Deal clears way for Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
From this morning’s front page of the Orlando Sentinel, if you missed it: A deal has been brokered with arts-center donors — who have personally guaranteed to fill a funding gap, if needed — that means...
View ArticleOrlando Sentinel editorial on Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
The Orlando Sentinel’s editorial board is very pleased the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts is moving forward at last. Read the newspaper’s editorial here: Finally, the path to a new...
View ArticleDr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts approved
Groundbreaking will be June 23 for the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts after the Orlando city council approved it today. News story is here: Orlando leaders OK plan to start arts center.
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Three days to celebrate Dr. Phillips Center groundbreaking
Singer-actor (and Dr. Phillips Center board member) Davis Gaines will perform at the groundbreaking event. (Sentinel file photo) There’s some irony in the fact that the Orlando Philharmonic and Orlando...
View ArticleCirque du Soleil contributes to Dr. Phillips Center
In case you missed the original announcement, here’s more from the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts about the $250,000 contribution coming from Cirque du Soleil, the entertainment company...
View ArticleDr. Phillips Center groundbreaking was a day for unity
Speaking of the Dr. Phillips Center and its latest contribution, I was on vacation while the project finally broke down. My colleague Jim Abbott wrote a story putting things in perspective, from the...
View ArticleEncore! concerts today-Sunday, Disney volunteers send funds to Dr. Phillips...
Tonight opens the second and final weekend of performances by the Encore! Cast Choir and Orchestra, a volunteer ensemble of nearly 300 Walt Disney World cast members. The concerts always benefit a...
View ArticleTake a virtual tour of Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
It must be a bit wistful for supporters of the Orlando Ballet and Orlando Philharmonic to watch the virtual tour of the new Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts that has been floating around —...
View ArticleWebcam lets Orlando viewers follow Dr. Phillips Center construction
Thanks to a strategically placed video camera, anyone and everyone can watch the progress at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts construction site. Ground has been broken on phase one of...
View ArticleWindermere residents donate $250,000 to Dr. Phillips Center
Windermere residents Frank Santos and Dan Dantin have pledged $250,000 to the new Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, which broke ground in June in downtown Orlando. Santos, a 40-year...
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