Across Cincinnati, more than 20 buildings and structures lit up in red in support of the live events industry and its workers who have been impacted by COVID-19.The local movement aims to help give economic relief to those in the industry impacted by the closures due to COVID-19.Local businesses and organizations are coming together to implore the U.S. Congress to pass the RESTART Act, which would offer economic relief to theaters, concerts, festivals and others which have been shuttered since March.Buildings, houses and structures like the Roebling Bridge were lit up red from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. Tuesday.The buildings lit in red included:Aronoff Center for the Performing ArtsThe Carnegie Cincinnati Museum CenterCincinnati Shakespeare CompanyCovedale Center for the Performing ArtsDuke Energy Convention CenterEnsemble Theatre CincinnatiGreat American Ball ParkHeritage Bank CenterKnow TheatreMusic HallNorthern Kentucky Convention CenterPlayhouse in the ParkPNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music CenterRiverbend Music CenterTaft TheaterWarsaw Federal Incline TheaterWashington Park StageWoodward Theater “The goal of the #RedAlert campaign is to raise public awareness that the Live Events Industry is on Red Alert for its very survival, and to create congressional pressure to act now,” said Matthew Helmick, the campaign’s local organizer and a lighting technician professional. “Our entire Live Events community in Cincinnati is coming together to advocate for our industry, its people and our jobs to save our industry.” Stadium seats and theatre rows sit empty for another week.The sights and sounds of a live performance have been silenced since March. "There is definitely a void in what is one of the arts capitals of the United States," said VP and COO of the Cincinnati Arts Association, Todd Duesing. Duesing said arts and entertainment was the first industry to close during the pandemic and will likely be the last to reopen.Actors, dancers, makeup artists, stage hands and concession workers are all out of work. "It's a lot of jobs in Cincinnati. Tens of thousands of jobs in the arts and cultural sector here alone and those people have been without work for nearly six months now," said Duesing.David Choate, the house manager at the Aronoff Center, is on unemployment, like everyone else he knows. "I definitely have had to lean on community right now," he said. Choate is artistic director for an all black dance company in the city.He said he knows kids need that outlet.Lighting the city red is a message to stop and listen."It really does signal we are on red alert right now and we need your help," said Choate.The nationwide effort is urging the public to get political by supporting the RESTART Act before Congress to keep the bills paid.Duesing said it's too expensive to operate these venues without full capacity and while they sit dark, everyone suffers. "Whether it be the people on stage, the restaurant next door or the parking garage across the street, the arts has a huge economic impact on Ohio, Cincinnati and across the country," he said.
Across Cincinnati, more than 20 buildings and structures lit up in red in support of the live events industry and its workers who have been impacted by COVID-19.
The local movement aims to help give economic relief to those in the industry impacted by the closures due to COVID-19.
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Local businesses and organizations are coming together to implore the U.S. Congress to pass the RESTART Act, which would offer economic relief to theaters, concerts, festivals and others which have been shuttered since March.
Buildings, houses and structures like the Roebling Bridge were lit up red from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. Tuesday.
The buildings lit in red included:
- Aronoff Center for the Performing Arts
- The Carnegie
- Cincinnati Museum Center
- Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
- Covedale Center for the Performing Arts
- Duke Energy Convention Center
- Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati
- Great American Ball Park
- Heritage Bank Center
- Know Theatre
- Music Hall
- Northern Kentucky Convention Center
- Playhouse in the Park
- PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center
- Riverbend Music Center
- Taft Theater
- Warsaw Federal Incline Theater
- Washington Park Stage
- Woodward Theater
“The goal of the #RedAlert campaign is to raise public awareness that the Live Events Industry is on Red Alert for its very survival, and to create congressional pressure to act now,” said Matthew Helmick, the campaign’s local organizer and a lighting technician professional. “Our entire Live Events community in Cincinnati is coming together to advocate for our industry, its people and our jobs to save our industry.”
Stadium seats and theatre rows sit empty for another week.
The sights and sounds of a live performance have been silenced since March.
"There is definitely a void in what is one of the arts capitals of the United States," said VP and COO of the Cincinnati Arts Association, Todd Duesing.
Duesing said arts and entertainment was the first industry to close during the pandemic and will likely be the last to reopen.
Actors, dancers, makeup artists, stage hands and concession workers are all out of work.
"It's a lot of jobs in Cincinnati. Tens of thousands of jobs in the arts and cultural sector here alone and those people have been without work for nearly six months now," said Duesing.
David Choate, the house manager at the Aronoff Center, is on unemployment, like everyone else he knows.
"I definitely have had to lean on community right now," he said.
Choate is artistic director for an all black dance company in the city.
He said he knows kids need that outlet.
Lighting the city red is a message to stop and listen.
"It really does signal we are on red alert right now and we need your help," said Choate.
The nationwide effort is urging the public to get political by supporting the RESTART Act before Congress to keep the bills paid.
Duesing said it's too expensive to operate these venues without full capacity and while they sit dark, everyone suffers.
"Whether it be the people on stage, the restaurant next door or the parking garage across the street, the arts has a huge economic impact on Ohio, Cincinnati and across the country," he said.
September 02, 2020 at 11:01AM
https://www.wlwt.com/article/20-cincinnati-buildings-light-up-red-in-support-of-restarting-live-events-industry/33848262
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