PHOENIX – Clearwing Productions has hired Michael J. Eddy as an Account Executive in their Phoenix office. Mike, who has provided lighting designs for Phoenix performing arts and corporate organizations for decades, also previously served as Phoenix Theatre’s Director of Production for 11 years.
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BRISTOL – Downtown Bristol was buzzing with great music and vibes at the weekend for the third ‘Love Saves the Day’ Festival, a multi-stage event in Castle Park right in the heart of the city. Headliners included Annie Mac, SBTRKT, Jamie xx, Eats Everything and many more. For the first year, lighting and visuals rental specialist Fineline – also based in Bristol – was asked to supply lighting equipment, LED screens / media server control, rigging and a visual production design for the Main Stage … which seriously upped its production values from 2013 in line with the profile of the festival which sold out its 12,000 capacity on both days.
For more details, visit www.finelinelighting.com Read More »SPRINGFIELD, OH – R&M Materials Handling, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Spacemaster SX is the first wire rope hoist platform to receive the HMI-Certified License. HMI-CertifiedSM is a registered asset of the Hoist Manufacturers Institute (HMI). This certification is verified by U.S. registered professional engineers and designates that the SX wire rope hoist meets FEM, DIN and EN standards. The purpose of the HMI- Certified program is to instill buyer and user confidence in the product by assuring it meets one or more recognized industry standards and the licensee is committed to safety, service and after market support.
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Sun Valley, CA – The Hospital Club, the private members’ club and creative arts venue in London’s Covent Garden, has unveiled the Oak Room, a new 100-capacity live performance and showcase space, which includes GLP impression fixtures. Designed by the award-winning Russell Sage Studio, the Oak Room will serve up an eclectic range of outstanding entertainment for members, from DJs and live performances (featuring some of the UK’s best music acts) to high-end comedy, cabaret and jazz nights.
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Iluminarc has released a new series of LED wash fixtures for the architectural market, the Colorist Series. Some of the features the fixtures have within the series, IP65 outdoor rating, quad-color LEDs, (Red, Green, Blue & Amber). In total, the series offers six new fixtures. The Colorist Pod 7Qa, Pod 18Qa, Panel 8Qa, 36Qa, Line 6Qa and the Line 12Qa.
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KRAKOW, Poland — For an open-air concert staged near the Sanctuary of John Paul II here to celebrate the canonization of Poland’s first pontiff, TSE Grupa supplied lighting and video gear. The rig included SGM fixtures — 45 SixPack blinders and 44 P-5 wash lights. Along with the late John Paul II (1920-2005), Pope Francis approved the canonization of the late Pope John XXIII (1881-1963) last July. Both canonizations were celebrated by a mass led by Pope Francis on April 27, 2014 in Vatican City’s St. Peter’s Square.
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