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Peoria Civic Center is a convention center located in downtown Peoria, Illinois. It has an arena, a theater, an exhibit hall, and meeting rooms. It was built in 1982 and completed an expansion to expand its lobby and meeting facilities in 2008. The site of the convention center was built where the former Jefferson Hotel once stood. The hotel was a site along the Underground Railroad. The Peoria Symphony Orchestra performs at the Peoria Civic Center, and has featured soloists including Emanuel Ax, Joshua Bell, Evelyn Glennie, Hilary Hahn, Sharon Isbin, Yo-Yo Ma, and Itzhak Perlman. Photo: "Peoria Civic Center" by Robert Lawton - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons |
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The Baton Rouge River Center (originally named the Riverside
Centroplex) is a municipally owned multi-purpose 200,000 square feet (20,000
m²) entertainment facility located on the Mississippi River in downtown Baton
Rouge, Louisiana. The facility was completed in 1977. It is maintained by a
private management company, SMG, which presents more than five hundred events a
year, including concerts, conventions, sporting events, trade shows and theater
productions. Photo: "Rivercenterbr" by UrbanPlanet BR at en.wikipedia. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons |
The RiverView Theater is a theater located in RiverView Park in Shreveport, Louisiana. It serves as the home of the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, Shreveport Opera and Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet. Photo: "Shreveport and RiverView Park" by Lindsay Hickman from Shreveport, US - DSC_0041Uploaded by xnatedawgx. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons |
The Jefferson Performing Arts Center is a 1,050-seat theater located in LaSalle Park in Metairie, Louisiana. It serves as the home of the Jefferson Performing Arts Society. The venue was designed to host grand operas, musicals, symphonies, choral concerts, ballet and modern dance. |
The Collins Center for the Arts, formerly the Maine Center for the Arts, is a performing arts center and concert hall located on the campus of the University of Maine in Orono, Maine. It has been operating since 1986, hosting both local and national artists. The Center is the home of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, the oldest continually-operating community orchestra in the US, founded in 1896. For the calendar of the Collins Center for the Arts, please click here (AT): http://www.longbeachcc.com/calendar/https://www.collinscenterforthearts.com/events/ |
Merrill Auditorium is a 1,900-seat auditorium located in Portland, Maine, United States. Originally known as Portland City Hall Auditorium, it is located in the eastern section of Portland City Hall. Organizations such asMerrill Auditorium is a 1,900-seat auditorium located in Portland, Maine, United States. Originally known as Portland City Hall Auditorium, it is located in the eastern section of Portland City Hall. Organizations such as Portland Ovations and the Portland Symphony Orchestra use the auditorium as a primary performance space. PortTIX is the official box office of the Merrill Auditorium. For the calendar of the Merrill Auditorium, please click here (AT): http://www.merrillauditorium.net/merrill-auditorium-tickets/ Photo: "Portland City Hall Auditorium and Kotzschmar Organ 1912" by unknown - http://www.foko.org/. Licensed under PD-US via Wikipedia |
The Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, often referred to simply as the Meyerhoff, is a music venue that opened September 16, 1982, at 1212 Cathedral Street in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The main auditorium has a seating capacity of 2,443 and is home to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. It is named for Joseph Meyerhoff, a Ukrainian-born Baltimore businessman, philanthropist, and arts patron who served as president of the Baltimore Symphony from 1965 to 1983. For the calendar of the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, please click here (AT): https://www.bsomusic.org/calendar.aspx Photo: "Meyerhoff Sym Hall 2012a" by Caseyjonz - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons |
The Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall, previously known as the UMBC Concert Hall is the main theater of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County campus in Baltimore, Maryland. The theater is located in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building, the university's home for Ancient Studies, Dance, English, Music, Philosophy, and Theatre departments.[1] The theater is the designated concert hall for the university's symphony orchestra and other ensembles.Construction began in 2012 with phase one, and was completed in the fall of 2014. The concert hall provides space for an orchestra, stage, and seating up to 375 individuals. For the calendar of the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, please click here: http://artscalendar.umbc.edu/monthly-calendar/ |
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is a performing arts complex on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. The 318,000-square-foot (29,500 m2) facility houses six performance venues; the UMD School of Music; and the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies. It also houses the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library. The Clarice operates under the auspices of the University of Maryland College of Arts and Humanities. For the calendar of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, please click here (AT): http://theclarice.umd.edu/calendar |
The Maryland Theatre is a music and entertainment venue located in the Arts and Entertainment District of downtown Hagerstown, Maryland. It was built in 1915, partially destroyed by fire in 1974, and reopened in 1978. The theatre's seating capacity is 1,300 people, and it hosts performances of orchestra concerts, country artists, comedians, children's shows, musicians, recitals, stage shows, and others. Over 81,000 patrons attended performances at the Maryland Theatre in 2005, making it one of Maryland's premier venues for the performing arts. The Maryland Symphony Orchestra performs here regularly. For the calendar of the Maryland Theatre, please click here: For the calendar of the Maryland Theatre, please click here (AT): http://www.mdtheatre.org/marquee.php Photo: "Maryland Theater MD1" by Acroterion - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons |
Strathmore is a cultural and artistic venue and institution in North Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Strathmore was founded in 1981 and consists of two venues: the Mansion and the Music Center. The Strathmore arts complex is connected to an upper floor of the parking garage at the Grosvenor-Strathmore Washington Metro station via an elevated pedestrian walkway, the Carlton R. Sickles Memorial Sky Bridge, named after late Congressman Carlton R. Sickles. The complex is thus accessible for patrons coming from Washington, D.C., as well as the northern part of Montgomery County, Maryland via the Metro rail system. For the calendar of the Strathmore, please click here (AT): https://www.strathmore.org/events-and-tickets/upcoming-events Photo: "Strathmore1" by Photo by User:Kmf164. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5 via Commons |
Barnstable High School is a public high school (grades 8–12) in the village of Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States, Town of Barnstable. It is the largest high school in Barnstable County on Cape Cod. It is divided into 5 "houses". For the calendar of the Barnstable High School , please click here: http://www.barnstable.k12.ma.us/Page/10 Photo: "Barnstable High School entrance" by User:Ktr101 - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons |
Symphony Hall is a concert hall located at 301 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. Designed by McKim, Mead and White, it was built in 1900 for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which continues to make the hall its home. The hall was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1999. It was then noted that "Symphony Hall remains, acoustically, among the top three concert halls in the world and is considered the finest in the United States For the calendar of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, please click here (AT): https://www.bso.org/Performance/Listing Photo: "Boston Symphony Hall from the south" by Digfarenough - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons |
The Boston Opera House is a performing arts venue located at 538 Washington St. in Boston, Massachusetts. Originally built as a movie palace, it opened on October 29, 1928 and was rededicated in 1980 as a home for the Opera Company of Boston. Completely restored in 2004, the theater currently serves as the home of the Boston Ballet and also presents touring Broadway shows. For the calendar of the Boston Opera House, please click here (AT): http://www.bostonoperahouse.com/ |
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The Citi Performing Arts Center (formerly Wang Center for the Performing Arts) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in Boston, Massachusetts. It consists of three theatres, the Wang Theatre and Shubert Theatre on Tremont Street, and the Colonial Theatre on Boylston Street in the Boston Theater District. The Center adopted its new name late in 2006, after signing a 15-year agreement with Citigroup. The center maintains partnerships with the Boston Lyric Opera, Celebrity Series of Boston, and Laugh Boston. For the calendar of the City Performing Arts Center, please click here: http://www.citicenter.org/buy/show-listing Photo: "Boston MA Wang Theatre" by Tim Pierce - Own work. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Commons |
Symphony Hall is a concert venue in Springfield, Massachusetts. Constructed between 1911-1913 and originally known as "The Auditorium," Symphony Hall is known for its excellent acoustics and Greek Revival architecture. Symphony Hall has a current seating capacity of 2,611 people. It is also home to Broadway-style theatre, children’s programming, internationally recognized speakers, and the yearly induction ceremony for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, as well as numerous concerts and performances. Symphony Hall is managed by Springfield Performing Arts Development Corporation and is a recognized not-for-profit theatre. SPADC also manages CityStage in downtown Springfield. For the calendar of the Springfield Symphony Hall, please click here: http://www.springfieldsymphony.org/concerts-events/calendar/ Photo: "Symphony Hall, Springfield MA" by John Phelan - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons |
Tanglewood is a music venue in Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. It has been the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1937. Tanglewood is also home to three music schools: the Tanglewood Music Center, Days in the Arts and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. Besides classical music, Tanglewood hosts the Festival of Contemporary Music, Jazz Festival popular artists concerts, and frequent appearances by James Taylor, John Williams and the Boston Pops. In addition to hosting world-renowned programs of classical, jazz, and popular music, Tanglewood provides musical training at the Tanglewood Music Center for pre-professional musicians. Also nearby is the Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI) for high school students and Days in the Arts (DARTs) for middle school students. Other youth-symphony organizations have also performed at either the Music Shed or Ozawa Hall, including the Norwalk Youth Symphony, from Norwalk, Connecticut, the Empire State Youth Orchestra, from Albany, New York, and the Greater Boston Youth Symphony (currently known as the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras). For the calendar of the Tanglewood, please click here (AT): https://www.bso.org/Performance/Listing?brands=6427 Photo: 1. "Tanglewood Music Shed and Lawn, Lenox, MA" by Daderot. - Own work (I took this photo). Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons; 2.: "Tanglewood OzawaHall July 2009" by Titus.jon - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Commons |
Mechanics Hall is a concert hall in Worcester, Massachusetts. It was built in 1857 in the Renaissance Revival style and restored in 1977. Built as part of the early nineteenth-century worker's improvement movement, it is now a concert and performing arts venue ranked as one of the top four concert halls in North America and in the top twelve between Europe and America. It also houses a recording studio. For the calendar of the Mechanics Hall, please click here (AT): http://www.mechanicshall.org/tickets/calendar.html Photo: "Mechanics Hall, Worcester MA" by John Phelan - Own work. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Commons |
The Detroit Opera House is an ornate opera house located at 1526 Broadway Street in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Grand Circus Park Historic District. The 2,700-seat venue is the home of productions of the Michigan Opera Theatre and a variety of other events. The theatre was originally designed by C. Howard Crane, who created other prominent theatres in Detroit including The Fillmore Detroit, the Fox Theater and the Detroit Symphony's Orchestra Hall. It opened on January 22, 1922.The building underwent an extensive restoration which took place under the control of architect Eric J. Hill. It reopened in 1996. Photo: "Detroit Opera House with trees" by Bnosnhoj - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons |
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Orchestra Hall (Detroit) is an elaborate concert hall in the United States, located at 3711 Woodward Avenue in Midtown Detroit, Michigan. The hall is renowned for its superior acoustic properties and serves as the home of the internationally known Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO), the fourth oldest orchestra in the United States. With the creation of an adjoining auditorium for jazz and chamber music in 2003, Orchestra Hall became part of the Max M. Fisher Music Center. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. |
The Lied Center for Performing Arts is a performing arts facility located in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA that opened in 1990. Part of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, it is used for events such as orchestra, theatre, and speakers. The Center consists of 5 separate areas: |
The Holland Performing Arts Center is a performing arts facility located on 13th and Douglas Streets in downtown Downtown Omaha, Nebraska, Nebraska in the United States; it opened in October 2005. Designed by Omaha architectural firm HDR, Inc. in collaboration with Polshek Partnership Architects, the structure is owned and managed by Omaha Performing Arts and specializes in events requiring an environment with good acoustics, including performances by touring jazz, blues and popular entertainers, as well as the Omaha Symphony Orchestra and Omaha Area Youth Orchestra. Kirkegaard Associates provided acoustics consulting and New York firm Fisher Dachs Associates provided theater planning and design consultation. Photo: "Holland Performing Arts Center Omaha" by JonClee86 - I JonClee86 created this work entirely by myself.. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikipedia |
The Joslyn Art Museum is the principal fine arts museum in the state of Nebraska, United States of America. Located in Omaha, it was opened in 1931 at the initiative of Sarah H. Joslyn in memory of her husband, businessman George A. Joslyn. It is the only museum in the state with a comprehensive permanent collection, and although it includes works from Paolo Veronese, El Greco, Titian, among others, its greatest strengths are the outstanding art collections of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries of American and European artists such as Pierre-Auguste Renoir and William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Performances by: Omaha Symphony Orchestra smaller ensembles; various Photo: "Fountain Court Joslyn Art Museum Omaha" by Eric T Gunther - Own work. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Commons |
The Orpheum Theater is located at 409 South 16th Street in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. The Orpheum hosts programs best served by a more theatrical setting, including the Omaha Performing Arts Broadway Season, presented with Broadway Across America, and Opera Omaha's season. The theater is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Orpheum Theater continues to be one of Omaha's most popular performing arts venues. Photo: "Orpheumomaha". Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Wikipedia |
The Smith Center for the Performing Arts is located in Downtown Las Vegas's 61-acre Symphony Park and is a five-acre, world-class performing arts center consisting of three theaters in two buildings; groundbreaking for the $470 million project was May 26, 2009. The Neo Art Deco design style was chosen by David M. Schwarz to echo the design elements of another architectural tour de force in Nevada, the Hoover Dam, just 30 miles to the southeast. The center features a 17-story carillon tower containing 47 bells and is the first performing arts center in the nation to be Gold LEED certified. It opened on March 10, 2012. The Smith Center features international music, and dance companies and is the home of the Las Vegas Philharmonic and Nevada Ballet Theatre. The Center is under the leadership of President and CEO Myron Martin, COO Paul Beard, Chief Financial Officer John Burnett, CMO Suzanne Chabre, Candy Schneider and Lucy Klinkhammer Photo: "Smithcenterlv". Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikipedia |
The Music Hall is a 906-seat theater located at 28 Chestnut Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the United States. Built in 1878, The Music Hall claims to be the oldest operating theater in New Hampshire and the 14th oldest in the United States. An independent venue that offers music, readings, dance, and cinema, The Music Hall brings in 90,000 visitors a year.[1] In the past it has hosted musicians like Suzanne Vega and authors like Dan Brown. Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra |
Newark Symphony Hall at 1020 Broad Street in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, was built in 1925 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It was known for many years as The Mosque Theater. The 3,500-seat main concert hall is named for Sarah Vaughan, a native Newarker, and is renowned for its acoustics. Newark Stage is a 200 seat black box theater used by theatrical productions. The Terrace Ballroom is used for receptions. The Studio is a rehearsal space. The Dance Studio is home to one of three facilities in the state used by the school of the Garden State Ballet, founded in 1951. Photo: "Newark Symphony Hall & Boys Chorus School" by Hudconja - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons |
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), in downtown Newark, New Jersey, United States, is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. Home to the Grammy Award-winning New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO), more than 7 million visitors (including more than one million children) have visited the center since it opened in October 1997 on the site of the former Military Park Hotel. Photo: "New Jersey Performing Arts Center from Above Summer 2013" by Christopher Lotito - Photographed June 6th 2013 at the Smart Growth Awards held at Newark Club.. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons |
The National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico is an establishment for preserving and promoting the culture of the Spanish-speaking world. The NHCC is located in the South Valley of Albuquerque, just south of downtown on Avenida César Chávez and 4th St., and features a variety of architecture including a renovated hacienda-style school and modern buildings as stylized Mayan pyramids.The architectural design of the NHCC has been created to accommodate a wealth of cultural programs in the visual, performing, media and literary arts. The various buildings and structures speak to the history and culture of hispanidad with features recalling styles from Spain, Mesoamerica and early New Mexico. New Mexico Symphony Orchestra Photo: "National Hispanic Cultural Center Albuquerque" by AllenS - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons |
The Lensic Theater, located at 211 West San Francisco Street in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is an 821 seat theater designed by Boller Brothers of Kansas City, well known movie theater and vaudeville house architects who designed almost one hundred theaters throughout the West and mid-West, including the KiMo Theater in Albuquerque. Today the Lensic is the major performance venue in Santa Fe and is used by the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, the Santa Fe Short Story Festival, the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet and the Santa Fe Concert Association (which sponsors a variety of solo and concert events, as well as its own symphony concerts). In addition, it functions as the location for ballet and lectures, for touring companies, and is still the venue for the screening of classic films on an occasional basis. Photo: "Lensic Theater Exterior Santa Fe New Mexico". Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Wikipedia |
Santa Fe....renamed "The Crosby Theatre" (following the founder's death in 2002 and also reflecting the contributions of both of his parents in supporting the opera festival, the present theatre was designed by the architectural firm headed by James Polshek of New York. With fewer storm-related problems (and, with a higher stage roof providing a better view of the Westward landscape), the theatre now seats 2,128 plus 106 standees, although it has a strikingly intimate feel. It added a wider and more complete roof structure, with the new front and rear portions supported by cables and joined together with a clerestory window. This offers protection from the sky, but with the sides remaining open to the elements. The presence of wind baffles and, since 2001, Stieren Hall, the orchestra's rehearsal hall, has helped improve exposure on the southern, windward side of the auditorium. Photo: "Santa Fe Opera interior view from section 10". Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Wikipedia |
Santa Fe....renamed "The Crosby Theatre" (following the founder's death in 2002 and also reflecting the contributions of both of his parents in supporting the opera festival, the present theatre was designed by the architectural firm headed by James Polshek of New York. With fewer storm-related problems (and, with a higher stage roof providing a better view of the Westward landscape), the theatre now seats 2,128 plus 106 standees, although it has a strikingly intimate feel. It added a wider and more complete roof structure, with the new front and rear portions supported by cables and joined together with a clerestory window. This offers protection from the sky, but with the sides remaining open to the elements. The presence of wind baffles and, since 2001, Stieren Hall, the orchestra's rehearsal hall, has helped improve exposure on the southern, windward side of the auditorium. Photo: "Santa Fe Opera interior view from section 10". Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Wikipedia |
The Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts is a theater located in Louis Armstrong Park in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was named after gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, who was born in New Orleans. The theater reopened in January 2009, after being closed since the landfall of Hurricane Katrina (August 29, 2005). It serves as the long-term residence of the New Orleans Ballet Association, the New Orleans Opera Association, and the Broadway Across America touring productions. Photo: "Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts in New Orleans" by MusikAnimal - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons |
Music Hall, completed in 1878, is Cincinnati's premier classical music performance hall. It serves as the home for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Opera, May Festival Chorus, and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. In January 1975, it was recognized as a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The building was designed with a dual purpose - to house musical activities in its central auditorium and industrial exhibitions in its side wings. It is located at 1241 Elm Street in Cincinnati, Ohio across from historic Washington Park in Over-the-Rhine, just minutes from the center of the downtown area. A view of Music Hall from Washington Park in Cincinnati, Ohio. Music Hall was built over a pauper's cemetery, which has helped fuel its reputation as one of the most haunted places in America. In June 2014, the Music Hall was included on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's annual list of America's 11 most endangered historic places. Photo: "Cincinnati-Music-Hall" by Wholtone
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The Benedum Center for the Performing Arts (formerly the Stanley Theatre) is a theater and concert hall located at 237 7th Street in the Cultural District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Designed by the Philadelphia architectural firm Hoffman-Henon, it was built in 1928 as the Stanley Theatre. The former movie palace was renovated and reopened as the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts in 1987. Photo: "Pittsburgh benedumcenter" by PerryPlanet - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons |
The Newberry Opera House, located in Newberry, South Carolina, is a fully restored historic building that is a live-performance space for popular artists, touring theatre companies, and local organizations. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. Designed in the French Gothic style, the first floor of the building was used by the town government for offices, a jail, and the fire company, which had one engine there. The upper floor was designed as a theater and supporting spaces. For years it attracted national touring companies, individual performers and a variety of theatre acts. It later was adapted also for use as a movie theater, but showed its last movie in 1952. It was restored beginning in 1998, in a project that included an addition to enable its use for full theatrical productions. Photo: "Newberry-opera-w" by Carlo Giovannetti (Thief12) - Own workTransferred from en.wikipedia. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons |
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The University of Texas Performing Arts Center (PAC) is a collective of six theatres operated by The University of Texas at Austin, College of Fine Arts. The theaters are the Bass Concert Hall, McCullough Theater, Bates Recital Hall, Hogg Memorial Auditorium, B. Iden Payne Theater and Oscar Brockett Theater. Theaters range in size from the Oscar G. Brockett Theatre, which has 200 seats, to the Bass Concert Hall, which seats 3,000. In addition to the theaters, the PAC also has offices and meeting rooms, rehearsal spaces and shops which are located in the central PAC building and across the campus. PAC provides students an opportunity to interact with professionals in staging events and performing arts and extends an opportunity to the surrounding community to participate in all-age programs. |
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In 1894, Henry Greenwall raised $100,000 for construction of The Grand Opera House and Hotel in Galveston. It opened on January 3, 1895 with a live performance of the play, The Daughters of Eve. The Grand began as a major, live performing arts theatre but after passing through a Vaudeville phase, it slowly evolved into a movie house. The movie house closed in 1974 and was purchased the same year by the Galveston County Cultural Arts Council. They transformed the movie house back into a theatre and then renovated and restored it to its former beauty. The theatre was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as "1894 Grand Opera House" in 1974. Hurricane Ike hit Galveston Island on September 13, 2008, but The Grand was reopened on January 3, 2009 on its 114th anniversary. All of the damage that the hurricane and the flood had caused was repaired with only 92 days of construction. Photo: Allen Sheffield https://www.flickr.com/photos/awsheffield/ |
The Wortham Theater Center is a performing arts center located in downtown Houston, Texas, United States. The Wortham was designed by Eugene Aubrey of Morris Architects and built entirely with $66 million in private funds. The City of Houston owns the theater, and the Houston First Corporation operates the facility. The Brown Theater, with 2,405 seats, is named for donors Alice and George Brown. It is used primarily for opera and large ballet productions. The Cullen Theater, with 1,100 seats, is named for donors Lillie and Roy Cullen. It is used for smaller ballet productions and other events. Photo: "Wortham Center" by rkimpeljr - Flickr. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons |
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The Edythe C. and Stanley L. Harrison Opera House, also known as the Harrison Opera House, is the official home of the Virginia Opera in the Ghent district of Norfolk, Virginia. Once a World War II USO theater, this historic venue was renovated in 1993. Τhe renovated Harrison Opera House has 1,632 seating capacity. Photo: "Harrison operahouse" by Original uploader was VirginiaProp at en.wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia; transferred to Commons by User:Xnatedawgx using CommonsHelper.. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons |
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (on the building itself called the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, and commonly referred to as the Kennedy Center) is a performing arts center located on the Potomac River, adjacent to the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. The Center, which opened September 8, 1971, produces and presents theater, dance, ballet, orchestral, chamber, jazz, popular, and folk music, in addition to multi-media performances for all ages. "KennedyCenterFromAir2". Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons |
Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, formerly known as the Civic Auditorium and Seattle Opera House, is a performing arts hall in Seattle, Washington, United States. Located on the grounds of Seattle Center and owned by the city of Seattle, McCaw Hall's two principal tenants are the Seattle Opera and Pacific Northwest Ballet. The building is named for Marion Oliver McCaw, whose four sons donated $20 million to fund a major renovation in 2003. Photo: "Dreaming-in-Color". Licensed under Public Domain via Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dreaming-in-Color.JPG#/media/File:Dreaming-in-Color.JPG |
The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It serves as the home of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Florentine Opera, Milwaukee Ballet, First Stage Children's Theater and other local arts organizations. It is located at the corner of Water Street and State Street in downtown Milwaukee, and is owned by Milwaukee County. The Marcus Center was designed in the Brutalist style by noted Chicago architect Harry Weese. Construction began on June 27, 1966, and it opened on July 26, 1969 as the Performing Arts Center. After a $25 million donation from the Marcus Corporation in honor of its founder Ben Marcus and his wife Ceil, Milwaukee County decided to change the venue's name in 1994. Photo: "Marcus Center, Milwaukee" by Original uploader was Sulfur at en.wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia; transferred to Commons by User:Xnatedawgx using CommonsHelper.. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons |
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