WATERVILLE VALLEY, NH – The six-campus Granite United Church has never rested when it comes to spreading its message and touching lives. By 2014, its three day Warrior Conference for men had already established itself as one of the largest religious gatherings in the Northeast, but the church was looking to make the event even […]
Visionary….the word that came up quite often when we told other lighting designers that we would be interviewing Peter Canning. The Prime Time Emmy Award winning Dublin-based designer has earned the widespread admiration of his peers for bravely pushing ahead into new technologies and incorporating them into groundbreaking designs. While many others were gingerly testing […]
There is a cinematic quality to Tobias Rylander’s lighting designs. The subtle shifts in shadows, the sharp contrast between light and dark, the bending of scenic elements, all evoke images of the convention defying New Wave films of the 1960s, such as those created by his fellow Swede, Ingmar Bergman. For Rylander, lighting is about […]
HOLLYWOOD, CA – It is fitting that the Ricardo Montalbán Theatre will host the third annual CHAUVET Professional Student Lighting Showcase on Saturday April 16. Since it was acquired by the Montalbán foundation in 1999, the 90-year-old building, which was once the premier live theater venue in the Los Angeles area, has been devoted to […]
LONDON – Musicians love to play in Camden Town’s Electric Ballroom, even when their commercial success has taken them beyond the capacity of this 1100-person venue. Muse gigged here before their recent arena level Drone World Tour. Prince did a surprise concert on its stage one night in February 2014. The Clash, Red Hot Chili […]
Our ÉPIX series of pixel mappable fixtures had a significant impact on lighting design, primarily at club and event applications, when it was introduced early in 2014. Now we’ve created a new generation of ÉPIX fixtures that bring the same exciting new design possibilities to the touring world. We sat down with CHAUVET Professional Senior […]
SPOKANE, WA – Downtown America has experienced a resurgence in recent years, and a good share of the credit has to go to city leaders who’ve had the foresight to rescue neglected structures and give them new life as part of a revitalized urban landscape. This process is boldly and clearly on display in Spokane, […]
When Tony Award winning lighting designer Jeff Croiter is given a script to read for an upcoming theatrical production, his mind doesn’t instantly go to light plots, scenic elements and other tools of the trade. There will plenty of time for that later, believes the native New Yorker. Instead, in the initial reading his focus […]
WFX 2015: Learning Seminars from the Best in Worship Lighting November 18-19 | Music City Center, Nashville | Room #213 Seating is Free, but limited, so come early! Get Directions Wednesday November 18, 10:15am – 11:15am Unconventional Lighting: Bill Swaringim and Clark Wilbanks Hear and see how we, at The Crossing create environments using all […]
It’s Wednesday, world of light! We’ve hit that middle of the week point again, so it’s time to get some fuel in the cells and push on to the end of the week! We’re with you, we know you can do it!!! Who needs that Wednesday morning pick-me-up? We have a great one for you […]
HAPPY TUESDAY, Lighting Industry!! We’re starting off this first Tuesday of 2015 with some awesome grooves for this cold, snowy American morning — about 2/3 of the American seaboard is covered with ice and snow, and there is nothing better than the outstanding sounds of Eric Clapton and the mountain-moving voice of Mr. Steve Winwood! […]
There is a certain poetic justice to the fact that Darran Webb has won international acclaim as a reality television lighting designer. Webb, who counts American Idol, The X Factor, America’s Got Talent and Last Comic Standing to his credit, didn’t enter the entertainment lighting industry until the age of 32, when he got a […]