The City of South Bend is celebrating the opening of the Raclin Murphy Encore Center, a 20,000-square-foot expansion of The Morris Performing Arts Center.
A grand opening series of events will take place Jan. 10 through Feb. 7.
The events include:
- Jan. 10, Morris Performing Arts Center: Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Nation members will lead a black ash-community basketweaving experience.
- Jan. 22, St. Joseph County Public Library Auditorium and Ballroom: Guest speaker Gary Edwin Robinson presentation and reception.
- Jan. 23, Raclin Murphy Encore Center lobby: High school and college student open forum and presentation with Gary Edwin Robinson.
- Jan. 24, Morris Performing Arts Equity in the Arts Center: Gary Edwin Robinson and art leaders will host a symposium entitled “Representation in the Arts… Is What you See What You Get?”
- Jan. 24, Morris Performing Arts Center: The Morris will host a concert with Grammy Award winner and local resident, October London, and international artist and local resident Micki Miller.
The city will host a ribbon cutting ceremony Feb. 6 to celebrate the Raclin Murphy Encore Center’s opening. A community open house will take place later that afternoon at the Morris’s Equity in the Arts Center. The open house will feature live music, concessions and an open gallery of art exhibitions presented by local fashion designer Brittany Richey, founder of B. Rich Customs.
Learn more here.
