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Thalian Hall to enter 'new chapter,' plans to add 'multiple' performance spaces

StarNews Online 02 Oct 2024
to have THCPA manage the entire building for the city ... "We are at capacity." ... Longtime Thalian Hall director Tony Rivenbark, who died in 2022 and who Fernando considers his mentor, had long wanted to add more performance capacity to the hall.
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Wilmington is deeping its connection with an iconic artist via a film and 2 new sculptures

The Star - Shelby 14 Apr 2024
"Tony Rivenbark was a big part of that," said Amy Grant, owner of Wilmington's Art in Bloom gallery, speaking of the late Thalian Hall director, who died in 2022 ... "Tony had a great affection for this piece.
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165 years of Wilmington's Thalian Hall: A timeline of important dates from history

StarNews Online 08 Jan 2024
1855 ... 1858 ... 1858 ... Tony Rivenbark takes over as director of Thalian Hall ... 150th anniversary celebration events include a performance of "Box and Cox," with Rivenbark in one of the starring roles ... Tony Rivenbark dies, Rob Zapple becomes interim director.
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City Hall and Thalian Hall are splitting up. Here's what that could mean for Wilmington

StarNews Online 08 Jan 2024
That all started with Tony Rivenbark, who was the executive director of Thalian Hall from 1979 until his death in 2022 ... "That was Tony (Rivenbark)'s dream," Kennedy said, a space that would be ...
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How Wilmington's connection to 'It's a Wonderful Life' keeps film screening here each year

StarNews Online 10 Dec 2023
had an association with Thalian Hall downtown, and was friends with the late Tony Rivenbark, who was the director of the Hall at that time ... For a time, Rivenbark made it as much of an event as a ...
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As CFCC's Wilson Center prepares for a new director, the plan is 'staying the course'

StarNews Online 07 Dec 2023
Over the years, the Wilson Center has had a relationship with Thalian Hall that's more cozy than competitive, in part because of Fernando's close friendship with longtime Thalian Hall director Tony Rivenbark, who died last year.
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Calling it 'a homecoming,' historic Wilmington venue Thalian Hall hires new director

StarNews Online 15 Nov 2023
Thalian Hall had been without a permanent, full-time director since the July 2022 death of longtime leader Tony Rivenbark, who ran the venue for more than 42 years ... Fernando and Rivenbark were close friends as well as colleagues.
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Nine of the worst fires ever to hit Wilmington, and how they changed the Port City

StarNews Online 01 Oct 2023
Visiting after the 1786 fire, one Robert Hunter Jr ... ... That revival in interest set the stage for the late Tony Rivenbark, who took over as director in 1979 and ran the Hall until his death in 2022, greatly increasing the Hall's profile.Hemenway Hall.
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How the Wilmington theater community remains a 'refuge' for LGBTQ+ people

StarNews Online 11 Jun 2023
Tony Rivenbark, the late director of Thalian Hall who saw early iterations of "The Lambda" and performed in later ones, told the StarNews in 2000 that, "It was always interesting to me to see people ...
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Thalian Hall to get new leader soon, but late director Tony Rivenbark still 'haunts' venue

StarNews Online 30 Jan 2023
It's been six months since Tony Rivenbark, the longtime executive director of Wilmington's historic, 165-year-old Thalian Hall, died after leading the institution for more than 40 years ... Tony ...
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As Wilmington Theater Awards makes long-awaited return, a first look at nominees and more

StarNews Online 25 Jan 2023
After not being held since March of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wilmington Theater Awards will return for 2023 ... Past recipients of the the Lela Thompson award include late Thalian Hall director Tony Rivenbark, late Opera House Theatre Co ... .
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Screening movies for 30-plus years, Wilmington's Cinematique film series faces new challenges

StarNews Online 07 Jan 2023
... by longtime Thalian Hall director Tony Rivenbark, who died in 2022, at least some Cinematique films screened in the early '90s at the old Cinema 6 on Oleander Drive, which has since been torn down.
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Wilmington groundbreaker, educator and thespian Lela Thompson dies at age 87

StarNews Online 04 Jan 2023
Starting the late 1970s, the Players moved their productions to Thalian Hall with the encouragement of Tony Rivenbark, the hall's long-serving executive director, who died in 2022. In 2011, Rivenbark ...
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The ones we lost: Wilmington-area notables who died in 2022

StarNews Online 30 Dec 2022
Tony Rivenbark, actor, preservationist, arts administrator ... Rivenbark was the author of "Images of America ... Tony RivenbarkAs Thalian Hall gets new leadership, a look at Tony Rivenbark's legacy and what's nextJohn C.
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The year ahead: 14 Wilmington anniversaries we'll be marking in 2023

StarNews Online 27 Dec 2022
When it reopened in 1975, attendance rose as the number of local and touring productions grew, putting Thalian Hall back in the public eye and setting the stage for late director Tony Rivenbark, who ...

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