LONDON – GLP's Impression 120 RZ Zoom made its touring debut recently with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' U.K. theatre tour, in a lighting design by LD Matt Arthur that lit the distinctive "eyeball" features used on the band's set.
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LOS ANGELES — Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin y Yandel wanted their La Revolución tour to have a “big look” when they hit the road in the U.S. Todd Roberts, lighting/scenic/video designer with Visions Lighting LLC, used a war-like theme.
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EL SEGUNDO, CA — Wireworks LumaVue Custom Panels were used for the STARS Launch Room at the Aerospace Corporation’s Launch Operations Center, a federally funded research and development center for the U.S. Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office. It provides information on launch vehicles, satellite systems, ground control systems and space technology.
Read More »LUTON, U.K. — White Light supplied the new UK Centre for Carnival Arts with lighting gear, both for its installed lighting needs and for its grand-opening launch.
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SAN DIEGO — Catering to a clientele that wants to see and be seen, Voyeur, an electronic music nightspot in San Diego’s Gaslamp district, has been equipped with lipstick cameras placed throughout the venue, feeding imagery of patrons onto nearly two dozen plasma TVs.
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LAS VEGAS — LMG Systems Integration hired Tony Grant as a sales engineer in the firm’s Las Vegas office. Grant’s duties will include developing new business, maintaining client communication, and advising clients on the optimal equipment to meet design and budget needs.
Read More »SAN FRANCISCO — The Long Reach Long Riders announced their seventh annual charity motorcycle ride. The ride, which benefits the ESTA Foundation's Behind The Scenes program and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, begins in San Francisco on July 24, 2010.
Read More »ATLANTA — The fifth annual Stage Lighting Super Saturday, an all-day lighting workshop, is set for Jan. 16 at the North Springs Charter School for Arts and Sciences, 7447 Roswell Road (at Dalrymple Road) in Atlanta.
Read More »FORT LAUDERDALE, FL — LED Source, working with project manager Derek Warner of Funa International, equipped Royal Caribbean Cruise Line's Oasis of the Seas with the latest in LED lighting technology. The ship, among the world’s largest, left on its maiden voyage Dec. 5 from Port Everglades.
Read More »Nemetschek North America announced that Landru Design has released two new Vectorworks software plug-ins: VideoScreen 4 and SoftGoods.
Read More »WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA — Back in 2007, stage and show systems supplier LA ProPoint took on a unique project on commission from 3Form — to design and fabricate a steel framing system for a monolithic resin-composite architectural façade for a building located at 8476 Sunset Boulevard.
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J. R. Clancy has turned its rigging slide rule tool into a free iPhone app, specifically for installers and users of theatre stage rigging. The new app, iRigging, also makes it easier for riggers to get the equipment data they need for proper installation and operation of manual and motorized rigging.
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