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Old Town Temecula Community Theater Installs elektraLite SLA Retinas

Old Town Temecula Community Theater Installs elektraLite SLA Retinas

[caption id="attachment_280238" align="alignnone" width="800"]Old Town Temecula Community Theater using elektraLite fixtures on a recent dress rehearsal of A Christmas Carol 2017[/caption]

TEMECULA, CA – Old Town Temecula Community Theater sits in the heart of the historic district of Temecula in Southwestern California. Surrounded by antique shops and quaint cafes, the theater is housed inside the old Mercantile Building on Main Street, dating from the 1890s. But the theater is just 12 years old, and its production is led by a concert touring veteran who steers the venue toward new technology. Its newest purchase of 12 elektraLite SLA Retina LED fixtures is testament to that.

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OPUS 1 Festival’s Surreal, Immersive Productions Enabled by Christie Creative Content, Consulting Expertise and Advanced Projection Technologies

[caption id="attachment_280235" align="alignnone" width="800"]OPUS 1 was composed of 11 large scale activation areas including content from Christie 360[/caption]

COLUMBIA, Md. – Christie®, a world leader in creating and sharing the world’s best visual and audio experiences, joined forces with the Howard Hughes Corporation® (NYSE: HHC) and Wild Dogs International to provide attendees of the OPUS 1 festival with an impressive, multi-media experience recently. Led by the Christie 360 Experiential Studios, Christie provided creative content, consulting advice and advanced projection and display systems to the extravaganza.

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VER partner with MIRRAD to stage sparkling comeback show by 80’s icons BROS

[caption id="attachment_280232" align="alignnone" width="800"]80's Icon BROS returns to the stage[/caption]

LONDON – Making a return to the live stage after a 25 year hiatus, Matt and Luke Goss, BROS, headlined a brace of shows at London’s O2 Arena, giving a fresh airing to their back catalogue of shimmering 80s pop hits. Working alongside Jamie Thompson and David Cohen at innovative show and lighting design outfit MIRRAD, the team at VER London provided the crew with an extensive LED, video, lighting and camera package to help build the suitably vibrant installation.

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LD Fimbres and 4Wall Light First ‘Goalkeepers’ Event Hosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

[caption id="attachment_280229" align="alignnone" width="800"] ‘Goalkeepers’ Event Hosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [/caption]

NEW YORK, NY- The inaugural ‘Goalkeepers’ event, hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, took place last month at the Lincoln Center in New York City. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, President Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, and more joined forces with Bill and Melinda Gates to engage a new generation of leaders in the fight against poverty and disease. 4Wall Entertainment provided the gear to Lighting Designer Mickey Fimbres for this momentous 2-day event.

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Acclaim Lighting Introduces New Compact, High Output Dyna Accent Mini

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LOS ANGELES – Acclaim Lighting, a leader in innovative and advanced lighting technology, introduces Dyna Accent Mini™, a compact, high-power, LED floodlight designed for the tightest spaces in outdoor commercial and landscape applications. The low profile, high output Dyna Accent Mini is available in Spectrum RGBW or single color temperatures of 2700K, 3000K, 3500K and 4000K.  It features a narrow 7º (white) or 12º (RGBW) beam with 20º, 40º, 60º, and 10 º x 60 º spread lens options. The floodlight consumes only 13 watts, performs at temperatures between -40° to 122° F and maintains 70 percent of its lumens for 150,000 hours.

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Mark “Junior” Jacobson Goes Rogue at Saloon on Calhoun Music Hall in Brookfield, WI

[caption id="attachment_280223" align="alignnone" width="800"]Rogues in use at Saloon On Calhoun[/caption]

BROOKFIELD, WI – Years ago, Mark “Junior” Jacobson designed some lightshows for a Milwaukee band, London USA. Fast forward a couple of decades, and Jacobson’s career has soared to great heights as the lighting designer for a number of top artists, including Tool. This September, Jacobson was reunited with his old clients, London USA, when he stepped up to the FOH desk at the Saloon On Calhoun music hall to run the board for their “Not Dead Yet” reunion show.

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The Collaboration Between DTS And Paolo Albani Has Ended

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ITALY – After two and a half years of fruitful collaboration, Paolo Albani ends his role in DTS. “We started with a big question mark on both sides, we got involved, we improved each other and got amazing results together.I had the opportunity to meet extraordinary people, inside and outside the company in all parts of the globe. I can only say that this was an unforgettable experience, but unfortunately came the day when I feel the need to find new motivations and new challenges. I would like to thank all the people who have been part of this fantastic trip, even the least, and I hope to meet them soon.”

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NYC Hosts NEC Display Solutions’ 24th Annual Partner Showcase

CHICAGO – NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, invites you to its popular annual New York Partner Showcase, featuring the latest visual technology solutions to meet business challenges. It will take place on November 1 and 2 at SIR Stage37, just minutes from Times Square and the Javits Center.

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Tracey Hill Promoted to Vice President, Operations at A.C. Lighting

[caption id="attachment_280213" align="alignnone" width="800"]Tracey Hill[/caption]

TORONTO, ON – A.C. Lighting Inc., distributor of world-class lighting, rigging and video technologies, is pleased to announce the promotion of Tracey Hill to Vice President, Operations. Tracey joins a growing roster of high-profile, dynamic and professional senior management. The position of Vice President, Operations was created to support strategic growth plans providing better service to our customers and employees of A.C. Lighting Inc.

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AV Stumpfl® To Present Revolutionary Projection Screen Accessory And Media Servers At LDI 2017

[caption id="attachment_280210" align="alignnone" width="800"]AV Stumpfl screens[/caption]

WALLERN, AUSTRIA – The Austrian AV technology manufacturer AV Stumpfl® will present a revolutionary projection screen accessory prototype, a broad line-up of innovative projection screens and high-performance media server products at this year’s LDI exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. The AV Stumpfl® philosophy applied to each and every product is built around enabling faster set up time, lower maintenance requirements and a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

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Absen And Local AV Partners Join Forces To Help in South Florida Hurricane Relief Efforts

[caption id="attachment_280207" align="alignnone" width="800"]Absen helps out the Florida community[/caption]

ORLANDO –Absen Inc., a global leader in LED display solutions, has collected more than 850 pounds of non-perishable food and supplies to assist in relief efforts for those affected by Hurricane Irma and Maria in South Florida, Key West and Puerto Rico. Recorded as the strongest Atlantic basin hurricane outside of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, Hurricane Irma stretched 650 miles from east to west. Irma left 132 people dead and cost billions of dollars in damage when it made landfall last month. Two weeks later, Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, causing catastrophic damage and a major humanitarian crisis for the island.

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