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Carver Theatre. The Carver Theatre, now formally known as the Carver Performing Arts Center, is a theater located in downtown Birmingham, Alabama.In its days as a motion picture theater, it was best known as a place where African-Americans could see first-run movies; during that time, only whites were allowed in most theaters because of segregation laws.
Carver Theater or Carver Theatre may refer to: in the United States (by state) Carver Theatre (Birmingham, Alabama), now known as the Carver Performing Arts Center; Carver Theatre (Columbia, South Carolina) Carver Theater (New Orleans), listed on the NRHP in Orleans Parish, Louisiana; Carver Theater (Washington, D.C.)
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The historic Carver Theatre today houses the Jazz Hall of Fame. The Alabama Music Hall of Fame was created by the Alabama state legislature as a state agency in 1980. A 12,500 square foot (1,200 m²) exhibit hall opened in Tuscumbia in 1990. The Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame (AJHoF) is located in Birmingham, housed in the historic Carver Theatre.
The ASC is the center for entertainment and arts education in Birmingham and Central Alabama. The facility houses four performance venues, including the 1,330-seat Jemison Concert Hall, the 350-seat Sirote Theatre, the intimate 170-seat Reynolds-Kirschbaum Recital Hall, and the black-box Odess Theatre. [1]
The building, located near two of Columbia’s historic Black colleges, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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