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New York City’s Javits Center Expands Featuring AV Integration by Metinteractive

New York City’s Javits Center Expands Featuring AV Integration by Metinteractive

Javits Center Expansion 2021, Location: New York NY, Architect: TVS Design

It goes without saying that space is at a premium in Manhattan. Greatly expanding an existing commercial facility to enhance its utility, improve its efficiency and elevate its profile in a competitive market is no mean feat. But the 1.2 million-square-foot addition to New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center has achieved just that.Read More »New York City’s Javits Center Expands Featuring AV Integration by Metinteractive

PRG Delivers Colossal Tower with INFiLED Titan-X LED Panels for the Indochine Tour in France

PRG and PRG Projects provided a massive 120′ high tower made up of INFiLED Titan-X LED panels for the French band Indochine’s tour. Titan-X has an 8mm pixel pitch, 70% transparency, and incorporates PRG’s innovative carbon fiber SpaceFrame technology. Here’s a video highlighting this concert touring application from PRG:

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USITT News: Jay O. Glerum Entry Level Rigging Class Set for Oct. 24-25, 2022 in Indianapolis

The USITT Glerum Rigging Masterclass will take place in Indianapolis, Oct. 24 & 25, 2022 from 9:00 a.m – 5:30 p.m. EDT. This entry-level track is geared toward those needing to reaffirm their knowledge of or build upon their understanding of the basics in counterweight rigging safety and operations.Read More »USITT News: Jay O. Glerum Entry Level Rigging Class Set for Oct. 24-25, 2022 in Indianapolis

USITT News: Ken Vannice Electrical Workshop Set for Oct. 24, 2022 in Indianapolis

The USITT Ken Vannice Electrical Workshop is heading to Indianapolis this fall. It will take place on October 24, 2022 at Newfields: A Place for Nature & the Arts – Indianapolis Museum of Art from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT. This Electrical Workshop will be held concurrently with USITT’s Glerum Rigging Masterclass.Read More »USITT News: Ken Vannice Electrical Workshop Set for Oct. 24, 2022 in Indianapolis

In Memoriam: The Industry Remembers Randy Mayer

Randy Mayer, longtime Director of Concert Touring for Screenworks/NEP, died Aug. 2, 2022 at age 48. Based in the Los Angeles area, Mayer joined Screenworks in Jan. 2010 after playing a key role expanding West Coast sales for High End Systems and related products. He is survived by his wife Jocelyn and two sons. Mayer also leaves behind many industry friends, some of whom shared their remembrances with PLSN.

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Squeek Lights Gives Coheed and Cambria Unique Looks with 27’ Inflatable and Chauvet Professional

Like some ancient deity of the underworld, Quintillian Speakers are shrouded in mystery. Even readers engrossed in the Vaxis 2 story, from which they sprang, know little about this ancient race of beings, other than that they are made of energy, and can turn up anywhere—even at this summer’s Coheed and Cambria tour across North America.Read More »Squeek Lights Gives Coheed and Cambria Unique Looks with 27’ Inflatable and Chauvet Professional

Robe Helps Maluma Put Medellin on the Map


Not that Medellin needs putting on the map of course, but the Colombian reggaetón superstar and the city’s very own pretty boy/dirty boy sold out its Atanasio Girardot stadium in a matter of nanoseconds for this one-off homecoming show that was as spectacular as it was popular, complete with an amazing light show created by Alain Corthout using over 200 Robe moving lights.Read More »Robe Helps Maluma Put Medellin on the Map

Tanzhaus nrw in Dusseldorf Adds Prolight Luminaires

Located in a former Düsseldorf tram depot, tanzhaus nrw has modernized its lighting technology including 40 LED profile spotlights from Prolights. tanzhaus nrw is a center for international dance with eight dance and rehearsal studios and two stages. The venue covers an area of ​​4,000 sq. m., with both a performance space and production, as well as an academy with more than 200 stage events a year, where it hosts an entire span of contemporary dance performances.

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Power From the People

Coldplay’s efforts to “go green” on tour had an impact on the design team, which had to pivot in how they put together a production. In this issue, we talk to the creatives about complying with the sustainability mantra on one of the most talked about tours, “Music of the Spheres.”

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