GOOD SOUND COMING TO T.O. ARTS CENTER.Byline: Sonia Giordani Daily News Staff Writer Area theatergoers have some new sounds in store for them at the Fred Kavli Fred Kavli, b. 1927, is a naturalized American physicist, business leader, innovator, and philanthropist. Born in the village of Eresfjord, Nesset municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Theatre this fall - about $50,000 in upgrades and improvements to the facility's audio system. The Frank Stanley Beveridge Foundation has donated $50,000 toward a major capital improvement project that will kick off this month to improve the audio and lighting systems at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza is a performing arts and administrative center located in Thousand Oaks, California. It was built in 1994 on the former site of "Jungleland" at a cost of $63.8 million. . ``I just placed the order and it should be here and installed within 30 days,'' said Joyce Vars, development specialist for Alliance for the Arts, a nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. fund-raising arm for the Civic Center. The new system will bring to the regional theater state-of-the-art sound, said Patricia Moore, executive director for the alliance. ``Audio quality is the most closely scrutinized and one of the most important elements of theatrical quality and musical performances,'' she said in a prepared statement. The $50,000 grant from the Florida-based Frank Stanley Beveridge Foundation comes after a successful fund-raising drive Noun 1. fund-raising drive - a campaign to raise money for some cause fund-raising campaign, fund-raising effort crusade, campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported that has raised more than $5 million since July. Moorpark businessman Fred Kavli offered $2.5 million to have the 1,800-seat theater named after him. George and Diane Jones donated $500,000 for a naming opportunity for the reflecting pool
A reflecting pool is a structure often used in memorials. It generally consists of a shallow pool of water, usually quite calm. at the Civic Arts Plaza. Janet and Ray Scherr gave $1 million for a spot on the 400-seat theater at the center. And just last week, the Dallas family gave $1.5 million to rename Re`name´ v. t. 1. To give a new name to. Verb 1. rename - assign a new name to; "Many streets in the former East Germany were renamed in 1990" the driveway leading up to the Civic Arts Plaza. |
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