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The 2018 Bounce Trumpet Awards were held Saturday, January 20, 2018 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre with a lighting package supplied by Bandit Lites. The annual event honors African-American contributions and achievements and will air on television exclusively on Bounce, Sunday, February 11 at 9:00 p.m. ET.

LIGHTFAIR® International (LFI®), the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference, returns to Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania Convention Center in 2019 for its 30th-annual staging May 19-23, according to Jeffrey L. Portman, Sr., chairman, chief executive officer and president of LFI managing partner AmericasMart® Atlanta.

Entering the BangON NYC party at Brooklyn’s East Williamsburg Warehouse on December 31 instantly conjured up feelings of journeying deep into our solar system.  Hanging from the ceiling, as if floating through the vastness of space, were very large, colorful planetary orbs. 

From now until 31 March, MILOS will focus on the custom solutions offered to all MILOS clients that satisfy a wide range of needs and projects, from small exhibition displays and concert roofs to the largest and most demanding live event structures.  

More than 30,000 delegates attended the AWS re: Invent event, held at The Sands Expo and Convention Center at the end of 2017. For 2017 Amazon wanted a 400 square ft high-resolution LED wall suspended as their primary design and backdrop

LOS ANGELES – For Enchanted: Forest of Light, an interactive, nighttime walking tour experience created by visual design firm Lightswitch for Descanso Gardens, a 150-acre botanical garden attraction in Los Angeles County’s La Cañada Flintridge area, 4Wall provided more than 400 light fixtures, including Chauvet Colorado 1 Solos, Colorado 2 Quad Zooms, Elation Proteus Hybrids, Elation SixPAR Z19s, Elation SixBar 1000s and Martin MAC Aura XBs.

When the young man who celebrated his bar mitzvah at Georgetown’s upscale Park Hyatt was born in 2004, Pac-Man was about to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Such is the staying power of the iconic video game invented by Toru Iwatani, that the youngster opted to build his reception around a Pac-Man theme.

NEW YORK – Kevin Loretto, who served as Northeast Regional Sales Manager for Robe North America since 2013 and, before that, as Director of Sales for Creative Stage Lighting, died on Jan. 23 in New York, surrounded by his loving family, after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 66.

Seminal horror punk rock band The Misfits lit up the stage at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and at The Forum in Los Angeles with a pair of high-octane shows guaranteed to please fans of the iconic musicians.

LOS ANGELES – On Volvo’s booth at the 2017 LA Auto Show, held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from Dec. 1-10, Creative Technology’s Chris Wasilauskas used Elation Professional’s new exhibit-optimized Fuze Wash 575 white-light LED luminaire to light the Swedish auto manufacturer’s newest vehicles and concept cars, the same light Wasilauskas used on the Kia booth to great effect.