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Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc. is the 5th-largest performing arts organization in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina, which encompasses Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill. The nonprofit presents nearly 100 concerts and comedy performances per year, more than any major venue in the market, and has been among the smallest venues ...
The Southpoint mall AMC and downtown’s Carolina Theatre are the only remaining commercial movie theaters in Durham after Northgate’s Stadium 10 closed this summer. Opened in 1994.
As late as May, 1963, the theatre was segregated. On May 15, 1963, students from North Carolina A&T University and Bennett College blocked the theatre's entrance when they were refused entrance. [3] By the early 1970s, the theatre had declined and was slated for demolition by its owner, Jefferson Pilot Corporation, now Lincoln National ...
Carolina Theatre may refer to: Carolina Theatre (Charlotte), a performing arts venue in Charlotte, North Carolina; Carolina Theatre (Durham), a performing arts venue ...
15. Carolina Theater | Hickory, North Carolina. The Carolina Theater opened on Christmas Eve 1934. Although they didn't need it at the opening, the Carolina was equipped with air conditioning, a ...
Actor's Theatre of Charlotte; Carolina Actors Studio Theatre; ImaginOn; Blumenthal Performing Arts Center; Theatre Charlotte; Charlotte Shakespeare; In Durham. Durham Performing Arts Center; In Flat Rock. Flat Rock Playhouse, the state theatre of North Carolina; In Hayesville. Peacock Performing Arts Center; In Murphy. Henn Theater; In ...
The Carolina Theatre downtown had only 1,100 seats. A preliminary study recommended a performing arts center with 1,700 to 2,000 seats, and a smaller 500-seat facility. The study also said the city had enough events for both existing and new facilities. Arts leaders wanted a more detailed study. [10]
The Carolina Theater, established in 1926, was in 1961 privately owned by Charles Abercrombie, but the building, the Durham Auditorium, was leased for $10,000 a year. The similarities between the two situations provided a legal base upon which protestation against the desegregation of the municipally-owned Carolina theaters rested. [6] [7]