{"id":109571,"date":"2011-07-18T15:52:21","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T20:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=109571"},"modified":"2011-07-19T15:50:55","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T20:50:55","slug":"first-performance-at-liberty-hall-set-for-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=109571","title":{"rendered":"First Performance at Liberty Hall Set for Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nTYLER — The City of Tyler\u2019s newly refurbished Liberty Hall will get its first test run Saturday as the facility hosts a concert presented by the East Texas Symphony Orchestra. Donors and supporters will be recognized at this invitation-only \u201csoft opening\u201d of the facility, said Liberty Hall Manager Anne Payne. A grand opening open to the public is set for Saturday, Sept. 10, Payne said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSaturday\u2019s celebration is being held to recognize those people who early on in the process donated their financial support to seeing the dream of Liberty Hall become a reality,\u201d said City Manager Mark McDaniel. \u201cNot only will be have a wonderful concert by pianist Danny Wright and saxophonist Joseph Vincelli, but we will all have the opportunity to thank those who helped turn an empty old movie theater into a spectacular performing arts hall.” More than 200 people are expected at the event, Payne said.<\/p>\n

The building in the 100 block of East Erwin began life as a 1930s-era movie theater. For years, it had been empty, and new purposes for the property were mulled. The City of Tyler partnered with the East Texas Symphony Orchestra in early 2008 to announce a cooperative project to revive the old theater building and turn it into a performing arts hall. A major fundraising effort followed, and renovation of the 6,824-square-foot facility began.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe soft opening is only the beginning of what will be a stellar line-up of entertainment,\u201d Payne said, adding that the theater will bring audiences downtown and contribute to the continuing effort to make downtown a center for the arts. \u201cNot only will we have classical music at Liberty Hall, but we have comedians, classic movies, blues concerts and more scheduled for just the first few weeks the doors of the Liberty will be open. The public will have a myriad of entertainment options at Liberty Hall, including performances for children and families to scary movies on Halloween and everything in between.\u201d Main Street Program Manager Beverly Abell added that the Downtown Tyler Arts Coalition\u2019s \u201cShow Us Your Shorts\u201d film festival will take place in Liberty Hall Oct. 12-15.<\/p>\n

Information on the September grand opening and tickets for other Liberty offerings will soon be posted on the Liberty Hall website, Payne said. Those who want more information in the meantime should send email to apayne@tylertexas.com<\/a> OR call Payne at (903) 595-7274.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TYLER — The City of Tyler\u2019s newly refurbished Liberty Hall will get its first test run Saturday as the facility hosts a concert presented by the East Texas Symphony Orchestra. Donors and supporters will be recognized at this invitation-only \u201csoft opening\u201d of the facility, said Liberty Hall Manager Anne Payne. A grand opening open to … Continue reading First Performance at Liberty Hall Set for Saturday<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 01:33:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109571"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109890,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109571\/revisions\/109890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}