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The CEO of Newark Symphony Hall discusses the venue's renovation, how the pandemic is challenging the arts community here and around the country, and where the new NSH will fit in the redeveloping city.
Newark Symphony Hall’s new marquee will pay homage to the past, be a beacon for city’s creativity
Updated May 08, 2021;
Posted May 08, 2021
New design plans for Newark Symphony Hall s exterior call for a translucent, lit-up marquee and streetscape art in a plaza out front.Clarke Caton Hintz
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The iconic Newark Symphony Hall marquee that once greeted motorists entering Newark from U.S. Routes 1&9 has been missing for about two years ever since a car rammed into the poles holding it up.
Now, the historic venue has plans for a new entrance that will serve not only as a visual marker for Broad Street but also as a beacon for Newark’s creativity. The new design plan from Trenton-based architectural firm Clarke Caton Hintz features streetscape art and a lit-up dome marquee to welcome both concert-goers and motorists.
Article by UDaily staff May 07, 2021
Campus community remembers retired music resources supervisor, WVUD host
J. Michael Foster, who worked at the University of Delaware for more than 30 years, died on April 29, 2021. He was 74. J. Michael Foster
Mr. Foster joined the UD community as music resources supervisor in 1981 and retired in 2010. After retirement he returned in a supplemental faculty role from 2011-14. He taught both college classes and adult continuing education classes at UDâs Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
He was also long active as a host on the University s radio station WVUD, where he shared his vast musical knowledge with listeners through a variety of programs over the years. Mr. Foster was considered one of the station s cornerstones, and, on the WVUD website, a memorial tribute notes , To many, Michael was the voice of WVUD and we know that Michael enjoyed each and every interaction with the listeners over th
Taneshia Nash Laird is the President and CEO of Newark Symphony Hall
Newark Symphony Hall, New Jersey s largest Black-led arts and entertainment venue, recently announced Yendor Theatre Company (YTC) as its first company-in-residence. YTC s first production with the venue will be Richard Wesley s Black Terror, co-produced by WACO Theater Center, which is based out of Los Angeles North Hollywood neighborhood.
NationalBlackGuide.com The livestream production of Black Terror is coming to Newark Symphony Hall this summer
The production will be directed by WACO s Co-Artistic Director, Richard Lawson, and will live-stream online this summer.
Newark Symphony Hall President and CEO Taneshia Nash Laird joined WBGO News Director Doug Doyle for a Zoom chat about the new partnership and the upcoming production of Black Terror this summer.