BLACKPOOL, UK – While Blackpool’s Winter Gardens is perhaps most famed for its varied programme of visiting musical acts, during three days in March, the complex attracts a whole different kind of audience for the International Fitness Showcase (IFS), the UK’s largest event for fitness aficionados. To provide suitably dynamic lighting for the three energy-packed […]
NEWPORT, CA – New guests at Time can’t help turning their heads in every direction, an expression of amazed wonderment on their faces, when they entered this former Nike Town store turned nightclub. It doesn’t matter which way they turn either. Aside from taking in some stunning visuals, they are going to have a clear […]
MANCHESTER, NH – Crossing genres in lighting is nothing unusual for Morgan Cerovski. The technical director at the 880-seat Palace Theatre, Cerovski is accustomed to having his rig light theatrical productions on weekends and then turn around with virtually no changes to serve up eye candy for a visiting band on Monday. Such was the […]
LOS ANGELES – When Brandon Baruch first heard from a friend about Nick Wylie’s plans to produce the Bataré tour, he realized pretty quickly that this innovative show was something he would like to light. “I tend to gravitate towards projects that require an unconventional design approach,” he said. “So when Nick told me the […]
ROCKFORD, IL – It is a rite of passage… every child has dreamed of being transported to a charmed world of fantastical characters, where anything is possible and a wondrous new journey always waits just around the corner. Such a place doesn’t exist in the realm of adult reality, of course, unless you happen to […]
LERMA, MEXICO – Chauvet Mexico had a lot to be happy about when it celebrated the grand premiere of its new office, warehouse, service center and showroom facility recently. The company has been busy meeting the rapidly increasing demand for its products among dealers and rental houses. Albert Chauvet, CEO of Chauvet, expressed his gratitude […]
SAN DIEGO – Most of the fans who turned up at The Holding Company to hear a St. Patrick’s Day concert by the popular Irish band The Fooks were appropriately dressed in green. They weren’t alone. The well-known Ocean Beach music venue was also adorned in brilliant emerald, thanks to some imaginative lighting by Matt […]
SPRINGFIELD, MO – In 1993 Seminole Baptist Temple began holding services in an impressive brick building at the corner of East Republic Road and National Avenue in Missouri’s third largest city. Photographs of the church on that day reveal a building that looks pretty much the same as it does today. Inside, however, the church’s […]
WORCESTER, MA – Worcester State University’s athletic department has had a lot to celebrate lately. Not only did the school just open a stunning $45.5 million, 100,000 sq. ft. athletic facility on campus, its teams also reached new heights, winning their first ever men’s indoor track and field conference title along with a women’s soccer […]
CHICAGO – Former Styx frontman Dennis DeYoung hit 70 in mid-February without breaking stride. Performing a two-hour-and-ten-minute Valentine’s Day concert before a packed house at the 3,400-seat Star Plaza Theater outside Chicago, the singer-keyboard virtuoso exhibited the same spirited infectious energy that made him one of the more popular rockers of the ’70s and ’80s. […]
Tucson, AZ – Set in the vast expanse of the Sonoran Desert in early February, the Gem and Jam Festival has a way of inspiring flights of imagination. Originally an after-party for the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, the four day electronic music festival, which this year featured stars like The Trancident and The Floozies, […]
LOS ANGELES – On August 1, 1981, MTV made history when it became the first network in the world dedicated to broadcasting music videos. For years, the home of celebrated “video jockeys” like Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman and Martha Quinn was the center of all things musical. Then, as new digital competition arose, MTV moved […]