By Daily Press staff
A new performing arts complex on the westside is about to become a reality. The Madison Project, an arts education and community outreach organization based at Santa Monica College, has announced that on Jan. 19, at 4 p.m. on the Madison campus at Santa Monica Boulevard and 11th Street, various dignitaries, officials, celebrities and arts patrons will gather to break ground for its new visual and performing arts theater. Expected to be in attendance are actor and SMC alum Dustin Hoffman and Madison Project director soprano Dale Franzen, among others.
With performances and speeches, the event celebrates the start of construction on a state-of-the-art facility that will educate and entertain students and residents of Los Angeles. Renzo Zecchetto of Santa Monica, renowned for the creation of many performing arts centers and churches, designed the venue.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 12, 2005. Read the original PDF.