Although he has lit My Morning Jacket over a 15-year span, LD Marc Janowitz has never run out of fresh visual design ideas. He recently started using GLP’s KNV Dots for the band’s looks, the latest in a long history of discovering solutions within the German company’s fast-evolving LED inventory.
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Multi-award-winning arts and performance venue, Reading Rep Theatre, has benefited from an energy and space efficient, high impact lighting solution by choosing to invest in a number of the latest Acclaim LED Fresnels from Strand, a Signify entertainment lighting brand. The fixtures were originally specified by theater consultancy, Drama by Design, the company responsible for the entire £1m conversion from Salvation Army Hall to 170 seat, technically adaptable, multi-purpose venue.Read More »Reading Rep is Set for Acclaim with Strand LED Fresnels
Kinetic Lighting in Glendale, CA has hired industry veteran Steve Schweitzer in the role of Asset Manager. This position was one of the remaining vacancies… Read More »Kinetic Lighting Hires Industry Veteran Steve Schweitzer
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Lawrence “Larry” Smith, longtime sales rep for Performance magazine and founder of the Nashville-based publication, Tour Guide, later renamed Mobile Pro Monthly, died March 13 at his home in Gallatin, TN. Smith also published an industry directory, The Road Book, and founded the annual Tour Link Conference. He was 75.
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When lighting designer Henning Schletter received a commission to develop a light art installation in a former study room of the Bauhaus building in Dessau,… Read More »GLP FUSION Exo Beam Creates ‘Reflection’ In The Bauhaus
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Westview Productions, a leading entertainment systems, energy solutions, and immersive technology firm, today announced that Alison Daughters would move to the position of Vice President. In her new role, she will continue to oversee HR, Operations, Marketing, and serve as the manager for the heads of the Sales & Estimating, Projects & Engineering, and Field Service departments.Read More »Westview Productions Appoints Alison Daughters as New Vice President
Alumna and longtime University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) faculty member Jamie Call Blankinship has been named recipient of a 2022 University of North Carolina (UNC) Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching. Call Blankinship is director of the stage management program in the School of Design and Production (D&P) at UNCSA.Read More »UNCSA Stage Management Program Director Jamie Call Blankinship Receives Excellence in Teaching Award
For the annual NFL Honors, broadcast from YouTube Theater at SoFi Stadium on Feb. 10, PLSN’s Michael Eddy asked LD Jon Kusner about balancing the lighting with the video screens. “It’s now getting easier and easier to get away from 3,200K, which was always not ideal for the screens department,” Kusner noted. “Being in the color space closer to 5,600K makes the screens look better. We were at 4,200K, that was our white light on this show. I like being at 4,200K because the color spectrum of reds and blues, from a lighting perspective, land pretty well there if you go either direction.”
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Main Light, LLC, a preeminent dry hire rental partner, announces the appointment of Randy Mullican to Chief Executive Officer. Having been with Main Light for 27 years, most recently as General Manager, Mullican brings a deep understanding of the company and its proven dry hire business model.Read More »Randy Mullican Named CEO of Main Light, LLC
Iration topped the Billboard Reggae Albums chart with their very first recording, “No Time for Rest.” More than a decade later, the title of that… Read More »Cullen Noon, LIT Lighting and Chauvet Professional Flow with Iration at Cali Vibes
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Kicking off a series of Spring trade shows, the ADJ USA sales team will be exhibiting at the 2022 Bar & Restaurant Expo (formerly known as the Nightclub & Bar Show) in March. Taking place in Las Vegas, the show is set to welcome thousands of hospitality industry professionals from across the United States. ADJ will use the exhibition to showcase its latest lighting and LED video technology to bar, restaurant, and nightlife venue owners, managers, and installers.Read More »ADJ Prepares to Light Up Bar & Restaurant Expo
Take a look behind the scenes of how PRG built the Big Beast stage for the second edition of MDLBEAST‘s #SoundStorm21 – the largest (and loudest) festival in the world.
Read More »A Behind the Scenes Look at How PRG Built the Big Beast Stage at SoundStorm 21