Strand Theatre is a restored vaudeville house located in Uphams Corner in Dorchester, Massachusetts. It is owned by the City of Boston and managed by the Funds for Neighborhoods, Inc.HistoryThe Strand was built in 1918 as a movie and vaudeville house. It opened on the evening of November 11, 1918, billed as Dorchester's million dollar movie palace, with a double feature—Queen of the Sea, starring Annette Kellermann, and Out of a Clear Sky, starring Marguerite Clark, with extra added attraction Miss Emilie Earle, the songstress de luxe. it closed in 1974 due to disrepair, only to be reopened again in 1979 after the city of Boston made extensive renovations. The theater was designed by Funk and Wilcox in Boston and built by McGahey and O'Connor. The theater boasted the first theater organ in New England which reportedly cost $75,000. It hosted Chaminade Opera Group in 1990 under the direction of Florence Louise Pettitt.Restoration effortsIn 2005, the Strand closed for six months for repairs, including upgrading the electrical switch gear, replacing 300 seats in the orchestra section, as well as cleaning and repairing the remaining 1,100 seats. These repairs were made in part by a $6 million, four-year capital investment from the city of Boston. In March 2006, the Strand closed its doors again for more improvements, including upgrading the safety and fire systems and renovating the box office and dressing rooms. In July 2008, the Strand's stage floor and orchestra pit were replaced and repairs were made to the facade and marquee. On January 9, 2007, Mayor Thomas Menino gave his State of the City Address from the stage of the Strand Theatre to help bring attention to restoration efforts and help revive the Strand's prominence in the city of Boston.
Fiddlehead Theatre Company is a Professional Theatre Company serving Boston and its surrounding communities since 1993.
The Howard Art Project is an artist-run studio and exhibition space that was founded by six members of the SMFA community in June of 2011. We are a proposal-based venue, open to applications from the community at large. HAP is a forum for inquiry into issues and methods informing contemporary artistic practice. We host art exhibitions, performances, educational workshops and lectures. We are particularly invested in emerging, under-represented, non-traditional and cross-disciplinary approaches to artistic production. The Howard Art Project is located in The Howard Building, an art deco style building in the historical Fields Corner area of Dorchester, Mass. The building was once an S.S. Kresge (now kmart) department store, an ACORN office, home to Teens Against Gang Violence, The Vietnamese-American Civic Association, and Velvet Touch Entertainment (a recording studio), among other things. How to get involved: The Howard Art Project has an open call for proposals at all times. If you are interested in holding an event or curating an exhibition at the Howard Art Project, please send us a proposal outlining what you would like to do and when. Our board reviews submissions on a rolling basis. Please send proposals to howardartproject (at) gmail.com
Humphreys Street Studios is a working community of artists and artisans. Six buildings are joined in two groups within a gated compound. The size of the property is 34,000 square feet, including a courtyard and a large back yard. The buildings contain approximately 26,000 square feet of rental space yielding a total of 30 workspaces. The variety of work spaces for artists include a three story mill building, a two story brick building and a lofty cement block structure with rows of skylights.
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