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InvisiLED LED lighting tape from WAC Lighting is an energy-efficient, easy-to-install tape featuring LED lighting....More

To celebrate Earth Day, April 22, PosterGarden is offering a discount through April 30 on its new energy-saving LED light, suitable for illuminating trade-show booths, banner stands and other displays...More

The city of Liverpool, England, continued its "European Capital of Culture" year this week with a five-day street theater event featuring a 50-foot tall mechanical spider....More

From washing over walls to putting words onto water, event professionals are finding new ways to use projections. Projections not only incorporate a 3-D...More

As we begin our 25th year publishing Special Events Magazine, each month we salute event professionals who have reached career milestones. FRANS Klinkenberg,...More

THE latest crop of special effects requires a minimum of specialized skill to effect maximum impact. Using such user-friendly technologies as LED lighting...More

YOUR event might have stunning decor, great entertainment and a dynamic speaker. But if the proper technical support isn't in place, attendees will miss...More

ANY film student knows that lighting is lan integral part of setting a scene. So when FilmL.A., the recently reformed nonprofit that promotes Los Angeles...More

The Liverpool Culture Co.'s Nov. 20 spectacle to turn on the city’s Christmas light display for 15,000 attendees was powered by lively stage acts along with environmentally sensitive, "green" generators from locally based Pyramid Electrical Services. Event manager Eddy Grant wanted to test the new, 100 percent naturally powered bio-fuel generators, with a view to using them on all upcoming events....More

DEALING with snow queens, witches and mermaids is not part of many job descriptions, but for Bettina Buckley, chief effects orchestrator at Clermont,...More

WHAT is the No. 1 request technical pros ask from their event planner clients? Hands down, the answer is time. Time, being a commodity in short supply...More

Often, event planners have a fairly consistent set of questions on their mind: I have a limited budget, yet I need AV how do I set priorities in my budget?...More