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From The Edge Exhibit on Display at NYC Gallery

NEW YORK – Works from a US national exhibit of edgy theatrical designs assembled for the 2011 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space will be shown Dec. 6-16 at La MaMa’s La Galleria in New York. From the Edge, a collection of works from 36 politically compelling productions across America, was commissioned and sponsored by USITT (the United States Institute for Theatre Technology). Included are works from Tony-award winning designer Kevin Adams’ lighting for the Broadway show American Idiot, and Paul Chan’s Waiting for Godot set in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, among others.

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Vectorworks Releases Spanish-Language Product Line

COLUMBIA, MD – Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc., a provider of CAD and Building Information Modeling (BIM) software solutions, has released the Spanish-language version of the Vectorworks 2013 line of design software, including: Vectorworks Designer, Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Fundamentals and Renderworks. The Spanish-language version is available throughout the Americas, the Caribbean and Spain.

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Fred Lindauer and Nikki Calabro of Robert Juliat draw the winning raffle ticket

Robert Juliat Aids Behind the Scenes with iPad Donation

STAMFORD, CT — Behind the Scenes (BTS) got a boost recently from Robert Juliat. The lighting equipment manufacturer donated an iPad for BTS’ raffle event at PLASA Focus, which raised $2,400 for the charity. The raffle also helped bring attendees to the BTS Boutique during the show. In all, BTS raised $4,192 at the event. Pictured here are Fred Lindauer and Nikki Calabro from Robert Juliat.

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Four New Standards in Public Review

NEW YORK – Four new standards, now in public review through the end of this year, include two proposed reaffirmations of existing standards (relating to DMX512-A and fog equipment), one revised standard (relating to GFCIs) and one new standard (also relating to DMX512-A). The public review materials for the four standards are available at the PLASA website.

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LD Yenz Nyholm

Avolites Tiger Touch 6.1 Debuts on Level 42 Anniversary Tour

LONDON – Lighting designer Yenz Nyholm used his Avolites Tiger Touch to help reignite the memories of Level 42 fans when the band performed at London’s Royal Albert Hall. He programmed both the lighting and the video through his Avolites’ Tiger Touch 6.1, which now features enhancements and updates that have advanced the console’s capability. He said, “The best thing for me is the cue stacking. You can display your cue list and each individual cue’s parameters on the screens, but better still you can go in and change every parameter without having to be in the cue itself. This has been a massive time saving device.”

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John Kahn

NanoLumens Appoints New CFO

NORCROSS, GA— LED display provider NanoLumens appoints John Kahn as Chief Financial Officer. Kahn has more than 25 years of strategic international financial experience that includes CFO roles at a variety of NASDAQ listed, private equity owned, and venture capital backed companies. Most recently, Kahn was CFO of TeamStaff, Inc. where he helped the company become a top-performing micro-cap stock and led a public offering.

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New Reports on Ottawa Bluesfest Staging Collapse Cite Choice of Fabric Wall Ties as Key Risk Factor

OTTAWA, Canada — Although Ontario Ministry of Labor officials issued a report earlier this year finding no evidence of structural defects that led to the July 18, 2011 collapse of the overhead stage structure during a Cheap Trick performance at the Ottawa Bluesfest, newly-published details cite the crew’s inability to quickly cut ties securing the structure’s fabric walls as a key factor contributing to wind loads on the structure as the storm hit the area.

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Manchester's Festival Season Switch-On

dbn Helps Manchester’s Holiday Season Switch-On

MANCHESTER, UK – Lighting and rigging company dbn supplied stage lighting for the city’s 2012 Festive Season lighting switch-on. dbn’s Andy Kennett designed the lighting, making sure to light the audience as well as the stage action and to create effects that involved everyone as a whole. This is also why there was a concentration of beam type effects in the design to skim over the audience and also to highlight some of the buildings.

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