SUNRISE, FL – CHAUVET Professional has brought a new level of color-mixing to house lights with the introduction of the Ovation H-605FC. The new convection cooled fixture is powered by an RGBA-Lime LED engine, enabling it to replicate nearly any color with extraordinary accuracy, as well as virtually any color temperature of white. This feature […]

CLAREMONT, CA – Visiting lighting designers have always been eager to come to Pomona College’s Seaver Theatre. It’s easy to see why, too. Tucked away near the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains outside Los Angeles, the school’s leafy campus is reminiscent of a New England Ivy League institution, and it has academic standards to […]

CRANSTON, RI – Setting up for Motionless in White on the recently concluded 2018 leg of the band’s Graveyard Shift tour was anything but “motionless” for lighting director Megan Alksninis of JDI Productions. In the early phase of the 27-city US and Canadian tour, which ran from February 20 to March 25, Alksninis often found […]

BROOMFIELD, CO – To suggest that Eminence Ensemble pulls in musical inspiration from a wide range of sources is kind of like saying that Amazon sells a lot of different things. Inspired by artists from Stevie Wonder, Led Zeppelin and Frank Zappa, to Radiohead, Umphrey’s McGee and Snarky Puppy, the genre-jumping band from Colorado has […]

TOKYO – Since its founding in 1902, the American School in Japan has sought to provide its students with a well-rounded education. This is very apparent in the diversity of its student body, which includes youngsters from 47 different countries, as well as in its diverse program of music, theatre, and conferences. Recently, the school […]

MEXICO CITY – Fans who turn out for the legendary Mexican rock/hip hop band Café Tacvba’s Niu Güeis tour can expect to see the kind of passionate, freewheeling performance that has made the quartet one of the most popular Latin artists of the past 25 years. Touring in support of their eighth studio album Jei […]

ROSEMONT, IL – Creative passion doesn’t fade, it just keeps burning more brightly with every passing mile for Reggaeton legends Zion & Lennox. After 18 years of touring and a fistful of Top Ten hits, the Puerto Rican duo still exhibit the raw hungry power that has made them a defining force in their musical […]

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands –  Over 2.5 million spectators have visited the TheaterHangaar, a former military aircraft hangar, to see Soldaat van Oranje – The Musical since its debut in 2010. The longest running performance in the history of Dutch theatre, the show tells the story of World War II resistance fighter Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema. Audiences […]

ANDERSON, SC – The term “president’s gala” may conjure up images of staid speeches and a formal dance, but nothing could be further from reality at Anderson University’s South Carolina School of the Arts. The culmination of the academic year at this renowned art institution, its President’s Gala, is a rousing evening of musical diversity that […]

SAN FRANCISCO – Measured in terms of time, Bonobo’s career spans the course of two decades. But looked at in terms of the new ideas that this Grammy-nominated artist has been able to weave into his distinctive brand of electronic music, it can more accurately be described as “limitless.” An early practitioner of Trip Hop, […]

CARDIFF, UK – Those who follow The Haus Band will find a lot to like about this up-and-coming funk sextet’s new music video, but for one group of fans in particular there’s a specific track on that production that will be especially meaningful for years to come. These fans are the students from the University […]

EXCELSIOR, MN – Old Log Theatre, which seats 385 in a picturesque timber-beam venue about 20 miles west of Minneapolis, continues to have a big impact on the theatre in its state. The oldest professional continuously running theatre in America, it has helped launch and advance many professional and amateur careers, including that of Academy […]