LINO LAKES, Minnesota – Fast-growing Eagle Brook Church now has six locations for 18,000 congregants in the Twin Cities area, with churchs in Lino Lakes, Blaine, Coon Rapids, Spring Lake Park, White Bear Lake and Woodbury, MN. The church has 16 Martin MAC Viper Air FX fixtures and eight Martin 250 Washes at Lino Lakes, 10 MAC 700 Profiles and four MAC 250 Entours in Blaine, six MAC 250 Entours and six MAC 250 washes at Spring Lake Park and eight washes and six MAC 250 Entours at White Bear Lake. The church also supplements its installed gear with rented Martin fixtures for special events.
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AUSTIN, TX — SHS Global, distributors of new and used lighting, video and audio equipment, opened a new office here Sept. 1 that includes a lounge area, demo room and sales space. It is located near Austin Film Studios and other entertainment-related companies including Fender, Peavey, Rooster Teeth Games, Electro-Fish Films and others. SHS Global also noted a rebranding program, new business model and plans for a total website rebuild and new logo design.
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Nemetschek Vectorworks announces the Vectorworks 2015 version of its line of software products, including: Vectorworks Designer, Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Fundamentals and Renderworks. The company says the 2015 version has more than 100 updates and new features including cloud and mobile solutions.
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MANNHEIM, Germany — German rock band Böhse Onkelz (Bad Uncles) performed a reunion show on one of the largest stages ever constructed in Europe. The event was staged at the Hockenheimring race track, south of Mannheim, and drew close to 200,000 fans. On stage were four 35-meter high LED towers, spanning over one hundred meters, which were pixel mapped with an assist from Avolites Media’s Ai S8 HD media servers provided by Einstein and Sons.
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MARIBOR, Slovenia — A puppet theater here, housed in a building once affiliated with a Minorite monastery dating back to 1271, added a 522-seat auditorium recently. The venue also expanded its inventory of Robe lighting fixtures.
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LOS ANGELES — Vibiana, originally St. Vibiana, Los Angeles’ first Archdiocese Catholic cathedral and one of the city’s few remaining 19th century landmarks, was transformed into a full service event facility in the late 2000’s, and more recently has been outfitted with a new lighting system that includes Elation Professional LED fixtures.
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CHICAGO — 3SRcreative, the design firm comprised of lighting designers Seth Jackson and Nathan W. Scheuer, media/video director Brent Sandrock and project manager Jack Rushen, played a key role at this year’s Lollapalooza festival in Grant Park here Aug. 1-3, 2014. They also got a big assist from Bandit Lites, which provided lighting fixtures from Chauvet, Clay Paky, Martin, TMB/Solaris, Vari-Lite and their own GRNLite brand along with 140 motors, 2,000+ feet of truss and grandMA2 and HES Road Hog consoles for control.
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