GRAND RAPIDS, MI – “This is not an off-the-shelf light show. This is custom curated… like nothing I’ve ever seen,” a reporter for the local Public Broadcasting station exclaimed after touring ENLIGHTEN at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in western Michigan. Certainly not a case of “fake news” here! Now in its second year, […]
LONDON – Critics who have seen previews of the upcoming remake of Alfred Zinnemann’s classic 1973 political thriller Day of the Jackal have universally praised it for its suspenseful tautness. According to them, viewers who tune in to this globally broadcast television series, which begins in November, will be on the edge of their seats […]
Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve with Ryan Seacrest… Admittedly, it’s quite a long name for a single television broadcast. But, the five-hour special, which glows from TV screens at 18 million households every December 31 as the clock approaches midnight, merits the giant-sized moniker. After all, there aren’t many of us who can’t […]
NEW YORK – It started when someone lit a few fireworks atop the New York Times newly opened building between 7th Avenue and Broadway to mark the passage from 1904 to 1905. A couple of years later, they decided to lower a 5-foot iron and wood sphere adorned with 100 25-watt light bulbs from the […]
LAS VEGAS – CHAUVET Professional built its LDI exhibit around the theme of “Reveling Our True Colors.” And true to form, evidence of the company’s color rendering prowess was everywhere in its immersive booth, which featured a design by Gigi Pedron. A pair of notable examples of this capability could be seen in exciting new […]
LONDON – Lady Gagaan always be counted on to set a high, and singularly flamboyant fashion bar. The multi-talented superstar certainly didn’t disappoint when she appeared with costar Joaquin Phoenix at the London premiere of the Warner Bros. film Joker: Folie à Deux. Wearing a stunning scarlet satin faille Celine gown paired with a matching […]
Spanning across 250 feet and rising 65 feet in the air, this year’s bassPOD stage was massive by any measure, but the most stunning feature of the metallic structure designed by Stufish Studios can be seen in the myriad shapes and forms that extend in every direction on multiple levels, creating endless visual paths for […]
CHICAGO – The six botanical gardens featured in the 2023 edition of Lightscape share much in common. All are highly regarded in their communities; all support important botanical research, and all are home to stunning collections of beautiful, and sometimes rare or endangered, species of plants. But there is also much that separates them. From […]
TA’IF, SAUDI ARABIA – It came as a surprise to many when USM Alger of Algeria upset heavily favored Al Ahly SC of Egypt at the TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup 2023 to be crowned the king of African football. The team from Cairo was established as a perennial football (soccer) power, and few expected they […]
LONDON – “A dazzling achievement, both technically and in tone… with impeccable attention to detail.” That’s what the highly regarded RogerEbert.com film reviews had to say about this summer’s runaway box office hit “Barbie.” The words also work well to describe the UK premier of the universally acclaimed movie that took place July 12th at […]
SAN ANTONIO – Everything looks better in colorful light, even something as remarkably beautiful as a world-famous tourist attraction that draws some 34 million visitors a year. LD Systems demonstrated that recently when it transformed the city of San Antonio into a glittering field of brightness and color for the US Travel Association’s IPW 23 […]
DORSET, UK – Ollie Titterington of O T Events Technicians knows every inch of the path that winds through Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens for ILLUMINATE. That’s not surprising; after three years of working on this winter light celebration at the historic garden (it dates back to 1756), he’s traversed the event’s well-planned route time and time again, […]