See JCALPRO Out and About in Southie Photo News

04/01/10

South Boston Tribune

JCALPRO staff members came out from behind the scenes to support Senator Jack Hart's St. Patrick's Day Breakfast at the MCCA and the South Boston Citizens' Association Banquet.

JCALPRO Helps Raise Funds for Haiti Relief Effort

02/04/10

South Boston Tribune

JCALPRO, a premier, full-service production company, specializing in labor and equipment for rigging, lighting, and a variety of production support services, announced today a $1,000 donation to support relief efforts in Haiti. A matched joint donation was also made in association with The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) and the American Library Association (ALA), which held its 2010 Midwinter Meeting at the MCCA.

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50 Ways to Trim Your Budget

09/01/09

Meetings & Conventions Magazine

Shrinking budgets are a fact of life for meeting professionals. In fact, they expect their meeting budgets to shrink by an average of 10 percent for 2010 vs. 2008, according to a May 2009 survey of 516 planners conducted by Ypartnership for the Professional Convention Management Association, the PCMA Education Foundation and American Express...

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Meeting Business is Showing Some Faint Signs of Life

06/26/09

Boston Business Journal

For many Boston hotels that rely on business meetings to keep rooms full and the books balanced, 2009 began with business every bit as dismal as it was at the end of 2008.

But already, some leaders in the meetings industry are seeing signs of improvement, with managers at customer companies starting to express more optimism about the months ahead...

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For Corporate Team-Building Event, Truss Takes a Bow

02/17/09

PLSN

Boston—Vertex Pharmaceuticals themed their corporate team-building event "Fear and Fun, Make it Happen" and to make it happen on a budget, using the Boston Convention and Exposition Center's Grand Ballroom and Prefunction space, VDA Productions and JCALPRO assembled an interactive, motorized truss system that served as a focal point for the event.

Jimmy Callanan, JCALPRO CEO, has over 30 years...

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5 Questions for James Callanan

02/09/09

LiveDesign

1. As a rigger since the 1970s, how did you make the transition to founder and business owner of Boston-based JCAL-PRO Inc.?

I started out as a rigger working on serveral types of events, movies, and rock shows, where I learned the basics and intimate detailes of the business. It wasn't long before I was able to think of things I'd do differently or at least know what needed to be done in enough situations that I felt comfortable going out on my own...

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On with the Show

07/25/08

Small Business

Jimmy Callanan got into the theatrical rigging business because he says he was bitten by the "entertainment bug."

The reality of the experience, however, has been less about glamour than about long hours and hard work: Managing Boston-based JCALPRO Inc. has proven to be as much of a balancing act as the hundreds of thousands of pounds of equipment he typically hoists high above the heads of event and concert goers...

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On top of stars' world in the Hub

07/02/08

Boston Herald

Because he's got the ultimate backstage pass — 100 feet in the air above such acts as the Rolling Stones, Kiss, Aerosmith and Madonna — Jimmy Callanan's friends assume his workday is a live blend of MTV and VH1. But to their surprise, he seldom even bothers to watch the concerts...

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Jimmy Callanan receives 2007 "Heart of Hero Award"

05/24/07

South Boston Tribune

James Callahan, whose company, JCALPRO, does stage rigging and lighting, has been named the recipient of the 2007 “Heart of the Hero” Award. Callahan’s good works are impossible to list briefly...

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