| Cobalt Studios Plans Sessions |
Sign Painting, Faux Marble, Perspective for the Scenic Artist, an Anti-Freakout Job Market Roundtable, and the Art of Scenic Painting: the Historic Method are all upcoming three-, four- or five-day topics for Cobalt Studios in White Lake, New York. For complete times, topics, and instructors, visit www.cobaltstudios.net and learn more about getting "a Cobalt Experience."
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| Show Distribution Keeps Busy |
Show Distribution, American distributor of Chain Master Products has recently had its equipment in everything from the Rolling Stones tour to NHL Opening Night to the Austin City Limits Festival and the Judas Priest tour, supplying equipment through its dealer network. To help meet needs identified by Show Distribution, Chain Master has designed a new hoist for the company, a new 800kg VarioLift which features smooth acceleration and deceleration and quick-change electronic components.
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| Kirkegaard Assists Omaha Center |
Kirkegaard Associates of Chicago, Illinois served as acoustic consultants for the recently-opened Holland Performing Arts Center in Omaha, Nebraska. The 175,000 square-foot, $92 million facility is managed by Omaha Performing Arts. The new building is designed to be a physical symbol of Omaha's commitment to the performing arts and will attract audiences from throughout the region. It was a collaboration between the architecture and engineering firm HDR, Polshek Partnership, and theatre consultants Fisher Dachs Associates as well as Kirkegaard.
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| New Website for Altman Rentals |
It is now easier to access Altman Rentals -- through its own website at www.altmanrentals.com. The site highlights Altman Rentals ability to supply theatres, schools, churches, events, concerts and the television and film industry with complete equipment packages or supplemental gear. In addition to Altman Lighting products, Altman Rentals has an extensive inventory of gear from all major lighting manufacturers including fixtures, dimming, control, distribution, grip equipment, followspots, and expendables. The company uses IntelEvent for its inventory control.
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| Cast Software Wins Award |
Vivien, from Cast Software, has won the Global Meetings & Incentive Exhibition (EIBTM)'s 2005 WorldWide Technology Watch award. The award includes a booth at the EIBTM 2005 show in Barcelona, Spain where the company will show off the versatility of Vivien from November 29 to December 1, 2005.
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| Sapsis set Records |
It was a record-setting month for Sapsis Rigging, Inc. with more business than in any September in its 24-year history. Crews were busy helping stage Market Week in locations throughout New York City, from The Tent on Bryant Park to the Celeste Bartos Forum at the New York Public Library. On Staten Island, Sapsis Rigging installed a new chain hoist and truss rigging system for the Gateway Cathedral, and in Washington, D.C. Sapsis renovated the stage rigging system in Elstad Auditorium at Galludet University. Farther from home, Sapsis rigged a 100- by 60-foot banner on the side of Marshall Fields in Chicago and even installed a motorized safety net in Green Bay, Wisconsin to protect hockey fans from flying pucks.
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| TOMCAT helps Raise the Roof |
TOMCAT USA worked with Quickbeam Systems and the City of Plano, Texas on a 60-by-40-foot permanently installed BFT roof system with a trim height of about 40 feet. The roof is part of the amphitheater at Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve and features a customized beige canopy color. As a permanent installation, guy cables could not be used, so the roof's six towers are constructed of steel and special foundations were designed, eliminating the need for guy cables and tower cross-brace cables.
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| Staging Concepts Restructures Sales Team |
Staging Concepts, manufacturers of portable stage and seating riser equipment, has introduced territory sales managers, according to Vice President of Sales Todd Vigil. Lou Domenicone has joined the company as Western Region Sales Manager. Chris Frederick was named Central Region Sales Manager, and Brian Arnold will shift from the West Coast and become Eastern Region Sales Manager.
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| Apollo adds Hooper |
K.C. Hooper has joined Apollo Design Technology, Inc. as Product Specialist on the sales and marketing team. "The combination of K.C.'s knowledge, experience, and professional skills is widely respected," said Apollo founder and President Joe Nichols. "His strong reputation among dealers, end-users, and educators within our industry makes him a great fit for Apollo." Mr. Hooper has almost 30 years of industry experience to bring to Apollo, manufacturer and distributor of lighting effects products and accessories.
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| Auerbach Completes Mesa Project |
Auerbach Pollock Friedlander has completed work on the Mesa Arts Center, a 212,755-square-foot performing and visual arts complex in Mesa, Arizona. Auerbach collaborated with DWL Architects + Planners and BOORA Architects, Inc. providing theatre consulting services for the new facilities and systems that support them. The $94.5 million complex includes four performance venues ranging from the 1,582-seat Ikeda Theatre to the 150-seat Studio Theatre. The complex opened in September 2005.
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