SYRACUSE, NY — USITT will again be giving its Awards for Young Designers & Technicians in the Performing Arts based on a review of portfolios and letters of nomination from current USITT members. Students can start the nominations process at http://www.usitt.org/YoungDesignersTechnicians.aspx.
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LEXINGTON, KY — A relocated bar and billiards business is helping revitalize an abandoned warehouse district by turning its historic buildings into a cultural hub of live music. Jessica and Clark Case took over Buster’s when they learned that the property as well as the entire block of Lexington’s Main Street was slated for demolition.
Read More »ORLANDO — Tomcat USA announced that its Hoist & Truss Workshop would return for the 2009 LDInstitute on Nov. 18 and 19, led by Herb Hart of Columbus McKinnon, Will Todd of Tomcat USA and Bill Sapsis, president and founder of Sapsis Rigging.
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TAMPA — Following the European leg, the U2 360° Tour is breaking stadium attendance records on this side of the Atlantic, with a production design that can be safely said to be unlike any seen before.
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UNCASVILLE, CT — The Jonas Brothers world tour in support of their latest album, Lines, Vines and Trying Times, is using a lighting design by John LaBriola, production and lighting designer that incorporates Martin’s 1500-watt MAC III Profile to light the multiple-stage set.
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NEW YORK — For MTV’s Video Music Awards (VMAs), staged live at Radio City Music Hall, LD Tom Kenny deployed a package of Coemar Infinity Wash XLs, Infinity ACLs and ParLite LEDs provided by Scharff Weisberg Lighting.
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BROOKLYN, NY — Lighting designer Richard Tatum of L&M Sound and Light used Chauvet gear to brighten One Hanson Place, a historic landmark tower with a four-sided clock and metallic dome, for the after-party for a VH1 cable TV special featuring female vocalists Miley Cyrus, Sheryl Crow, Jennifer Hudson, Melissa Etheridge and others, which was hosted by Paula Abdul.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — The Wybron Mobile Showroom, which provides hands-on demonstrations of Wybron products to lighting professionals and their local dealers is hitting the road this month with its first leg of stops taking place in the San Antonio, Houston and Dallas areas.
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LAS VEGAS — The new Indispensable Technology “IT” award categories on the Parnelli Awards ballot include lighting, video and staging products. Here is a closer look at the products that were nominated in each of those categories. And if you haven't yet cast your vote, don't miss out — go to www.parnelliawards.com/vote and vote today!
Read More »NEW YORK — ESTA and PLASA have signed a letter of intent to merge. The organizations said that by uniting as one body the merged entity will be able to offer a stronger voice for members, enhance existing initiatives, and expand their range of services.
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ALBUQUERQUE, NM — Event Technology Services (ETS) serves a diverse client base handling everything from casino and club installations to concert and corporate events. When ETS owner Eric Kennedy needed to expand his inventory of gear, he turned to PRG Distribution to find the equipment that would fill the bill.
Read More »NEW YORK —New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA) upgraded the lighting for its renovated American Wing courtyard. The upgrade included an ETC Ion lighting console used for control. The new lighting package was designed by Michael Nishball, principal, and Robert Young, associate, Theatre Projects Consultants (TPC), under contract to the architectural firm of Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates.
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