from today's Los Angeles Times (9/19):
Curtain about to rise at Santa Monica College's new performing arts center
Thanks to a decade of planning, $45 million in fundraising and high-profile backers such as Dustin Hoffman and Eli Broad, the long-awaited arts and education facility will debut at a gala Saturday.
By Martha Groves, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
September 19, 2008
"Sisyphus had it easy. Or so it often seemed to the individuals who spent the last decade bringing to fruition Santa Monica College's new performing arts center.
The king of Corinth was merely doomed to forever push a boulder up a mountain, only to have it roll back down each time he reached the summit. He didn't also have to deal with fundraising amid a topsy-turvy economy and soaring prices for concrete and steel.
Ten years and $45 million after the idea for a world-class arts and education center was conceived, the space will officially open with a gala Saturday, featuring a performance by Broadway legend Barbara Cook." ...
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