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  GDS ArcSystem Added as Emergency Lighting at Wembley Arena
Wembley Arena in London is one of the premier entertainment destinations in the UK. It is an iconic concert and events venue. Since opening in 1934 as The Empire Pool, the venue has hosted a plethora of major worldwide artists. From the ...
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Three PLASA Standards Added to Public Review Page
Three PLASA standards recently have been posted to the Technical Standard public review page at the URL below. The last day to comment for these three standards is October 7. In alphanumerical order, the newly added standards are: ...
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Harman's Martin RUSH to Exhibit at DJ Expo
Harman's Martin returns to the annual DJ Expo in a big way with an energizing booth, 615, featuring the new RUSH range of effect lighting. Held August 12-15 at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey, DJ Expo is the ...
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Renkus-Heinz Unveils New Website
Renkus-Heinz, a manufacturer of professional audio and loudspeakers, has announced the debut of their new modernized website. The long-awaited redesign offers up a bold new look and feel, along with better navigation and a different ...
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New NEXO STM Line Array Turns Up the Heat on Chesney's No Shoes Nation Tour
Kenny Chesney has always brought country's brightest lights to America, and this heated summer is no different as he taps newcomer and quadruple 2013 Academy of Country Music nominee, Kacey Musgraves, and 2012 ACM Single of the Year winner ...
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The Grand Théâtre de Québec Updates with d&b audiotechnik
When Grand Théâtre de Québec decided to update their sound system, one thing was certain: that system was going to be the very best. This is a big theatre, two thousand seats, three balconies; it serves as venue for a wide range of shows ...
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Meyer Sound MINA Brings Clarity to Great Ideas at San Francisco's Nourse Theatre
After 32 years at the Herbst Theatre, San Francisco's City Arts & Lectures has moved its presentations two blocks away to the Nourse Theatre. Through a Meyer Sound MINA line array loudspeaker system, audiences of up to 1,680 are ...
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DPA Microphones in Leading Role at La Jolla Playhouse
Many of today's university theatres serve as teaching facilities for dramatic arts students and as venues for professional productions. To accommodate this dual purpose, the schools often require high-quality equipment. This is precisely ...
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Beautiful Church Retrofits with Chauvet Professional
One of the oldest churches in Northern Florida, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church recently saw an upgrade in gear -- the first in three decades -- with the addition of about 20 Chauvet fixtures. A selection of Chauvet ...
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WSDG Provides Acoustic, Audiovisual, and Interactive Expertise to Educational Complex
A once grand, but long-abandoned, state building, has been reclaimed as the new Di Tella University Campus Alcorta in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A work in progress since 2004, the ambitious re-development was designed and coordinated by RD ...
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Bose RoomMatch System Chosen for Kansas City's St. Thomas More Catholic Church
When Steven Brown, system design and sales engineer at Progressive Electronics in suburban Kansas City, Missouri, saw the interior of St. Thomas More Parish Church, he knew right away that the issues that were prompting the ...
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Robe Lights Watan Al Ahlam Event
UAE-based lighting designer Terry Miranda specified over 120 Robe fixtures to realize an eye-catching design for Watan Al Ahlam (Country of Dreams), a musical performance staged by the UAE Ministry of Education at the ...
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Theatre in Review: Summer Shorts 2013, Series B (59E59)
Each series of Summer Shorts, the annual one-act play festival, offers a lesson. In the case of this year's Series B, it is this: Sometimes even the thinnest and most well-worn premise can be invigorated by a writer with an eye for ...
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The Week in Review
Green Day Wins Video Projection Lawsuit: In a decision that is certain to be controversial, the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that artist Dereck Seltzer's work was not wrongly appropriated by Green Day for use in ...
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Theatre in Review: Love's Labour's Lost (Public Theater/Delacorte Theater)
In 1971, the Public Theater had a big success with Two Gentlemen of Verona -- not the Shakespeare play, but a kicky, thoroughly of-the-moment musical version. John Guare's adaptation preserved the verse dialogue and ...
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Professional Development Program for PLASA Focus: Austin 2013 Expands
Six new sessions have been added to PLASA Professional Development Program taking place in Austin, Texas, a two-day program of free educational seminars and workshops running alongside PLASA Focus: Austin, at the Palmer ...
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PLASA London 2013 Confirms Show Sponsors
PLASA London 2013 has confirmed that Robe Lighting, Martin Professional Lighting, Clay Paky, and Roland will sponsor this year's show. Over 12,000 people have already registered to attend PLASA London 2013, which takes ...
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WorldStage Adds Lightware FR33 Routers to Its Inventory
WorldStage has invested in two Lightware MX-FR33 frames for its equipment inventory to accommodate staging larger shows, including those at New York City's Metropolitan Opera where WorldStage is the provider of a number of ...
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L-Acoustics is Big News at Free Press Summer Festival
Over the past five years, the Free Press Summer Festival (FPSF), staged at Eleanor Tinsley Park just west of downtown Houston, has quickly grown into one of Texas' most eagerly anticipated music festivals. This year notably marked the ...
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Community ENTASYS Helps Historic Navy Chapel Improve Coverage and Intelligibility
The Naval Academy Chapel is a historic focal point for the US Naval Academy and the city of Annapolis, Maryland. Dedicated in 1908 and remodeled in 1940, the Chapel underwent an extensive restoration in 2009. Its classic cruciform design ...
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