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Along with others, Harrison created a charter for Fernbank in 1938 and purchased the 70 acres (280,000 m 2) of woodland on which Fernbank Museum now stands. In 1964, the Fernbank trustees and the DeKalb County School System created Fernbank Science Center, which led to a desire to share Fernbank's resources with the general public. [4] Inside ...
He was a major contributor to the Fernbank Museum of Natural History. In addition to making individual contributions, he led a fundraising drive which raised $43 million [1] for the museum. [1] The Museum's IMAX theater is named for Smith. [6] In 1985 Smith founded the Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation. [7]
Jun. 25—ATLANTA — With another edition of the "Jurassic Park" series of feature films set to pack movie houses this summer, Fernbank Museum is doing a bit of paleontology digging of its own ...
Re-released for one week only in IMAX theaters. Limited engagement. Re-released in select North American IMAX theaters on 28 October 2020. [604] Volcanoes – The Fires of Creation: October 2018 **+ In 3D (conversion) and 2D. Selected territories only. [605] Bohemian Rhapsody: 2 November 2018 **+ Released two days early in select IMAX theaters ...
In 2012 Fernbank Science Center was the recipient of a grant from Lockheed Martin which was used to refurbish the Jim Cherry Memorial Planetarium, and give the theater a technological upgrade bringing it into the 21st century and the digital age. A major component of technological upgrade is the fulldome/immersive projection system, produced by ...
Center Stage is a mid-sized concert complex comprising three separate venues located in Atlanta, Georgia. Originally known as Theatre Atlanta, the concert hall was built in memorial to a young theater enthusiast. Upon its opening in the fall of 1966, the building functioned as a performing arts theater, but has since become primarily music-focused.
The Atlanta Fed upgraded its gross domestic product growth estimate for the fourth quarter to a 3.2% annualized rate from a 2.7% pace earlier. The economy grew at a 2.8% rate in the third quarter.
The theater became part of the local Lefont theater group in the 1980s. At the end of that decade, United Artists Theaters bought the Tara and used part of the building as a regional corporate office until United Artists, along with Edwards Theatres, was merged into the new parent company Regal Entertainment Group in 2002, but was still ...