There Are Strings Attached! Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 5/25/2018
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There are Strings Attached!


Fourteen, to be exact.

Take a stroll along the beautiful Tampa Riverwalk, past the Beer Can to admire the view of the new Tampa Riverfront Park, Tampa Prep, and the University of Tampa. And eventually saunter by the largest performing arts center in the southeast.


Some interesting facts about Straz Center for the Performing Arts:
  • A not-for-profit organization
  • Opened its doors in 1987
  • Cost $57 million (in 1987 dollars)
  • Nine-acre site
  • 290,000 square feet of usable space
  • Four abutting buildings built on singe concrete slab
  • Serves 600,000 people annually
  • More than 1,500 performances a year
  • Generates $100 million in economic impact for Tampa Bay
  • Only performing arts center with an on-site performing arts conservatory:
Dr Pallavi Patel Performing Arts Conservatory
  • Opened in 2005
  • 45,000 square feet of space
  • Provides 100 classes/year in music, dance, and theater for ages 2-adult
  • Music: instrumental and voice
  • Dance: ballet, tap, hip hop, jazz, contemporary, flamenco
  • Theater: acting, musical theater, and stage management
  • Provides educational performing arts experiences throughout the community
The Center contains five distinct theaters in one campus:

Carol Morsani Hall
  • Seats 2,610
  • Baroque-era opera house design
  • Largest stage in the Southeast - 120’ wide x 65’ deep, 11 stories high
  • Venue used for Broadway, ballet, concerts, opera, and other performances that need a large stage and/or large audience chamber


Ferguson Hall
  • Seats 1,042
  • Art Deco style
  • Stage - 80’ wide x 50’ deep, 75’ high
  • Venue used for ballet, concerts, opera, comedians, dance recitals, field trips


TECO Theater
  • Seats up to 300
  • “Black box” theater
  • Primarily used for Patel Conservatory classes and performances


Jaeb Theater
  • Seats 268
  • Styled after Cottswold Theater – part of the British National Theater in London
  • Cabaret Style
  • Stage - 43’ wide x 24’ deep
  • Venue used for small musical groups, recitals, smaller theatrical productions


Shimberg Playhouse
  • Seats up to 130
  • “Black box” theater
  • Everything is moveable, including the sound booth
  • Cutting edge contemporary to Shakespeare


Community Art Projects at the Straz Center



Why Sit When You Can Play: The Urban Conga Musical Bench. A working instrument that doubles as one of the best seats on the Riverwalk — stop by, sit and play! Each bar has its own note, played with a mallet attached to the bench with a steel cord. The bars and notes are based on a color code system to help the users learn how to play music.


String Theory Fin Harp: A sonic sculpture created by Luke Rothschild, designed to harness 14 brass wires that extend about 200 feet from a spot on the Riverwalk to the roof of the Straz Center. More than 3,000 feet of musical brass wire adorns the performing arts center, and literally transforms the center into a gigantic interactive musical instrument.


Art on the Walk: In 2015, the Straz Center launched a series of community art projects engaging people in the creative process and highlighting the extraordinary talents of local and international visual artists. Because of the overwhelming response, the Straz Center created Art on the Walk, an ongoing community art project permanently exhibited on the Riverwalk.


The Cube: Located in front of the Jaeb Theater. This work, a giant, solid-white steel box the size of a storage container is updated regularly with paintings that depict current and up-coming shows.


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Straz Center for the Performing Arts maintains and owns the cache.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OLDMANJON !! FIRST TO FIND: JUNE 3, 2018 !!

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