| EVENT REPORT 12.03.08 2:10 PM |
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Rock Hall of Fame Annex Opens With Carnival, Debbie Harry
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 | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex opening
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Museum openings aren't typically rowdy affairs—at least in New York. But last night, to celebrate the opening of its new local outpost, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame hosted a noisy, crowded party where guests snacked on funnel cakes, tagged bars with graffiti, and head-banged along to some rock 'n' roll tunes. Approximately 2,500 guests (double the expected turnout) toured the new Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex before heading upstairs to the main event, a fete produced by Relevent in collaboration with Running Subway Productions and Alison Brod Public Relations. Overseeing the affair for the foundation was Joel Peresman, president and C.E.O. of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation.
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| VENUE NEWS 08.14.08 12:23 PM |
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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Outpost Heading to SoHo
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 | Mayor Bloomberg sat in an item that will appear in the museum: Bruce Springsteen's 1957 Chevy.
Photo: Julienne Schaer/NYC & Company |
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Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is branching out. At a press conference yesterday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Billy Joel, Clive Davis, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum C.E.O. Terry Stewart, and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation C.E.O. Joel Peresman announced that come November, SoHo will be home to a permanent annex of the music museum. To be located at 76 Mercer Street, the 25,000-square-foot facility is the first effort from the museum to build its presence outside of Cleveland.
"Establishing outposts like these is becoming a strategy of other major institutions," said Stewart in the official press release. "These projects allow museums to extend their reach, but also provide space to travel exhibits and allow curators to display some of our priceless artifacts for the first time ouside of Cleveland."
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