CHICAGO — IATSE Local 2 took aim at JAM Productions on Oct. 22, saying that “just as Local Two was about to file its petition” to the NRLB on behalf of stagehands hoping to organize, the local promoter/music venue operator “fired the entire stage crew at the Riviera, totaling over 30 employees.”
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SEATTLE – Neumos, a Seattle music venue that emerged from Moe’s Mo’Roc’N Café, which played a key role in the grunge music movement in the 1990s, recently undewent an LED update including fixtures from Chauvet Professional. Morgan Sound (Lynwood, WA) installed the new lighting rig, along with a new sound system, at the club.
Read More »WINTER PARK, FL, – Full Sail University announced the 2015 Full Sail University Hall of Fame induction class comprised of six graduates recognized for outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment, media, and the arts. The induction of this new class of honorees will occur during Full Sail’s 7th Annual Hall of Fame Week, to be held in February 2016. Inductees include Keith Guerrette, Ashish Manchanda, Michelle Sabolchick Pettinato, Frank Scheuring, Jeff Unay and Jordan “DJ Swivel” Young.
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LOS ANGELES — Cory Wells, one of the founders of the seminal rock band Three Dog Night and host of the 2012 Parnelli Awards, died Oct. 21. He was 73.
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NASHVILLE — TNDV: Television last year relocated to a large warehouse in Nashville, providing the growing company with a secure, climate-controlled facility to maintain, upgrade and reconfigure its seven production trucks. The refurbishment of the former Brink’s armored truck warehouse also enabled TNDV to expand its creative services, from project planning to video editing and related post-production work.
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NASHVILLE, TN – This year’s Touring Career Workshop will take place on Nov. 11, 2015 at Soundcheck Nashville at 6 p.m. Registration is open now. The 2015 event is slated to be the biggest event yet, featuring Pete Healey (production manager and co-designer for Luke Bryan’s ‘Thats My Kinda Night’ tour), Mark Miles (promoter rep for Miranda Lambert), Carolyn Snell (tour manager for Reba McEntire), Sooner Routhier (production designer for Motley Crue, KISS, and Justin Moore) and many others. Pictured here (L-R) are workshop founders Erik Parker and Chris Lisle.
Read More »COLUMBIA, MD – Vectorworks, Inc. announced its acquisition of the ESP Vision product line, including Vision Pro lighting pre-visualization software, which is available for both PC and Mac operating systems. Vectorworks said it will continue to support ESP Vision’s existing customers and noted that Vision’s technical team will join Vectorworks’ development and support group. Staff from both Vectorworks and ESP Vision were at LDI.
OCEAN CITY, MD — Seacrets, a waterfront nightclub, bar, restaurant and concert venue that rocks to a reggae beat, turned to GC Pro for an upgrade to the lighting gear used for multiple performance areas. AV Manager Jason Cruz relied on GC Pro for new systems for the Beach, Old Main Bar and Pier stages that included Chauvet Rogue fixtures and other gear from Elation and ADJ along with a variety of audio gear.
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LOS ANGELES – LD Brian Gale may officially “retired” after 24 years as a full-time designer with the Walt Disney Company, but he is currently engaged as a consultant on six Disney projects, including Tokyo and Shanghai. ETC noted that he’s still making good use of the company’s products at the Los Angeles Theatre on Broadway and Sixth Street in downtown Los Angeles, a historic venue recently used for both the camp musical Carrie – The Killer Musical Experience and an episode of the TV show, Scandal.
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NASHVILLE – For a series of events hosted by the Propel Women’s Conference, production designer Nathan Baugh and LD Craig Rutherford worked with Elite Multimedia to create a full lighting, audio and video design to heighten the conference experience. The lighting rig included Martin MAC 700 Profiles, MAC Auras and Chauvet Epix Strips, COLORado Batten 72 Tour wash lights and SlimPAR Pro Tri LED luminaires, all controlled by a grandMA2 full-size lighting console.
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NASHVILLE, TN – For Miranda Lambert’s latest “Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars” tour, LD Chris Lisle specified 20 Robe BMFLs Spots, 24 Pointes and 19 LEDWash 600s. Bandit Lites, also based in Nashville, is supplying the gear for the tour, which is visiting smaller venues his month.
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