CHAUVET LED lights cast a rich purple glow all the way up a 28-story glass corner of the new W Boston Hotel and Residences throughout the month of October leading to the building’s grand opening.

Designed by the award-winning firm William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc., the latest addition to the chain of luxury boutique hotels is one of the tallest and most distinctive buildings of the city’s downtown more

LEXINGTON, KY. — A relocated bar and billiards business is helping to revitalize an abandoned warehouse district by turning its historic buildings into a cultural hub of live music.

Jessica and Clark Case took over Buster’s and its namesake concrete Doberman statue when they learned that the property as well as the entire block of Lexington’s Main Street was slated for demolition to make more

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Women vocalists considered to be the cream of the crop by the VH1 cable television network inaugurated the newest major event venue outside of Manhattan in late September.

The women, including Miley Cirus, Sheryl Crow, Jennifer Hudson, Melissa Etheridge and others along with host Paula Abdul, performed a three-hour live concert at the nearby Brooklyn Academy of Music. Then they more

Orange County, Calif. — An amphitheater with LED theatrical lighting is one of 20 exhibits in the newly opened Pretend City Children’s Museum, a 28,000-square foot pint-sized city where kids can explore, play and learn.

Doug Northeim, owner of Red Fish Illuminations, a Columbus, Ohio-based lighting design and installation firm, partnered with the Cantara Design Group to design and install the amphitheater’s professional lighting.

Cantara designed the protocol that controls all of more

CHICAGO — ILUMINARC architectural lighting fixtures lit from the ground up one of two pavilions that opened June 20 before some 11,000 viewers in Chicago’s Millennium Park, as part of a year-long celebration of architect Daniel Burnham.

Burnham is credited for creating the first city master plan 100 years ago titled Plan of Chicago. The celebration includes the construction of two temporary pavilions by more

Kansas City, Mo. — Silpada Designs, which specializes in sterling silver jewelry, thrives on parties and in fact, that’s how it operates — through home jewelry parties led by its 28,000 independent direct sellers.

But the company recently realized that its biggest event of the year – its annual convention – lacked the high energy with which Silpada Designs is associated, said Dave Boser, more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Entertainment giant Live Nation brought the historic Fillmore name to Charlotte, N. C., with a 2,000-seat venue that features live concerts by national acts.

The music hall is located on a 30-acre campus of the North Carolina Music Factory, an entertainment complex encompassing 270,000 square feet in the Uptown area of Charlotte. Live Nation more

Hollywood, FL — ILUMINARC has named Montreal-based Erikson Pro as its exclusive Canadian distributor.

As such, Erikson Pro will distribute ILUMINARC’s indoor and outdoor architectural lighting products throughout Canada. ILUMINARC, based in Hollywood, FL., is committed to bringing state-of-the-art, efficient and sensible lighting solutions to the architectural market.

“In ILUMINARC we have found the partner we were seeking, one that offers reliability and a higher quality standard at an unrivaled price more

Hollywood, FL-CHAUVET has named Erikson Pro its exclusive distributor in Canada, effective August 1.

Erikson Pro is a division of Montreal-based JAM Industries, a dominant distributor of professional lighting, audio and music equipment for over 25 years.

“We are very pleased to partner with a company that has decades of experience in the lighting industry, a wide customer base and a solid reputation,” said CHAUVET CEO Albert Chauvet.

The choice more

Hollywood, FL – CHAUVET and its ILUMINARC division recently made two staff changes.

Jamey Brock has been appointed Director of Sales, effective August 1. As such, he heads national sales of CHAUVET branded products as well as global sales of ILUMINARC™, an architectural division launched earlier this year under the same Chauvet & Sons Inc. parent company umbrella. Brock, originally hired as Business Development Manager, brings with him vast experience more