NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR — The First Pentecostal Church’s assistant pastor Nathan Holmes hired LD Gary Howard of SFH Productions for a LED lighting system that would give the church a new array of seasonal and special event looks. Howard used fixtures from Mega-Lite for the task.
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CHARLESTON, WV — Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences of West Virginia has been equipped with a 9.5-foot-by-6.5-foot Panasonic LED video display. It’s visible from the road and is being used to promote current and future events.
Read More »WARSAW, IN —Da Lite is marking its 100th year in business with the publication of a book on its founder, Adele De Berri. Titled First Lady of the Silver Screen, it chronicles De Berri’s invention of the “silver screen” and the company she founded in 1909, the De Berri Screen and Scenic Company, later renamed Da Lite Screen Company.
Read More »NEW YORK — Lighting & Electronics is using a new program offered by the LDI show as a way to give back to the industry, and the company is issuing a challenge to all LDI exhibitors to follow suit.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Located between Golden Gate Park and The Presidio, St. Ignatius Church has been a city landmark for close to a century. Lindsley Architectural Lighting enhanced the visual features of the cathedral with ETC’s Selador Series LED lighting fixtures.
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CHICAGO — After completing the first leg of U2’s 360° tour in Europe, the claw-shaped structure featuring the first transformable LED video screen has been erected for U2’s Sept. 12 show at Soldier Field. U2 quickly sold out all 65,000 tickets for Sept. 12, and an extra show was set for Sept. 13.
Read More »NEW YORK—ESTA has announced the finalists in their second annual Rock Our World Awards. Winners will be named at the ESTA Annual Dinner & Awards Ceremony at LDI 2009.
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LAS VEGAS — Nominations are being accepted online to honor those individuals and companies for exceptional work in the pro lighting and staging field, and this window of opportunity will be closing Friday, Sept. 11, at 5 p.m. PST, so go to www.parnelliawards.com and click on the Parnelli Awards nomination link today.
Read More »An Excel Spreadsheet with additional information related to the PLSN Sept. 2010 Buyers Guide gear category, Large Format Automated Lighting, will be available shortly.
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ATLANTA — The circular Stealth LED video curtain, a key visual element for Britney Spears’ Circus world tour, is raised and lowered several times for every show with an XLNT Advanced Technologies CyberHoist motion control system.
Read More »PHILADELPHIA, PA — Sapsis Rigging, Inc has been nominated for two ESTA Rock Our World awards. The SRI ProPlus Fall Protection Systems line of fall arrest equipment has been nominated in the products category and Anthropodino — Ernesto Neto art installation at the New York Park Avenue Armory has been nominated in the
projects category.
NEW YORK — Vibrant Design LD Christopher Landy provided the design for six “MTV Unplugged” shows that debuted on the Web at www.unplugged.mtv.com. Along with All Time Low, pictured here, Landy lit Adele, Silversun Pickups, Paramore, Katy Perry and Vampire Weekend.
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