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John Garberson and Creative BackStage Set Mood for Arizona Bike Week ‘23 with CHAUVET Professional

The big crowd oohed and aahed when they witnessed extreme rider Clint Ewing do his wheelie stands and rolling endos at Arizona Bike Week, just as they marveled at the 30’-high motorcycle acrobatics by the Brigade Freestyle Motocross Extreme team. But these weren’t the only jaw-dropping feats at the annual event, which drew over 75,000 bikers from across North America to the Phoenix area between March 29 and April 2.Read More »John Garberson and Creative BackStage Set Mood for Arizona Bike Week ‘23 with CHAUVET Professional

Walker Hayes Brings Bandit Lites and The Darkroom Creative on ‘Duck Buck’ Tour

Viral country superstar Walker Hayes is back on the road for the Duck Buck Tour with a lighting system from Bandit Lites. The “Fancy Like” singer songwriter is known for his warm, family-friendly shenanigans and authentic lyrics. In fact, the whole Walker clan tours together, with his kids joining him on stage to take part in some of TikTok dances millions have learned. The family vibes don’t simply stop for Walker and his wife and children; the entire tour brims with a welcoming atmosphere, a sensation that Nathan Alves and Seth Jackson notes Bandit also prides itself on. “The Bandit experience is always like working with your family,” Jackson said. “Mike Golden (Bandit VP) and I reminisced that I first walked into his door 25 years ago.”Read More »Walker Hayes Brings Bandit Lites and The Darkroom Creative on ‘Duck Buck’ Tour

Laserworld Purelight Laser Systems Now with Waterproof Design

Laserworld announces the complete switch of their Purelight Series to a waterproof design. With a rating of IP54, the new Purelight laser series is out-of-the-box suitable for outdoor events, and they don’t mind if it’s raining or not. The power levels available in the Laserworld Purelight Series ranges from 5W up to 50W of laser power, and all units have great beam specifications and fast scanning, which makes them suitable for graphics projections too.Read More »Laserworld Purelight Laser Systems Now with Waterproof Design

League of Legends World Championship Finals Delivers an Immersive Arena Esports Experience with Martin Fixtures

The T1 squad (L) and the DRX squad pose onstage at the League of Legends World Championship Finals. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games via Getty Images)

To ensure a visually stunning experience for gamers and fans alike, Lighting Designer Mathew Stovall, along with Lighting Directors Tiffany Keys and Michael Appel, and TouchDesigner Programmer Pete Thornbury, worked together to provide the League of Legends World Championship Finals with an impressive lighting rig featuring an array of Martin professional lighting solutions, supplied by Christie Lites, with MAC Aura PXL playing a key role.Read More »League of Legends World Championship Finals Delivers an Immersive Arena Esports Experience with Martin Fixtures

disguise and ZeroSpace Develop New Spout Integration

disguise has announced integration with ZeroSpace’s SpoutBridge, a tool that bridges the Spout technology with disguise RenderStream to facilitate production for xR and live events. The ZeroSpace engineering team, a next-generation media production facility and research lab in downtown Brooklyn, NY, worked with disguise to open up access to ZeroSpace’s Spout technology within the disguise user community. Spout is integrated into most commercial VJ software and is available as a free plug-in for OBS Studio, the free, open-source cross-platform screencasting and streaming app. This allows sharing of the same GPU video texture with content render engines for uncompressed, zero-latency frame streaming.Read More »disguise and ZeroSpace Develop New Spout Integration

The Art of Asymmetry at Connection Pointe Christian Church with CHAUVET Professional

“Seldom is asymmetry merely the absence of symmetry,” wrote the German mathematician Herman Weyl. The famed theorist made this observation in relation to one of his landmark scientific and philosophical studies, but his words apply equally well to design. At their best, asymmetrical looks possess a unique power all their own to endow a stage with a sense of rhythm and motion that challenges the observer to see things in a new way.Read More »The Art of Asymmetry at Connection Pointe Christian Church with CHAUVET Professional

GLP JDC1 Hybrids Track Skiing/Snowboarding Tricks on the Slopes of Canada’s Big Air Show

Crowds congregate annually at the base of the ‘Smart Alec’ ski trail in Ontario to watch the province’s finest freestyle skiers and snowboarders perform choreographed flips and tricks off the 50’ Big Air Jump, accompanied by music, lights, fireworks, and all manner of show sizzle. To provide this for the Big Air Show, as the event is known, required the building of a technical infrastructure, with towers rigged with 24 of GLP’s ultra-versatile JDC1 hybrid strobes so that spectators could track the action coming down the 200’ slope and onto the landing ramp. The FOH position itself was set 50’ back, behind the video screen.Read More »GLP JDC1 Hybrids Track Skiing/Snowboarding Tricks on the Slopes of Canada’s Big Air Show

St. Luke Missionary Baptist Fosters a Warmer Worship Space with elektraLite

St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church has shown itself to be much more than simply a house of worship over its 87-year history. In that time, it has steadfastly combined worship with social-justice pursuits; for instance, it was the first black church in Dayton, Ohio to provide facilities for a civil rights meeting, as well as the first black church in the city to have its own radio broadcast.Read More »St. Luke Missionary Baptist Fosters a Warmer Worship Space with elektraLite

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is On Strike

 

 

Late Monday evening, May 1, 2023 negotiations between the WGA and AMPTP (the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers) ended and with only three hours left on their current contract the WGA went on strike, 12:01 AM PT, 3:01AM ET on Tuesday, May 2. Picket lines in LA were up by 1 PM PT. The WGA Membership is ~20,000 and the AMPTP Membership is 350-plus TV and film production companies.

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2023 Tony Awards Nominees

Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing’s 76th Annual Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards® have been announced. Of particular note from our ‘behind the scenes’ perspective is that one of the 2023 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre will be presented to Production Supervisor and Production Stage Manager Lisa Dawn Cave. The Tony Awards presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing will air live on Sunday, June 11, 2023, from the historic United Palace in Washington Heights, in New York City from 8:00-11:00 PM, ET/5:00-8:00 PM, PT on the CBS Television Network, and streaming live and on demand on Paramount+.

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Modulo Pi and Osmoz.tech Strengthen Partnership Through Successful Workshop in Canada

Workshop dedicated to Modulo Kinetic at the Cirque Eloize, March 28, 2023

Modulo Pi and Osmoz.tech recently organized a workshop in Montréal to showcase the latest advancements in the Modulo Kinetic media server and strengthen their partnership in Canada. On March 28, 2023, a full-day workshop was organized by Modulo Pi, leading designer and manufacturer of media server solutions, and Osmoz.tech, official distributor of Modulo Pi in Canada. The workshop was held at the Cirque Eloize in Montréal, within a studio equipped with the Modulo Kinetic media server and KineMotion optical tracking module by Modulo Pi. About 30 industry professionals gathered for the day, including rental and staging firms, systems integrators and creative studios.Read More »Modulo Pi and Osmoz.tech Strengthen Partnership Through Successful Workshop in Canada