TAMPA, FL – After a somewhat checkered past, the 17,000 square foot Ritz Ybor in Tampa's historic cigar-making district was restored as a multi-use facility for the performing arts and other functions in 2008. The venue's lighting designer, Brett Lorins, updated the original plan for a PAR can dominated rig to one including LEDs from Chauvet.
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UPPSALA, Sweden – The Upsala Nya Tidning (UNT), a Swedish newspaper, has a new visitor center that uses a Medialon system for a Media Center and also for conference facilities. PolyVision Teknik served as A/V system integrator for the project.
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PARIS – Le Queen nightclub upgrading its lighting recently with a two-pronged goal: to keep the party spirit in place, but also keep the lighting rig and its operation as simple as possible. The club management chose a mix of Martin MAC 250 Beam, MAC 250 Krypton and MaxModules for the job.
Read More »BOSTON – JCALPRO made a $1,000 donation to support relief efforts in Haiti. A matched joint donation was also made in association with The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) and the American Library Association (ALA), which held its 2010 Midwinter Meeting at the MCCA.
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JERSEY, U.K. – A new grandMA2 light console has been installed at Jersey Opera House, specified by Simon Francklin, technical manager and supplied by Stage Electrics.
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NASHVILLE, TN and BIRMINGHAM, AL – Media Visions, a Daktronics rental partner, rang in the New Year with Daktronics PST displays at Nashville's "Music City Bash on Broadway" and the Papajohns.com Street Festival and Pep Rally in Birmingham.
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WOHLEN, Switzerland – Winkler Veranstaltungstechnik AG, which has an 18-year history and supports more than 3,000 events per year, has ordered Barco's mobile black LED trailer, the B-16, for its rental fleet.
Read More »{mosimage}LIVERPOOL, U.K. – Adlib, which has worked with comedian Jimmy Carr for the last four years, once again supplied lighting and AV for his latest U.K. tour.
Read More »MIDLAND, TX – Tomcat USA, Inc. has added to its ongoing "Did U Know" educational podcast video series, an extension of Tomcat U.
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YORK, U.K. – G-LEC Phantom30 frames have been used for an interactive art exhibition at the National Railway Museum. For the installation, media artists KMA formed a bridge-like structure across the roof of the exhibition space using 13 screens measuring 2 meters by 2 meters, each of which included four G-LEC Phantom30 frames.
Read More »LONDON – Working for Summit Steel rigged the largest flown projection screen to date in London's O2 Arena for two special screenings of Mamma Mia the Movie which were seen by up to 12,000 people per show.
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Christie's two new projectors, the Christie LX505 and Christie LX605, offer LCD technology enhancements and the company's 3D Keystone technology, a new four-corner geometry correction function designed for versatility in projector placement and display set-up.
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