CHICAGO – Lollapalooza 2021 was staged July 29 to Aug. 1, 2021 in Chicago’s Grant Park as the Delta variant of Covid-19 was causing a spike in new cases in the U.S. But data from a Chicago Department of Public Health report issued last week indicated that the festival wasn’t a super-spreader event.
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Blizzard Lighting’s IRiS ICON LED video wall line includes four different video panels, with a combination of indoor and outdoor IP65-rated models: the IRiS ICON… Read More »Blizzard Lighting Introduces IRiS ICON LED Video Wall Products
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SYDNEY – Corporate event production specialists Sightline were early adopters of the Prolights EclPanel TWCJr, the compact 1×1 LED soft light that has taken the… Read More »Sightline Studio takes Prolights EclPanel TWCJr
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FORT WAYNE, IN – LD Cameron Birchill lit Beartooth’s The Journey Below” livestream on July 14 with Elation fixtures. He’s also using Elation gear supplied by Squeek Lights on the metalcore band’s six-week U.S. tour. The band is coming out of their hibernation forced by Covid-19 to promote their latest album, Below.
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DUBROVNIK, Croatia – FiFi Sound, which started as a sound company in 2001 but soon branched off into lighting, has found success through its investment… Read More »FiFi Sound Invests in More Robe
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CHATSWORTH, CA – Film and TV equipment-rental company William F. White International and Academy Award-winning visual effects company Pixomondo have joined forces to build two new LED projects in Canada. A new virtual production studio in Toronto opened on August 3, while the studio in Vancouver is scheduled to be completed this autumn.
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PARMA, Italy – In May of this year, MSC Cruises launched the Virtuosa, the fourth in its acclaimed Meraviglia class of ships. Like its predecessors,… Read More »CM Srl and Audiosales Bring New Technology to Luxury Liner with 34 Chauvet Professional NET-X II Nodes
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RIVERSIDE, CA – ResonX, an experiential audio technology, is featured as part of an immersive sensory experience called Aurora at Riverside Studios. Ethan Castro, co-founder of EDGE Sound Research, partnered with Epson and other companies and artists to develop Aurora.
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NEW YORK – Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, has announced new trustees and an updated list of officers for its board… Read More »Theatre Communications Group Announces New Officers for Board of Directors
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AUSTIN, TX – The archive of award-winning lighting designer Kevin Adams has been established at the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin, a key research destination for the study of theater and performance history.
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Wenger Corporation announced the new J.R. Clancy PowerLift Hoist with significantly more capability, and the PowerLite hoist, a cost-effective solution with robust flexibility and options. “Our engineering team did it again by creating two hoists that allow us to better serve the needs of theaters and performing arts centers of all sizes,” said Patrick Finn, Wenger Corporation Performing Arts Product Manager. “We built on our proven hoist capabilities to allow more venues to take advantage of the safety and convenience of motorized rigging.”
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SECAUCUS, NJ – ARRI Rental North America, a leading camera, lens, and grip equipment rental service company, recently announced plans to open a new headquarters in Long Island City, NY during the first quarter of 2022.
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