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November 19, 2009, 01:49 PM ET
In the Arts: Tampa Performance Center Renamed for Record Donor
The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center has been renamed for an area banker and philanthropist, David A. Straz Jr., in honor of what is being billed as the largest-ever gift for a Tampa Bay cultural facility, says the St. Petersburg Times.
The amount of the gift from Mr. Straz’s foundation was not disclosed, but it reportedly could be as much as $25-million, five times the previous record for a local arts institution, the paper says.
In other arts news, ground was broken Wednesday on the $185-million Perot Museum of Nature and Science, in Dallas, radio station KERA reports. Ross Perot Jr., son of the billionaire financier and former presidential candidate, contributed $50-million to the project.
And Washington, D.C.‘s experimental Catalyst Theater is shutting down in the face of debt arising from its move last year to a much larger performance space, according to The Washington Post.
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