Articles > Newspapers > U.S. Newspapers, Local Markets N-S > Roanoke Times & World News articles > August 2005

Article: ROANOKE BALLET THEATRE MOVING TO NEW HOME

Article from:
Roanoke Times & World News
Article date:
August 8, 2005
Author:
Copyright

Roanoke Ballet Theatre is leaving its longtime quarters at Jefferson Center for new digs on Grandin Road.

The ballet company will move into the former Virginia Home Furnishings building at 1318 Grandin this month, executive director Jenefer Davies Mansfield said. The company will continue to perform at Jefferson Center's Shaftman Performance Hall.

"We totally need more space," explained Mansfield. "Our student body is growing and growing. It's a great problem to have."

The Grandin Road property is owned by Corned Beef and Co. co- owners Roger Neel and Al Pollard. Virginia Home Furnishings relocated to Franklin County in March 2002.

Roanoke Ballet Theatre was located at Jefferson Center for a ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Article: ARVADA REVISITS EXPANSION JEFFERSON CENTER PACT TO ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  April 26, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... Sunday should have said that the Jefferson Center Metropolitan District is seeking ... Council in 1989 agreed to let Jefferson Center Metropolitan District and its companion, the privately held Jefferson Center Associates, guide the direction ...

Article: BURROW TO LEAVE JEFFERSON CENTER [Corrected ...
Roanoke Times & World News;  April 20, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Janet Burrow, who headed the Jefferson Center Foundation during a 4 1 / 2 ... she said that she believes Jefferson Center is ready for new leadership ... good for me and good for the Jefferson Center," Burrow said in a telephone ...

Article: JEFFERSON CENTER FACES 'CASH FLOW OBSTACLE
Roanoke Times & World News;  March 28, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... nonprofit might wish they were Jefferson Center. Rent from some 20 tenants ... W. And you'd be wrong. Jefferson Center faces a whopping $400,000 ... program cuts and other changes at Jefferson Center. Jefferson Center has no endowment ...

Article: TASTY POSSIBILITIES AT THE JEFFERSON CENTER
Roanoke Times & World News;  August 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... hush puppies with those blues? Jefferson Center's 2006-07 performance season ... five-star reviews from past Jefferson Center performers for his backstage ... series schedule since becoming Jefferson Center's director in January ...

Article: Tasty possibilities at the Jefferson Center.
Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA);  August 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... hush puppies with those blues? Jefferson Center's 2006-07 performance season ... five-star reviews from past Jefferson Center performers for his backstage ... series schedule since becoming Jefferson Center's director in January ...

Article: JEFFERSON CENTER NAMES NEW PRESIDENT
Roanoke Times & World News;  November 19, 2005 ;     605 words ... ... president and executive director of Jefferson Center. Graves has been the artistic ... Press in 2004. Graves takes the Jefferson Center helm on Jan. 3, 2006. The ... me, as incoming director, Jefferson Center presents an incredible opportunity ...

Article: JEFFERSON CENTER PERFORMANCE SERIES HAS A ...
Roanoke Times & World News;  July 16, 2003 ;     700+ words ...From jazz to Baez, Jefferson Center's 2003-04 performance series ... whose official billing - "Jefferson Center Presents: The Wachovia Performance ... sponsor, will be staged at Jefferson Center's Shaftman Performance Hall ...

Article: JEFFERSON CENTER ABSORBS ROANOKE MUSIC INCUBATOR
Roanoke Times & World News;  October 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... official: Downtown Music Lab is now part of Jefferson Center. The Jefferson Center Board of Directors voted earlier this month to take in the 9-year-old music incubator, Jefferson Center artistic director Dylan Locke said Monday ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives