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Paramount Theatre Offering Two Virtual Shows Next Week
On Tuesday you can see a one hour educational performance from
Bruce Sunpie Barnes.
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Gretchen Boulka is the Director of Performing Arts. She says the New Orleans native has traveled all over the world playing his own style of music.
His performance is really centered around what he likes to call Afro-Louisiana music. It s a combination of blues, zydeco, gospel, Caribbean and African influenced rhythms and melodies.
The show will begin at 1:30 p.m. and will be available on-demand through April 12th. Boulka says the second event will be a St. Patrick s Day show featuring
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Paramount Plans to Open to In-Person Events in May [PODCAST]
The Paramount Theater plans to open to in-person events in May. Gretchen Boulka, Director of Performing Arts, at the Paramount Center for the Arts joined me on WJON today. She says they are planning for a limited amount of in-person guests for events starting in May. She says they have some performances set but aren t ready to release who will be performing quite yet. She says the amount of people who can attend could still vary depending on the Covid-19 pandemic and safety guidelines. Listen to our conversation below.
The Paramount Theater has been especially hit by the pandemic not being able to allow visitors into the building for performance since last March. The Paramount has been doing virtual performances and art classes in the past year.