MADISON, WI — The Kennedy Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C. has selected Madison as the 12th U.S. city for its “Any Given Child” program. The goal of the program is to establish a long-range arts education plan to reach every public school student in grades K-8. The multi-year effort will enable experts from the Kennedy Center to work with a panel of local citizens as they audit the resources currently available in the schools and plan for increased access to arts programs for every school and every child.
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NASHVILLE — For Rascal Flatts, which has been touring with Journey, Cassadee Pope and The Band Perry, Bandit Lites provided a rig for LD Andy Knighton that includes Vari*Lite VL3500 washes, VL3000 spots and Martin MAC Vipers, with a grandMA and grandMA Lite console for control.
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BOOM, Belgium — Some 250 Robe moving light fixtures were deployed site-wide at the 2013 Tomorrowland EDM festival, which drew close to 180,000 EDM fans to De Schorre National Park here from July 26-28. ID&T served as event organizers and Jurgen Nuytemans and Christophe Van Den Branden oversaw technical and artistic direction for a long list of top DJs on 14 live stages.
Read More »SEATTLE — Christie noted that, with an FDA variance, it will supply and install a digital laser projector at Seattle Cinerama here. Although laser projectors have already been used for special screenings, the 4K Christie unit, which will offer scalable light output of up to 60,000 lumens, will be the first laser projector to be permanently installed. It should be up and running at the Seattle Cinerama Theatre here by early 2014.
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HIGH WYCOMBE, U.K. — Dry Hire Lighting has become the first UK rental house to take delivery of Showline’s new LED linear SL BAR 640 luminaire. The company plans to soon offer the SL BAR 660 as well.
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