Tulsa PAC keeping arts alive in Tulsa

Tulsa PAC keeping arts alive in Tulsa

COUNTRY.

AS MANY BUSINESSESFIGURE OUT RE- OPENINGPLANS..

THE ENTERTAINMENTINDUSTRY WILL MOST LIKELY BETHE LAST TO GET BACK INBUSINESS.

THAT MEANS LARGEVENUES LIKE THE BOK CENTER,CAIN'S BALLROOM AND THETULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTERWON'T HAVE A STEADY STREAMOF REVENUE FOR THEFORESEEABLE FUTURE.

BUT THATDOESN'T MEAN THE ARTS AREDEAD..

IN FACT, THE PAC ISFINDING A WAY TO KEEP THEARTS ALIVE.4:11 You could be looking atanother year before thingsget back to normal.

In themeantime, we're just goingto get creative in how wecan keep the arts alive."THESE SEATS INSIDE THEPERFORMING ARTS CENTER HAVESAT EMPTY SINCE MARCH 15.THOUSANDS OF WHAT WOULD BESOLD OUT SEATS WEEKENDAFTER WEEKEND..

DORMANT 0:23I just felt like enough timehad gone by.

We've got toget back to celebrating thearts but do so in as safe away as possible SO, MARKFRIE, CEO OF THE PERFORMINGARTS CENTER IS MOVING WHATWOULD NORMALLY HAPPENINDOORS..

OUTDOORS.

1:01"What we're doing is acombination of working withour community partners likeTulsa Opera, Tulsa Symphony,Theatre Tulsa.

They're goingto have their own nightduring this Arts in the Airconcert series." FRIE HASALSO BOOKED STATEWIDE ANDREGIONAL BANDS AND ACTS TOHELP BRING THE ARTS BACK TOLIFE IN TULSA.

2:21, 2:48There is something about ashared experience that youcan't recreate through a TV.Bringing people downtown andbringing them for a culturalevent, it helps everyrestaurant down here .

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.Throughout history, you lookat the economic impact thearts has on the communitybeyond what it does in acultural way, it's just timefor us to try something."THE FREE "ARTS IN THE AIR"CONCERT SERIES STARTS THISFRIDAY, SEPTEMBER11.

MASKS AND SOCIALDISTANCING WILL BEREQUIRED AT ALL EVENTS.

FRIESAID THE PAC WILL MOVE TOINDOOR EVENTS IN LATENOVEMBER WITH REDUCEDCAPACITY AND SANITATIONPROTOCOLS."NOW YOUR 2 WORKS FOR YOUFORECAST"