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Negotiations Break Down Between Philadelphia Theatre Company and Striking Stagehands

Negotiations Break Down Between Philadelphia Theatre Company and Striking Stagehands

Negotiations over a new union contract for the striking stagehands at the Philadelphia Theatre Company broke down Sunday, Jan. 20, over what a union rep described as a “punitive” contract offer from the Philadelphia Theatre Company. Mike Barnes, the business agent at IATSE Local 8 in Philadelphia and one of the negotiators with the theatre, said talks broke off after the Philadelphia Theatre Company refused to eliminate the ability of the theatre to hire “alternative,” i.e., non-union, workers to work alongside union ones.

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4Wall Systems Lights Maryland Live Casino

HANOVER, MD- The 4Wall Systems team recently completed work at Maryland Live Casino’s Rams Head Center Stage, a 500-seat live entertainment venue. An interesting challenge arose toward the end of the project, as the client requested eight custom chandeliers scaling down from 21 ft. in diameter to 9 ft. in diameter. No strangers to custom fabrication, the 4Wall team quickly created these custom fixtures using LED light sources with RGB control.

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Paradigm Responsive Controls

ETC’s Paradigm Responsive Controls

MIDDLETON, WI – ETC’s Paradigm Responsive Controls – the newest additions to the Unison Paradigm family of architectural control – reduce wasted electricity in any indoor or outdoor space. Paradigm Occupancy/Vacancy Sensors use passive infrared sensors (PIR) to detect vacancy, automatically shutting lights off when a space is unoccupied. They can also be configured to turn on when someone enters a room. The sensors can also adjust the output of lighting fixtures based on the amount of natural light in an area.

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Applications Available for Rose Brand USITT Design Competition

SECAUCUS, NJ – Applications are now available for the 2nd Annual Rose Brand USITT Action Design Competition. The competition, which will take place at the USITT Conference in March, will consist of up to four different teams of students competing against each other to create the best scenic environment. The deadline to submit applications is Feb. 22, 2013.

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PLProfile4 LED luminaire

Philips Strand Lighting PLProfile4 LED Luminaire

DALLAS – Philips Strand Lighting is now shipping the Philips Selecon PLProfile4 LED luminaire.  The fixture uses four 120-watt RGBW LED chips which create more than 6,000 lumens of output. Features include pattern projections and interchangeable lens options. Variable color temperatures range from 2300K to 9970K in white.

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Harvey Sweet

Theatre Tech Expert Harvey Sweet Retires From ETC

MIDDLETON, WI – Theater-technology expert Harvey Sweet has retired from ETC (Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.), after four years as ETC Rigging’s senior product manager. His career spanned 59 years in the theatrical production and equipment manufacturing industry. Sweet was a fundamental part of ESTA’s E1.6 – 1 Rigging Task Group, recognized for developing the motorized-rigging standard, and served on many industry committees. Dr. Sweet is also the published author of three theater-technology textbooks and taught theater technology, scenic design and theater aesthetics for more than 30 years at several universities.

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Barco Appoints Baranday Swiss AV Distributor

KORTRIJK, Belgium – Barco appoints Baranday as its distribution partner in Switzerland for Barco’s projection and image processing products. This new partnership will offer Swiss resellers, system integrators and others easier access to Barco’s full projection product line and support services.

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Brown United

Brown United Exhibits at Event Live Expo

MONROVIA, CA — Event structure company Brown United will exhibit at Event Live Expo, Feb. 5-7 at the Event Deck, L.A. Live in Los Angeles. Brown United’s CEO John Brown is also a founding member of the Event Safety Alliance and will participate in unveiling the group’s first Event Safety Guide for America. The Event Safety Alliance is a group of entertainment industry leaders gathered to address the immediate need for universal safety standards for live event productions.

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Rob Smith

Electrosonic Promotes Rob Smith to Sales Manager EMEA

LOS ANGELES – Electrosonic has promoted Rob Smith to sales manager of the Cultural Entertainment and Leisure (CEL) business for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Smith joined Electrosonic in 2010 as client account manager for the CEL team. Smith has spent 20 years in the AV industry. Before that, he served in the Royal Air Force as an avionics engineer.

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Vincent Lighting, Mainstage Theatrical & Production Advantage To Merge

PITTSBURGH, PA – Vincent Lighting Systems, Mainstage Theatrical Supply and Production Advantage have announced that they are merging to form a new lighting, rigging and staging company, MainStage, LLC, with locations in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Houston, Memphis, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Pensacola, Pittsburgh, Tampa and Burlington, VT. Paul Vincent will serve as the president of the newly-formed company. All three companies will continue service as normal until the merger is completed.

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High Schools Get USITT Rigging Safety Grants

SYRACUSE, NY – The United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) is providing free rigging inspections and safety training at high schools around the country through its Rigging Safety Initiative. It selects 10 schools twice a year – spring and fall – for its service, and the newest list of schools was just announced. Deadline is April 1 to apply for consideration in spring.

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