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  XS Lighting Uses Prism Projection Gear at DIFFA Kansas City Event
On Saturday, May 21, DIFFA (Design Industry Foundation Fighting AIDS) Kansas City held its signature fundraising event, Dining by Design, at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center Exhibit Hall. Having raised over $1 million ...
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Lighthouse Takes Center Stage at this year's Top Music Festivals
LED video and digital signage company Lighthouse Jumbovision launched its new creative product -- DuoLED -- only nine months ago. Despite that recent introduction, DuoLED figured prominently in this year's Coachella music ...
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NATEAC 2012 Schedule and Venue Announced
Bill Sapsis announces the dates and location of the next North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (NATEAC). The conference will be held at the Hilton Hotel in mid-town New York City on July 22 ...
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USITT Engineering Commission Preps Proposals for Changes to NEC 2014
USITT's Engineering Commission is preparing proposals for changes to the National electrical Code (NEC) for the 2014 edition.
The 2011 edition of the National Electrical Code has been available since last fall; and it is once ...
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Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts and Kimmel Center Rely on Barco LiveDots C11 LED Display
Barco LiveDots, a Barco company, was selected to provide an innovative, 3D digital signage solution for PIFA and the Kimmel Center, which comprises a performing arts center by the same name, as well as an upgraded ...
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Tait Towers' Beautiful Day in Space with U2
Willie Williams, lighting designer for U2's 360 Tour, wanted to incorporate the space shuttle Endeavour's mission commander Mark Kelly singing "A Beautiful Day" into U2 concert footage for the group's show in ...
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Riedel Artist and RockNet at the Tony Awards
To provide a comprehensive system for distributing of the audio signals and establishing a comms infrastructure at this year's Tony Awards the production companies Firehouse Productions and Audio Intercom Services provided ...
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Morris Light and Sound Rents Clay Paky, MA Lighting Gear to Variety of Projects
Murfreesboro, Tennessee-based equipment rental company Morris Light and Sound Inc. reports that it can't keep its new inventory of Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures on the shelves. The company is also doing a brisk business with ...
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Dark Star Lighting & Production Opts for Lectrosonics' Quadra
Essex Alliance Church, headquartered in Essex, Vermont, is one of the largest non-denominational churches in the state. Each week, the church typically conducts four services to accommodate its congregation of roughly 4,000 ...
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Dual Allen & Heath iLive Systems Tour with Clare Maguire
The UK singing sensation Clare Maguire recently completed a tour of the UK carrying a dual Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system to manage front-of-house and monitors.
Partly rented from PA company, SRD Group, ...
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The RapcoHorizon Company Rocks Out at The Pageant Club
The RapcoHorizon Company's RoadHog cables are used by almost every artist who hits the stage at The Pageant concert nightclub in St. Louis. The venue's audio crew relies on the RoadHog microphone and guitar cables in ...
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Renkus-Heinz Provides Serene Sound for St. Benedict's Monastery
A short drive from Aspen, Colorado, St. Benedict's Monastery reflects the natural serenity of its majestic surroundings. Nestled in a valley on several thousand acres in western Colorado's Elk Mountains, it offers ...
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Global Truss America Issues Statement Regarding Brand Name
In the wake of a competitor issuing claims that it is the authorized distributor of Global Truss products in the United States and Canada, Global Truss America has issued the following statement. ...
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Rosco Offers to Share the Swag if You Share the Work
Did you ever go to a performance and think to yourself, what a great lighting effect. I wish I knew how the designer did it. What colors were used? Which gobos? What does a director ask of the designer to get an effect like that? ...
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Sennheiser Achieves Record Turnover
Sennheiser Electronic GmbH & Co. KG published its financial statement for the business year 2010, reporting an increased turnover of 468.2 million Euros, compared to 389.9 million Euros last year. This corresponds to an ...
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Theatre in Review: All's Well That Ends Well (Shakespeare in the Park)
So many times, when writing about productions of Shakespeare, we fault the director, saying, in effect, that he or she isn't worthy of our greatest playwright. In the case of the current revival of All's Well That Ends Well ...
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Showtex Supplies Waterproof Drapes with Integrated Water Resistant LEDS For Take That Progress Live Tour
May 27th marked the kickoff of Take That's European Progress Live Tour 2011. Just over 54.000 people attended the opening concert at Sunderland's Stadium.
This highly anticipated tour is the first time the band is back ...
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Quinze Points of Light for Robert Juliat at Eurovision 2011
The 56th Eurovision Song Contest 2011 final took place in May at the Fortuna Dusseldorf Arena in Germany. Twenty-five countries competed for the honor of winning one of the world's most celebrated song competitions in front ...
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Sapsis Rigging Provides Rigging Package for Third Annual Castleton Festival.
Sapsis Rigging, Inc. (SRI) designed and installed a self-climbing truss rig for the third annual Castleton Festival, which is being held in Castleton, Virginia now through July 24.
SRI installed a truss rig inside the ...
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4Wall New York Sponsors "Skate for Love" Cancer Benefit
4Wall New York recently donated entertainment lighting for Skate for Love, a figure skating and entertainment exhibition benefitting the Susan G. Komen cancer foundation. The event was the brainchild of competitive ...
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