--- title: et cetera... a blog of bright ideas from ETC | SPOTLIGHT (18) description: SPOTLIGHT | Home to ideas, tips, interviews, news, views and all kinds of other stuff related to ETC, its products, customers, and the industry in general. 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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,... [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/07/why-your-color-picker-lies-to-you) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/carlygillisphotography_JordansMailer_15.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/06/etc-jordans-furniture-ropes-course) [ETC](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/etc) ### [ETC climbs new heights at Jordan’s Furniture ropes course](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/06/etc-jordans-furniture-ropes-course) By [Quinn Wirth](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/quinn-buchanan) 27-Jun-2018 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. [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/06/etc-jordans-furniture-ropes-course) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/KenBerry-web-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/06/henry-iv-and-the-source-ivs) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [Henry IV and the Source IV’s](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/06/henry-iv-and-the-source-ivs) By [Marshall Bissett](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/marshall-bissett) 13-Jun-2018 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... [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/06/henry-iv-and-the-source-ivs) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/KentCountyCourthouse-9-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/04/courts-in-session-with-etc-upgrades) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [Court’s in session with ETC upgrades](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/04/courts-in-session-with-etc-upgrades) By [Marshall Bissett](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/marshall-bissett) 24-Apr-2018 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. [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/04/courts-in-session-with-etc-upgrades) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/viafilm-480x480.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/03/via-university-explores-chroma-keying) [Eos](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/eos) ### [VIA University College explores chroma keying with Source Four LED](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/03/via-university-explores-chroma-keying) By [Katherine Stamp](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/katherine-stamp) 13-Mar-2018 For students interested in film, storytelling and fashion, VIA University College in Aarhus, Denmark is an international hub. [VIA’s department of Film & Transmedia](https://en.via.dk/research/creative-industries-and-professions/film-and-transmedia) houses the professional bachelor program Multiplatform Storytelling and Production. Technical Coordinator Thomas Erland Pedersen was... [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/03/via-university-explores-chroma-keying) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Scott-Ferrara-and-Reiko-Aylesworth-Les-Liaison-Dangereuses-Antaeus-Oct-2017-web-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/02/antaeus-theatre-keeps-classics-alive) [SoCal](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/socal) ### [Antaeus Theatre keeps the classics alive](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/02/antaeus-theatre-keeps-classics-alive) By [Marshall Bissett](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/marshall-bissett) 1-Feb-2018 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. [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/02/antaeus-theatre-keeps-classics-alive) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Max-Keller-3-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/01/interview-lighting-designer-max-keller) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [An interview with lighting designer Max Keller](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/01/interview-lighting-designer-max-keller) By [Katherine Stamp](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/katherine-stamp) 16-Jan-2018 *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.*  [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/01/interview-lighting-designer-max-keller) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/RadioCity_bluestage-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/12/radio-city-music-hall-unexpected-benefits-etc-upgrade) [Source Four LED](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/source-four-led) ### [Radio City Music Hall sees unexpected benefits from ETC upgrade](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/12/radio-city-music-hall-unexpected-benefits-etc-upgrade) By [Rachel Frederick](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/rachel-frederick) 21-Dec-2017 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... [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/12/radio-city-music-hall-unexpected-benefits-etc-upgrade) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/OCS-BalboaPark-Lily_pond_and_botanical_building-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/12/black-boxes-australian-platypus) [SoCal](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/socal) ### [Black boxes, the Australian Platypus and other lighting puzzles](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/12/black-boxes-australian-platypus) By [Marshall Bissett](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/marshall-bissett) 19-Dec-2017 It is rare for lighting designers to care much about the Australian platypus but Chris Rynne has no choice.  [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/12/black-boxes-australian-platypus) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/AcademyLighting-WheelofFortune-PortlandRemote-LightingbyJeffEngel-web-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/12/academy-lighting-consultants-lighting-designers-welcome) [SoCal](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/socal) ### [Academy Lighting Consultants: Lighting designers welcome](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/12/academy-lighting-consultants-lighting-designers-welcome) By [Marshall Bissett](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/marshall-bissett) 7-Dec-2017 At [Academy Lighting Consultants](https://www.academylighting.com), founder and president Jeff Engel sticks to a winning formula that gives control to their ten designers and security for their clients: great talent and a deep pool of knowledge. 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