With set stuck on a cargo ship, LA Opera builds a new one

spectrumnews1.com: In opera the stakes are usually high, but as the LA Opera prepares for their first in-person, fully-staged production since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, things have reached a crescendo. Inside, outside, upstairs and downstairs, crews are working feverishly all over the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion with an assembly line moving prestissimo to meet an unexpected deadline. It’s a symphony of construction sounds that is music to technical director Jeff Kleeman’s ears.

The Challenges of Shipping From China – Life of a Flailing Tube Man

Hackaday: Last summer was an exercise in developing a completely different kind of product from my normal wheelhouse; a costume. My Halloween costume had been so popular that I decided to have a go at commercializing it, and that took me on a path into manufacturing that I hadn’t yet taken; shipping by boat from China. The short version is it’s a ridiculously difficult mess.