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Lincoln Theatre (Miami, Florida)
Lincoln Theatre may refer to: In the United States * Lincoln Theater (Los Angeles, California), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) * Lincoln Theater (Yountville, California) * Lincoln Theatre (New Haven, Connecticut), NRHP-listed * Lincoln Theatre (Washington, D.C.), NRHP-listed * Lincoln Theatre (Miami Beach, Florida) * Lincoln Theatre (Decatur, Illinois), mentioned in an episode of ''Most Terrifying Places in America'' * Lincoln Theater (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), NRHP-listed in East Baton Rouge Parish * Lincoln Theatre (Harlem), New York City, New York * Lincoln Theatre Guild, Lincoln County, North Carolina * Lincoln Theatre (Raleigh, North Carolina), a music venue in Raleigh, North Carolina * Lincoln Theatre (Columbus, Ohio), NRHP-listed * Lincoln Theatre (Philadelphia), originally the Dunbar Theatre, a 1920s–1940s jazz club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Lincoln Theatre (Marion, Virginia) Lincoln Theatre is a historic theatre building located at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Theater (Los Angeles, California)
The Lincoln Theater is a historic theater in South Los Angeles, California. The Moorish Revival building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. Sometimes referred to as the "West Coast Apollo", the Lincoln Theater was one of the most significant establishments along the Central Avenue Corridor that became the cultural and business hub of the African American community in Los Angeles from the 1920s to the 1950s. For more than 30 years, the Lincoln featured live theater, musical acts, talent shows, vaudeville, and motion pictures, including live performances by the leading African-American performers of the era, including Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington, the Nat King Cole Trio, and Billie Holiday. The Lincoln Theater was managed and directed by Jules Wolf The theater was converted to use as a church in 1962 and continues to be used for religious services. Design and construction The Lincoln Theater was built between 1926 and 1927 at a cost of $500,000. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Theatre (Harlem)
The Lincoln Theatre is a theater located on 135th Street near Lenox Avenue in Harlem, New York City. It opened in 1915 and was the first theater in a then predominantly white neighborhood in Harlem to cater to black audiences. The theater reached its peak of fame in the 1920s, when entertainers such as Bessie Smith, Florence Mills, and Fats Waller headlined. (Fats Waller had been hired as the organ player of the theater when he was fifteen years old.) The Lincoln Theatre was the only place in New York where Ma Rainey performed. Background The theater was originally a nickelodeon Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its networks division's Kids and Family Group. It ... called the Nickelette. In 1909, the building was purchased by Maria C. Downs, who increased the seating and changed its name to the Lincoln Theatre. Due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Theatre (Marion, Virginia)
Lincoln Theatre is a historic theatre building located at Marion, Smyth County, Virginia. It was opened in 1929, and is a three-story theater located behind the Royal Oak Apartment House. Access to the theatre is through a broad arcade on the ground floor of the apartment house. The interior of the theatre is designed to suggest an ancient Mayan temple. It also features six large paintings, depicting scenes from American and local history. The theatre closed in 1977. an''Accompanying photo''/ref> It later reopened in 2004 as a community performing arts center. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 1992. It is located in the Marion Historic District. References External linksLincoln Theatre website Per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Theatre (Philadelphia)
Dunbar Theatre was a 1600-seat theatre and jazz club on the corner of Lombard Street and Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It opened in 1919 and was later called the Gibson Theatre and Lincoln Theatre. History The theatre was opened on December 29, 1919 by African-American bankers E. C. Brown and Andrew Stevens, Jr. with a performance from the Lafayette Theatre group from Harlem, who were raising money for the NAACP and Marcus Garvey. They performed ''Shuffle Along'' at Dunbar, before moving to Broadway where it premiered as the first all-black cast and production. Brown and Stevens ran into financial difficulty and in September 1921 the theatre was acquired by businessman John T. Gibson, who bought it for $420,000, offering a 10% share to another partner. The club, which was renamed the Gibson Theatre, along with the Standard Theatre made Gibson the wealthiest African-American in Philadelphia in the 1920s. Despite his wealth and the club's success, Gibson was ruined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Theatre (Columbus, Ohio)
The Lincoln Theatre is a 582-seat performing arts venue located at 769 E. Long Street in the King-Lincoln Bronzeville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The theater is owned by the City of Columbus under the auspices of the Lincoln Theatre Association. Operation of the facility is managed by CAPA. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. History Opened on November 26, 1928 as the Ogden Theatre, the theater was developed by the local entrepreneur Al Jackson and designed by architect Carl Anderson. It fulfilled a then pressing need of the African-American community in Columbus for its own entertainment and cultural center. Designed in the Egyptian Revival style, it originally offered films along with live vaudeville and musical performers. The large ballroom was also used for social events. The theater was renamed the Lincoln in 1939 and continued operating as a movie theater through the 1960s. It also regularly presented musical artists including local sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the List of North Carolina county seats, seat of Wake County, North Carolina, Wake County in the United States. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast, List of United States cities by population, the 41st-most populous city in the U.S., and the largest city of the Research Triangle metro area. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak, oak trees, which line the streets in the heart of the city. The city covers a land area of . The United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau counted the city's population as 474,069 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. The city of Raleigh is named after Sir Walter Raleigh, who established the lost Roanoke Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Theatre (Raleigh, North Carolina)
Lincoln Theatre may refer to: In the United States * Lincoln Theater (Los Angeles, California), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) * Lincoln Theater (Yountville, California) * Lincoln Theatre (New Haven, Connecticut), NRHP-listed * Lincoln Theatre (Washington, D.C.), NRHP-listed * Lincoln Theatre (Miami Beach, Florida) * Lincoln Theatre (Decatur, Illinois), mentioned in an episode of ''Most Terrifying Places in America'' * Lincoln Theater (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), NRHP-listed in East Baton Rouge Parish * Lincoln Theatre (Harlem), New York City, New York * Lincoln Theatre Guild, Lincoln County, North Carolina * Lincoln Theatre (Raleigh, North Carolina), a music venue in Raleigh, North Carolina * Lincoln Theatre (Columbus, Ohio), NRHP-listed * Lincoln Theatre (Philadelphia), originally the Dunbar Theatre, a 1920s–1940s jazz club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Lincoln Theatre (Marion, Virginia), NRHP-listed * Lincoln Theatre (Mount Vernon, Washington) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Theatre Guild
The Lincoln Theatre Guild is a non-profit community theater organization founded in 1981. The Guild serves Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States, and the surrounding Piedmont region. History The Lincoln Theatre Guild was formed in 1981 with 15 members. The first guild activity was an acting workshop, which was followed by the first production, ''Harvey''. The first guild president was Barrie Howard. A notable early production was ''Prelude to Victory'', a musical drama telling the story of the a revolutionary war battle fought nearby. In 1983, a successful production of ''Scrooge'', a musical adaption of Dickens' ''A Christmas Carol'', helped give the guild a stable financial base. The group grew throughout the 1980s, performing dramas, comedies and musicals. Some shows included ''Mouse Trap'', ''Harvey'', and ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown''. In 1988, the group moved their offices and productions to the Lincoln Cultural Center, a renovated former church in Lincolnton, No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places Listings In East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
__NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. There are 90 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the parish, including 3 National Historic Landmarks. Another three properties were once listed but have been removed. Current listings Former listing See also *List of National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana *National Register of Historic Places listings in Louisiana References {{East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana * East Baton Rouge Parish East Baton Rouge Parish ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Theater (Yountville, California)
Lincoln Theater Napa Valley in Yountville, California, on the grounds of the California Veterans Home in Napa County, California. The 1214-seat theater is the performance venue of the Napa Regional Dance Company and home of Symphony Napa Valley. Originally opened in 1957, it underwent a $20 million restoration which was completed in 2005. Robert Mondavi, his wife Margrit, Ron W. Miller and his wife Diane were among the primary benefactors of the restoration project. The State of California also provided $1.5 million in funding. Singer Dianne Reeves Dianne Elizabeth Reeves (born October 23, 1956) is an American jazz singer. Biography Dianne Reeves was born in Detroit, Michigan, into a musical family. Her father sang, her mother played trumpet, her uncle is bassist Charles Burrell, and h ... headlined the opening performance following the restoration on January 8, 2005. Centrally located on the 900-acre site of the nation's oldest Veteran's Home, the Napa Valley P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Theater (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
Lincoln Theatre may refer to: In the United States * Lincoln Theater (Los Angeles, California), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) * Lincoln Theater (Yountville, California) * Lincoln Theatre (New Haven, Connecticut), NRHP-listed * Lincoln Theatre (Washington, D.C.), NRHP-listed * Lincoln Theatre (Miami Beach, Florida) * Lincoln Theatre (Decatur, Illinois), mentioned in an episode of ''Most Terrifying Places in America'' * Lincoln Theater (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), NRHP-listed in East Baton Rouge Parish * Lincoln Theatre (Harlem), New York City, New York * Lincoln Theatre Guild, Lincoln County, North Carolina * Lincoln Theatre (Raleigh, North Carolina), a music venue in Raleigh, North Carolina * Lincoln Theatre (Columbus, Ohio), NRHP-listed * Lincoln Theatre (Philadelphia), originally the Dunbar Theatre, a 1920s–1940s jazz club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Lincoln Theatre (Marion, Virginia), NRHP-listed * Lincoln Theatre (Mount Vernon, Washington) Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Most Terrifying Places In America
''Most Terrifying Places in America'' was an American paranormal documentary television series that premiered on October 9, 2009 on the Travel Channel as a stand-alone special. The special was subsequently broken down into an episodic series. Each episode featured the legends and stories of several reportedly haunted locations throughout America. In October 2018, a five-episode special series aired on the Travel Channel which gave the show episode titles instead of numbered volumes. Synopsis The series was narrated by Mason Pettit. Each episode started off showing haunted "hotspots" on a map of the United States.A particular haunted location was then selected by each of the series' " ghost hunters," and investigated by them and their team. Paranormal investigators, historians, psychics, and mediums all presented commentary on these sites. Historical footage was often shown, and any eyewitnesses interviewed. The show reported on the paranormal as told from purported personal enco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
