The Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, which opened in 1910, was updated with the opening of a new visitor center earlier this year for the 725,000 people… Read More »Video Displays Automatically Adjust to Changing Ambient Light Levels
Global Creatures, the masterminds behind one of the highest-grossing tours of 2010, Walking with Dinosaurs, are once again amazing audiences and pushing the entertainment technology… Read More »How to Amaze Your Audience: Start with Two Rigging Systems
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In December, Coachella, the festival, also becomes S.S. Coachella, climbing aboard the Celebrity Silhouette, a 1,000-foot, 122,000-ton ship with room for 2,800 fans who will… Read More »Trend-Spotting: Music Festivals at Sea
As I am sure most of you reading this are aware, all too often, cues and looks get programmed and never used. Hours of programming… Read More »Dealing with Loss
Boston is bringing back memories in concert this summer on their U.S./Canada tour with “More Than a Feeling,” “Peace of Mind,” “Long Time,” “Amanda” and… Read More »Boston’s Tour: Goodbye Space Ship, Hello Video
Lighting and production designer Alex Reardon’s concept for a DJ Avicii’s LE7ELS tour starts with a 17.5-foot-high “head,” but doesn’t end there. Among many other… Read More »Letting the DJ Control the Show Visuals
Welcome to the newest service in the lighting industry: meet-hot-fixtures.com. Much like arranged marriages in various cultures, often your LD and/or the lighting vendor will… Read More »Meet-Hot-Fixtures.com
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We’re in a new cycle now in the H.O.W. universe, one where many and small is the paradigm, replacing few and huge. The so-called satellite… Read More »Churches Going from Mega to Mini
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