Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
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Wells Fargo Center for the Arts (formerly known as the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts) is a performance venue located just north of Santa Rosa, California
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The Arts Center is owned and operated by the Luther Burbank Memorial Foundation, a non-profit arts organization established in 1979.
The Center has two other stages:
Resident companies include:
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Santa Rosa, California
Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States. The 2010 census reported a population of 167,815. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont and 26th...
, by U.S. 101.
The Arts Center is owned and operated by the Luther Burbank Memorial Foundation, a non-profit arts organization established in 1979.
Facilities
The principal performance space is the Ruth Finley Person Theater, which seats 1,612 around a 58 feet (17.7 m) wide stage, with no seat further than 75 feet (22.9 m) from the stage.The Center has two other stages:
- Carston Cabaret (capacity: 100-300 people)
- Harry Merlo Theater (capacity: 400)
Presentations
The Center presents more than 100 performances each year. Many notable artists have performed at the Center.Resident companies include:
- Santa Rosa Symphony
- Roustabout Theater
- American Philharmonic, Sonoma County
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. In 2006, the Foundation sold the naming rights to Wells Fargo Bank for ten years. However the Foundation still owns and operates the Center The venue has the distinction of hosting the final recorded performance by comedian George CarlinGeorge Carlin
George Denis Patrick Carlin was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, actor and author, who won five Grammy Awards for his comedy albums....
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It's Bad for Ya
It's Bad for Ya is the 14th and final HBO stand-up comedy special by stand-up comedian George Carlin. It was televised live on March 1, 2008 on HBO, less than four months before he died of heart failure....
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See also
- List of concert halls
- Luther BurbankLuther BurbankLuther Burbank was an American botanist, horticulturist and a pioneer in agricultural science.He developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 54-year career. Burbank's varied creations included fruits, flowers, grains, grasses, and vegetables...
- Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center BluesLuther Burbank Performing Arts Center BluesLuther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues is Lewis Black's fourth album. It was nominated for a Grammy for Best Comedy Album in 2006. It was recorded at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa, California . A limited vinyl edition of 500 for this release was issued by Stand Up! Records...