Luther Burbank Center for the Arts

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Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
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The center in 2009
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
Former namesWells Fargo Center for the Arts (2005–2016)
Address50 Mark West Springs Rd
Santa Rosa, CA 95403 [1]
Coordinates 38°29′36″N122°44′57″W / 38.4932°N 122.7492°W / 38.4932; -122.7492
OwnerLuther Burbank Memorial Foundation
Type Performing arts center
Capacity 1,612 (Ruth Finley Person Theater)
399 (East Auditorium)
Construction
Opened1981
Construction cost$4.5 million
Website
http://lutherburbankcenter.org/

The Luther Burbank Center for the Arts (sometimes called the LBC), and previously known as the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts from March 2005 to March 2016) is a performance venue located just north of Santa Rosa, California, near U.S. 101. The facility is owned and operated by the Luther Burbank Memorial Foundation, a non-profit arts organization established in 1979. [2]

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Facilities

The principal performance space is the Ruth Finley Person Theater, which seats 1,612 around a 58-foot (18 m) wide stage, [3] with no seat further than 75 feet (23 m) from the stage. [4] In addition to performing arts, the Center offers facilities for parties and community events.

The Center's smaller venues include:

Presentations and tenants

The Center presents more than 100 performances each year. Many notable artists have performed at the Center. Resident companies include the North Bay Stage Company and Roustabout Theater. [12]

Other tenants include the Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market and various medical and educational organizations like Anova Center for Education. [13]

History

The Foundation purchased the property from the Christian Life Center in the 1970s for $4.5 million. The facility opened to the public in 1981. [14] Henry Trione, a philanthropist affiliated with Wells Fargo bank, assembled a group of donors, dubbed "Henry's Angels", who purchased the property for $4.5 million cash in a bankruptcy court in 1981. [15] In 2006, the Foundation sold the naming rights to Wells Fargo Bank for ten years, coming into effect on March 12, 2005. [16] The foundation continued to own and operate the center, [17] which reverted to its original name on March 12, 2016. [18] [19] The center's east wing was heavily damaged in the Tubbs fire. [20]

Notable performances

The venue was the site of the taping of comedian Lewis Black's fourth album, Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues , and the final recorded performance by comedian George Carlin, his 14th HBO special, It's Bad for Ya .

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  2. ↑ "Info: Foundation, Nonprofit" . Retrieved 2009-04-04.
  3. ↑ "Main Theater Specification Sheet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-08-24. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
  4. ↑ "Seating Chart". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
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  14. ↑ "History". Luther Burbank Memorial Foundation. Archived from the original on 2016-02-17. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
  15. ↑ "Santa Rosa power broker, philanthropist Henry Trione dies at 94". Press Democrat. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  16. ↑ "Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Officially Becomes Wells Fargo Center for the Arts" (Press release). PR Newswire. March 9, 2005. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
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