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To recognize late Judge John Curry’s dedication to the greater community and particularly to Wayne Theatre Capital Campaign and his love of the game of golf, WTA’s Board of Directors has named its annual golf tournament to honor Judge Curry.
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The latest installment of The Chris Graham Show tackles the Iran-U.S. nuclear deal, a milestone in the restoration of the Wayne Theatre in Downtown Waynesboro, an anti-underage drinking campaign that Augusta Free Press is involved in, and more on a local suicide prevention effort.
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The Wayne Theatre closed as a movie house in 1999. Work to restore the theatre, which first opened in 1926 in the silent-movie era, reached an important milestone on Wednesday.
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The Wayne Theatre Alliance and Mathers Construction will celebrate the topping off of the Wayne Theatre on Thursday, July 30 at noon. The celebration marks the last blocks being set on the new stage tower that adds more a floor and a half to the landmark building in downtown Waynesboro.
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The Wayne Theatre Alliance campaign to return the former movie theatre to the community as a performing arts center was given a new boost. The Cabell Foundation of Richmond announced a major $200,000 challenge grant to the WTA, the largest single foundation grant to the Alliance’s capital campaign.
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The Wayne Theatre Alliance will unveil its first-ever Garden Walk on Saturday, May 16. From 10 am to 4 pm guests will be welcomed at five private gardens and two public gardens. Master gardeners will be on hand at some of the gardens to offer advice.
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Bill Hausrath, chair of the Wayne Theatre Alliance, announced on Monday that the renovated Wayne Theatre will be named The Paul and Virginia Ross Center for the Performing Arts at the Wayne Theatre.
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The Wayne Theatre Alliance’s 2014 dinner theatre mystery will focus on the Red Brick House. Inspector Kathy Johnson of Murder is a Game will use her new skills as a clairvoyant to solve the reported the death of the Union doctor and his burial in the basement of the Red Brick House.
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The Wayne Theatre Alliance announced on Wednesday that it has secured funding to proceed with the final phase of the effort to renovate the 89-year-old Downtown Waynesboro landmark. Video from Augusta Free Press with comments from executive director Clair Myers, WTA board member John Curry, Waynesboro City Councilman Tim Williams and Waynesboro city manager Mike Hamp.
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The I’s have been dotted, the t’s crossed, and the final phase of the restoration of the Wayne Theatre is set to begin.
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