Michelle Davies | The Journal Gazette
Cinema Center has been closed since the start of the pandemic, but the organization says it is in better financial shape now than it was a year ago.
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Pulse Opera House in Warren has used some of the downtime caused by the pandemic to install a mezzanine-style area for storage of props and costumes.
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Pulse Opera House in Warren had a Fill The Seats fundraiser in which donors could have their names added to slipcovers on the theater s chairs that were made from leftover costume fabric. Previous Next
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Smaller arts groups forging ahead with help, creativity
Awaiting full houses
COREY MCMAKEN | The Journal Gazette
Many weekends before the pandemic the seats inside Arts United Center would be filled by audience members eager to take in a theater show, dance production or other arts event.
But since March, the seats have been largely unused as the pandemic forced restrictions on seating capacity and gathering in large groups. To ensure distanced seating, some rows in Arts United Center are completely blocked off when it does host an event. In rows that are being used, some spots are blocked off with fabric bands that wrap vertically around the chair so the seats can t be folded down.