FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 16, 2008
CONTACT: Meg Fullwood
214-740-9377
KERA Presents Conversation with Bill Lively, Hosted by Lee Cullum
Airs Monday, June 23 at 8:00 p.m. on KERA Television
DALLAS/FORT WORTH – As the founding President and CEO of the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, Bill Lively is at the center of a project that will change the cultural complexion of the City of Dallas for generations. Former musician, NFL half-time show producer and consummate fundraiser, Bill Lively talks with KERA’s Lee Cullum about his philanthropic success and the prevailing theme of music in his life. Conversation with Bill Lively airs at 8:00 p.m., Monday, June 23, 2008 on KERA-TV. The program will rebroadcast at 9:30 p.m., Sunday, June 28, 2008. Thisis the first KERA original production in the Art&Seek series.
Taped at the Kalita Humphreys Theater of the Dallas Theater Centerand on location at the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts construction site, Conversation with Bill Lively takes viewers behind the scenes for a look at the three venues, outdoor concert facility and park that make up the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts.Lee Cullum talks with Mr. Lively about raising more than $300 million dollars towards the $338 million dollar goal to design, construct and equip the facilities. An unprecedented number of more than 120 Dallas philanthropists have contributed $1 million dollars or more towards that goal. The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts is scheduled to open in fall 2009.
Conversation with Bill Lively was produced by Rick Thompson, executive producer and Sylvia Komatsu, executive-in-charge. Location photography was contributed by Quin Mathews Films.
About the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts
The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts is a multi-venue Center for music, opera, theater and dance. The Center will include the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, Annette Strauss Artist Square, City Performance Hall and Performance Park. For additional information please visit www.dallasperformingarts.org. The main venues of the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts open in October 2009. City Performance Hall opens in 2010.
About Art&Seek
Art&Seek extends the vision of KERA and its President and CEO, Mary Anne Alhadeff. KERA’s Art&Seek initiative harnesses radio, television, Web and educational resources to explore the intersection of arts, journalism and community building. The initiative includes arts reports and commentaries on KERA-FM and special presentations and documentaries on KERA-TV. At artandseek.org, KERA’s arts reporter and contributors present featured content; the Art&Seek blog initiates conversations about the arts in North Texas; and the Art&Seek calendar provides quick and easy information about events, connecting audiences and arts groups. The Art&Seek initiative encourages everyone to find, create, discuss and react to the arts in North Texas. Contact Anne Bothwell, director of Art&Seek at 214-740-9262 or by email abothwell@kera.org.
About KERA
KERA is a not-for-profit public broadcasting organization that is independently owned and operated in North Texas. The station’s services include original television and radio productions, national public television and radio programs, online information and resources at www.kera.org and an educational resource center that develops outreach programs for children, families and educators.
KERA productions have earned the highest accolades bestowed by the broadcasting industry, including Peabody, duPont, Emmy, Clarion (Association of Women in Communications), Gold Camera Award (the U.S. International Film and Video Festival), Texas Gavel (State Bar of Texas), Anson Jones for In-Depth Television (Texas Medical Association), International Health and Medical Award for Community Health, Chicago International Film Festival's Silver Plaque, Lone Star Emmy, INTERCOM Competition’s Gold Plaque, American Association of Museums’ Gold Muse Award, National Telecommunications and Education Association, and many more.
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