OPL Oakville Heritage Moments: 40th Anniversary of the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Video
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- This video is part of a series titled 'Oakville Heritage Moments.' Produced by the Oakville Public Library, these videos aim to focus on snapshots of Oakville's history. This video focuses on the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts.
- Notes
- Video written and produced by the Oakville Public Library’s Digital Heritage Assistant, 2017. Narrated by Robin Howarth, Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts.
Images courtesy of the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, Oakville Beaver/Metroland Media, Town of Oakville Archives and At this stage…: The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts turns 25 by S. Creighton.
Music: “Moonight Haze,” composed by Bird Creek and made available for public use through the YouTube Audio Library.
Special thanks to the Young Canada Works in Heritage Organizations Program of the Department of Canadian Heritage
- Inscriptions
- The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, located in Centennial Square, is a valued community space that brings national and international musical acts, live theatre, comedy shows, and community performances to the people of Oakville.
The space had been intended for a theatre auditorium since the Master Plan for the 1967 Centennial Project had been developed, with construction occurring at a later date than the library, art gallery and pool.
The land that the Centre was built on was formerly a cemetery not far from the Oakville Common School grounds, and during the construction of the Performing Arts Centre, the workers unearthed a 150-year-old skeleton that was believed to be that of a victim of the Cholera epidemics during the 1830s.
The Centre formally opened its doors to the community in October of 1977. Over its many seasons, the Centre has evolved its entertainment, offering not just single performances but series’ that members can look forward to each year.
Local acts are also a really important aspect to the Centre and has always encouraged active participation from the Oakville community, something even included in the original Opening program
This year, the Oakville Centre celebrates 40 years of entertaining Oakville, with an anniversary season community members are sure to enjoy.
- Publisher
- Oakvile Public Library
- Place of Publication
- Oakville, ON
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Subject(s)
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.4473682625124 Longitude: -79.6665048808289
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- Contact
- Oakville Public LibraryEmail:oplreference@oakville.ca
Website:
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Central Branch
120 Navy Street
Oakville, ON L6J 2Z4
Tel: (905) 815-2042
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