BRANFORD, CT – A light rain was falling intermittently on the July evening when Citizen Cope took the stage at the Stony Creek Brewery, an outdoor music venue just off the Long Island Sound. The weather didn’t affect the large crowd that turned out to see the widely acclaimed singer-song writer who was in the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new full moon rose in the sky on the evening of July 16. Glowing brightly over the US capital, it served as a good omen for the start of “Apollo 50 Go for the Moon,” a spectacular four-day celebration at The National Mall that marked the 50thanniversary of the first moon […]
MANCHESTER, TN – With headliners like Eminem, The Killers, Muse, Sheryl Crow, Paramore and Kaskade, the 17th annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival offered plenty of great music to enjoy. But North America’s largest outdoor festival, which in the past has beguiled fans with sights like “Infinity Mirrors” and its famous arched entrance, has always […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The Organization of American States headquarters attracted worldwide attention when it opened its doors in 1910. With its marble façade and staircases, monumental halls and stunning tropical patio, the sprawling Mediterranean-style building projected elegance, warmth and timeless beauty. Now more than a century later, the structure still exerts a unique transformative power […]
NEW YORK – Home Alone, Scrooged, Miracle on 34th Street…there’s a reason why so many holiday film classics, from comedies to love stories, are set in Manhattan. A certain magic seems to happen every year on the city’s bustling streets when the temperatures drop and the snowflakes fall. Maybe that’s why New Yorkers have eagerly […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Critics have rightly hailed the US Library of Congress’ Great Hall as a monumental triumph of architecture. Effortlessly balancing form and function within its spacious confines, the two-story room alternately awes and inspires with its towering Corinthian columns, Romanesque arches, double staircase and a gold-ornamented ceiling that exudes the unbridled optimism of […]
CHICAGO, IL – “Why would you light a bridge with moving fixtures?” Tracey Dear heard this question on more than one occasion when he specced CHAUVET Professional Rogue R2 Washes to bathe the Clark Street and Dearborn Street Bridges in a vibrant purple for the Susan G. Komen Ignite the Fight fundraiser to aid cancer […]
CHICAGO, IL – “An Inviting New Home For Music!” proclaimed a headline in the Chicago Tribune this summer. Like many people in the Windy City, the newspaper’s writers were pumped up about one of their town’s latest attractions: The Lake Stage in Polk Bros Park at the famed Navy Pier. Located on the new Polk […]
Look through the vast and impressive portfolio of this Chicago-based designer and it isn’t long before you realize that although his work is unfailingly powerful, there is no single “Bob Peterson look.” With each project, his lighting assumes a different personality, one that weaves it so tightly into its particular place and time that it […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Over two million visitors come to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History every year to view pieces of American culture, from the original Star Spangled Banner, to iconic McDonald’s signs, to a pair of Mohammed Ali’s boxing gloves. It is pure and simple, one of the most concentrated celebrations anywhere […]
Sunrise, FL – The F4IP LED video panel from CHAUVET Professional is ideally suited for outdoor use. With brilliant SMD 1921 LEDs, a pixel pitch of 4.8 mm and 5,000 NITs illuminance, the new panel has the brightness and clarity to make a vivid impression in outdoor applications even on the sunniest days. At the […]
GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND – This year’s Glastonbury Festival was “the best yet,” according to organizer Emily Eavis. It was easy to see why, as a star studded procession of artists from Radiohead, Ed Sheeran and the Foo Fighters to The Sleaford Mods, The XX and Katy Perry appeared on its stages. These superstars weren’t the only […]