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The Cleveland Museum of Art was founded as a trust in 1913 with an endowment from prominent Cleveland industrialists Hinman Hurlbut, John Huntington, and Horace Kelley. [ 6 ] The neoclassical, white Georgian Marble, Beaux-Arts building was constructed on the southern edge of Wade Park, at the cost of $1.25 million. [ 7 ]
October 5, 1978. Playhouse Square is a theater district in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. [ 2] It is the largest performing arts center in the US outside of New York City (only Lincoln Center is larger). [ 3] Constructed in a span of 19 months in the early 1920s, the theaters became a major entertainment hub for the city for much of ...
The Agora Theatre and Ballroom (commonly known as the Cleveland Agora, or simply, the Agora) is a music venue located in Cleveland, Ohio . Gary LoConti opened the first Agora on February 27, 1966, near the campus of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Gary’s concept of promoting live entertainment for young adults was an instant ...
Brite Winter is a music and arts festival held annually in Cleveland, Ohio with the mission of embracing Cleveland's winter "by celebrating with light, fire, art, music, games and snow." [1] Hosting its inaugural event in 2010, [2] [3] Brite Winter has since grown to a six-stage, 60-band event. [4] The event hosted 20,000 attendees at its 2015 ...
Public Auditorium (also known as Public Hall) is a multi-purpose performing arts, entertainment, sports, and exposition facility located in the civic center district of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The 10,000-capacity main auditorium shares its stage with a second venue housed at the facility: the 3,000-capacity Music Hall , and as of 2024 serves ...
Severance Hall, also known as Severance Music Center, [ 1] is a concert hall in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, home to the Cleveland Orchestra. Opened in 1931 to give the orchestra a permanent home, the building is named for patrons John L. Severance and his wife, Elisabeth Huntingdon DeWitt Severance. [ 2]
Website. www .greatlakestheater .org. Great Lakes Theater, originally known as the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, is a professional classic theater company in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1962, Great Lakes specializes in large-cast classic plays, often performing the works of Shakespeare. The company performs its main stage ...
The Great Lakes Exposition (also known as the World Fair of 1936) was held in Cleveland, Ohio, in the summers of 1936 and 1937, along the Lake Erie shore north of downtown. [1] The fair commemorated the centennial of Cleveland's incorporation as a city. [2] Conceived as a way to energize a city hit hard by the Great Depression, it highlighted ...