INC NEWS - Entertainment Announced for Durham Performing Arts Center Open House

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

 

For Details, Contact:

Beverly B. Thompson

Director

(919) 560-4123 x229

(919) 475-2362 (cell)

Beverly.Thompson at durhamnc.gov <mailto:Beverly.Thompson at durhamnc.gov> 

 

For Immediate Release:  November 21, 2008

 

Entertainment Details Announced for Durham Performing Arts Center
Community Open House

 

What:              Community Open House and Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for
the New Durham Performing Arts Center

Theme:  "There's No Business Like Show Business In Durham!"

 

When:             Monday, December 1, 2008, beginning at 5:30 p.m.

            

Who:               City of Durham

 

Where:            Durham Performing Arts Center

123 Vivian Street

Durham, N.C. 27701

(Located just off the Durham Freeway at the corner Vivian and Mangum
Streets.  The Durham Performing Arts Center is located adjacent to the
American Tobacco Campus, which is located within the American Tobacco
Historic District.  Visit www.dpacnc.com/plan/parking-directions for
more detailed directions.)

 

Fast Facts:

*         The City of Durham is hosting a Community Open House and
Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for the new Durham Performing Arts Center.  All
Durham residents, Triangle neighbors, and the news media are invited to
attend this free event.  

 

*         Live entertainment at the community open house will include
performances by the John Brown Quintet featuring Lois Deloatch, the
Durham Children's Choir, Chuck Davis and the African American Dance
Ensemble, the Pitchforks of Duke University, the Durham Symphony plus a
few surprise guests.

 

*         Ira David Wood, III, executive director of Raleigh's Theatre
In The Park as well as a playwright, theatre director and actor, will
emcee the event.  For the 34th consecutive year, Wood is starring as
Ebenezer Scrooge in his original musical adaptation A Christmas Carol,
which is scheduled to perform from December 5-7 at the Durham Performing
Arts Center.  Visit www.dpacnc.com/concerts/carol.html for more
information on this performance.

 

*         Pre-show festivities kick off outside of the Durham Performing
Arts Center at 5:30 p.m. with live music and dance entertainment.

 

*         At 6 p.m., the unveiling of Capitol Broadcasting Company,
Inc.'s light sculpture "Sleep No More," by world-renowned artist Jaume
Plensa, will occur.  Plensa will join Capitol Broadcasting Company in
presenting this gift to the City of Durham.  The CBC Plaza and Diamond
View Park will also be dedicated at this time.

 

*         Immediately after the "Sleep No More" dedication, Mayor
William V. "Bill" Bell and members of the Durham City Council will lead
the official ribbon-cutting ceremony, followed by live entertainment
inside the Durham Performing Arts Center on all three levels.

 

*         In addition to live entertainment, attendees will enjoy light
refreshments and self-guided tours of the new theater.

 

*         Parking will be available at the North, South, and East Deck
Parking Garages located within the American Tobacco Historic District.

 

*         Event sponsors include Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.,
First Citizens Bank, Scientific Properties, and The Special Event
Company.

 

About The Durham Performing Arts Center 

The Durham Performing Arts Center is a $44 million, state-of-the-art
performing arts venue under construction at the corner of Mangum and
Vivian Streets in downtown Durham.  The Durham Performing Arts Center
features North Carolina's largest stage for major Broadway shows, opera,
concerts, drama, and family shows. There are 2,800 seats in a very
intimate setting with no seat more than 135 feet from the stage. The
Durham Performing Arts Center is owned by the City of Durham and is
managed by Nederlander/PFM, a partnership combining Nederlander, the
world's largest owner and producer of Broadway shows, with PFM, manager
of a number of performing arts facilities in the United States.  To
learn more about the Durham Performing Arts Center, visit 
www.DPACnc.com.

 

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