SYRACUSE, NY – Mark Shanda, professor of theatre design and technology and former Dean of Arts and Humanities at The Ohio State University, has begun a three-year term as president of USITT, the United States Institute for Theatre Technology.
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REDWOOD CITY, CA – Business in downtown Redwood City, CA, has taken an upward turn on Tuesday nights thanks to the Redwood City Improvement Association, Christie, Tekamaki and BartKresa Design. Previously the quietest night of the week, more than 1,000 people now flock downtown to see the San Mateo County History Museum lit up in a dramatic visual display.
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WESTON-super-MARE, UK – Colour Sound Experiment has provided lighting gear to LD Alan King for his illumination of the castle at the antithetical theme park wonderland of Dismaland, a temporary-pop up art intervention that turns the safety of simulacrum on its head … at the site of Tropicana, a derelict seafront lido in Weston Super Mare, UK. The experience is curated by graffiti artist and provocateur, Banksy.
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Lumileds’ Luxeon C Color Line of LEDs promises to serve as a new solution to the persistent challenge of color-matching LEDs.
LAS VEGAS – 4Wall Entertainment, Inc. announced that it has received a strategic investment from Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC (Odyssey). The company also announced that Kathy Torjman has been named Chief Executive Officer. Kathy succeeds and will continue to collaborate with Michael Cannon, who will assume the role of Chairman of 4Wall.
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STURGIS, SD – As the big motorcycle rally rumbled into town from Aug. 3-9, the Knuckle Saloon was decked out for the occasion with a lightshow that featured close to 40 fixtures from Chauvet Professional supplied by Blue Seed Entertainment.
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DUBAI, UAE – Protec supplied HQ Creative with lighting, video, and rigging for the opening ceremony of the 2015 Nad Al Sheba Sports Tournament, held at NAS Sports Complex on June 21. The lighting aspect of the event was created using 24 Clay Paky Mythos and 14 Clay Paky A.leda B-Eye K10, working together alongside the Sharpy, Sharpy Wash 330, and Super Sharpy fixtures.
Read More »ATLANTA — With an objective of reaching emerging software engineers and a thriving metro population of over five and a half million people, global design software developer Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. opened the doors of its Atlanta office. The main goal of this office is to employ software engineers who will further develop the Vectorworks product line, serving the AEC, landscape and entertainment design industries.
Read More »Broadcast Pix will demonstrate Roadie, its new mobile integrated production switcher, at IBC2015 (Stand 7.B21), which runs Sept. 11-15 at Amsterdam RAI. Introduced earlier this year, Roadie features Broadcast Pix’s patented Fluent Control toolset, as well as built-in HD streaming and recording, to deliver a complete end-to-end production workflow.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. – Focus on the Family, one of the largest Christian ministries in the U.S., put out a request for bid to upgrade the lighting system in its Chapelteria, a 750-seat large multi-functional conference and event space at its headquarter campus in Colorado Springs. Focus on the Family’s AV team had a set of lighting products in mind and worked with Ben Gleason of LVW Electronics, the local systems solutions provider that won the contract, to ensure their needs were met.
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UK – Last month, the brand-new musical Mrs. Henderson Presents received its world premiere at the Theatre Royal Bath and has just completed what was an incredibly successful run. Based on the hit 2005 film that starred Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins, it tells the story of eccentric widow Laura Henderson who, unsure how to spend her inherited fortune, buys the decaying Windmill Theatre. After introducing nude female dance acts, it suddenly becomes the most popular venue in all of London.
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