Annual FDA Fest returns
FDA Fest, our annual team get-together resumed this year (2021) after being quarantined and working remotely because of Covid-19.
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Placemakers 9: Designing Cultural Spaces in a Post-Pandemic World
On May 19, 2021 CMLC hosted the ninth edition of our Placemakers series, Designing Cultural Spaces in a Post-Pandemic World. Launched in 2015 as a community education and engagement initiative, this event features the Theatre Consultants from the Arts Commons Transformation project and President & CEO of CMLC, Kate Thompson. To learn more about this project: https://www.calgarymlc.ca/arts-commons-transformation
Casting Light Podcast – Jeff McCrum Pt 2: Theater renovation, construction, and improvement
Originally posted on Casting Light – The Entertainment Lighting Podcast
Jeff McCrum of Fisher Dachs Associates is back with us for more discussion about how new venues are built, how old venues are renovated, and what theatrical consultants do.
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Casting Light Podcast – Jeff McCrum: How to make a venue from scratch
Originally posted on Casting Light – The Entertainment Lighting Podcast
How does a new venue go from concept to completion? Who asks the key questions and makes the decisions that the venue’s utility hinges on? When a lighting position has no realistic way to access it or the houselights don’t dim, what happened during that venue’s design process? Jeff McCrum of Fisher Dachs Associates is here to answer those questions, and many more.
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Arts Commons Transformation (ACT)
This morning, Calgary Municipal Land Corporation’s President & CEO Kate Thompson, along with Arts Commons’ President & CEO Alex Sarian announced the selection of the first two members of the Arts Commons Transformation (ACT) project team!
Read More[Video] Bass Hall Virtual Backstage Tour
Ever wondered what’s above the dome? How exactly do we lower the orchestra pit and where do the front chairs go? And where exactly do those spotlights come from? Join Technical Director Charles McCormick as he walks us through some of the lesser seen parts of Bass Hall.
[Video] Mark’s Top Ten: The Bradley Symphony Center
President and Executive Director Mark Niehaus walks through his top 10 favorite things about the new home of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Bradley Symphony Center.
CI TO EYE Podcast With Joshua Dachs
In this episode, Joshua and Erik lift the curtain on the mysteries of theater design. They discuss how seat layout impacts the way comedy is received, why some roadhouses have “absurd capacities,” and why Broadway theaters are so uncomfortable.
Read More[ VIDEO ] Fundación Teatro a Mil’s Sixth National Programmers Meeting – TeatroHoy: Rethinking space
Our very own Joshua Dachs weighs in on the conversation “Repensar el espacio. Cómo imaginamos los teatros del futuro” – Rethinking space. How we imagine the theaters of the future. Presented by Fundación Teatro a Mil and HowlRound Theatre Commons
End Structural Racism In America
Here at FDA we’re committed to working toward ending structural racism in America. We certainly don’t have all the solutions, but we can listen, we can learn, and we can act. FDA commits to the following actions:
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