ETC Training to Become First ETCP-Recognized Electrical Training Program

If you are an certified technician through ESTA ETCP, there is good news for you.  You have another way to earn credits towards your certification as well as increase your knowladge from ETC.
The non-profit trade association ESTA is the steward for the entertainment services and technology industry in North America, setting technical standards and protocols. [...]

Green Theatre Showcase at St. Norbert College By DesignLab

If you live in the land of Cheese, Point Beer and Green Bay Packers, and want to see some of the latest lighting products out there, you may be interested in the Green Theatre Showcase at St. Norbert College in DePere Wisconsin.  More from the Press Release:
Designlab Wisconsin, in association with St. Norbert College will [...]

Main Light to Host Manufacturer Day February 11th

On Thursday, February 11, 2010, Main Light out of Wilmington, Delaware will be hosting a manufacturer day at their location. From 10am till 4pm, stop by the Main Light warehouse space to see the grandMA 2 lighting console from MA Lighting and products from ICD Coemar.
During the day, get hands-on time with two grandMA 2 [...]

Review: ORB Lighting Desk from Zero 88

Back in April 2009, Zero 88 announced the release of their flag ship lighting desk, the ORB. Ever since then, the ORB desk has been slowly making its way into the U.S. market. It was first shown state-side at LDI in Orlando, Florida last fall. That’s where I was first introduced to the ORB. Since [...]

Landru Design Announces New Vectorwork Plug-in: Staging ToolSet

Landru Design out of Nashville, TN has just announced the release of their latest Vectorworks plug-in, Stageing ToolSet. The 3-piece collection of tools creates Hybrid (2D and 3D) models of stage sections and risers, irregularly-shaped stage pieces, and “stage-style” step units.
Model elements can be easily reconfigured through Vectorworks’® familiar Object Info Palette include dimensions (depth, [...]

Steve Roudebush, New VP of Sales for BMI Supply

BMI Supply just announced yesterday, the promotion of Steve Roudebush to Vice-President of Sales, Marketing and Development for all of BMI Supply.  You may know Steve better at @steve_BMI on twitter. Congrats Steve, break-a-leg… or is it break-a-leg-o-matic?
More from the Press Release:
Cynthia L. Barber, President and CEO of BMI Supply, has announced the promotion of [...]

Field Template Releases New 1/2″ Striplight Placemat

Steve Shelley, the owner of Field Templates sent me a note about his latest drafting template, the new 1/2″ Striplight Placemat. More from the Field Template Press Release:
FIELD TEMPLATE is proud to introduce the updated 1⁄2″ STRIPLIGHT PLACEMAT. Fresh off the grill, this template sizzles with the latest technology. Along with the latest ETC Source [...]

Time Square Lighting Announces Architectural LED Fixture

Time Square Lighting has recently announced their latest lighting fixture, the LED1738. The LED1738 is LED architectural replacement par fixture that is equivalent to a 75W halogen PAR or 39W metal Halide fixture.  The fixture runs on 110v and consumes about 17w of power.
There are there beam spreads available at 15, 23 and 32 degrees [...]

Eurolite Introduces LED KLS-800

Eurolites out of Germany has just introduced a new LED fixture to their current line up of KLS series of lighting fixtures, the KLS-800.  The KLS-800 is as light-weight as its predecessor, along with the same housing, but considerably brighter.
More from the Press Release:
The KLS-800 is comprised out of four individual, flat and separately directional [...]

Review: A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting, Second Edition

Towards the end of 2009, Steve Shelley, noted lighting designer and drafting template guru, released the second edition to his book, A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting (published by Focal Press). Soon after the release of Mr. Shelley’s book, Focal Press was kind enough to send me a copy of the book to review.
Hands down this [...]

Lighting Handbook iPhone App Updated to v1.1

I just heard from from lighting app developer Andrew Derrington that he as just released an update to his iPhone app, Lighting Handbook to version 1.1. Here are some of the updates found in version 1.1.

The interface has had a bit of a lift and a redesign to make it easier and cleaner to view.
Increased [...]

ETC Announces More Ion Training Sessions

Are you looking to get more intimate with the ETC Ion console?  ETC just announced more training session around the country through March and April. The training sessions are broken down into two days.  The first dealing with Ion Fundamentals with an introduction to programming on the Ion. The second day is for intermediate users [...]