NEW YORK – Paul Siebert makes no bones about it: every night, as soon as punk rockers Menzingers strike the first snarling note in one of their Hello Exile Tour sets, he kicks his lightshow into fourth gear. “I really try to introduce a lot of energy into the room as early as possible,” he […]
WAUSAU, WI – Behavioral scientists call it “habituation.” It describes what happens when people tune out an image after seeing it over and over again. Joe Ellis isn’t a psychologist, but he understands how habituation works, and so he diligently avoids repeating looks when creating his lightshows. He demonstrated this in convincing fashion in December […]
DENMARK – Defy the expected order of things, and you treat the imagination to a liberating experience. This principle lies at the heart of the creative spirit in art, literature, and music. It also fueled the evocative power of Theis Wermuth’s design for Alphabeat when the Danish pop stars did two arena shows in November. […]
NEW YORK – With its thunderous rifts and unabashedly punchy choruses, Don Broco’s music gets the heart beating faster. So too does the engaging whirlwind that the red hot British rockers set in motion every time they take the stage with their hurricane force dance routines, leg kicks, human pyramids and “push up squads.” Keeping […]
COLUMBUS, OH – “When it comes down to it, nothing trumps execution,” wrote Gary Vaynerchuk, the best-selling author and venture capitalist. Vaynerchuk didn’t pen these words to describe the SkySprout Summit, where he recently delivered the keynote speech, but they do provide an apt description of what event organizer Nick Francis and lighting designer Brent […]
PARIS – More than 1.2 million Australians visit France every year according to a DGE and Banque de France survey. Those who happen to drop by a Café OZ will undoubtedly experience a familiar sense of home, but with a decidedly French twist! For 25 years, these lively gathering places have been treating customers to […]
GRIMBERGEN, BELGIUM – A new chapter was added to the rich and widely heralded tradition of Belgian beer making recently thanks to the discovery of a medieval manuscript. Hidden away by monks of the Grimbergen Abbey in 1798 to avoid advancing French revolutionary troops, the recipe, written in Latin and Old Dutch, was unearthed about […]
SUNRISE, FL – The Sunrise Civic Center Theatre is located only three miles away from the BB&T Center, the largest arena in the Sunshine State. Although the small local theatre doesn’t get the national acts that perform at its larger neighbor, it does offer people in its community a big time entertainment experience with skillfully […]
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 […]
MILWAUKEE – Glenn Ottenbacher doesn’t believe in resting on his laurels. A few years ago, the house LD at the Saloon on Calhoun helped his club distinguish itself in Milwaukee’s live music market by adding six Rogue R1 Spot and four Rogue R1 Wash fixtures from CHAUVET Professional to his rig. The lights’ quick movements […]
NEW YORK – Grammy-nominated August Burns Red kicked off its winter tour on January 5 in support of its seventh studio album Phantom Anthem. From Montreal, where the tour began, to the House of Blues in San Diego and everyplace in between, fans are packing venues to immerse themselves in the band’s raw and powerful […]
LOS ANGELES – The Conga Room-LA Live isn’t photographed and videoed quite as often as the celebrities who frequent the nightlife, concert, and private event venue, but it comes very, very close. Located directly across the street from the Staples Center, the sleekly designed 1000-capacity multi-room site regularly hosts press conferences, after parties and other […]