Interlude - August 18
August 18, 2020
Virtual venue visits, sound designer Q&A and more
Welcome back to Interlude, your twice-a-week update on the Center’s events and the best in arts, entertainment and enrichment opportunities on the Interwebs.
What is a proscenium, anyway?
Jeff Steeg, the Center’s VP of Operations, is back with a new episode of Places, Please!, the video series that shines the pure light of knowledge upon the many dark, mysterious secrets of our campus – your campus.
Today, Jeff uses the Center’s three venues to illustrate the distinctions between a black-box theater (the Studio Theater), a proscenium theater (the Tarkington) and a concert hall (the Palladium). Even if you think you know the difference, you’ll still enjoy this epic clip!
Don’t miss student Q&A with top sound designer
As we wait for life to get a little more normal, the Center has adapted its KAR Front Seat student Q&A sessions to an online format. That means regular folks can sit in via Zoom teleconferencing, and even submit written questions, as a select group of high school and college students pick the brains of acclaimed arts and entertainment professionals.
Coming up at 7 p.m. next Monday, Aug. 24, we bring you Cricket S. Myers, a theater sound designer whose work for Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo on Broadway (with Robin Williams in the title role) won a Drama Desk Award and made her the first woman ever nominated for a Tony Award in sound design for a play. She also has received 23 Ovation Award nominations on the West Coast theater scene.
There are two ways to participate in the webinar:
1. To apply to be one of 10 students who will actively engage in the conversation, email a proposed question, along with your name, school and grade level, to Outreach@TheCenterPresents.org.
2. To watch the live discussion online via Zoom, register now on the Center’s website.
Teachers: Tell your students!
Meet the Songbook Foundation’s nonprofit family
Did you know the Great American Songbook Foundation is a Cultural Affiliate of the Recording Academy Grammy Museum® in Los Angeles, an honor bestowed on just a handful of organizations around the world?
"The Songbook Archives is a one-of-a-kind repository preserving the legacy of an enormously important era in music," said Bob Santelli, the Grammy Museum’s founding executive director.
And that’s just one of the Songbook Foundation’s affiliated organizations, a prestigious group that includes the Center for the Performing Arts. To celebrate this week’s National Nonprofit Day, the Songbook Foundation has created a list of interactive online exhibits and resources available among its nonprofit family. Check out the latest Songbook blog to virtually explore the Grammy Museum, Lincoln Center and other fine institutions.
Bonus: The Indian Music Experience, another Grammy Museum affiliate, just unveiled a new interactive exhibit, “Legends of Indian Music and their Memorabilia,” which includes several instruments owned by the legendary Ravi Shankar. Highly recommended.
