Amar G. Bose, the visionary engineer, inventor and billionaire entrepreneur whose namesake company, the Bose Corporation, became synonymous with high-quality audio systems and speakers for home users, auditoriums and automobiles, died on Friday at his home in Wayland, Mass.
The tents surround the Great Auditorium, home to religious services, cultural events and entertainment.
The Bluebird Cafe, a haven for songwriters any night of the week, figures heavily as does the historic Ryman Auditorium, home of the Grand Ole Opry.
Once there, the well-traveled concertgoer might feel at home because the auditorium was designed by the late American acoustician Russell Johnson and bears a distinct resemblance to his halls in Dallas Philadelphiaa; Lucerne, Switzerland, and elsewhere.
The distinctive, steel-clad auditorium, home to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is almost directly across Grand Avenue from the school, which opened a new wing in August to house its conservatory, established in 2003.
But as sprawl spread farther north into Maryland, the area fell on hard times, and by the mid-1980's the Silver was closed, its ceiling leaking and its once-grand auditorium home to a colony of feral cats.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra debuted on October 16, 1891 and made its home in the Auditorium Theatre until moving to Orchestra Hall in 1904.
After a four-year absence, she recently returned to the Grand Ole Opry stage at its original home, the Ryman Auditorium, to sing two Circus Girl numbers, and hopes to get invited back.
Mom told me to buy a tux, I finally did, and there I was: stuck in the endless limo line leading to L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium, home of the Emmy Awards.
