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Miami's Arsht Center premieres new live theater initiative

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Lundi, octobre 9, 2023

MIAMI, Oct. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County is buzzing about the new addition to the Center's Learning through the Arts program – THE BUSY BEES' GREAT ADVENTURE. Featuring a diverse Miami-based team of creatives and cast, the original new musical centers around time-traveling, hip-hop performing honeybees on a quest to save the planet. 30,000 Miami-Dade elementary school students were invited to experience this live theater initiative, for free, at the Arsht Center while learning about the importance of environmental conservation. 

Key Points: 
  • 30,000 Miami-Dade elementary school students were invited to experience this live theater initiative, for free, at the Arsht Center while learning about the importance of environmental conservation.
  • THE BUSY BEES' GREAT ADVENTURE will have its world premiere run through October 13, 2023 at the Arsht Center and will continue to be performed annually.
  • For most students, this will also be their first live theater experience at their local performing arts center.
  • Everything, including the transporting of students to the Arsht Center, is provided free to Miami-Dade County Public Schools and students through the generosity of Arsht Center supporters.

Transformational Project - 'The Link' - to Inject New Vitality in San Antonio's North Downtown Sector

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Mardi, mai 31, 2022

SAN ANTONIO, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Link, an innovative linear park that modernizes San Antonio's famed River Walk by creating a cultural connection to entertainment, restaurants, art, culture and history, is advancing the vision of positive transformation for the historically under-developed north downtown sector.

Key Points: 
  • Our community clearly expects our political leadership to promote the greater San Antonio region as more competitive on the global stage."
  • Project leaders estimate that The Link and potential surrounding redevelopment will bring approximately $5 billion in new economic impact over 10 years.
  • The Arts Residences | Thompson Hotel is located in the same sector as the proposed project site for The Link.
  • Los Angeles Weekly called him San Antonio's "wunderkind," and Gardner Selby of the Austin-American Statesman said he is "one to watch."