TAMPA, FL — Once known as the “cigar capital of the world,” Ybor City is now lighting up with LEDs, and fixtures from Chauvet helped Alan Kahana, the owner of the Castle, a nightclub, replace conventional gear without also having to make major changes to the building’s electrical system.
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KRAKOW, Poland — It may be called the Music Media Show, but along with audio systems, lighting gear is figuring prominently in this Polish trade fair. A case in point was the booth for Robe’s Polish distributor, Prolight. The 200 square-meter booth was host to Robe’s “The Future is Digital” international roadshow.
SYRACUSE, NY — J. R. Clancy, Inc. updated its Web site at www.jrclancy.com to make it easier for architects, dealers, theatre consultants and other end-users to find the information they need as they plan their rigging for a variety of performance spaces and venues.
Hippotizer said its V3 software release 3.0.12 is now available. James Ross Heron, Green Hippo director, called the new version “the most mature and well rounded update for Hippotizer we have ever released. The new features and functionality equate to adding several new products, in addition to over 180 distinct improvements and upgrades.”
NORTH CREEK, NY — Creative Stage Lighting will host a Webinar titled “Converging Technologies: Digital Lighting, Video, and LED” on Oct. 30, 2008. The Webinar, the second in CSL's Webinar series, will focus on the merging of video, lighting and LED technology in the entertainment production industry.
LONDON — Paul Normandale of Lite Alternative, the U.K. based lighting production company that is supplying James Blunt’s All the Lost Souls tour, is putting seven of Martin Professional’s new MAC III Profiles through their paces.
NEW YORK — ESTA has added three Fog & Smoke Working Group draft standards, for public review through Dec. 15, to the two Control Protocols Working Group draft standards already posted on its Web site, which are offered for review through Nov. 24.
NEW YORK — The five-story Cellophane House, part of Home Delivery, Fabricating the Modern Dwelling exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, is using an all-LED lighting installation from Philips and Arup Lighting that consumes 1.3 watts of energy per square foot, compared with the average house which uses between 1.7 to 2.3 watts per square foot.
GREEN BAY, WI — With a name synonymous with dignity — most of the time, anyway — the Oval Office doesn’t appear to be content with being known as just another strip joint for cheeseheads. The 15,000 square-foot gentlemen’s club is also seeking a “no expense spared” look with Robe moving lights and Anolis LEDs supplied by Sound Stage Systems.
GOLDEN, CO — Barbizon Lighting Company said Tobin Neis has assumed the role of marketing manager, taking over for Traci Lacey, who will be working part-time for the marketing team as a marketing project coordinator. Neis, a part of the organization for over 12 years, was responsible for starting up the company’s Chicago office, and is now based in Lawrence, Kansas.