Daniel S. “Dann” Whittaker died unexpectedly on Sept. 5, 2023 in Columbus, OH. He founded and ran We3Co, LLC, doing business as ShoPros Ohio LLC, in 2006. Not long after founding the com…
SOURCE: PLSN at 03:31PMSarah Lynn Jakubasz, Lighting Director for ABC’s Good Morning America and GMA3: What You Need to Know, died July 22 of complications related to a Glioblastoma. Good Morning America aired a…
SOURCE: PLSN at 01:43PMFrom September 1 until October 6, 2023, PLSN readers have the opportunity to vote for the best regional lighting company in each of six separate regions in North America – five U.S. region…
SOURCE: PLSN at 03:38PMFor over 20 years the comprehensive Event Production Directory (EPD), an annually updated companion publication to Timeless Communication’s PLSN and FRONT of HOUSE magazines, has also been…
SOURCE: PLSN at 12:50PMNominations are now being accepted for the next Parnelli Awards ceremony, to be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA on Friday, January 26, 2024, during the NAMM Show. Anyone…
SOURCE: PLSN at 01:06PMVicki “Max” Brenner, a lighting professional with a career that spanned decades from her earliest days with Imero Fiorentino Associates to her last years before retiring as a gaffer for …
SOURCE: PLSN at 06:32PMTwo Green Hippo Hippotizer Boreal+ MK2 Media Servers powered the visuals for multiple wraparound LED screens which formed the backdrop for this year’s televised Premios Tu Música Urbano. …
SOURCE: PLSN at 02:11PMNEW YORK – The synergy of innovation and creativity took center stage in New York as 4Wall Entertainment joined forces with ZeroSpace and disguise, to deliver an unprecedented Virtual Prod…
SOURCE: PLSN at 03:37PMFORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The deepest purpose of art is “not to convey, but to evoke,” the great novelist Jerzy Kosinski once observed. Clifford Michael Spulock demonstrated the power of…
SOURCE: PLSN at 03:28PMAyrton Domino fixtures have hit the road with country music royalty accompanying multi Grammy-winner Shania Twain on her “Queen of Me” global tour. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive d…
SOURCE: PLSN at 12:22PMHigh End Systems Halcyon Gold fixtures were the workhorse moving framing fixtures on the Miss North Carolina and Miss North Carolina Teen Beauty Pageants, held last month in High Point, NC. …
SOURCE: PLSN at 07:32PMLighting Designer Nicolas Fischtel recently lit 'My Mother’s Courage' in Spain using Astera lighting products. Lighting was absolutely integral to the storytelling which took place over th…
SOURCE: PLSN at 12:59PMLeading full-service video and lighting company, 4Wall Europe, added Elation Proteus Rayzor Blade™ tilt FX bars to inventory this past spring and immediately deployed the units on the E…
SOURCE: PLSN at 12:45PMYou can’t always get what you want, as Mick Jagger once famously noted, but if you’re a gifted lighting designer, you won’t be deterred by any such setbacks. When one door closes, you …
SOURCE: PLSN at 12:32PMThere are as many ways to tell a story as there are stories to tell. The incomparable Reba McEntire has demonstrated this with the rich and varied narratives that run through her songs. So…
SOURCE: PLSN at 12:27PMHarman Professional’s InfoComm Booth #4443 features a number of Martin lighting products that have been introduced since InfoComm 2022 last year in Las Vegas, including: Martin MAC Aura XI…
SOURCE: PLSN at 12:48PMETC announced the 12 students who will participate in the 2023 Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program. The group will meet industry mentors through a series of networking events. Started by …
SOURCE: PLSN at 04:17PMEmeryville, CA-based Advanced Systems Group, LLC (ASG), a technology and services provider for media creatives and content owners, has entered into a strategic partnership with Zero Density,…
SOURCE: PLSN at 04:03PMThis year’s South by Southwest Music Festival (SXSW) in Austin, TX provided a unique classical music showcase into its multi-cultural annual event. The brainchild of Thea Paraskevaides fro…
SOURCE: PLSN at 02:53PMAV rental and production company, Markey’s, has recently added Elation Professional Proteus and Fuze series lighting fixtures to inventory. The purchase of 72 Proteus Rayzor 760™, 12 Pro…
SOURCE: PLSN at 02:28PMThe Parnelli Board of Advisors has announced the three lifetime honorees for the 2024 22nd Annual Parnelli Awards: Buford Jones, Audio Innovator; Carol Dodds, Visionary; and Jim Brammer, Lif…
SOURCE: PLSN at 01:47PMSolotech named Martin Chouinard as Chief Global Operations and Asset Officer, a new position. Chouinard, who joined Solotech in 2006, has worked in a variety of roles for the company. Since …
SOURCE: PLSN at 04:39PMRon Smith, a pyrotechnics and atmospheric effects expert with decades of experience who had been working with Strictly FX in recent years, died earlier this month at age 66. “Ron was a kin…
SOURCE: PLSN at 06:26PMAlways full of surprises and the unexpected, the 21st Annual Parnelli Awards held on Friday started out with a big one: Outgoing NAMM CEO/President Joe Lamond was initiated in the Parnelli H…
SOURCE: PLSN at 02:56PMThe ADJ Group of companies will be heavily represented at this year’s NAMM tradeshow in Anaheim, CA. ADJ will once again be the official naming sponsor of the Arena Plaza Stage, which will…
SOURCE: PLSN at 11:09AMBruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have kicked off their 2023 international tour with a show featuring an array of Ayrton lighting fixtures selected by Lighting Designer Jeff Ravitz. …
SOURCE: PLSN at 11:00AMHow do you say goodbye to a legend? For the creative team involved in designing the production for Daddy Yankee’s La Ultima Vuelta tour, the answer was quite simple, you create something �…
SOURCE: PLSN at 12:54AMItalian group Måneskin are rocking their way through Europe with their Loud Kids Tour Gets Louder shows, backed by a highly technological lighting system that can morph into multiple differ…
SOURCE: PLSN at 11:27PMA significant quantity of ADJ automated luminaires were used to create an impressive atmosphere last month for a huge hardstyle dance event held at the Autotron exhibition center in The Neth…
SOURCE: PLSN at 08:41PMA recent arena tour of Germany, Switzerland and Austria for German Rapper Kontra K had an immersive and fast-moving light show designed by Gunther Hecker and run by Marcus Herzog on ChamSys …
SOURCE: PLSN at 08:27PMThe Refracted Lightstand™ is a new, original product available from ACME Lighting, that is more than just a light stand but a stunning visual product unto itself. With pixel mapping capabi…
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