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In 1998, Joan Kroc donated $87 million (equivalent to $163 million in 2023) to the Salvation Army to build and endow the first Kroc Center in San Diego, California, on what was an abandoned grocery store and other empty land. The center opened in June 2002. Currently, it is home to the American Basketball Association's San Diego Wildcats.
Performances are Friday May 13 at 7 p.m., Saturday May 14 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., and Sunday May 15 at 3 p.m.
Several institutions in the San Diego area are named after her, including the think tank Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice [12] [13] and the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies- the world's top peace institution- at the University of San Diego, the St. Vincent de Paul Joan Kroc Center for the Homeless (Part of Father Joe's Villages ...
La Jolla Playhouse was founded in 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Mel Ferrer. [1] [2] [3] In 1983, it was revived under the leadership of Des McAnuff.Since then, the Playhouse's repertoire has included 108 world premieres, thirty-two West Coast premieres, and eight American premieres, and has won more than three hundred honors, including the 1993 Tony Award as America's Outstanding ...
When she died in 2003, Joan Kroc stunned the Salvation Army when she left what amounted to $1.8 billion — roughly half her fortune —with instructions to carry out her wish for the centers.
Jacobs Music Center is a performing arts theater in San Diego, California. It opened in 1929 as Fox Theatre, a Gothic Revival–style luxury theater. It was conferred to the San Diego Symphony in 1984. The center is also the location of various youth orchestra concerts, including the San Diego Youth Symphony's, and a conservatory.
OnStage Playhouse is a non-profit community theatre located at 291 3rd Ave. in Chula Vista, California. OnStage Playhouse has acted as the only live theatre serving the South Bay section of San Diego County, covering the cities of Chula Vista, National City, Imperial Beach and San Ysidro. Each Season, ranging from July to June, the playhouse ...
The San Diego International Fringe Festival is a non-profit fringe theatre festival project of conTACT ARTS, in association with the Actors Alliance of San Diego, designed to help provide a platform for artists while also helping the community as a whole - boosting arts and culture within San Diego.