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  Unisson Structures Creates a New Stage on the Plains of Abraham
One of the biggest covered stages ever designed in North America is up on the Plains of Abraham for the summer. At the request of the Festival d'été de Québec (FEQ), according to the company, a Quebec-based Canadian company, designed and ...
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RCF Upgrades Icon Ultra Lounge In Los Angeles
Located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, the Icon Ultra Lounge has been a nightlife hotspot since its doors opened in 2011. The venue features popular DJs that perform in the 8,000 square-foot lounge and also on a similarly sized ...
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FiberPlex Mixing It Up for Phenom Nikki Yanofsky
Here's a new mix on things. It starts with a young phenom whose eclectic jazz sound ranges from big band and symphony to pop. And, it involves a FiberPlex fiber optic system and a front-of-house engineer who likes to travel light, ...
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The Week in Review
Marc Brickman Goes Renegade: In what we think of as the most interesting new hire of the week, Marc Brickman joined Renegade Management, the artist management division of Renegade Nation, as a full partner along with ...
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Last Chance to Nominate Knight of Illumination Awards
Nominations close at the end of July for the sixth annual Knight of Illumination Awards, which recognize and reward the outstanding creative achievements of lighting designers working on productions in the UK. In keeping with ...
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Chick-fil-A Leadercast 2013 Inspires Excellence with Renewed Vision
Over the past 13 years, Chick-fil-A Leadercast has grown into one of the premier annual leader development events for leadership growth at all levels. For the last three of those years, producer GiANT Impact has called upon Majest ...
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Gerriets OPERA Projection Screens Ramp Up Street Party Event at NAB Show
With a history dating back to the earliest days of projection screen technology, Gerriets OPERA projection screens have been put to a long and varied range of uses. Now that list includes motocross ramps. ...
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RCF Adds to LA Nightlife Scene at No Vacancy
In Hollywood, entrepreneurial brothers Jonnie and Mark Houston are reinventing the nightlife scene from bottle service nightclubs to cocktail-focused themed venues. They currently operate a number of nightspots including the Cuban rum bar ...
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Philips Vari-Lite VL3500 Washes and VL3500 Spots are "Glastonbury Workhorse Fixtures"
Philips Vari-Lite's VL3500 Washes have once more provided the backbone of Glastonbury's famous Pyramid Stage's versatile house-lighting rig. Glastonbury Festival was held at Worthy Farms, Pilton, UK, June 26-30. ...
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Clay Paky Goes for Gold at Mediterranean Games
Istanbul-based event engineering company Phantom has supplied a team of Clay Paky Alpha, A.Leda, and Sharpy fixtures to light the sparkling 2013 Mediterranean Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies. ...
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LumenRadio Wireless Control Smokes Vasco Rossi Stadium Tour
Italian fans enjoyed a spectacular display of lights, lasers, and effects at rock legend Vasco Rossi's sold-out stadium tour this year. For maximum visual impact, designer Giovanni Pinna specified 64 of the new Lase-Array systems ...
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Alcorn McBride Supports Video Artist Bill Viola's New Show in London
Alcorn McBride's AV Binloop HD players and DVM8500 digital video machines play an artful role in internationally-renowned video artist Bill Viola's new show at the Blain|Southern Gallery in London. Associates in Media Engineering ...
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Entec Supplies Portishead Tour Lighting
West London rental company Entec Sound & Light supplied a "specials" package to lighting designer Tony Austin for the latest tour by Portishead, which followed up on shows earlier in the year by the enigmatic and popular band ...
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Megavision and PR Lighting Present the 38th Miss Nigeria Pageant
Although only one year old, Mark Osho's Megavision Lighting was contracted to deliver a spectacular set for this year's Miss Nigeria pageant in Lagos -- the 38th edition of this annual event. ...
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Gearhouse Splitbeam Supplies Starlight Express in South Africa
Gearhouse Splitbeam was the theatre lighting supplier of choice for the South African production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express at The Mandela, Joburg Theatre in Johannesburg. Produced by the theatre's executive ...
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Stampede and InfoComm International to Team Up Again at the Big Book of AV Tour Stop in Denver on August 8
North America's pro AV dealer tour will once again team up with InfoComm International to bring together the best manufacturers and pro AV dealers, when Stampede Presentation Products, Inc. brings the 2013 Big Book of AV Tour ...
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PPi Lights Up New Atlanta Ferris Wheel
SkyView Atlanta chose PPi as its production partner in creating the lighting design for Atlanta's new Ferris wheel.
As production partner, PPi lent its services to the project by creating a dynamic lighting installation display ...
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Power and Color with a Purpose on Smashing Pumpkins
Many times as music tours are being launched the preparation behind them gets left unnoticed. With custom design elements, these tours take months to prepare and the designers must find new and inventive ways to bring the music to life. ...
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Chauvet Professional COLORado Paints the Rainbow for PrideFest
Chauvet Professional COLORado fixtures colored a dramatic rainbow on the Civil Courts Building for a PrideFest initiative in downtown Saint Louis, Missouri. Ironman Sound Industries production company of Brentwood, Missouri, ...
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Line 6 Speakers Fuel Mike West and The Beatles Down To Earth
Mike West is a California-based acoustic guitarist and vocalist who plays well over 200 shows per year. His current solo show, The Beatles Down To Earth - A Magical History Tour, is drawing rave reviews and ever-growing ...
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