DUBLIN – While equally formidable in their own right, hip-hop and comedy aren’t necessarily two genres that one would normally expect to be joined together. But thanks to Irish comedian turned hip-hop musician Abandoman, the rulebook has been well and truly overturned. After a successful year of headline festival slots and TV appearances, Rob Broderick, […]

LAS VEGAS – CHAUVET Professional is capping off an impressive year that has seen its fixtures excel on global tours, as well as in theatrical applications from Broadway to the West End, by introducing an array of new products at LDI. Additions to the company’s successful Maverick, Ovation, ÉPIX, COLORado, Rogue and WELL Fit series, […]

SAN FRANCISCO – The 2018 “church theme” for the Bay Area Chinese Bible Church Is “Growing Young.” The words are well-chosen. Started in an Oakland apartment 62 years ago, the church has grown into a thriving multi-campus house of worship, offering eight Sunday services in English, Cantonese and Mandarin. Although there are many reasons for […]

NEW YORK – Standing over 6’3” tall with broad shoulders and rugged features, the Grammy-nominated country music duo Brothers Osborne cast a striking image on stage. Their already-imposing presence is accented even further on their current tour by a wall of truss and light designed by Chris Reade and Jay Ballinger of KYVA Design, LLC. […]

ST. CHARLES, IL – Nick Sheetz is the “Worship Environments Director” at Christ Community Church. It is fitting that the word “environments” with an “s” in his title is plural. Since its founding just before Christmas in 1984, this four-campus church has been reaching worshippers through a variety of environments. For some, this may be […]

EMPOLI, ITALY – “Life takes interesting turns,” said Andrea Muzzin at the close of the Empoli Beat Festival. In 2002, Muzzin was an avid fan of Sum41. “I played their album Does This Look Infected? over and over again,” said the Video and Lighting Technician at Fumasoli Audio & Light Rental. Fast forward 16 years, […]

CHILLICOTHE, IL – Action in the Vibe Tent started in the early afternoon and went on nonstop to 4 AM the next morning every day during the Summer Camp Music Festival. Few fans left the spacious area for any length of time during these EDM marathons, captivated as they were by the music of artists […]

ORLANDO – A growing number of worshippers are watching church services on video, and not all of them are on line either. In addition to viewing live streamed services at home, people are connecting to their house of worship via video at satellite campuses and by watching IMAG at mega churches. Seth Thiesen of the […]

The nearest airport is located in Louisville almost 90 miles away. No professional sports team is closer than 100 miles to the north in Indianapolis. If you get the feeling that French Lick, Indiana (pop. 1769) is a remote small town, you’re absolutely right. Yet, celebrities as diverse as Willie Nelson, Joan Jett, Styx and […]

Every evening visitors flock to the Singapore Zoo. They aren’t coming to see the facility’s animals, who by then have been safely tucked away in their sleeping quarters. The attraction that draws them is a winding one-kilometer magical path that immerses the senses with the sights and sounds of simulated rainforest landscapes, complete with a […]

As a lighting designer who’s done WYSIWYG modeling and video mapping for major global events like the Formula 1 Grand Prix Concert in Abu Dhabi, Luke Bonner is accustomed to rolling out massive levels of technology. When it comes to theatrical productions, however, Bonner takes a step back, preferring to minimize virtual set technologies like […]

DENVER – Home Grown Music Network’s former Album of the Year winner Big Something has elevated genre-hopping into a rarified art form. Even by jam band standards, this laid-back sextet darts in a mind-boggling array of directions, not only during the same show, but also in the same song. Cameron Grogan, the band’s longtime lighting […]