexico. He’s most recently held senior sales management positions with d3 and Barco.
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The new COLORado 1 Solo from Chauvet Professional uses a 60-watt Quad-Color (red, green, blue white) LED with output that appears as a single beam, hence the “Solo” in its name. It was designed for a wide range of applications, indoors or out. This IP65-rated par-style wash fixture will be unveiled by the company at LDI Booth #539.
BIRMINGHAM, MI – Emagine Entertainment’s recently opened Emagine Palladium theatre features a Christie Experiential Networks (CEN) immersive digital signage installation in the lobby. It’s part of CEN’s nationwide rollout that is due to have 200 theatre lobbies in North America equipped with immersive visuals by the end of this year.
Martin’s RUSH MH 6 Wash, which is based on the popular RUSH PAR 2 RGBW Zoom featuring the same LED engine and zoom system, is now shipping. Well suited for night venues and live events, the RUSH MH 6 Wash offers a fully pre-mixed color system of 12 10W RGBW LEDs with 10–60° zoom. It also features full electronic dimming, strobe effects and temperature-controlled fan cooling for quiet operation.
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