LAS VEGAS — During the LDI 2015 show in Las Vegas, PRG offered a range of lighting, video, and automation innovations. One of the key draws to this year’s booth was the the PRG GroundControl Remote Followspot System.
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Robe’s BMFL Wash XF (Extra Features) joined the company’s BMFL Wash fixtures in the new product spotlight at this year’s LDI show in Las Vegas. The BMFL Wash is pictured here. (The BMFL Wash XF, which features an added internal component, looks very similar.)
TILBROOK, Cambridgshire, U.K. – LD Guy Thatcher used the new Zero 88 FLX lighting console by Eaton at the 2015 Tilfest event, which serves up a combination of music and ale to attendees. Thatcher used the desk at the main stage for the event, which was staged in a marquee on the grounds of the White Horse pub in Tilbrook, Cambridgshire.
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BLACKBURN, U.K. – HSL continues its recent management restructuring with the appointment of Harrison Cooke as Technical Operations Manager. Harrison will be responsible – among other things – for the design, sourcing and building of HSL’s new expandable visual control platforms utilizing the latest technology.
Read More »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.
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Martin’s Atomic 3000 LED Strobe, featured at LDI 2015, builds on the 15 years of success with the original Atomic 3000 DMX strobe and adds in the benefits of LED technology. It promises the same extreme brightness as its iconic predecessor, but with substantially lower peak power consumption.
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LOS ANGELES – Airstar America is expanding its team of Film Sales Representatives and recently added Amanda Eckle in their team. She is based at the company’s Los Angeles Office.
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ST. LOUIS, MO – Christie’S 4K 3DLP projectors were chosen for a large-scale, immersive projection mapping attraction within the historic Grand Hall in St. Louis Union Station. The building, first opened in 1894, now features a new hotel, as well as bars, restaurants and shops, and continues drawing people downtown thanks to Lodging Hospitality Management (LHM), which bought the building several years ago.
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ROME – Gianna Nannini’s most recent, long-awaited Hitalia.Rocks tour brought the star live to major sports arenas in Italy. This tour followed and celebrated the release of Gianna’s latest album, Hitalia. The entire album is devoted to Italian popular music songs of the 20th century. Programmer/LD Carlo Pastore relied on Clay Paky fixtures supplied by Agorà.
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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NICHELINO, Italy – An Italian touring production of Next to Normal features a lighting design by Valerio Tiberi. Along with conventional fixtures in the rig, the touring production, which resumes Oct. 30 at Teatro Superga in Nichelino, with other dates will follow at major theatres in Turin and Milan, uses Clay Paky Alpha Profile 700s.
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