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New
Bar/Restaurant Coming To Downtown Appleton
by Bob Lowe
March 9, 2005
Amid
concerns that there are already too many bars in downtown
Appleton, the city’s Plan Commission
voted 4-1 this week to recommend approval of a special use
permit to allow for the construction of the $1.8 million,
8,000-square-foot, two-story Anduzzi’s Sport Bar at
403 W. College Ave.
If approved by the Common Council at its March 16 meeting,
the 350-seat sports bar/restaurant will be built in the former
Kafura Electric store, directly across from the Fox Cities
Performing Arts Center. An adjacent building on the site
will be demolished to accommodate the project.
This
will be the second Anduzzi’s bar in northeast
Wisconsin. The other one is in Ashwaubenon.
The lone dissenting vote was cast by commission member
Richard Gosse.
JAZZ
ROOTS
The Lawrence University Jazz Ensemble,
under the direction of Fred Sturm, goes back to the roots
of jazz in a two-night performance scheduled for 8 p.m. Thursday
March 10 and Friday March 11 in the Stansbury Theater on
the Lawrence campus.
The
first night concert will begin with Ferdinand LaMenthe "Jelly
Roll"
Morton, widely recognized as the first great composer and
jazz pianist.
The
trip continues with songs by Louis Armstrong, the big bands
of Duke Ellington and Count Basie, the Bop styling of John
Birks "Dizzy"
Gillespie and Charlie Parker, the cool jazz of Miles Davis
and the free style of Ornette Coleman. Admission is free
with ticketed reservations.
Call 920-832-6749 to arrange for tickets.
CHESNEY
CONCERT RESCHEDULED
Due
to a recent ankle injury suffered by Kenny Chesney, his concert
previously scheduled with Gretchen Wilson for March 10-11
at the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon has been rescheduled for
March 23-24. Tickets for the March 10 concert must be used
for the March 23 performance at 7:30 p.m. and tickets for
the March 11 concert must be used for the March 24 show.
No exceptions. Fans who are not able to attend the concert
on these dates may receive a refund.
PAC
COMING ATTRACTIONS
Among
the shows coming to the Performing Arts Center in Appleton
are Art Garfunkel, accompanied by the Fox Valley Symphony,
at 7:30 p.m. March 12 (tickets are $48-$68); Opera Verdi
Europa’s "Carmen," to
be presented at Thrivent Financial Hall at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday
March 16 ($15-$40); veteran comedian George Carlin, who also
will appear at Thrivent Financial Hall at 7 and 9:30 p.m.
Friday March 18 ($48); The Kingston Trio, Glenn Yarbrough & The
Folk Reunion and The Brothers Four, all of whom will appearing
in a show entitled "This Land Is Your Land: An American
Songbook at 7:30 p.m. Thursday March 24 ($17-$40); the Alvin
Ailey American Dance Theater is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday
April 5 at Thrivent Financial Hall ($20-$35) and the White
Heron Chorale and the Lawrence Concert Choir, who will be
joining the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra for "An Evening
With Bernstein and Stravinsky" at 7:30 p.m. Friday
April 8 ($17-$35)
The
PAC also announced that Elton John/Tim Rice Broadway musical, "The Lion King," will
be coming to the venue for a multiweek run in 2007. The
show is based on the popular animated film of the same
name. It has garnered six Tony Awards during its sold-out
eight-year run in New York City and nine professional performances
worldwide.
WEIDNER
PRODUCTIONS
The Weidner Center for the
Performing Arts will present two notable children’s
performers, Red Grammar & David Parker, in a concert
titled "Together for the First Time," at 2 p.m.
Sunday March 13 ($11 all tickets); Lunasa, which the Irish
Times has called "the hottest Irish acoustic group on
the planet," will put on a St. Patrick’s Day show
at 8:30 p.m. Thursday March 17 ($12-$24) and more Irish sounds
will come from the Trinity Irish Dance Company and Different
Drums of Ireland, in an edgy and exotic concert slated for
7:30 p.m. March 26 ($14-28). Call 1-800-328-TKTS for reservations.
For
comments or questions, boblowe@juno.com or by phone at
(920) 731-4603. |
