CAMBRIDGE, U.K. — The first scholars at the University of Cambridge, who had split off from another group of scholars forming the University of Oxford in 1209, didn’t have the opportunity to learn about things like Christopher Columbus. It would be another 283 years before the New World explorer sailed the ocean blue.
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BROOKINGS, SD — The LED displays used by GoVision and Upstage Video to transform Barack Obama from a visual speck to a newly-elected president for the crowds on Jan. 20, 2009 (to see story, click here ) were manufactured by a company that was incorporated on Dec. 9, 1968, when Richard Nixon was president-elect.
Read More »{mosimage}LONDON — G-Lec is opening a sales office, G-Lec UK Ltd., in central London. The subsidiary will manage all sales for architectural and other installations, while supporting G-Lec’s U.K.-based rental partners. Lars Wolf, managing director of G-Lec Europe, noted that, up to now, rental projects have been the focus of G-Lec’s business in the U.K. With the new sales office, however, the company will be putting more emphasis on architectural products.
Read More »MADRID — Wybron has expanded its global distribution network by appointing Entertainment Equipment Supplies as its distributor in Spain. Based near San Sebastian with offices in Madrid, EES was founded in 2004 and mainly serves the rental, television and theatre markets, according to CEO Nacho Acha-Orbea.
Read More »What up everyone. Well BuckCherry fell through so immediately I had to find another gig. Luckily the gig found me. I got a crewspace message from the PM at BSL Productions who gives a ring when they can use me for a string of days on shop work or show dates. Of course we get the talking about the Inauguration because any companies in the Baltimore/DC area are hella-busy around this time. If you read up in the upcoming February edition of PLSN magazine I got the opportunity to write about the Texas State Society Black Tie and Boots Inaugural Ball held at the Gaylord National Convention. In that piece I concentrated on the event as a whole instead of my own personal experience, which I wanted to share in this blog I'm writing today.
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DALLAS—The new building for the Booker T. Washington High School of Performing and Visual Arts features a theatre stocked with J. R. Clancy, Inc. automated rigging and control equipment and controlled by a software interface, with a screen shot shown here.
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BRATISLAVA, Slovak Republic —Slovakia, the latest EU country to accept the Euro as its national currency, staged a live, televised celebration lit by LD Martin Kubánka using Robe moving lights. Branislav Mišík directed the event, staged at the Slovak National Theatre, and Kubánka worked with DoP Vladimír ÄŽurÄÂanský and set designer Daniel Šichman on the event, which was produced for STV1 by Red House.
Read More »CLEVELAND, OH — The 2009 US Figure Skating Championships were held January 18-25 at the Quicken Loans Arena. Held annually since 1914, it awards 12 national champions in ladies, men’s, pairs and ice dancing on the senior, junior and novice levels. The event was broadcast live all weekend on NBC, with the Ladies Singles events appearing in prime time on Saturday and Sunday nights.
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ORLANDO — LMG Systems Integration recently hired Jeff Cameron as a sales engineer in the firm’s Orlando headquarters. Cameron’s duties will include developing new business, maintaining client communication, and advising clients on the optimal equipment to meet design and budget needs.
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WEXFORD, IRELAND—Robert Juliat has supplied a substantial quantity of its 1K and 1.2K fresnels and PC fixtures to Ireland’s first custom-built opera house, the Wexford, located in Wexford, in Southeast Ireland. The Wexford Opera House is a state-of-the-art venue concealed behind a re-instated street front in the town’s main street. Occupying 4.5 times the space of the old opera house it replaces, Wexford Opera House is a multi-purpose performance space capable of offering a varied, year-round program of opera, theatre and dance.
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LOS ANGELES —John J. Wiseman announced the formation of JJW Productions with partners Chris Kaman and Chuck Burtzloff. JJW Productions will operate as Chaos Visual Productions based in Los Angeles.
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KNOXVILLE, TN — As a teenager, Michael T. Strickland may have “borrowed” lighting gear from school theatrical programs, hence the name of the company. But Strickland and Bandit Lites have been giving back, and at the opening of the University of Tennessee College of Business Administration building, Strickland was recognized for his various contributions by having a classroom named after him.
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