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The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts company history timeline

1983

1983 - On November 19, The Kentucky Center is officially dedicated at a gala event in Whitney Hall.

1986

1986 - The Bank One Lonesome Pine Specials Series begins taping its concerts for airing on KET throughout the Commonwealth.

1988

Then, in 1988 Lonesome Pine goes international, with 130 PBS stations across America and Channel 4 in England broadcasting concerts videotaped on the Bomhard stage.

1991

1991 - The Kentucky Center Access Services Department establishes the first Audio Description program in the Commonwealth.

1993

1993 - To celebrate 10 years of excellence, The Kentucky Center hosts a state-wide open house bringing in various arts organizations, performers, and audiences from across the Commonwealth for a day-long celebration.

1993 - The international Lonesome Pine Specials Series’ broadcasts are made a part of the Smithsonian Institution.

1997

1997 - The Center becomes the manager of the newly-renovated W.L. Lyons Brown Theatre on Broadway.

2000

2000 - Thanks to the support of the Kentucky legislature, The Kentucky Center initiates a $4.5 million renovation, a major project that includes adding 5,900 square feet to the lobby on both the north and south sides of the building, and a reconfiguration of the main entrance off Main Street.

2001

2001 - The Kentucky Center’s Creative Connections Program becomes one of only 21 arts education programs to be included in the Harvard study Arts Survive: A Study of Sustainability in Arts Education Partnerships.

2004

2004 - The Center is the recipient of a VSA Arts/MetLife Foundation Award of Excellence in Arts Access.

2004 - Two of The Kentucky Center’s education programs – Arts Academies and the Kentucky Institute for Arts in Education – are among five programs selected for an international study concerning professional development for teachers in the Arts by Queens University in Kingston, Ontario.

2005

2005 - President George W. Bush hosts a Town Hall Forum in Whitney Hall on Social Security Reform.

2007

2007 - Former Soviet Union leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mikhail Gorbachev comes to speak as a part of The Global Issues Forum at The Kentucky Center.

2008

2008 - The Brown Theatre undergoes extensive renovations to enlarge the orchestra pit to accommodate up to sixty-six musicians.

2008 - The Kentucky Center celebrates its 25th Anniversary Season with a year-long celebration that includes an open house of events and performances, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in two hugely successful performances, and the record-breaking run of the musical Wicked.

2009

2009 - Thanks to the Kentucky Legislature, The Kentucky Center embarks on an extensive, $8.9 million renovation project.

2011

A new stage rigging system will be installed in Whitney Hall in the summer of 2011.

2014

Whitney Hall ranked number 26 and the Brown Theatre ranked number 100.2014 - Kentucky native and member of the first Kentucky Center Governor's School for the Arts class, Kim Baker named President of the Kentucky Center.

2018

2018-The Kentucky Center Foundation purchases the Brown Theatre.

2019

2019-The Kentucky Center opens a new 2,000 person standing room venue, Old Forester's Paristown Hall.

2019-The organization changes its name to Kentucky Performing Arts.

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