Suzanne Tick Is Reshaping Textiles

Architect Magazine: Textiles are ubiquitous in the designed environment, and demand for new fabrics continues to grow. The global textile market is estimated to be worth more than $1.6 trillion and is predicted to increase 7.6% annually until 2030. Unfortunately, this growth has resulted in burgeoning material waste streams. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, more than 17 million tons—or 112 pounds per person—of textiles are disposed of yearly. Fewer than 20% of fabrics are collected at the end of their useful lives for reuse or recycling.

Engineer/Producer Mike Butler Expands Capabilities With EVO

ProSoundWeb: Mix engineer, producer and guitarist Mike Butler, who has credits that include work with The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, The Doobie Brothers, The Pretenders, Eminem, Phoebe Bridgers and many others, recently upgraded his home studio in Southern California with an EVO Expanded System.

Pittsburgh dance troupe's program set to album of original compositions

90.5 WESA: For a contemporary dance troupe, Attack Theatre has long had an unusual commitment to original music, performed live at its shows. But its latest production, “Behind Ourself Concealed,” is a first: The music the troupe will dance to is a full album’s worth of new chamber music, two of whose six short pieces were nominated for a 2023 Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition.

'Rebel Moon' CCXP Booth Features Lifesize Models & an Immersive Experience

collider.com: As this year’s edition of the Brazilian Comic-Con Experience (CCXP) gears up to start this Thursday in São Paulo, journalists, influencers, and some selected fans had access to Spoiler Night – a compact preview event in which you have the chance to get a look at the con pavilion before the hordes of fans start flooding the event in the official four days.

My dream attraction for Camp Snoopy at Knott’s Berry Farm

attractionsmagazine.com: In 1983, Knott’s Berry Farm added Camp Snoopy to their list of theme park lands. This gave The Peanuts gang a permanent home in the park. This themed area is the perfect place to introduce young kids to the theme park experience. But for a long time, I’ve dreamed of one thing being added to the land that I believe would be a game changer.

Sphere Entertainment Partners With Powersoft For Sphere Immersive Sound & Haptic Seating

ProSoundWeb: Sphere Entertainment has announced that Powersoft contributed immersive haptic technology and power amplifier platforms that are being used at the next-generation Sphere entertainment medium in Las Vegas.

Adjuncts at USC School of Cinematic Arts Seek to Form a Union

variety.com: Adjunct instructors at the USC School of Cinematic Arts are seeking to form a union, citing concerns about low pay and a recent move to drop health coverage. Organizers say that 75% of the 248 adjunct faculty members have signed on to the drive to join the UAW. They are seeking voluntary recognition from the university.

CMU students, faculty and alumni help City Theatre celebrate 'Christmas at Pemberley'

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Not every city has the resources necessary for artists to enjoy a thriving career in their hometowns. Luckily for Kyle Haden, his hometown happens to be Pittsburgh. “As a kid who grew up here, it’s just cool to know that you don’t have to go far to have these possibilities,” said Haden, a Bethel Park native.

Costume design enhances characterization, comedy, time period of 17th-century comedy

commonwealthtimes.org: Costumes act as a subconscious element of theater that helps transport people into a different world; when producing a period piece, such as “The Imaginary Invalid,” costumes do so and set the period, said Kasey Brown, costume designer of “The Imaginary Invalid.”

Creating the look of ‘Poor Things’: flying trams, Belle Époque inspirations and Emma Stone’s hair

Features | Screen: The edict from director Yorgos Lanthimos at the genesis of Poor Things was daunting: “Yorgos wanted the film to look like it could never exist in the real world,” recalls production designer James Price. “He said to us, ‘I want it to look like nothing has ever looked before.’” Three years later, it is mission accomplished, thanks to years of work by dedicated and imaginative crafts experts.

AVoIP Case Study: Savoy Automobile Museum

Sound & Video Contractor: Savoy Automobile Museum in Cartersville, Georgia, is a world-class museum and showground that sits on approximately 37 acres and showcases an assortment of automobiles. While the museum offers a look under the hood of cars of different makes, models, and eras, it does so using a cutting-edge AV system.

Positive Outlook for Fluid Power Despite Electronics Making Inroads

Power & Motion: After a few years of strong growth, the consensus is that the global economy is headed for a slowdown in 2024. However, a positive outlook remains for the fluid power and electronic motion control sectors as efforts to electrify vehicles and machines continue as well as infrastructure and reshoring projects – all of which will help drive demand for motion control components.

Filming in Phoenix

nofilmschool.com: When you think of some of the most well-known film locations, what comes to mind? Atlanta, New Zealand, Los Angeles, New York… The list goes on both here in the States and abroad. But one city that rarely comes to mind (if ever) is Phoenix, Arizona. Because when you think of Phoenix, you probably think of a dusty, Wild West city on the cusp of maybe becoming a “real” city.

Carnegie Mellon University's XRTC Will Drive Research into VR, AR Innovations

News - Carnegie Mellon University: Virtual, augmented and other extended reality technologies present the possibility to transform health care, education, entertainment, communication and more. And that transformation is close.

Evolving Applications of AI and VR in Art Conservation, Preservation, and Reconstruction

AMT Lab @ CMU: The field of art conservation has long been a community of highly specialized and skilled professionals, often whom have dedicated hundreds of hours to understanding meticulous processes and materials. They are entrusted by institutions and the public to preserve and protect pieces of culture and history- works which often occupy fragile and delicate states for the remainder of their existence. Many of these pieces have lived long periods of time, having witnessed conflict, cultural changes, and geopolitical events over the course of history.

One Mic Fits All? Working Toward An Optimum Result For Vocals

ProSoundWeb: What’s the best vocal microphone? It’s a question I get a lot, and while I have my favorites, the answer is usually, “it depends.” Over my career in live sound, I’ve had the opportunity to work with a large number of microphones, from the ubiquitous $100 “ball” vocal mic to models costing thousands of dollars.

Direct Your Own AI Stories with Pika Lab’s Idea-to-Video Platform

nofilmschool.com: Pika Labs, which — as we’ve covered — has been one of the most promising generative AI video models in this artificial intelligence space has just unveiled their new Pika 1.0. This major product upgrade includes a new AI model capable of generating and editing videos in diverse and different styles such as 3D animation, anime, cartoon or even cinematic.

Lectrosonics At The Heart Of The Workflow Of Production Sound Mixer Nina Rice

ProSoundWeb: Production sound mixer Nina Rice, with credits that include the summer blockbuster Barbie along with Persuasion, This Is Going To Hurt, and Saltburn (directed by Greta Gerwig, Carrie Cracknell, Lucy Forbes, and Oscar-winner Emerald Fennell, respectively) in addition to several episodes of the historical drama The Crown, regularly employs Lectrosonics Digital Hybrid Wireless gear as a key component of her workflow.

Hundreds of Glowing Spheres Light Up Immersive Installation

mymodernmet.com: Walking into one of teamLab‘s exhibitions is like entering another world. The international art collective recently unveiled three new installations, all of which explore the mesmerizing effects of light and color. Titled Bubble Universe: Physical Light, Bubbles of Light, Wobbling light, and Environmental Light; Flowers and People – Megalith Crystal Formation; and Black Waves – Megalith Crystal Formation, these seemingly boundless artworks are hosted at the teamLab Borderless museum in Azabudai Hills, Tokyo, Japan.

ISE 2024 to highlight technologies shaping the future of live events

www.eventplanner.net: Since it began in 2004, Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) - the world's premier exhibition for professional audio visual (pro AV) and systems integration - has grown in size, strength and influence to become an industry-defining event. Every year, ISE brings together professionals, innovators and thought leaders across multiple industry sectors from around the world.

Hudson Valley Shakes Unveils Ambitious Green Design for Permanent Home

AMERICAN THEATRE: Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (HVSF) and the architecture and urban design practice Studio Gang have unveiled the design for the company’s new home, which promises to be the first purpose-built LEED Platinum theatre—i.e., constructed according to the highest level of “green building” certification—in the U.S. The 13,850-square-foot design will serve as a permanent home for HVSF, which for decades staged its open-air productions of classics and new works in temporary tents at Boscobel House and Gardens overlooking the Hudson River, and more recently relocated to a new permanent home in the hills above.

Spectra 300: The Compact & Affordable Workhorse Moving Light From Volux Lighting

www.limelightwired.com: The Spectra 300 is a versatile, LED-powered spot luminaire, offering a high output and a wide, auto-focusing zoom range. This fixture stands out as a potential workhorse thanks to its advanced color capabilities, comprehensive effects toolkit, and superior optics. The combination of features makes it ideal for designers and programmers looking to get a wide array of looks without specifying several fixture types.

Discovery and PLAY-DOH branded attractions to be featured at Saudi Arabia’s SEVEN Abha

InPark Magazine: On November 26, 2023, Prince Turki bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Chairman of Aseer Development Authority “ASDA”, witnessed the announcement of SEVEN’s fifth entertainment destination in the Kingdom and the first in the Aseer region.

What Happened to Actors Projecting on Stage?

lifeandtimes.biz: Not to betray my age, but I started acting before the widespread use of body mics on stage. I was taught how to project, using my diaphragm, so that the lines could be heard to the very back of the house. It was never a problem for me. Indeed, most of the professional actors I worked with knew how to project. It was part of the basics one learned in theatre.

Netflix series ‘Obliterated’ finds guns, casinos rarely mix

TV | Entertainment: Jason Bourne thwarted an assassination attempt at Aria, but the gunfire caused a panic on the casino floor. The year before, Paul Blart dodged bullets in Wynn Las Vegas during an art heist gone bad. But don’t expect to see Chad McKnight and his band of special-ops misfits shooting up any name-brand casinos when the Las Vegas-based action comedy “Obliterated” debuts Thursday on Netflix.

New “Stable Video Diffusion” AI model can animate any still image

Ars Technica: On Tuesday, Stability AI released Stable Video Diffusion, a new free AI research tool that can turn any still image into a short video—with mixed results. It's an open-weights preview of two AI models that use a technique called image-to-video, and it can run locally on a machine with an Nvidia GPU.

Going The Distance: Catching Up With The Audio Team For The Latest Post Malone Tour

ProSoundWeb: I caught up with Post Malone’s “If Y’all Weren’t Here, I’d Be Crying Tour 2023” earlier this year on the portion of the run that was mostly outdoor sheds. It was a very hot summer night to begin with, but on top of the amazing performance of the artist, adding to the heat was all the pyro accompanying the show. At that time and then following up, I spoke with the tour’s audio engineers Kevin Brown (front of house) and Travon Snipes (monitors) as well as systems engineer/crew chief Eder Moura about their approaches and experiences with the tour.

'Squid Game: The Challenge' Contestants Intend To Take Legal Action Against Netflix

The Mary Sue: Despite much protest, Netflix charged ahead with its Squid Game-inspired reality competition show Squid Game: The Challenge. Unsurprisingly, it went so wrong that the streamer may soon have a lawsuit on its hands.

Bulgari maps iconic Dubai Gate with 'serpentine makeover'

www.avinteractive.com: Italian luxury fashion house Bulgari turned to Digital Projection’s TITAN and M-Vision range to give Dubai’s iconic Gate building a ‘serpentine makeover’ in celebration of the 75th anniversary of its Serpenti collection.

Kodak's long-awaited "new" Super 8 film camera finally reaches production

newatlas.com: Almost seven years ago, Kodak announced that it would soon be offering a digitally enabled movie camera that shot on good ol' analog Super 8-mm film. Well, it's taken a while, but prospective buyers can now reserve a Kodak Super 8 Camera of their very own.

Dave Grohl Has To Hold Up 'No Cursing' Sign During UAE Concert

brobible.com: Dave Grohl and The Foo Fighters were the main musical attraction at Etihad Park ahead of the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix over the weekend in the United Arab Emirates where the use of profanity is forbidden by law.

Doc Producers Call for Generative AI Transparency in Documentary

The Hollywood Reporter: During the SAG and WGA contract negotiations, conversation swirled around Hollywood’s use of artificial intelligence as the industry wrestled with what the new tech could mean for the future of entertainment. Now, a group of documentary producers are hoping to bring attention to the use of generative AI in nonfiction filmmaking, specifically as it pertains to archival work.

Kasia Walicka Maimone (The Gilded Age costume designer) interview

GoldDerby: “The scale got bigger and bigger,” admits Kasia Walicka Maimone about the ambitious second season of the HBO drama series “The Gilded Age.” The costume designer says she and her team of designers “stepped up the efforts” for the new batch of episodes, and they were able to meet the challenge successfully because they had already refined “the vocabulary of Season 1… the characters were developed, the worlds were developed.”

Mayor of London Rejects Plans for MSG Sphere in East London

www.ticketnews.com: Since the MSG Sphere graced the Sin City, there have been talks about bringing the iconic venue across the globe. However, The Guardian reports the mayor of London Sadiq Khan directed the London Legacy Development Corporation to refuse a planning application for MSG Sphere London, noting that it would have caused “unacceptable harm to hundreds of residents,” with various concerns about the venue’s height and appearance in the city.

Varjo XR-4 Headset "Indistinguishable From Natural Sight"

www.uploadvr.com: Varjo's XR-3 is now almost three years old, and the new XR-4 series brings significant improvements to the displays, optics, passthrough, and more, while reducing the base price by thousands of dollars. Like all previous Varjo headsets, it requires a powerful PC with a high-end graphics card which it must be tethered to.

Post-Strikes, Many Post-Production Houses Are Still In Trouble

IndieWire: The post-strikes damage to the economy, and to the 2023 box office, have been calculated. Small businesses clinging to survival got a last-minute reprieve. The 2024 theatrical slate appears relatively stable. However, for those who live at the end of the line in post production, nothing is normal.

Top 10 Theater to be Grateful for in 2023

New York Theater: My yearly list of New York stage shows for which I’m most grateful, which I started posting every Thanksgiving more than a decade ago, returns more or less to normal this year, as the theater itself has returned more or less to normal, after a year of shutdown (and online innovation), a second year of reopening, and a third year of recovery.

A musical parody of 'Saw' teases out the queer love story from a cult horror hit

NPR: The Saw movies can be divisive. The gruesome, almost 20-year-old horror franchise about a villain named Jigsaw who traps his victims in life-or-death games came out with its latest movie in September. But that is not the only addition to the Saw universe. There is now an off-Broadway parody musical that has plenty of gore and sex — and also manages to be camp.

‘I was in a state of rage’: playwright V, formerly Eve Ensler, on her long fight against violence

Domestic violence | The Guardian: The new book by V – the playwright formerly known as Eve Ensler – is called Reckoning. She says the word slowly, as if it’s falling downstairs, or perhaps, was pushed. During Covid, “I started to really think about what it means to reckon with things. To really face them.” Before the pandemic she’d never had the time – reckoning, she realised, requires a certain stillness.

Andrew Liddle lights New Order European Tour with Elation Excalibur

LightSoundJournal.com: Andrew Liddle, the longstanding designer for New Order since the band’s emergence from Joy Division in the early ’80s, turned to Elation’s powerful Proteus Excalibur narrow-beam moving head to create stunning, laser-complementary lighting on the band’s recent tour across mainland Europe and the UK.

Adventures in Alignment #2

Sound Design Live: Today I’m helping setup an L-Acoustics sound system at the convention center for an annual religious meeting. We’ve got K2 in the main array and dV-DOSC as delays. The A1 aligned the system using distance measurements. Normally, I’m a big fan of this method. That’s what the 1:1 preset in SubAligner is for.

Fixing the Musical: How Technologies Shaped the Broadway Repertory

New York Theater: Theater may be an ephemeral experience on stage, but the ways we have presented and attempted to preserve American musicals everywhere else – the printed page, photographs, the cast album, film, video, online — have helped determine what the public wants to see on stage.

‘I gasped when I read it’: Woody Harrelson, Andy Serkis and Louisa Harland on Ulster American

Theatre | The Guardian: What could be cosier than lunch beside a crackling fire in the company of three affable actors wearing autumnal knitwear? Nothing really – although the subject that has brought Woody Harrelson, Andy Serkis and Louisa Harland together, in this quiet London pub, is about as cosy as a hand grenade.

Ayrton Diablo lights Charles Tante at Denmark’s Fredericia Musicalteater

LightSoundJournal.com: Arvid Müller’s Charles Tante, the perennial favourite classic Danish comedy film based on the 1892 play Charley’s Aunt by Brandon Thomas, has been reborn as a brand new stage musical by Mads Æbeløe Nielsen, Nikolaj Tarp, Claus Reenberg and Rob Hartmann.

Motorised mice and hideous death masks: bringing The Witches to life on stage

Theatre | The Guardian: Across the hidden hallways, humming workshops and bustling backstage spaces at the National Theatre, preparation is well under way for a musical version of Roald Dahl’s The Witches. Everyone is busy. Very busy. The wham (wigs, hair and makeup) team are working at full capacity on more than 50 wigs, including a fair few that emit smoke on cue.

Showlight to return soon

LightSoundJournal.com: Showlight is delighted to announce that it is back and will return soon! Following the enforced postponement of Showlight 2023 and a bumpy ride during the pandemic, the committee has reassembled, invigorated and forging forward to the next in the series of this unique industry-favourite networking event.

Live Sound Engineer Sana Romanos

SoundGirls.org: Sana grew up in Lebanon, Beirut, a region that is hostile to women and their advancement, yet Sana prevailed as a native Arab woman, running mixing consoles and leading teams. Something that had never been seen before. Sana says “I come from a third-world country that most people have never heard of unless it made the news for wars and bombings but I am now working for one of the top international companies in our industry.

Theater Notebook: La Jolla Playhouse's DNA New Work Series returns for 10th year

Del Mar Times: La Jolla Playhouse’s 10-year-old DNA New Work Series returns Nov. 30 with readings of six new plays and projects in development, including a new piece written and directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar.

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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Why Playbill Is Opening a Floating Hotel in Edinburgh

Playbill: The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the biggest arts festival in the world, featuring the newest and most adventurous works across theatre, musicals, comedy, and even opera. It’s a must-visit destination for any arts lover. If you’ve never been and have always wanted to go, Playbill wants to help you get there.

Posted by David at 11/24/2023 03:43:00 PM

Best Amazon Black Friday Deals for Stagehands and Roadies to Save Money Now

Rich Roadie: Here’s a quick list of the best Amazon Black Friday deals that are awesome for people in our industry. No fancy writing in this one. Hope this helps you with your holiday shopping!

Posted by David at 11/24/2023 03:32:00 PM

Hong Kong Disneyland's new Frozen land opened

blooloop: Iger was joined in Hong Kong by Josh D’Amaro, chairman of Disney parks, products and experiences; Michael Moriarty, managing director of Hong Kong Disneyland; Alan Bergman, co-chairman of Disney Entertainment; and Jennifer Lee, chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios and the writer and director of Frozen and Frozen 2.

Posted by David at 11/24/2023 01:49:00 PM

Five Ways to Maximize Your Theatre’s Social Media Presence

HowlRound Theatre Commons: As a content creator and a social media manager for theatre companies, I have experienced firsthand how social media can be a radical site for theatre companies to engage with audiences. While ticket prices continue to skyrocket and theatre companies struggle to fill seats, social media—especially video content—can reach thousands of viewers.

Posted by David at 11/24/2023 11:51:00 AM

New Image Shows Lost ISS Tool Bag Zipping Around Earth Orbit

gizmodo.com: And there it goes. The astronaut tool bag that floated away during the most recent extravehicular activity outside the International Space Station (ISS) appears as a tiny white speck in this new astronomical image.

Posted by David at 11/24/2023 01:56:00 PM

 

Holiday Lane at American Christmas is back with 100,000 lights just outside of NYC

www.timeout.com/newyork: Inside a nondescript red brick warehouse just outside of New York City, the staff of American Christmas bring holiday magic to life. They're known for creating the renowned displays at Macy's, the Cartier mansion, Radio City Music Hall, the Rockefeller Center Channel Gardens and more.

Why Playbill Is Opening a Floating Hotel in Edinburgh

Playbill: The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the biggest arts festival in the world, featuring the newest and most adventurous works across theatre, musicals, comedy, and even opera. It’s a must-visit destination for any arts lover. If you’ve never been and have always wanted to go, Playbill wants to help you get there.