Parks, Suzan-Lori. In the blood; Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery
From the moment the audience enters the auditorium the play is a mystery. They are looking for clues as to the nature of the story in which they are about to participate. The designer's job is to select what these clues are. How does the designer...
The process of designing the settings and lighting for a show is an adventure; it's a story that has the normal components of any good story, a beginning, middle and end. There is tension, conflict, climax and resolution. It contains characters who...
The Chautauqua movement has been called "culture under canvas" and "the university of the people." What began as a training camp for Sunday School teachers on the shores of Lake Chautauqua in western New York State in the...
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 32. No. 2. but is actually Vol. 33. No. 3. There is a crease across the center of the first page...
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 32. No. 5. but is actually Vol. 33. No. 6. There is a crease across the center of page one that...
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 32. No. 14. but is actually Vol. 33. No. 17. There are creases across the center of each page that...
African Americans; African American singers; African American musicians; Nightclubs--Kentucky--Louisville; Singers; Musicians
Oral history interview with Robert Key, conducted October 25, 1977 by Robert Friedman. Mr. Key was a musician. He was born in Louisville but really launched his career in Chicago before touring as a singer. In this interview, he discusses his...
Cadman, S. Parkes (Samuel Parkes), 1864-1936; Radio in religion--United States--History; Religious broadcasting--Christianity--History; Religious broadcasting--United States--History; Christianity--United States--20th century
S. Parkes Cadman (1864-1936), a Christian minister at Central Congregational Church in Brooklyn, New York from 1901 to 1936, was a popular religious figure in interwar America. From 1924 to 1928, Cadman served as president of the Federal Council of...
Buildings; Cultural facilities; Theaters; Auditoriums
Inside Municipal War Memorial Auditorium looking toward exit, Fourth and Kentucky Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Vertical photograph of aisle leading toward auditorium exit under "Exit" sign, a hall visible beyond. Above the exit is the...
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 15. No. 20. but is actually Vol. 15. No. 23. This issue is twelve pages. There are small portions...
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue is four pages and there is a crease across the center of page one that makes some lines illegible.
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 32. but is actually Vol. 33.
Event featuring boy preacher Marjoe Gortner at Memorial Auditorium in Louisville, Kentucky; sponsored by Broadway Church of the Nazarene. Marjoe Gortner "The World's Youngest Evangelist" photographed with his parents amidst a full...
Auditoriums; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Buildings
Ampitheatre Auditorium in Louisville, Kentucky, built by William F. Norton Jr. in 1889 from material salvaged from the Southern Exposition, and razed in 1904 following Norton's death in 1903. Handwritten on mounted print: "Auditorium, S.W....
A young man and an elderly woman smile and clap hands during an event in the Natural Sciences Building auditorium related to Ecology Week 1971. Note on back: "Ecology Week '71; Nat. Sci Auditorium."
Address: 830 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. On the stage of Columbia Auditorium, some men wear tuxedoes while others wear suits. The women wear dresses and a couple have corsages pinned to their shoulders. Five young girls are dressed in...
Paramount Ballroom (Shanghai, China); Architecture--China--Shanghai; Buildings--China--Shanghai; Shanghai (China)--History--20th century; Shanghai (China)--Social life and customs--20th century
The Paramount Ballroom was an innovative urban space that challenged traditional
Chinese values. In doing so it played an important role in Shanghai's modernization.
Traditional Confucian morality set very strict regulations on the social...
Buildings; Cultural facilities; Theaters; Auditoriums
Municipal War Memorial Auditorium, Fourth & Kentucky Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Left corner view of stone building of two to three stories in sections with subtly varying heights and types of roofs including one rounded roof. Massive two...
Buildings; Cultural facilities; Theaters; Auditoriums
Municipal War Memorial Auditorium, Fourth & Kentucky Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Right corner view of stone building of two to three stories in sections with subtly varying heights and types of roofs including one rounded roof (only the...
