SYRACUSE, NY – J. R. Clancy, Inc. named Jim Crooks vice president, sales. Crooks, who has more than three decades of industry experience, worked for a single group of entertainment lighting, dimming and energy management companies for the last 17 years.
Read More »FAIRFIELD, NJ – MB Productions president Brian Brooks had a very specific use in mind when opting to purchase a Vista Spyder X20 video processor: "for every multi-screen show where we need to have unique content routed to different destinations," Brooks said.
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MILAN – It's more than a disco, and Magazzini Generali has been equipped with an array of gear from Martin Professional that helps the space transform into a venue for concert performances, photo shoots, fashion shows, music festivals and theatrical performances.
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LOUISVILLE, KY – For a lighting upgrade in 2009, the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts (KC) chose a package of controls, dimming gear and fixtures from ETC.
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LONDON – Coemar's Infinity M fixtures made their theatrical début at the Adelphi Theatre in London with Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies. Paule Constable is using Infinity M moving head projectors supplied by White Light for the production, which is set to run until Oct. 23, 2010.
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WEST PALM BEACH, FL – A new visual feature for West Palm Beach is the recently renovated Waterfront Commons, a 12.5-acre site with a large open green (Great Lawn), events pavilion, water garden and other attractions.
Read More »BOSTON – Public Image Ltd. (PiL), the post-punk band that includes John Lyman, a.k.a. Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols, is in the middle of a six-week tour of the U.S. PiL LD Stephen Abbiss is using an Avolites Pearl Expert supplied by Theatrical Media Services (TMS) of Omaha, Neb. for control.
Read More »COOPERSBURG, PA – Lutron Electronics Co., Inc., a manufacturer of light and shade control solutions, has launched the LED Control Center of Excellence, a new resource is devoted to LED lighting solutions.
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LONDON – Draping specialists Cover It Up was engaged by production company Partytechture to black out 40 large windows at Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre, a Grade 1 Listed Building that was used to stage one element of the 2010 SKOLL World Summit event.
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WARSAW, Poland – ETC's Polish distributor Prolight installed a Congo jr control desk and 144 channels of SmartPack dimming for the sixth floor theatre at the Palace of Culture and Science.
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PHOENIX – Auerbach Pollock Friedlander, Performing Arts/Media Facilities Planning and Design, has completed work on the Musical Instrument Museum in collaboration with RSP Architects. Auerbach Pollock Friedlander provided theatre and audio-video systems consulting services for the MIM Music Theater, a 299-seat recital hall as well as audio-video consulting services for the recording studio.
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BOSTON – "TD Banknorth Garden" was a bit of a mouthful. But parent company Delaware North Companies rebranded the sports center, home to the Boston Bruins NHL hockey team and Boston Celtics NBA basketball team, as, simply, "TD Garden" (pronounced, of course, as "TD GAH-den.") Chauvet LED fixtures played a role in the rebranding effort.
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