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Don’t Let Anyone Push You Around – with Rachel Mullen

311 Celebrates 30 Years with Three “311 Day” Concerts

LAS VEGAS – On March 11, 12 and 13, just prior to this year’s Covid-19 shutdowns, the band 311 performed at the Park Theater in Las Vegas. Bobby Grey designed a supplemental rig to help the band make the most of the ultra-wide venue’s high-res proscenium projection system and 80-foot 4K video wall upstage. He also created and curated all of the video content and live I-Mag effects.

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L.A.B.’s Big Auckland Gig Lit with Robe Fixtures

AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Popular Kiwi reggae band L.A.B. performed one of the first Covid-era live shows to be approved by health authorities in early July. The island nation’s ability to control the first wave of the pandemic led officials to approve a live audience for the event at Auckland’s Spark Arena. LD Jack Hooper’s production design included Robe moving lights in the rig. The band, its management team Loop, visual director Olivier Jean and live video specialist Big Picture also collaborated on a memorable show for the band and its fans.

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If We Don’t Light it, You Won’t See it – with Jeff Calderon

with Jeff Calderon – Emmy Award winning Lighting Director, Lighting Designer and Director of Photography at Academy Lighting

Don’t let the sound quality prevent you from hearing what Jeff has to say.

On this episode, we discuss the benefits of encouraging inclusivity in entertainment, how unions can lift more people out of poverty, how collective bargaining can make us safer and more profitable, how to remain grateful and creative after 35 years in the industry, how the lighting industry changed for the better/worse, and how retirement from a job you love is a myth

Please visit: www.academylighting.com

Television Academy: https://www.emmys.com/academy/about

Foundation internships:  https://www.emmys.com/foundation

Internship program: https://www.emmys.com/foundation/internships

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We Make Events So You Can Make Connections – with Vickie Claiborne and Andrew Gumper

with:

Vickie Claiborne – Training Manager Americas at disguise and Regional Director for WeMakeEvents

Andrew Gumper – Owner and President AG Production Services and National Director for WeMakeEvents

On this episode, we discuss what we can do to show support and solidarity for our brothers and sisters out of work. Nationwide, we can light it up red on Sept. 1st from 9pm-midnight. We can take a photo and share it far and wide on social media with the hashtags #wemakeevents and #redalertrestart. We can send emails to our local representatives. We can reach out to our fellow artists, production professionals and friends and make sure that they are doing well.

Please visit:  www.wemakeevents.org

and https://actionnetwork.org/letters/send-a-letter-to-congress-to-save-live-events-workers-and-the-industry

  • Live events directly employ over 12 million people.
  • Live events contribute over $1 trillion annually to the US economy.
  • 95% of live events have been cancelled due to COVID-19.
  • 96% of companies have cut staff and/or wages.
  • 77% of people in the live events industry have lost 100% of their income, including 97% of 1099 workers.
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WorldStage Introduces Digital Oasis, The Meeting Industry’s First End-to-End Solution For Virtual Events

NYC  – WorldStage announces Digital Oasis (https://www.worldstage.com/digital-oasis/), its new comprehensive online hosting solution for the live-event community.  Digital Oasis offers an end-to-end solution that includes… Read More »WorldStage Introduces Digital Oasis, The Meeting Industry’s First End-to-End Solution For Virtual Events

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