BUDAPEST – Born out of the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1993, the Sziget Festival has blossomed into one of the largest events of its kind in Europe. Over half a million fans flocked to Obuda Island in the Danube in mid-August. Many came, no doubt, to see headliners like Ed Sheeran, The National, […]
BUDAPEST – It’s easy to see why all ages have fun at Ujbuda Gyermeknap (“Children’s Day”), an annual event held at Bikás park, a tranquil sea of green in the bustling Ujbuda district of the Hungarian capital. Youngsters can spend hours engaged in face painting, rides, a petting zoo and a network of bouncy castles, […]
LAS CRUCES, NM – Technological innovation is nothing new at the Rio Grande Theatre. Opened on July 29, 1926, as a silent movie hall, the two-story building was retrofitted three years later with sound equipment, making it among the earliest theatres in its state to show “talkies.” It was also the first business in Las […]
MANCHESTER, NH – The Fortune 1000 company Connection, Inc. rose to the highest levels of corporate success in the US by helping businesses find innovative solutions to high-tech challenges. Early this February, the multi-billion-dollar company was itself the recipient of some astute outside-the-box assistance, when Events United helped it create a memorable setting for its […]
ALKMAAR, Holland – As part of their recent move to expand Podium Victorie’s audience capacity, the owners of the cult Dutch club recently decided to move to an all-new inner city location. To make the move complete, the venue’s owners wanted to install a state-of-the-art lighting rig to provide visiting bands with the most modern […]
LONDON – The Swedish electro four-piece band Little Dragon has been on a quite a roll in 2017, as their heavy ethereal beats and synth-driven hooks have garnered them a following on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as slots at the Coachella and Bestival festivals. Reflective of the band’s stratospheric surge in popularity […]
LAS CRUCES, NM – Joe Price, the manager of Oñate High School’s Performing Arts Center, knew that the time had come to replace the facility’s incandescent lighting rig with an all-LED system. The 20-year-old incandescent fixtures used at the school’s theater in Las Cruces, NM, were not only inefficient and costly, they also posed a […]
TULSA, OK – Last year Aaron Watson made history when his album “The Underdog” debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. It marked the first time that an LP that was self-released, as well as independently distributed and promoted, accomplished that extraordinary feat. Despite this commercial success (26,000 copies of the […]
SUNNYVALE, CA – All churches serve a higher spiritual mission, and most houses of worship also strive to remain relevant to the people in their immediate communities. For the Sunnyvale Seventh-day Adventist Church, which is located less than a 15-minute drive from the world headquarters of Apple, Google, Intel, Cisco and a host of other […]
WICHITA, KS – Like a proverbial cat, the stately building on 412.5 Douglas in Kansas’ largest city has gone through many lives. Starting out as a movie theater, it later morphed into a penny arcade, pool hall, recording studio and cocktail lounge, before becoming a cabaret that featured theatrical performances for 22 years until closing […]