CSL’s Next Webinar: Green is a Number
Creative Stage Lighting has announced their second webinar for 2012, Green is a number. The webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, May 9th at 4:30pm EST. How do you measure the environmental impact of a light fixture? There are many ways to look at it, starting with the light output compared to the energy input. But [...]
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CSL Webinar: Emerging, Converging Technologies Is Online
Back on March 23rd, I joined Kevin Lorretto from Creative Stage Lighting on their first webinar of 2012, Emerging, Converging Technologies. After some time, travel and a little trade show in Long Beach… The webinar is up on YouTube thanks to CSL. CSL has an entire line up of webinars planned for 2012. When more [...]
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USITT 2012: Session on Creating a Digital Presence
Is anyone else excited that USITT happens later this week?!? USITT has to be one of my favorite shows. Why, it’s all about education and students! USITT is the perfect place to get a good look at what is going on in the industry and get a bit of education while you’re at it. All [...]
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Join CSL and iSquint & PLSN Editor, Justin Lang for a Webinar
Creative Stage Lighting is kicking off their 2012 Webinar season with a our very own Editor, Justin Lang! On Thursday, March 22nd and 3pm EST, CSL will be hosting a webinar on Emerging, Converging Technologies in Entertainment. CSl Sales Director, Kevin Loretto will be hosting the webinar with guest Justin Lang. The Webinar is FREE. [...]
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ETC Cue: Recap Part 1
Last week, around 180+ folks attended the inaugural ETC end users conference known as ETC Cue. It was overheard that it was about 2 years in the making, and the preparation certainly showed. Upon arriving, conference goers were given their schedule (the registration process required us to choose which sessions we were initially interested in, [...]
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ETC CUE: A Glimpse of the Newest Eos Family Member – GIO
7/25/2011…at the welcome reception for the inaugural ETC CUE event, ETC surprised and delighted their attendees by rolling out 3 units of what will be the newest addition to their Eos family line of consoles, the Gio. Weighing in at just under 50 lbs (a bonus for shipping concerns) this new addition geared for the [...]
Read More ...ETC CUE: Introduction!
Create. Understand. Experience. ETC’s inaugural end-user event began today located alongside the beautiful Lake Monona in Madison, WI at the Monona Terrace. Day 1 was full of pre-conference console training sessions, from the novice to the expert. Others chose to participate in a factory tour, and the day will close with a welcoming reception. Stay [...]
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USITT 2011 Recap: Reflections from the Light Lab
It is hard to believe how quickly time flies. Two months ago many folks were returning and recuperating from another successful USITT conference in North Carolina. Every other year the Lighting Commission hosts a “light lab” and the 2011 lab was certainly a highlight; as six of the commissions sessions were held there in Ballroom [...]
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USITT Elite Training – Day 3
Man am I exhausted. For the past three days Cirque Du Soleil and USITT have taken myself and 31 others on a chance of a life time. From 8:30AM till 5 sometimes 11PM we were at the mercy of the schedule, and boy was it worth it. Today we summed up our training. In the [...]
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USITT Elite Training – Day 2
Day 2 is over and done. And what a day it was. Training started bright and early, however due to a malfunctioning alarm clock I was a tad late. That aside, when I arrived we were working with the control boards that Stage Technologies offer. I started with sharing the Nomad with my buddy Joe. [...]
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TOMCAT Announces 18th Annual Hoist & Rigging Workshop Feb. 16-19 in Texas
TOMCAT’s 2011 ETCP Hoist & Rigging workshops are less than 3 weeks away, February 16-19 in Midland, Texas. Registration is still open for those interested in improving their skills and prospects for 2011 and beyond with training on chain hoists or rigging principles. The schedule is finalized and includes a team of world-class instructors to [...]
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Super Saturday 2011 – Super Awesome!
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the Stage Seminar’s Stage Lighting Super Saturday in New York City. What a weekend! It was all about theatre. While Super Saturday was only one day, my wife and I decided to make a weekend of it and catch some shows and visit some of my [...]
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