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In 1981, an effort began to restore the theater. The Davenport Chamber of Commerce bought the theater and donated it to the RiverCenter For The Performing Arts, a non-profit group that was established to raise money to restore the theater and operate it as a performing arts center. The theater restoration project lasted from 1985 to 1986. [6]
The Adler Theatre is a 2,400-seat performing arts center. [6] It opened as the RKO Orpheum Theater on November 25, 1931. The Art Deco style theater was designed by A.S. Graven of Chicago. Henry Dreyfuss of New York City designed the interior. Restoration of the old RKO Orpheum began in 1981.
The Redstone Building, home of the River Music Experience. The Redstone Building was originally the longtime home of the Petersen Harned Von Maur flagship store [1]. Common Chord formally known as the River Music Experience is a multi-use music facility and 501(c)3 non-profit organization located on the first two floors of the historic Redstone Building in downtown Davenport, Iowa.
The theater will be showing a double feature of “If,” starring Ryan Reynolds, and “Godzilla x Kong" for the weekend of May 17-19. Hours: Open Fridays-Sundays, gates open at 6:30 p.m., with ...
The Burtis Opera House was opened in Davenport in 1867 at 415 Perry Street. [10] The theater could hold an audience of 1,600 and it was a widely used facility. Mark Twain spoke to a sold-out house on his "The American Vandal Abroad" tour in 1869. [11] In March 1874 Susan B. Anthony lectured on the woman's right to vote. [11]
Finials at the cornice. The pavilion was designed by Rudolph Clausen from the architectural firm of Clausen & Kruse.The firm also designed other historic buildings in Davenport including the Democrat Building, the Forrest Block, Scott County Savings Bank, The Linograph Company Building, and the Davenport Municipal Stadium (now known as Modern Woodmen Park). [8]
The Col Ballroom was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, the Davenport Register of Historic Properties in 1998, and it was inducted into the Iowa Rock and Roll Music Association hall of fame in 1999. [4] The venue is slated to close as a ballroom and performance venue on October 29, 2018.
Founded by Andy Brodie and Andrew Sherburne in the fall of 2011, FilmScene began with a simple goal − to bring movie magic back to downtown Iowa City. The PedMall location officially opened ...