MINNEAPOLIS — First Avenue has been a staple of the Minneapolis music scene for closing in on half a century. Originally opened as a dance club in 1970, the club exploded into public awareness outside of the Twin Cities in the mid-’80s when it served as the setting for most of the live performances in the Prince film Purple Rain.
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McALLEN, TX – When the Holiday Inn Express hotel in McAllen, Texas, changed its brand to Mexican hotel chain iStay Hotel, the occasion called for something special. To announce the brand change and give the hotel a new identity, several upgrades were undertaken including dynamic uplight illumination of the outdoor façade using Elation SixPar 200 IP LED PAR color changers.
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NASHVILLE – Bandit Lites recently added several grandMA 2 consoles, grandMA 2 Lites and grandMA2 NPUs to their touring inventory as spring tours gear up and prepare to load out. North American distributer A.C.T. Lighting facilitated the purchase.
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LOS ANGELES – Before hitting the road for the current leg of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s “The River Tour 2016,” The Boss’s lighting team took advantage of A.C.T Lighting training classes to get them acquainted with their new grandMA2 full-size consoles. LD Jeff Ravitz, and lighting director/main console operator Todd Ricci and crew chief and second MA operator Brad Brown, the latter two from long term lighting contractor, Morpheus Lights, trained with Kat Covell at A.C.T Lighting’s offices in Burbank.
Read More »ROZNOV pod RADHOSTEM, Czech Rebuplic – Robe reports that more than 300 BMFL fixtures were sold to the French market in the few months since the formation of Robe’s new French subsidiary, Robe Lighting France SAS.
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NEW ORLEANS – At 4:15 on the afternoon of Saturday February 6, a little over 24 hours before the Super Bowl celebrated its 50th birthday, another American cultural icon hit the big 5-0 as a procession of 80 brightly decked out floats with 3,100 equally festooned riders made its way out of City Park in New Orleans to start the Endymion Parade. At the head of the line was the 45-foot (13.7 meter) long “Title Float” outfitted with 24 MVP 12 LED video panels from Chauvet Professional.
Read More »NEW YORK – ESTA’s Technical Standards Council announced the recipients of the third annual Above & Beyond Awards that recognize outstanding Technical Standards Program volunteers. The awards celebrate those volunteers that have made a significant contribution or effort that advances the Technical Standards Program.
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LAS VEGAS – PRG and Vickie Claiborne, lighting and digital media product specialist, supported the New Year’s Eve celebration at the ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas with a setup that included Showline SL 300 BEAM FX LED fixtures from Philips Entertainment.
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ATLANTA – For the 24th annual Trumpet Awards, LD Mark Carver and lighting director Susan Rose lit artists including MC Lyte, Ne-Yo, comedian George Wallace and former U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman with a Bandit Lites-supplied rig that included 14 Rogue RH1 Hybrids from Chauvet Professional.
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DENVER – In a state better known for skiing, scenery and the Broncos, Colorado was once home to 46 opera houses, built to provide the mining communities with cultural enrichment. A few still remain, and the 2,500-seat Ellie Caulkins Opera House (locally known as the “Ellie”) is a perfectly restored example, sitting inside the Performing Arts Complex in downtown Denver, playing host to touring roadshows and local productions.
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NASHVILLE — Music City hosted thousands of hockey fans for the recent 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend, which ran from Jan. 28-31. Morris provided lighting for the 2016 All-Star Game and 2016 All-Star Skills Competition at the Bridgestone Arena while also lighting related concerts and VIP areas and events.
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