EMBARGOED UNTIL 2 P.M. SATURDAY, MARCH 23 The Paramount Theatre will rock and roll with next year’s Broadway series. The fun kicks off with “Under the Streetlamp” on Oct. 5, featuring the music of the American Radio Songbook of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, performed by former members of the Broadway touring production of “Jersey [...]
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By Ron Moore —- What is our obligation to be good stewards of state and federal government assistance? Of local government spending? Is our use of tax money efficient and effective? Since the flood of 2008, this community has received a lot of government funding. Looking at what we have received through the lens [...]
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The Paramount Theatre sold out this summer’s Daniel Tosh event Friday afternoon, an Orchestra Iowa employee said. Alexis Kenleigh, Chief Marketing Officer for Orchestra Iowa, the ticketing office for the Paramount Theatre, said it’s never bad to sell out an event. Kenleigh said they have sold about 3300 tickets for the back-to-back Daniel Tosh performance [...]
continue »By Kathleen McNamara —- It was with great anticipation on Dec. 1 that my two daughters and 6-year-old foster granddaughter walked into the Paramount Theatre to see “The Nutcracker” performed by the Quad Cities Ballet. As we entered the Hallway of Mirrors, my granddaughter stopped and asked, “Grandma, is this a palace?” “Yes,” [...]
continue »The Gazette Editorial Board —- Dramatic improvements are unfolding in Cedar Rapids’ downtown — the NewBo City Market and other New Bohemia developments, the Paramount Theatre and Theatre Cedar Rapids renovations, the new public library, the hotel and convention center project, the nearby medical district, among others. The intent is to enhance the downtown’s economic [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS — “I don’t think kids can do that.” That’s the wrong thing to say to Lynne Waggoner-Patton, but also the right thing. From that challenge sprang The Silhouettes, coming to the Paramount Theatre in Waggoner-Patton’s hometown Tuesday night, Nov. 20. A Denver company wanted her to create a show using photographs, shadows, imagery [...]
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What: Paramount Theatre Where: 123 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids Renovation cost: $35 million FEMA Reimbursement: about $21 million I-JOBS Grant: $5 million State and Federal Historic Tax Credits: $8.7 million Project Timeline: Building floods June 11 to 13, 2008, causing $16 million in damages • July 2008: Building stabilization and hazard mitigation begins • [...]
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After the flood of water came the flood of red tape. “I think the documentation on this project would be multiple feet high in terms of sheets of paper,” said Jim Hoffman of Cedar Rapids. He’s the chairman of the city-appointed stakeholder committee tasked with making “hundreds” of critical decisions for the reopening of the [...]
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With the snip of a red ribbon, the Paramount Theatre is back in business. City leaders, City Ambassadors, dignitaries and citizens packed the gleaming Hall of Mirrors at noon Friday (10/26/12) to reflect on how far the building — and Cedar Rapids — have come since the Floods of 2008 coursed through the heart of [...]
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Click here to see how The Gazette’s Max Freund created this time lapse video: CEDAR RAPIDS – A different kind of ballet came to the Paramount Theatre on Monday, bringing clean lines, lifts and turns as Nesper Sign Co. workers delicately repositioned the refurbished marquee above the theater’s boarded-up entrance. It’s one of the most [...]
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