Kinesys Opens U.S. Base in Atlanta Area Led by David Martin

ATLANTA, GA – Kinesys is opening a new operation – Kinesys USA Inc., based in the Atlanta area. Pictured here are, from left, Dave Weatherhead, Kinesys CEO; and industry veteran David Martin, who will be heading up the U.S. operation. The company cites significant growth in its U.S. business over the last two years and notes that the move will help it enhance sales efforts along with technical support and after-sales service for customers.

CHICAGO – To the college students and young urbanites who flock to it every weekend, Thalia Hall is one of the buzziest spots in Chicago, a place to kick back, down a local beer with friends, dine on some tasty food and enjoy national acts like Panda Bear and Goat as they perform on a stage illuminated by fixtures from Chauvet Professional. That’s also pretty much how things stood when this four story Romanesque structure opened in 1893 to serve the city’s burgeoning Czech population as a concert hall and social hub –except musical styles were different back then and there were no LED fixtures! However, in between then and now was a dark period when Thalia Hall, which was modeled after the Old Opera House in Prague, stood idle for decades before being given new life by a couple of visionary Chicago entrepreneurs. 

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LAS VEGAS – Elation Professional lighting and video gear was used this year to light up Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) in Las Vegas, North America’s largest dance music festival. Lighting supply companies AG Production Services, Felix Lighting, Visions Lighting and Aspect Lighting all supplied Elation gear to the Vegas version of EDC with this year’s lighting and stage looks by one of the industry’s premiere designers, Steve Lieberman of SJ Lighting.

Lititz, PA – The Wall Street Journal profiled the new multi-million dollar campus, Rock Lititz Studio in central Pennsylvania. The site of the new tour rehearsal space is built on a former cornfield. The main space, a 100 foot tall, 52,000 square foot building was designed and realized by two Lititz resident companies, Clair Brothers and Tait Towers. The idea behind the new rehearsal space, a central location that tours can build and rehearse large tours.

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SERIATE, Italy – Clay Paky, the Italian manufacturer is getting ready for a new phase in its history. Pasquale Quadri, founder and current President, has signed an agreement for the acquisition of the company by Osram, one of the two leading light manufacturers in the world. After the acquisition, Clay Paky will continue to operate from its production and administrative head office in Bergamo. The acquisition is subject to approval by the relevant antitrust authorities.

LAS VEGAS — The Event Production Directory (EPD), long the Bible of working event planners and production professionals, is now a downloadable free app for iPhones currently available at the iPhone App Store online or on your iPhone.

NEW ORLEANS – One hundred and forty Robe Pointes were at the core of the production lighting design for the 2014 Essence Festival in New Orleans. Around 40 – 50 of the Pointes were rigged on trusses over the audience and up above on top of a social media feed ticker-tape style screen high up in the roof of the stadium. The balance were dotted all over the stage on the LX bars which included the side wings, with some on the floor.