Vectorworks Releases Entertainment and Lighting Design with Vectorworks Spotlight, First Edition
Perfect timing! If you are a student looking to enter the 2012 Student Lighting Design Competition, Kevin Lee Allen’s new book, Entertainment and Lighting Design with Vectorworks Spotlight, First Edition might just be what you are looking for! Not only in Kevin Lee Allen one of our judges for the SLDC, he is also an [...]
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ETCP Offers Exams at USITT 2012 in Long Beach
The ETCP examinations will be given at USITT’s Annual Conference & Stage Expo in Long Beach, CA. All three examinations will be given at the same time and are scheduled for the morning of Saturday, March 31. Candidates who wish to take more than one exam should contact ETCP. Interested applicants must submit their application, [...]
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Mark Your Calendars: Stage Seminars Super Saturday is January 21st in NYC
Stage Seminars Stage Lighting Super Saturday returns to New York City on Saturday, January 21st. Are you going to be there?If you are in the city that weekend, it would be a good idea to head to the upper west side and check out some new products and maybe learn a thing or two. Here [...]
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Stage Lighting Super Saturday Returns to NYC for 2011
Sonny Sonnenfeld and Scott C. Parker announce that Stage Lighting Super Saturday selects New York City for its seventh annual seminar. At 8:00 am on Saturday, January 21, 2012, the seventh-annual Stage Lighting Super Saturday all-day seminar will take place at the conveniently located Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing [...]
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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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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 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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Welcome New Guest Writer: Drew Carter
Hey guys! My name is Drew Carter, and for the next few days I will be writing here on isquint.net on my daily experience while attending the first ever USITT Elite Training Weekend. I’m a junior BFA Design/ Tech student at Central Washington University in beautiful Ellensburg, WA. At the end of March I was [...]
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Plugfest 2011 Announced – July 22-24 in Westlake Texas
The next PLASA Control Protocols Plugfest will take place July 22—24 at the DFW Marriott Solana in Westlake, Texas. The event brings colleagues and competitors together to further the industry by testing the limits of control protocols and working out the bugs they encounter. Everyone is welcome to attend. Plugfest began in January 2009 as [...]
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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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Less Than A Week Till Super Saturday in NYC and Save $50 on Registration!
The count down has begun, there are only 5, yes 5 days left until Super Saturday. No, it is not some huge blowout sale happening in New York City. I am talking about the Stage Seminars, Stage Lighting Super Saturday. Here is more about Super Saturday. A dozen theater lighting professionals will speak and about [...]
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GAM Product Offers Color Workshop January 11th, 2011 in LA
Do you live in the Las Angles area? On January 11th, 2011, GAM Products is offering workshop on color at their GAM Arts Center right in the heart of LA. Learn about color temperature, kelvin, spectral distribution, foot candles, mired shift and CIE tri-stimulus values; how they all relate to correcting light sources and balancing [...]
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