NEW YORK – The newly-renamed Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration has opened new galleries in the former Kitchen and Laundry Building of the immigrant processing and detention station, which operated from 1892 to 1954 in New York Harbor. Dedicated to the story of immigration in the years following Ellis Island’s closure, the galleries mark phase two of the Peopling of America Center®.
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MUNICH, Germany – KISS recently brought their elaborate live show to Europe this summer, kicking off its 40th Anniversary European Tour May 30 in Munich’s Olympic Park and wrapping up June 22 in Madrid. LD Sean Hackett’s lighting design included 30 Elation Professional Platinum Beam 5R moving heads supplied by Christie Lites. Production design was by Robert Long and Sooner Routhier.
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GWANGJU, South Korea — As university athletes from around the world took part in the 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade in South Korea, host broadcaster Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) turned to Riedel Communications for equipment to produce the international feed for the event, one of the world’s largest multi-sport competitions. Pictured here is the distribution control room.
SINGAPORE – For SG50, Singapore’s 50th Anniversary, Dick Lee directed the National Day Parade (NDP) in the Padang, right in the heart of the city, with a design by Javier Tanrations that included 350 Robe BMFL Blades supplied by Showtec Communications Pte Ltd.
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CHICAGO, IL – Chicago Spotlight, Inc. and Grand Stage Lighting Co. Inc. have agreed to merge their operations. The combined company, known as Grand Stage Company, will be divided into three divisions. Grand Stage will continue as the corporate identity and be responsible for all sales, systems integration, and marketing efforts.
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When it comes to laser measures, the display is as important as the technology that captures the distance from point A to point B. The Bosch GLM 50 C offers a backlit color display with large numbers to easily see measurements, and full-word function description to provide simplicity when using its array of features.
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LOS ANGELES – Christmas came in July for the tech team at UCLA’s Royce Hall. A recent shipment of ETC Source Four LED Series 2 Lustr arrays has been checked in, tested and stenciled with the Royce emblem. A compelling demo of the technology last fall by Outreach and Training Specialist Tom Littrell was enough to prompt an order for 18 Series 2 light engines, nine Source Four LED CYC adapters and nine Source Four LED Fresnels.
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BOSTON — X 20 Media, a Barco company, announced that it will be exhibiting SharePoint TV on the X2O visual communications platform at SPTechCon Boston 2015 in booth 901. The event will take place Aug. 24-27 at the Sheraton Boston Hotel.
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MIAMI – To update the look of a toll plaza on the Miami Dade Expressway (MDX), Barbizon provided Iluminarc architectural lighting fixtures. Iluminarc is an affiliate of Chauvet.
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Philips’ entertainment lighting brands Vari-Lite and Strand Lighting, along with the Showline product range, were on display for the three-day Mediatech Africa exhibition in Johannesburg. Philips’ Martin Palmer, pictured here, supported the DWR Distribution team on stand to offer visitors in-depth product knowledge and demos. Philips exhibited the Vari-Lite VL4000 Series, Strand Lighting NEO and 500ML Consoles and the Showline SL NITRO 510 and 510C LED strobes.
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LOS ANGELES – Industrial Light & Magic presented a session titled 40 Years of Creating the Impossible at SIGGRAPH 2015. The session, celebrating the company’s 40th anniversary in filmmaking, took place Monday, Aug. 10, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The visuals relied upon a Christie CP4230 DLP projector.
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BEAVERTON, OR — Biamp Systems, a leading provider of innovative, networked media systems, has announced the appointment of Frank Pajak as applications engineer for the East Coast of the United States. Based in Chicago, Pajak will provide support to customers using Biamp’s award-winning DSP equipment in a variety of AV applications.
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