Memorial Union (Madison, Wisconsin)

USA / Wisconsin / Madison / Madison, Wisconsin
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University of Wisconsin's Memorial Union

"Dedicated to the men and women who fought in our nation's wars" (or something to that extent)
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Union_(Wisconsin)
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Coordinates:   43°4'35"N   89°23'59"W

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  • The Wisconsin Union hosted the first simulcast opera in the country in 1976, in the days when television sound was poor so simultaneous live broadcast on FM radio was a new and exciting possibility. Lighting designer Gilbert Helmsley, recently relocated from New York City, made it possible. The lights were run by a prototype light control board based around a microprocessor, built by locals Bill Foster, Fred Foster, Gary Bewick and me, James Bradley. It became one of the first commercial products to use a microprocessor and the initial product of the nascent Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc. of Middleton.
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