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The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center (/ m ə ˈ h eɪ w i /) is a major performance space in the town of Great Barrington, Massachusetts. [1] The theater's name comes from the indigenous Mahican term for "the place downstream" in relation to the Housatonic River . [ 2 ]
The Mahaiwe Block is a commercial and theater building in the heart of downtown Great Barrington, Massachusetts. In addition to smaller businesses, it houses the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, the town's only major performance space. It has been in virtually continuous operation since its construction in 1905.
The Mahican Indians called the area Mahaiwe, meaning "the place downstream". It lay on the New England Path, which connected Fort Orange near Albany, New York, with Springfield and Massachusetts Bay. The first recorded account of Europeans in the area happened in August 1676, during King Philip's War. [2]
A multi-use performance space is a single space intended for use by various types of performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. [citation needed]The intended multiple use of performing arts centers in this sense differentiates them from single-purpose concert halls, opera houses, or theatres, although the actual use of single-purpose spaces for other than their intended use is ...
Early on, the arts center was to house three established groups — two theaters and a visual arts museum — plus a new museum celebrating freedom. Those plans then changed, though the 9/11 ...
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center; Mosesian Center for the Arts; P. Puppet Showplace; S. Spontaneous Celebrations This page was last edited on 24 December 2023, at ...
Despite a nationwide depression during the 1870s Arnold Print Works purchased additional land along the Hoosic River and constructed new buildings. By 1900, every building but one in today's Marshall Street complex was constructed. [4] The industrial qualities of the buildings remain, despite the conversion to a fine arts museum
After extensive fundraising efforts and building community support, the theatre opened in March 2008 and was named The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, after one of the theatre's corporate sponsors (Hanover Insurance) donated much of the seed money to make the opening become a reality.