ARTS CENTER TO TARGET MORE FUNDS.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Staff Writer With an eye on securing a $2 million endowment, the Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. Cultural Arts Center Foundation has hired a new executive director to focus on raising money and expanding children's programs. Carolyn Pegg, who previously headed corporate and foundation relations for the Orange County Performing Arts Center The Orange County Performing Arts Center is a performing arts complex located in Costa Mesa, California. It is the home of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Opera Pacific, the Philharmonic Society of Orange County and the Pacific Chorale. , was selected after Simi Valley's former director, Phyllis Cortese, moved to Connecticut. She will earn $2,500 monthly for the next 11 months, officials said. ``We're really excited about getting her,'' said Greg Stratton, a former mayor and the current president of the foundation. ``She fits the bill because she's really done fund raising for a performing arts center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. .'' With about $500,000 already pledged, the foundation is hoping Pegg's experience and willingness will translate into more donations and a higher cultural awareness in Simi Valley. The center plans to invest the endowment and use the interest to attract bigger names to the venue as well as augment the center's programs. The center at 3050 Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Ave. began as a Methodist church in 1924 and later became a school, a synagogue synagogue (sĭn`əgŏg) [Gr.,=assembly], in Judaism, a place of assembly for worship, education, and communal affairs. The origins of the institution are unclear. One tradition dates it to the Babylonian exile of the 6th cent. B.C. and a mortuary. It was transformed into a playhouse in 1995, and this season is offering such theater staples as the musicals ``Carousel'' and ``Man of La Mancha La Man·cha A region of south-central Spain. The high, mostly barren plateau is famous as the setting for Cervantes's Don Quixote. .'' While the center receives some funding from the city, it is the donations that will allow for the targeted $2 million endowment, a challenge that Pegg said she relishes. ``I'll reach out as far as it takes,'' said Pegg of looking outside the city for funds. ``Right now I'm meeting with everyone, getting familiar with the center.'' ``I'd like to start concentrating on corporations and foundations and building on the children's programs,'' said Pegg, who began her position on Nov. 1. ``We're going to put on `Miracle on 34th Street' this holiday season, and I'd like to get free tickets for children from corporations.'' |
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