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The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., in downtown West Palm Beach, is a major cultural venue in Palm Beach County with a 2,193-seat main concert hall. Located in downtown West Palm Beach, the Center hosts more than 800 events each year, including classical music concerts, dance, comedy and theater. Judith A. Mitchell is the Center's chief executive officer. Members of the Kravis Center's artistic board include dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov and musicians Itzhak Perlman and Jimmy Buffet. The Kravis Center is named after prominent geologist and philanthropist Raymond F. Kravis, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, who wintered in Palm Beach for more than 35 years. Kravis' fr...
The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., in downtown West Palm Beach, is a major cultural venue in Palm Beach County with a 2,193-seat main concert hall. Located in downtown West Palm Beach, the Center hosts more than 800 events each year, including classical music concerts, dance, comedy and theater. Judith A. Mitchell is the Center's chief executive officer. Members of the Kravis Center's artistic board include dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov and musicians Itzhak Perlman and Jimmy Buffet. The Kravis Center is named after prominent geologist and philanthropist Raymond F. Kravis, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, who wintered in Palm Beach for more than 35 years. Kravis' friends donated more than $7 million to name the facility after him. In the1970s and 1980's arts leaders in the county were actively pursing the construction of an arts center financed solely with private funds. A number of locations were discussed before settling on the Okeechobee Road site. Currie Park on Lake Worth in West Palm Beach was initially selected, then planners switched their focus to a site adjacent to Palm Beach Community College In 1992, the $67 million center opened debt free. Eberhard Ziedler, the architect of the World Trade Center site and Liberty Place One in Philadelphia, designed the Kravis Center. A grand opening took place on Nov. 28, 1992 and featured performances by the now-defunct Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Ella Fitzgerald and others. Actor Burt Reynolds was the Master of Ceremonies. The Kravis Center underwent a significant upgrade in 2003, when it added the Cohen Pavilion. It features a grand, $31 million multipurpose facility with meeting and catering facilities, including the 10,500 square-foot Weiner Banquet Center and Gimelstob Ballroom. It has seating for more than 700. It also houses the Picower Foundation Arts Education Center with the Persson Rehearsal Hall, practice rooms, classrooms, lecture halls, theater labs, a dance studio and recording studio. The pavilion was named after Julian Cohen, a real estate developer, music lover and Kravis Center board member who died in February 2007 at the age of 82. Cohen had donated $3.2 million to the grand pavilion In 2006, The Kravis Center celebrated its 15th anniversary with performances by Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey. The anniversary also served as a tribute to businessman and arts patron Alexander W. Dreyfoos, who was a driving force in the 1970s to get a cultural center built for Palm Beach County. He was instrumental in fundraising, donating millions of dollars himself. He was chairman of the Kravis' board of directors since 1992 and resigned in 2006. The Kravis' concert hall bears the Dreyfoos name. For more information go to www.kravis.org.
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Frank Caliendo's show at the Kravis Performing Arts center has been canceled
SunSentinel.comFrank Caliendo's comedic show at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach has been canceled. He was scheduled to perform Sept. 13 in Dreyfoos Hall, before the show was canceled due to "pending weather conditions," according to a press...Tags: Culture, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida)
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The i9 Sports program develops character, self-esteem in young athletes
Forum Publishing Groupi9 Sports, the national provider of youth sports leagues and camps, is changing the game of youth sports and developing a fanatical following by focusing on fun and fundamentals. Emphasizing good sportsmanship instead of the score, i9 Sports' focus...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Florida Atlantic University, People, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Sports and Outdoor Equipment
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Splash Park to stay strong through September
Forum Publishing GroupCatherine Strong Splash Park, 1500 SW Sixth St., has new hours through Sept. 29: the park is open from 8 a.m. until dusk Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. until dusk on weekends. Catherine Strong Splash Park has a 2,800-square-foot splash park,...Tags: Ice Hockey, Teen-agers, People, Beach Vacations, Internet
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Kathy Griffin to perform at Hollywood's Hard Rock Live tonight
The reality TV queen Kathy Griffin will play the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood 8 p.m. Sept. 4.
The comedian has starred in Bravo's My Life on the D-List, won ABC's Celebrity Mole and hosted NBC's Average Joe and MTV's Kathy's So-Called Reality.
Tickets,...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Assault, Kathy Griffin, Boca Raton, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida)
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Spotlight On: Concerts
Concerts happening around you Thursday Aug. 28 Kenny Chesney Country's hottest star comes to South Florida. 7:30 p.m. Cruzan Amphitheatre, 601 Sansbury Way. West Palm Beach. 561-966-3309. Friday Aug. 29 My Morning Jacket 8 p.m. Fillmore at Gleason,...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Johnny Depp, Miami Beach
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SI VAS
Qué: International Young Ballet Medalists Dónde: Teatro Manuel Artime, 900 SW 1st St., Miami Cuándo: 6 de septiembre, 8 p.m. Informes: Para precios y otra información, llamar al 305-549-7199 Qué: ContemporaryBallet Performance Dónde: Colony Theater,...Tags: Beach Vacations, Fillmore Miami Beach, Dancing, Dance, Jackie Gleason
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En punta de pies
ESPECIAL PARA EL SENTINELComenzó como el "sueño de un loco" que no duraría más que un "merengue en la puerta de un colegio". Sin embargo, 13 años después el Festival Internacional de Ballet de Miami es reconocido como uno de los más importantes en la escena nacional y mundial. Y...Tags: Culture, Beach Vacations, Festive Event, Dance, Dancing
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Youth Roller Hockey League at Sugar Sand Park
Forum Publishing GroupThe neighboring Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District and the Boca Raton Recreation Services Department will be conducting registration for its November to February Youth Roller Hockey League from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 13 at the Sugar Sand Park...Tags: Ice Hockey, People, Internet, Softball, Volleyball
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Kravis Center season includes 'Avenue Q' and 'Legally Blonde'
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts has announced its 2008-2009 season, which includes performances by Tony Award winners, lecture series and rock symphonies. "We always follow the philosophy that we are a community center," said...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Vince Gill, Broadway, Classical Music, Music Theater
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Sugar Sand Park providing youth roller hockey
Forum Publishing GroupThe neighboring Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District and the Boca Raton Recreation Services Department will be conducting registration for its November to February Youth Roller Hockey League from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday and Sept. 13 at the Sugar...Tags: Ice Hockey, Teen-agers, People, Beach Vacations, Softball
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Avenue Q, The Drowsy Chaperone and other Kravis Center
Special Correspondent for South Florida Sun-SentinelVince Gill or Barbara Cook, Carmen or Avenue Q, Itzhak Perlman or a rock symphony derived from Led Zeppelin tunes. If you can't find something to quicken your pulse in the upcoming season at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, then you're not...Tags: Golda Meir, Carol Burnett, Barbara Cook, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Christopher Cross
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Theater Capsules
Compiled from full reviews bySun-Sentinel critic Jack Zink (J.Z.)and special correspondent Bill Hirschman (B.H.). For schedules, seetheater calendar. Dream a Little Dream — This bio musical subtitled The Nearly True Story of the Mamas and the Papas...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Florida Stage, GableStage, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Broadway
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