Each year, springtime in Japan brings the much awaited, spectacular display of cherry blossoms. The iconic pink blooms are anticipated by the entire nation and five years ago, High End Systems dealer Ushio Lighting Inc. saw an opportunity and proposed the idea to illuminate the cherry trees in...
Every other summer in Madison, WI, ETC hosts a week-long event of classes, networking, and fun for our dealers and reps. The keynote presentations this year included an interview with Fred Foster by The Lumen Brothers, as well as an insightful look into color perception by industry consultant,...
ETC light fixtures have long lived in entertainment venues and retail spaces. Those two worlds collided as Jordan’s Furniture began building the world’s largest indoor ropes course as a part of its New Haven store.
As Tom Hanks shimmies into a fat suit for his first Los Angeles stage performance as Sir John Falstaff, lighting technicians Curtis Scheu and Ken Berry sit at an ETC Ion and run a final channel check for the opening of Henry IV. Performed in the sylvan setting of the Japanese Gardens at the West...
Thanks to some prompt ETC factory support, the wheels of justice did not stop turning when the Kent County Courthouse in Grand Rapids, Mich. underwent a recent upgrade to its lighting control system.
For students interested in film, storytelling and fashion, VIA University College in Aarhus, Denmark is an international hub. VIA’s department of Film & Transmedia houses the professional bachelor program Multiplatform Storytelling and Production. Technical Coordinator Thomas Erland Pedersen was...
It’s the middle of October, but the evening is getting late at the Antaeus Theatre in Glendale, Calif. and Technical Director Adam Meyer is coaxing stubborn wires into wall sconces that were never designed to hold LED candles.
A leading pioneer in the theatre lighting industry, Swiss-born Max Keller has been offering creative and technical solutions for the stage for more than 40 years.
Nicknamed the “Showplace of the Nation,” Radio City Music Hall is truly one of the most iconic entertainment venues in the US. When the stock market crashed in 1929, plans for an opera house fell through and John D. Rockefeller began looking for a way to turn the Manhattan property that now holds...
It is rare for lighting designers to care much about the Australian platypus but Chris Rynne has no choice.
