Ngemuva kweminyaka engaphezu kweminyaka emibili kanye no-70.5 wezigidi zamaRandi ekuvuseleleni, uMthetho Wesibili we-Centre Robinson uvula loNovemba. I-cutting official ribbon yiLwesine, ngoNovemba 10 ngo-10: 00 ekuseni. Banohlelo lokubusika olukhulu, futhi amathikithi athengiswa kuleli sonto (Okthoba 10, 2016).
Isikhungo seRobinson sinezithombe ezinkulu zokwakhiwa kabusha nezakhiwo zokwakha kubonisa ukuthi izikhulu zenziwe kanjani ngcono. Ihholo lahlulwa emathanjeni futhi lakhiwa emuva.
Amalungiselelo athatha umlando weNhlangano yeRobinson, ngakho-ke iningi lomlando wangaphandle usindisiwe. Umklamo omusha uphinde uthathe indawo evelele yesikhungo eMfuleni i-Arkansas ukucabangela nendawo entsha yezinyawo ezingu-5 800 ezibheke emfuleni i-Arkansas.
I-Robinson inomlando omude e-Little Rock. Ivuliwe ngoFebhuwari 16 ngo-1940. Izilinganiso zokuqala zokubiza zaziyizigidi ezingu-650 zamaRandi, futhi kwakuyiholo kuphela eNingizimu ne-air conditioning. Kwakubhekwa njengokwakhiwa kwethempeli kunanamuhla kakhulu ezweni. Amathikithi okuqala wezenzakalo ayezungeze i-$ 2. I-Robinson ibambe yonke into esuka kumakhonsathi e-Elvis Presley, kumidlalo ye-basketball kuya emidlalweni yaseMgqibelo ebusuku.
I-Robinson Centre idinga ukuvuselelwa. Indawo yaseshashalazini esanda kuvuselelwa inevolumu yokuvama nokuphakama okukhulu, imigqa ebonakalayo yokubona, isikhala sokukhuphuka kwamakamelo nezindlu zokuphumula kanye netihlalo ezintsha zamabhokisi eceleni kwamagceke.
Bathi zonke izihlalo endlini zinombono omuhle ngesiteji. Baye benza ukuthuthukiswa kwe-ADA. Emuva kwendlu, kube khona ukuthuthukiswa kwezigcawu ngokufakwa kwezinhlelo zamanje kagesi nezibani. Baye bakhula isikhala sokubuyela emuva.
Ukuthuthukiswa okusha kuzokuvumela ukwenza okunye okwakungenzima ukukhiqiza ku-Old Robinson Centre.
Isibonelo, esinye seziboniso zokuqala ezizokhiqizwa ku-Robinson kuwumkhiqizo omusha we "Phantom ye-Opera" Ngomunye wemikhiqizo emikhulu ekuvakasheni eNyakatho Melika, ene-orchestra engu-52. Isikhala sangemuva sangaphambili senze umsebenzi ongenakwenzeka. "I-Phantom ye-Opera" inezinhlelo ezenzelwe uMashi 8-19.
I-Little Rock iphinde ithole ukukhiqizwa kokuvakasha kwe "Lion King" ngomculo entwasahlobo 2018, mhlawumbe ngenxa yokuthuthukiswa. "I-Lion King" inqobe ama-Tony Awards ayisithupha ngo-1998 futhi iyisithathu sesiteshi eside se-Broadway show ("Phantom" iyinombolo 1).
Izivakashi ze-Celebrity zizoqala ukusebenzisa i-Robinson Center ngoDisemba. Njengoba uRobinson evula ngesikhathi seholide, enye yemikhiqizo yokuqala ihlobene neholide. "I-Elf: I-Musical" (eyayinomkhiqizo ohlukile ku-Rep ngo-2014) izoba yikhombisa yokuqala kusukela ngoDisemba 3-4. Kusukela ngoJanuwari 13-15, "Cinderella" kaRodgers noHammerstein umculo uzothatha isiteji. Ngemuva kwalokho, sine "I-Phantom ye-Opera" no-Riverdance ngo-Ephreli. Amathikithi aqala ngo-$ 114. Amathikithi "Elf" athengiswa ngo-10/10.
I-Arkansas Symphony Orchestra izophinde isebenzise i-Robinson Center, njengoba yenza ngaphambi kokulungisa kabusha.
Umcimbi wokuqala uzoba yi-big gala fundraiser, i-Opus Ball. I-Opus Ball i-fundraiser enkulu ye-ASO yonyaka. Amathikithi aqala ngo-$ 750. Ngento ethile engenani elincane, i-ASO izokwenza "Masterworks: Pines of Rome" kusukela ngoNovemba 19 kuya ku-20. Amathikithi alowo asekhona (njengamanje). Baqala ngo-$ 55. Okunye okwenziwa yi-ASO kuyoba "Masterworks: I-Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto # 3" ngoJan 28-29, "AmaPops: Rock On !," Feb. 11-12, "Masterworks: Mahler: Uvuko," Feb. 25-26 , "Ama-Pops: Cabanga: Umculo weJohn Lennon," uMar. 4-5, no "Night Night ne-ASO," ngo-May 13 no-14.
Uma ungajwayele ukufometha kwe-ASO, benza amakhonsathi amaningana e-classical (i-Masterworks series) njalo ngonyaka. Baphinde bacabange ngomculo othandwayo ngama-symphony instruments ngaphakathi kochungechunge lwe "Pops".
Lokho kuyamnandi, futhi kulula ukungena kumculo womculo wesilasi. Amathikithi e-Symphony avela ku-$ 39-67 kumicimbi eminingi.
I-Ballet Arkansas izoveza ukusebenza kwayo kweholidi enkulu, "I-Nutcracker" kusukela ngoDisemba 9-11. Kufanele kube mnandi ukubuka esiteji esisha. Ngicabanga ukuthi iBallet Arkansas yenza lokhu kangcono kuneBallet yaseMoscow. I-Ballet yaseMoscow izokwenza inguqulo yabo ngo-22.