CHICAGO – The Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) recently opened its Science Storms exhibit to teach visitors about natural phenomena like tornadoes and avalanches. PRG worked with MSI officials and the museum's general contractor, Norcon, Inc.
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MASADA, Israel – The Israeli Opera staged a production of Verdi's Nabucco in an open-air, purpose-built arena at Masada Mountain near the Dead Sea. The lighting rig included more than 100 Robe moving light fixtures, some of them customized for the production.
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AMHERST, NY – Columbus McKinnon Corporation named Shawn Sack regional sales manager for CM Entertainment Technology (CM-et). Sack will work with distributors in Eastern U.S. and Canada to promote the divisions' line of lifting and rigging products. Sack will also work with riggers in areas of product selection, proper lifting techniques, and repair and maintenance needs.
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MANERSA, Spain – Silenci, a nightclub in this town near Barcelona, offers live music and dancing and also hosts private events and functions. It has been equipped with a Compulite's Dlite 24-48 console to control the lighting in four areas on two levels.
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MOUNT PROSPECT, IL – Usually, the Television Services Department of the Village of Mount Prospect, Ill. (MPTV), uses its Broadcast Pix Slate 1000 video production system to produce live coverage of village board meetings and other local programming.
Read More »LONDON – J. R. Clancy, Inc., is supporting the International Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (ITEAC) as a Silver Sponsor.
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BANGOR, North Wales, U.K. – The temperatures soared to sizzling for the BBC's One Big Weekend in Vaynol Park, kicking off the 2010 Festival season in the U.K., with Adlib supplying sound for five areas and lighting for two.
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RENNES, France – For the past 12 years, the ages-old tradition of Fest Noz partying from the Brittany region in northwest France has been available in cyberspace via Cyber Fest Noz. The latest web transmission took place for seven hours on May 22, when more than 200,000 logged in online from around the world to join in the local festivities at the Music Hall in Rennes.
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BLACKBURN, U.K. – HSL supplied lighting and crew to the U.K. and European tour by Australian drum and bass rockers Pendulum in support of their third album, Immersion.
Read More »OSLO, Norway – A large Kinesys automation system was specified for the 2010 Eurovision Song contest staged at the Telenor Arena in Oslo recently. The system included 80 Kinesys motors – a mix of 1 tonne and half tonnes, and K2 control – spec'd by lighting gaffer Richard Gorrod and operated by Ian Macdonald.
Read More »LAS VEGAS – TMB is offering condensed Hippo School, AvoTraining and DVI Parrot seminars at InfoComm 2010, Meeting Room N230. Training sessions are open every hour, every day of the show.
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