Carver Theatre (Birmingham, Alabama)
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The Carver Theatre, now formally known as the Carver Performing Arts Center, is a
The Carver is now a live performance venue which seats 527, and is also the home of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.
History
Located on the corner of Fourth Avenue North and 17th Street North, the Carver was opened in 1935. A 1945 renovation equipped the Carver with many new features, including 1,300 of the latest model theater chairs,
As with most downtown theaters, the Carver's fortunes declined over the years. In later years, the theater showed pornographic movies, and the facility closed sometime in the early 1980s.
The City of Birmingham, seeking to improve the area where many events of the Civil Rights Movement took place, purchased the Carver in 1990 and remodeled it for live performance use, with an eye toward remembering the Carver's place in the African-American Community. One of the planned uses was a home for the
See also
References
- ^ "The History of the Carver Theatre". Archived from the original on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
External links
- Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame official web site
- The Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame All-Stars at All About Jazz
- 2007 Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival website