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Wells Fargo (Knight Theatre) Operator: North Carolina Performing Arts Center at Charlotte Foundation: Type: Performing arts center: Capacity: Belk Theater: 2,097 Booth Playhouse: 434 Stage Door Theater: 172 McGlohon Theatre: 716 Duke Energy Theater: 190 Knight Theater: 1,193: Construction; Opened: 1992 (Blumenthal) 1909 (Spirit Square) 2009 ...
Due to the 2007–2009 financial crisis, the only part of the tower built was the Knight Theater, until the Museum Tower opened in 2017. [12] The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture would have four floors, cost $18.6 million and have 45,000 square feet (4,200 m 2) of gallery, classroom, and administrative space. [13]
It is the Ward that house a lot of the entertainment and culture attractions in Uptown which include Knight Theatre, the Mint Museum, and the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, the Carolina Panthers' and Charlotte FC's Bank of America Stadium, Truist Field, home of the Charlotte Knights, opened in 2014, Romare Bearden Park, which opened in ...
In 1974, Mary T. Harper, Ph.D. (1935-2020), [4] an assistant professor of English at the UNC-Charlotte, proposed an Afro-American cultural center for the city of Charlotte. [4] Working with her mentor, Bertha Maxwell-Roddey, Ph.D., director of UNC-Charlotte's Black Studies Center, Harper envisioned a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Afro-American Cultural ...
Soon the renamed theatre was seeing less use, partly because it was too small, but Children's Theatre of Charlotte had some performances there. By 1999, the 30-year-old Community School of the Arts was the main tenant. Actor's Theatre still used [4] the 180-seat [7] Duke Power Theatre, and North Carolina Dance Theatre used part of the space.
Each year MTA presents the much coveted Metrolina Theatre Awards in eight categories including drama, comedy and musical theatre. [3] MTA is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the North Carolina Arts Council and the Arts & Science Council. MTA is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
The Carolina Theatre in 2015. The Carolina Theatre in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a historic movie house currently undergoing restoration to become a performing arts center and civic convening space. The theatre is owned by the nonprofit Foundation For The Carolinas.
In July 2009, the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra launched a bridge fund campaign at its “Celebrate America” concert in Charlotte’s Symphony Park, with a goal of raising $5.6 million to cover projected budget gaps over a six-year period. This fund is separate from the Symphony’s annual operating budget of $7.6 million.