TORONTO – The 65th NBA All-Star Game, the first held outside the U.S., took place at Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Feb. 14, 2016. Along with the basketball action, attractions included an intro staged by Cirque du Soleil and a halftime show headlined by Sting. Lighting designer Otis Howard, of Otis Howard Design in St. Petersburg, FL, turned to Prelite Studios to help envision the show’s very diverse lighting needs.
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LONDON – Organizers for the Knight of Illumination Awards (KOI) have announced that this year’s ceremony will take place at the Eventim Apollo (formerly the Hammersmith Odeon, pictured here) on Sept. 18, 2016. Clay Paky will be Headline Sponsor for this year’s event, the ninth year the awards ceremony has been staged. Other key sponsors include Ambersphere Solutions, Ayrton, ETC, FIX8Group, Hawthorn, Light Initiative, MA Lighting, Philips Vari-Lite, PLASA, PRG XL Video, Robert Juliat and VER.
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LONDON — KOKO, a prominent venue for live music in London, has upgraded with Avolites’ Arena console. The venue’s head of lighting, Hannu Finnila, uses the console to control a rig that includes Robe Pointe, Martin Atomic Strobe and Chauvet Rogue R2 Wash and Spot fixtures..
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HOLLYWOOD, CA – Chauvet Professional’s third Student Lighting Showcase was held at a new venue, the Ricardo Montalbán Theatre in Hollywood. The event, which took place Saturday, April 16, reached new heights in terms of student participation, lighting designer involvement and the overall learning experience. This year, the theme of the program was lighting music from the movies.
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Read More »BEIJING – As part of its presentation at the 2016 Beijing Motor Show, which runs from April 25 to May 4, Ford turned to Tait Towers for a hydraulic scissor lift that ascends 23 feet into a video surround. Dubbed the “Ford Experience,” the ride lasts three minutes and accommodates up to 15 people.
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MIDDLETON, WI – Electronic Theater Controls (ETC) turned to Marshall Bissett to profile well-known LD Lee Rose, who has used many of the company’s products over a 46-year career. Rose has delved into the intricacies of lighting the stage for theatre, dance and rock productions, starting with Atlantis Philharmonic, the opening act at a Styx concert back in 1974. By the 1980s, Rose had ventured into TV and film lighting. Bissett’s profile of Rose follows:
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HANNOVER, Germany – The Harting Technology Group, which is affiliated with Harting USA in Elgin, IL, was honored April 24 with the 2016 Hermes Award. Harting and four other companies had been nominated for the 2016 honor. Harting won for its MICA (Modular Industry Computing Architecture) mini-industrial computer. Pictured here from left are Dr. Karsten Walther, Harting IT Software Development GmbH & Co. KG, Prof. Dr. Johanna Wanka, Federal Minster of Education and Research, and Philip Harting, CEO, Board Connectivity & Networks, Harting Technology Group.
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KNOXVILLE, TN – While the name may suggest otherwise, The University of Tennessee Medical Center’s annual fundraising gala, ‘An Evening in Orange’ was a glittering evening of white, with a lighting package donated by Bandit Lites. The black tie event and dance party took place April 16 and benefited The Cancer Research Endowment, where UTMC’s CEO Joe Landsman announced that, during this year alone, the Cancer Research Institute raised over $4 million.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Since just before Christmas 2015, The Bank nightclub has been operating three days a week out of the art deco QV54 (54 Queen Victoria Street) building in downtown Cape Town. The lounge style environment – with comfortable, sociable seating areas and strategically placed dancing surfaces rather than a central dancefloor – is attracting crowds with a mix of hip hop Caribbean, Miami and deep house. Lighting and effects are provided by a combination of Robe MiniMes and miniPointe fixtures.
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