KNOXVILLE, TN — L’Amour du Vin, a charity wine auction fundraiser for the Knoxville Museum of Art, elicited donations with a combination of food, wine and attractive lighting for the special event tent set up outside the museum. For the latter, Bandit once again stepped up by donating lighting gear including a Vari-Lite VL2500s and a combination of Color Dash Blocks and MinE 10WW Lekos from Chauvet.
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ST. LOUIS, MO – USITT and ESTA announced Innova, a platform to provide online learning to professionals in entertainment technology and design. Innova, launching in April, will offer on-demand training in a wide variety of disciplines and levels and will include renewal credit courses for the Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) and American Institute of Architects (AIA). Both non-profits have been seeking to offer constituents educational opportunities that allow them to learn at their convenience.
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LOS ANGELES – For one night late last month, the stretch of Broadway between Third Street and Olympic Boulevard in downtown LA, glittered just as brightly as its New York City counterpart, as the City of Angels celebrated the third annual Night on Broadway Festival. The dazzling lighting display that covered the seven-block area was created by Sohail e. Najafi of Najafi Design Group, supported by a team of nine lighting directors, using an impressive rig supplied by 4Wall Entertainment Lighting of Orange County, CA, for interior venues, and Aspect Lighting of Santa Fe Springs, CA, for exterior stages.
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ST. LOUIS, MO – Group One Limited, supplier of professional audio and lighting is pleased to announce they will be participating in the 2017 USITT convention this week in St. Louis. Group One represents the brands Avolites, DTS Lighting and elektraLite. They will be on hand to talk with everyone and show off their latest products from each of these manufacturers at Booth 2213
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NEW YORK CITY – Always a favorite of TV viewers, the 141st Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show took center stage at Madison Square Garden recently. But not all the action happened on the floor of the Garden. WorldStage provided lighting support to lighting designer Ben Carlson who was busy behind the scenes with the broadcast desk, the “Ready Ring” for dogs preparing to enter the arena, and a multitude of remote interviews.
LAS VEGAS – Morpheus Lights, the exclusive U.S. distributor of award-winning LED luminaires from Ayrton, will present a lively exhibit featuring exciting new fixtures at USITT 2017. Please join us in Booth #727 at America’s Convention Center Complex in St. Louis, MO on March 9-11, 2017, and meet the newest and brightest stars in the AYRTON galaxy!
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LAS VEGAS, NV- 4Wall Entertainment continues to expand its lighting inventory by making a significant investment in Robe Lighting fixtures for its seven locations nationwide. The latest inventory additions include several moving lights from Robe’s Bright Multi-Functional Luminaire (BMFL) line, the BMFL Blade and BMFL WashBeam. Other additions include the Robin Spikie, Spiider, and an increase to the quantity of Robin Pointe fixtures.
NASHVILLE, – After five years as a partner in FadeUp Design Group, production designer and programmer Justin Kitchenman is proud to announce the creation of the Nashville-based design firm Align Design Group. Specializing in lighting, production, and media design, Kitchenman opened the doors to Align Design Group on January 1, 2017, with the goal of creating a collaborative production atmosphere for designers, technicians and other design firms while continuing to serve his current clientele with the same level of service and creativity.
WORCESTER, MA – Worcester State University’s athletic department has had a lot to celebrate lately. Not only did the school just open a stunning $45.5 million, 100,000 sq. ft. athletic facility on campus, its teams also reached new heights, winning their first ever men’s indoor track and field conference title along with a women’s soccer championship. “Lancer Pride” was on full display recently at the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame Awards ceremony.
LAS VEGAS — The irony is that when NASCAR comes to town, Las Vegas traffic slows to a crawl. But Bruno Mars’ March 11 and 12 concerts at the new 5,000-plus-capacity Park Theater at MGM’s Monte Carlo also drew capacity crowds. Mars kicked off his two-year agreement to perform at MGM properties with NYE shows on Dec. 30 and 31, where LD/programmer Cory FitzGerald deployed 87 SharBars provided by VER.
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NASHVILLE – Singer songwriter Amos Lee has returned to the road for the second leg of his winter tour, bringing his acoustic blues sound from his sixth studio album, Spirit, to audiences across the country with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. LD Daniel Rehbein is lighting the artist with GLP X4 Bars, Spot Ones and X4S fixtures along with Martin MAC Auras.
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