NASHVILLE – Multi-platinum artist Dierks Bentley, spent a great deal of time thinking about his Gravel and Gold tour, which concluded with its September 21 show at the American Family Insurance Amphitheatre in Milwaukee. The tour celebrated the landmark 10th album in Bentley’s incredibly successful career, and he wanted to make it especially memorable. Talking […]
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage – If God made anything else as beautiful as a horse, he kept it to himself, the famed spiritual writer C.S. Lewis once remarked. Lewis’s close friend J.R.R Tolkien agreed, he placed magnificent steeds at the center of his landmark work, Lord of the Rings. Horses may indeed be one of nature’s most […]
LONDON – At earlier trade shows over the past year, the folks at CHAUVET Professional and ChamSys built their stand around the theme “True Colours Revealed.” They liked the concept so much, particularly since it pays tribute to the advance colour rendering options of their advance lighting fixtures, that they decided to go with it […]
HUNTINGTON, WV – Jennifer Lucas says she loves a challenge. Good thing… because not long ago, she and her team at Star Design Lighting got one, when they were asked to light a gala for Saint Mary’s Medical Center. This was no ordinary fundraiser either, but a highly imaginative event, built around a “Cosmic Odyssey” […]
PHOENIX – Let it never be said that the organizers of Phoenix Fan Fusion don’t have a sense of humor! How could it be otherwise, given the nature of this wild, wonderful, and whacky pop culture celebration? For proof, look no further than the public service postings on the big screens at the three-day event’s […]
DIJON, FRANCE – Creativity cannot be used up, wrote the iconic Maya Angelou. The more you use, the more it grows. To that, we might add, “the more it is shared, the brighter it shines.” This empowering concept is at the heart of Showlight, and it is why CHAUVET Professional and its sister company, ChamSys, […]
NAPLES, FL – On its website, the Gulfshore Playhouse declares that it is “passionately committed to enriching the cultural landscape of our region by producing professional theatre to the highest artistic standards.” Over the course of a season, the 368-seat main Moran theatre (part of a new 40,243 sq. ft. complex) fulfills this mission in […]
Rapperswil, Switzerland – Mottos are quite easy to make up, but living up to their grandiose claims? Well…that’s often another story, unless you are talking about Circus Knie 2025. This year, the iconic circus presented itself as offering “a mixture of fantasy, poetry and magic.” An idle claim? Hardly. All three of these wonderful qualities […]
ORLANDO –InfoComm is offering visitors to this year’s June 11-13 show a “2030 Vision” into the future.” Attendees who drop by the CHAUVET Professional booth (6453) at the Orange County Convention Center will be able to experience an exciting sampling of that promising time by getting an up-close personal look at advanced lighting fixtures that […]
LONDON – Alexandra Palace is no stranger to technological innovation. It was here on 2 November 1936 that the BBC inaugurated the world’s first high-definition television broadcast. About a quarter of a century later, the stately building was involved in the broadcast of the first satellite to pass over London. The technological tradition continues this […]
AUGUSTA, GA – The team at Harford Sound has set up stages in all kinds of places over the years, but none was quite like the site they worked at for Augusta After Dark. A signature event at this year’s Masters Golf Tournament, the evening gala, which was sponsored by Draft Kings and Sports Illustrated, […]
LONDON – Academy Award winning director Bong Joon Ho tells interviewers that his latest film, “Mickey 17” a futuristic dystopian tale about an intrepid journey made by “expendable” beings to colonize a distant ice planet, is, at its core, an exploration into the “human condition.” Fascinated by his gripping work, critics infer different meanings from […]