HOLLYWOOD, CA — When Los Angeles’ mega-club Playhouse held its soft opening, the crowd converged on Hollywood Blvd. was large enough to warrant intervention from the LA Police Department — one measure of the buzz surrounding the new $6 million venue.
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BELFAST — Production Services Ireland (PSI) supplied all lighting and crew to the White Sapphire Ball, a gala charity fundraiser for the Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice. The event was staged at the Europa Hotel in Belfast.
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PHILADELPHIA — With its four services, Calvary Chapel attracts close to 10,000 people each week, bringing together a diverse group of people. “We have little old ladies raising their hands next to bikers,” said Matt Friedman, audio/video director, “and ex-druggies worshiping next to businessmen in suits. Sometimes it reminds me of the cantina scene from the first Star Wars movie.”
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LONDON — During the recent London Fashion Week (LFW), LD Nick Gray’s lighting rig for the British Fashion Council (BFC) tent at Somerset House needed to put on and discard a variety of looks for up to eight shows a day. Gray’s design company, Renegade, was asked to light several venues for LFW. At the BFC tent Renegade worked with the production company, Bacchus.
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CAIRNS, Australia — The Pier Bar & Grill, which overlooks the Coral Sea and incoming yachts and powerboats, recently invested in a lighting upgrade for mood, ambience and energy efficiency.
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LONDON — White Light announced its appointment as a distributor for Philips Entertainment Lamps and named David Manister business development manager to help support its work in that area.
White Light said the appointment as distributor gives it access to the full range of Philips’ lamp technologies, including the FastFit system for easy lamp replacement and adjustment and P3 technology for heat tolerance and increased lamp life.
Read More »NEW YORK — The Empire State Building was to be lit Oct. 19 in a tie-dyed color scheme, bringing attention to a fundraiser and exhibition at the New York Historical Society focusing on the Grateful Dead and its influences on popular culture.
Read More »Whenever I can, I take the time to just play for a bit with the lighting rig before I start programming. I usually do this… Read More »Keeping it Fresh
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LAS VEGAS — With the Parnelli Awards voting deadline of Oct. 29 fast approaching, now is the time to cast your vote for the Parnelli award nominees of your choice and reserve your spot or table for the gala evening itself, set for Nov. 20, 2009 at the Peabody Hotel in Orlando, Fla. The Parnelli Awards dinner starts at 8 p.m., immediately following the Neil Diamond Crew Reunion, which starts at 7 p.m. To vote, go to www.parnelliawards.com/vote. For tickets, go to www.parnelliawards.com/reservations.
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MADISON, WI — Full Compass Systems announced the recent promotion of Mark Nash as their new company President. At the company’s ribbon cutting for their new building, with employees, friends, and government officials in attendance, Jonathan Lipp presented Nash with the position of president, promoting him from his former executive vice president role.
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MIAMI — Steven Douglas, the show/lighting/video designer on the current tour for the Killers, has been using a lighting rig that includes 41 Mac 2000 washes, 34 VL 3000 Spots, 52 ColorBlast 12s, 18 i-Pix BB4s, 18 GLP Impressions and 27 Atomic Strobes with scrollers. The gear list also includes the Wybron BP-2 Beam Luminaire.
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GARFIELD, NJ —MYI Audio/Video Design & Installation supplied and installed a Martin lighting rig for the Venetian’s multi-use ballroom including four MAC 2000 Performance and 13 MAC 575 Krypton moving heads, nine MX-10 scanners and 12 Stagebar 54 LED luminaires, all controlled via a Martin LightJockey system.
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