Skip to content

Remembering Nook: Family, Friends, and Colleagues Gather for a Celebration of Life in Minneapolis

Remembering Nook: Family, Friends, and Colleagues Gather for a Celebration of Life in Minneapolis

The crowd gathered to Celebrate the Life of Richard “Nook” Schoenfeld with LD & MC John Featherstone leading the remembrances. Musicians Tom Liebermann on guitar, and Tim O’Keefe on percussion and harmonica added some live music to the evening.

Taking place after a sun-drenched April Fools Day that followed a surprise late-winter blizzard, the memorial service for Richard (a.k.a. Rick, a.k.a. Nook) Schoenfeld, packed the third floor event space above Brit’s Pub in Minneapolis with family, friends, and colleagues gathered to celebrate the former editor of PLSN’s life.Read More »Remembering Nook: Family, Friends, and Colleagues Gather for a Celebration of Life in Minneapolis

April 1 Launch by Rosco of the New Roscolux Color, R401 Legitimate Amber

April 1st Product Launch:

Rosco Laboratories announced it newest gel color: R401 Legitimate Amber. No longer do LD’s need to work with bastardized ambers that skew too pink or too green. This true amber is the hue everyone has been waiting decades for.

R401 was only available on April 1, 2023.
Read More »April 1 Launch by Rosco of the New Roscolux Color, R401 Legitimate Amber

April 1 Launch by Lectrosonics of the LunaLink™

April 1st Product Launch:

Lectrosonics, a world-renowned manufacturer of wireless microphone systems, is excited to announce the launch of LunaLink™, an industry-first wireless audio transmission system designed specifically for use on the moon. LunaLink™ will revolutionize extraterrestrial communication by providing crystal-clear audio transmission in a compact beltpack and receiver system. With this groundbreaking technology, Lectrosonics aims to strengthen the connection between Earth and the moon, making lunar broadcasts, productions, and communications seamless and efficient.Read More »April 1 Launch by Lectrosonics of the LunaLink™

Gerry Dintelman Backs Up The Backseat Lovers ‘Waiting To Spill’ Tour with CHAUVET Professional

In the words of one critic, The Backseat Lovers latest Capital Records album Waiting To Spill, “doesn’t sound like something a bunch of teenagers dreamt up.” Instead, it was, as he wrote, “a remarkable artistic effort.”Read More »Gerry Dintelman Backs Up The Backseat Lovers ‘Waiting To Spill’ Tour with CHAUVET Professional

Datum Creative Selects IP Rated Elation Lighting to Carry ‘No Video’ Production for ‘We Belong Here’ Festival

One of the festival season’s more unique early gatherings took place February 25-26 when Miami’s Virginia Key Beach transformed into a pop-up beach club for We Belong Here. Datum Creative was responsible for the site, production, and lighting design and turned to Elation Professional’s industry-leading range of IP rated luminaires to carry the production visually and fulfill the festival organizer’s unique ‘no video’ brief. Technical Arts Group (TAG) served as lighting vendor. Here’s a video overview of the festival from Datum Creative:

Read More »Datum Creative Selects IP Rated Elation Lighting to Carry ‘No Video’ Production for ‘We Belong Here’ Festival

Astera Supports Bruno Poet and Richard White’s Design of Björk ‘Cornucopia’ Tour

Astera Titan Tubes and PixelBricks are woven ingeniously into the elegant lighting design by Bruno Poet and Richard White for Icelandic singer / songwriter and live performance trailblazer Björk, who is touring her Cornucopia theatrical show globally through 2023. This is a fantastic example of using lighting inventively to enhance a much larger mixed media ‘bigger picture’ that helps capture the many and varied expressions, emotions, moments, and messages of Björk’s stunning work.Read More »Astera Supports Bruno Poet and Richard White’s Design of Björk ‘Cornucopia’ Tour

Visit the Behind the Scenes Booth at NAMM for Valuable Mental Health Information

Visit the Behind the Scenes booth #11730 at The NAMM Show to learn about the BTS Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Initiative, receive valuable information to post in your workplace, and attend one of their brief presentations to learn about available tools and resources, Mental Health First Aid training, and hear about one person’s journey from the depths of depression to helping others.Read More »Visit the Behind the Scenes Booth at NAMM for Valuable Mental Health Information