The Prior Performing Arts Center

Here's a picture of the PPAC taken yesterday, February 21, 2021 (an absolutely gorgeous day here in the Woo) which provides you a good view of the exterior "rust" looking panels being put up...





Also, found this new addition on the East side of the Luth alongside the indoor football area. Was told that it was put in to give students an outdoor area to skate on during Covid. Banners and benches will be added by next weekend for its unveiling. Was told that the "ice" skating area will be 30' by 60' and is a synthetic substance called polycarbonate (think that's what they said - I'm sure Phreak would know more about this synthetic material).

ezicerinks.com/#shoprinks

You can skate year-round.

PPAC will not be ready for September 2021. Based on a recent zoom meeting I attend, the physical building will be completed during the spring semester of 2022, with actual grand opening for classes and programs estimated now for September 2022. The original estimate was completion in the fall of 2021 with full functionality with faculty and students in the spring of 2022. 

The college is now reviewing and in plan with enhancing the entire arts curriculum to take advantage of the capabilities and features that will be provided by the PPAC.

PP:

Thank you for the links regarding acoustics for a new concert hall. While not being able to carry a tune, I appreciate and marvel at the talents of many artists and musicians that I have been privileged to meet over my life. For several years I was a board member of a Chamber Music Orchestra, that was resident at a well renowned music school. It was a memorable learning experience for me and my family.

I really enjoyed the Stanford documentary, as my daughter’s freshmen and sophomore year academic adviser, often spoke and provided commentary in the video about the planning of the hall as well as the concept of the Arts district on the Stanford campus. The Bing Hall is one of the buildings in the complex of facilities that includes the Cantor Art Museum, named after Gerald and Iris Cantor. That name sounds familiar. It is one of four Cantor sponsored Art Museums or Galleries at colleges and universities in the US. The others at HC, and Haverford (Cantor Fitzgerald). At one time, the museum at Duke was named after Cantor Fitzgerald, but doing a recent review, it appears that is no longer the name of the museum on the Duke campus.

Regarding the date the PPAC will open for use, in a meeting last Tuesday, it was mentioned that with the pandemic, the plan is to have it available for the fall of 2022.

The facility has been discussed for over 50 years. I remember seeing it mentioned in the college admissions view book for the 1967-1968 edition. Guess I will have to wait a little longer to see it fully operational.

i was told the costume shop will be ready for the convocation of the next President of Holy Cross.  The costume shop will be used by invited dignitaries to check and retrieve their academic robes and associated paraphernalia.

I was also told that your avatar is among the invited guests, as he was President of a certain institution when President-elect Rpugeau was matriculating at its law school.  Yes, he lives still.

The PPAC (or PCPA) will open for Holy Cross in Jan-Feb 2022. (The costume shop is delayed as its size is being doubled given the upwelling of alumni interest and support.)

Several months to fine tune the acoustics.

Open to the public for performances in the fall of 2022.

I understand that the plan is to open with a series of stage adaptations of George Kennedy's movies

A/C chillers and air handlers being lifted to the roof. The A/C needs to be up and running by June, because without A/C, that building will be an oven, come summer. There are no windows to open.

It is huuuge !
Thanks for the photos

I assume you are referring to solar panels.  There is too little available space on the Prior Center for solar panels other than a token installation.  Maybe when they re-do the Easy St dorms,  solar on those roofs.