Blackstone Memorial Auditorium Theater for Humanity Presented by: Graciela Blackstone April 2012
Blackstone Memorial Auditorium Theater for Humanity
Presented by: Graciela Blackstone April 2012
Why this Project?
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• Vital Educational Center • Desirable Community Gathering
Space • Key Economic Development
Engine • Critical African American
Historical Site Preservation
Vital historical location to provide a facility with a size and location convenient for all nonprofit, civic, and private organizations to raise admirable funds to help Maryland citizens in need.
Community Supporters • Edward R. Riley, Maryland Senator • Cathleen M. Vitale, Maryland Delegate • John R. Leopold, County Executive, Anne Arundel County,
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Historical Preservation
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We are transforming a 140+ year- old family farm, the last
African American owned farm in Anne Arundel County,
to a historical location for public use .
Amphitheater Plans Advance
• Museum • Amphitheater • Walking Trails • Education Center • Hall Brown House • Archeological Dig Opportunities
– Historic Maryland life beginning early 1600’s
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About Graciela Blackstone
• 5th Generation Farmer on the borderline of Crownsville and Annapolis, Maryland
• Family lived, worked, and eventually owned the land since 1659
• U.S. Army Veteran • Father: MSGT James Blackstone Sr.
– Chief of Mechanical Engineers – Tuskegee University Flight Instructor
for the Red Tails in 1941
Graciela Blackstone, who’s leading plans to build the Amphitheater for Humanity on her family farm in Crownsville, kneels on the property. Her family has had links to the land since the 1600s.
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Amphitheater Features
• 24,000 sq. ft. steel frame structure • Proscenium seating, thrust stage, sound and lighting control
room; seating for 750 to 1,000 people • Equipment storage for scenery and props • Lobby area expanded into gathering space
– Community multi-purpose space • Warming kitchen for catering • Administrative offices • Open space, greenery and buffers • Parking
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Contact Information
Graciela Blackstone Blackstone & Associates, LLC
1820 Hall Brown Road Annapolis, Maryland 21401
[email protected] 301-633-7697
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