CHANDLER, AZ – The crowds that normally fill the Rawhide Center on weekends for headliners like Kayzo, Adventure Club and Nightmare weren’t there this October. COVID-19 restrictions saw to that. But the intensity that shook up the 13,000 sq. ft. outdoor venue for Relentless Beats’ aptly named “The Pod Experience“ was impossible to miss, thanks […]
GLENMONT, NY – “A Teenage rock and roll spree,“ that’s how Richard Linklater described his cult film Dazed and Confused. How right he was. Iconic songs pop up throughout this coming of age classic, giving it a unique rhythmic power. This quality made the ‘90s movie an ideal twin-bill partner for Pink Talking Fish on […]
PHOENIX – Skateboarding “opens your eyes to see the world differently,“ said renowned photographer and skateborader Jon Humphries. Authority Zero offers convincing proof of that. Growing out of the fertile punk skate scene of the mid-90s, the Arizona-based band has followed their own iconoclastic path over the past 25 years, mashing myriad musical influences from […]
ST. LOUIS – Country music superstar Brad Paisley has seen just about everything in his illustrious 20-year career, but until Friday July 10, he’d never had fans “cheer” by flashing their car headlights at him. Welcome to Live From The Drive-In, a three night, three-artists series of shows that marked Live Nation’s first foray into […]
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NC – Social distancing: it not only affects where and how people sit at public gatherings, it also has a pretty big influence on the way lighting designs are put together for outdoor events. Daniel Thibault appreciates this first-hand. The owner of Life Is Art Studios, Thibault created the lighting design for No Parking On […]
JOPPA, MD – With its 76 fixtures and 18’ by 10’ video wall, the rig set up inside the Harford Sound warehouse looks like it’s being prepped for a live event. But the impressive collection of CHAUVET Professional lights and F4IP LED video panels isn’t going anywhere, nor was it ever intended to. Instead, it […]
BALTIMORE – The weather in eastern Maryland never got much past 70 degrees on Saturday May 23, but the vibe in the improvised studio at Showtime Sound’s warehouse was decidedly tropical. Aaron Kovelman, the company’s Director of Design and Production, saw to that by creating breezy, colorful, beach-like visuals for its one-hour Virtual Island Festival […]
In times of crisis, there is strength in numbers. Joining forces with another organization can help get a livestream project off the ground and build valuable long-term relationships for your business. A pair of production houses on opposite sides of the world demonstrated this recently. In Australia, Harry the Hirer teamed up with the Hand […]
Reaching 56.4 meters above the crystal blue waters of St. Anna Bay, the Queen Juliana Bridge (the highest such structure in the Caribbean), affords spectacular views of this nation’s capital city and its beautiful beaches. On the evening of Sunday March 22, it also offered an inspiring view of the future, when it served as […]
ZWEVEGEM, BELGIUM – Destination weddings have become quite popular, but newlyweds don’t have to journey to some faraway exotic spot to find a unique and memorable venue for their marriage celebration. A young couple in West Flanders demonstrated this in electrifying fashion recently, when they held their reception at Transfo Zweegem, a former power plant […]
McDONOUGH, GA – Tabernacle of Praise Church International may be located in the suburbs of Atlanta, but every week it engages worshippers in all 50 states as well as many countries throughout the world through its livestreamed Wednesday Bible Study and Sunday services. Although streaming is nothing new for this house of worship, it has […]
HALIFAX, UK – Based on the 2001 DreamWorks Animation film Shrek, and harboring elements of sequels Shrek 2, Shrek Forever After and William Steig’s 1990 book Shrek! the lavish stage adaptation of its hit animated movie received unanimous praise for its colorful set design and costumes throughout its sell-out 441-night run on Broadway. Mark Johnson […]