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Long Center for the Performing Arts
701 W. Riverside, 512/474-5664
Built on the footprint of Palmer Auditorium in part with reclaimed materials from its predecessor, the Long Center opened in 2008. It serves as home to the Austin Symphony Orchestra, Ballet Austin, and Austin Opera. Between a marquee setting across the lake from Downtown and civic-minded integration with surrounding areas, the Long has proven transformational. The multi-tiered Dell Hall, the complex’s largest venue, seats 2,442. Even the upper balcony seats provide good sight lines. The hall’s acoustics eliminate dead zones by design and a series of movable banners and curtains enable the room to be custom-tuned for the music at hand.
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Arts Calendar
ASO: Creative Expression
The Austin Symphony celebrates treasures composed by women throughout the ages, with works by Fanny Mendelssohn Lili Boulanger, Clara Schumann, Vítězslava Kaprálová, and award-winning American composer Jennifer Higdon. Bonus: Performances by Time for Three and Michelle Schumann. Fri.-Sat., March 22-23, 8pm. $19-100.
The Boston Pops: Six Decades of John Williams
Movies are, after all, partly made of sound. And now here are the legendary Bostonians and conductor Keith Lockhart enthralling the Long Center stage with excerpts from such classic John Williams-scored film series as Raiders of the Lost Ark, Harry Potter, and Star Wars – along with the maestro's works that enlivened less familiar standalones like The Witches of Eastwick, The Towering Inferno, Heidi, and more. Sun., March 24, 7:30pm. $49 and up.
Best of Austin Awards
- 2015: Readers Best Downtown View (The Long Center)
- 2015: Readers Best Performance Space (The Long Center)
- 2013: Readers Best Performance Space (The Long Center)
- 2011: Readers Best Downtown View
- 2011: Readers Best Performance Space
- 2010: Readers Best Downtown View (Long Center)
- 2010: Readers Best Performance Space
- 2009: Readers Best New Building (Past Five Years)
- 2009: Readers Best Performance Space (Long Center)
- 2008: Critics Best Structural Update (Stan Haas for the Long Center)
- 2008: Critics Best Room for Listening (Dell Hall at the Long Center)
- 2008: Readers Best Performance Space (The Long Center)
