2007 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
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NOTE: All times and events are subject to change. Please check the "last updated" date below to make sure you have the latest information.

Schedule last updated on 7/17/07

TUESDAY: 7/24/2007
8 AM - 8 PM Fee-paid Option Coaches Depart Hotel promptly at 8 AM	Optional Pre-conference Theatre Ramble Palaces, Churches and Casinos  Registration and continental breakfast begin at 7:15 AM at Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Mezzanine Level At each Ramble site you will meet theatre staff who will explain the business and community as well as a brief history of the theatre and its environs. Cost per person includes continental breakfast, lunch, snacks and beverages on the bus. Theatres to be Toured: Providence Performing Arts Center - Providence, RI (Programming a Palace) Garde Arts Center - New London, CT (Competing with the Casinos) Sam S. Shubert Theatre - New Haven, CT (Tryouts) Yale Repertory Theatre - New Haven, CT (Church to LORT) Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts - Hartford, CT (Cultural Infrastructure)
8:50 AM - 5:30 PM Fee-paid Option	Optional Pre-Conference Educational Seminar Planning and Implementing Successful Capital Campaigns Registration begins at 8 AM at Boston Park Plaza Hotel
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WEDNESDAY: 7/25/2007
8 AM - 4 PM	REGISTRATION Park Plaza Hotel, Mezzanine Level
8 AM - 4 PM	Resource Room Open
8:30 - 12:00 PM Fee-paid Option	Capital Campaigns Seminar Continues
8:30 - 11:30 AM	LHAT Board Meeting
9 - 11:30 AM Fee-paid Option	Optional Tour of Boston on the Beantown Trolley
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	7th Annual Meet the LHAT Service Providers & Suppliers Expo Imperial Ballroom, Boston Park Plaza Hotel
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM	Optional First Timers' Orientation
12:30 - 1:30 PM	Opening Luncheon at Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Imperial Ballroom
1:30 - 2:30 PM	7th Annual Meet the LHAT Service Providers & Suppliers Expo (cont'd.)
3:00 - 5:00 PM	Welcome by Honorable Thomas M. Menino, Mayor, City of Boston Partnerships That Revitalized the Midtown Cultural District with Ellen Lipsey, Boston Landmarks Commission Executive Director and others Tour Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College
5:00 - 7:00 PM	Opening Reception Tour the Wang Theatre
8 - 10 PM	OPENING NIGHT in Boston's Theatre District Optional Opening Night Show: BEEHIVE Tickets FREE to registered delegates, in the Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College Post-Performance Reception in the Theatre
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THURSDAY: 7/26/2007
7 - 8:45 AM	Registration for Single Day Attendees
7 AM- 12:30 PM	Resource Room Open
7:30 - 8:30 AM	Peer Discussion Breakfast I Breakfast Buffet and schmoozing with your peers at Boston Park Plaza Hotel
OPTION I: 8:45 AM - 6 PM Coaches leave the hotel 8:45 - 9 AM Last coach leaves Harvard Square for Park Plaza hotel at 5:30 PM Coaches Sponsored By	Board Coaches for Theatre Tour Thursday's coach tour will visit three theatres that illustrate various reasons and ways that New Englanders built theatres in the last 150 years. At each stop speakers discuss the unique qualities of these and other venues, how they have evolved into their current form and function, and guide our tours. A box lunch will be provided. Planned stops are: The Music Hall -- Portsmouth, NH (20 Years of Love and Struggle in an Industrial Community) Somerville Theatre -- Somerville, MA (Vaudeville and Bowling to Movies and Music) Sanders Theatre / Harvard University's Memorial Hall Complex -- Cambridge, MA (Shape, Style and Purpose in America's Theatres, 1800-2007) Last stop will be Harvard Square in Cambridge. You may take the coach back to the hotel, or stay and explore the Harvard Museums, Brattle movie theatre, or other local sights. Subways run to the hotel every 20 minutes, take 35 minutes, and cost <$2.
OPTION 2: Alternate Fee-Paid Full Day Activity. 10 AM - 4 PM Walking Tour convenes in hotel lobby. Leave 10:15 AM.	Fee-Paid Optional Tour The Freedom Trail: A Walk Into History Wear comfortable shoes, it's a fun day of walking through US history! Lunch on your own. Tour ends at USS Constitution in Charlestown. Continue exploring, or return to hotel via cab or public transit.
6:00 PM	Return to Hotel / Evening on Your Own Performance discount coupons, restaurant guides, and maps available at conference registration booth.
8:00 - 10:30 PM	Optional Evening Activity Midsummer Night's Dream by Commonwealth Shakespeare Co. Free performance presented by Citi Performing Arts Center at Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common (Charles at Beacon Streets). No tickets needed for Free Shakespeare on the Common, as it is just that free! Enjoy the performance!
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FRIDAY: 7/27/2007
7 - 8:45 AM	Registration for Single Day Attendees
7 AM- 12:30 PM	Resource Room Open
7:30 - 8:30 AM	Peer Discussion Breakfast II Breakfast Buffet and schmoozing with your peers at Boston Park Plaza Hotel
8:45 - 10 AM	Tools and Techniques: Concurrent Workshops I At Boston Park Plaza Hotel
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM	Tools and Techniques: Concurrent Workshops II At Boston Park Plaza Hotel
12:15 PM	Lunch On Your Own, gather for peer networking
Option 1 1:45 - 4:15 PM	Walking Tour of the Downtown Theatre District including adapted, reused, and former theatres, vaudeville hotels, and historical context. Will tour two theatres and walk past the A.L. Wilbur Theatre, Globe Theatre, and Paramount Center, ending at the Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College, where the LHAT Annual Meeting will take place. Meet in Hotel Lobby and Walk Together three blocks to the Colonial Theatre, or join the group at the Colonial, 100 Boylston Street, at 2 PM, and tour: Colonial Theatre (Nuts & Bolts Session) Charles Playhouse
Option 2 1:45 - 4:15 PM Fee-paid Option, Maximum 20 Delegates	City On The Hill: a Guided Tour of Old Boston lead by the Boston Preservation Alliance Executive Director. Meet in Hotel Lobby. Walk through the early city and learn how Boston evolved as a center of commerce and entertainment. Tour ends at the Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College.
4:20 - 5:45 PM	What's Up and What's Next: the LHAT Annual Meeting At Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College, 219 Tremont Street
6:00 - 7:15 PM	Reception, Theatre Tour and Discussion At The Opera House, 539 Washington Street (Rebirth of the Boston Opera House)
7:15 PM	Walk Back to Hotel / Evening on Your Own Performance discount coupons, restaurant guides, and maps available at conference registration booth.
8:00 - 10:30 PM	Optional Evening Activity Midsummer Night's Dream by Commonwealth Shakespeare Co. Free performance presented by Citi Performing Arts Center at Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common (Charles at Beacon Streets). No tickets needed for Free Shakespeare on the Common, as it is just that free! Enjoy the performance!
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SATURDAY: 7/28/2007
7 - 8:45 AM	Registration for Single Day Attendees
7 AM - 12:30 PM	Resource Room Open
7:30 - 8:30 AM	Peer Discussion Breakfast III Breakfast Buffet and schmoozing with your peers at Boston Park Plaza Hotel
8:45 - 10 AM	Tools and Techniques: Concurrent Workshops III At Boston Park Plaza Hotel
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM	Tools and Techniques: Concurrent Workshops IV At Boston Park Plaza Hotel
12:15 PM	Lunch On Your Own, gather for peer networking
Option 1 1:45 - 6:00 PM Board Coaches at the Hotel and travel to Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory of Music, or join the group at Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street at 2 PM.	Theatre Tours with expert docents and topical conversations at: Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory of Music (The Case for Cultural Facilities as Economic Development Tools) Boston University Theatre (Financing Community Engagement and Education Initiatives) Symphony Hall Coaches return to Park Plaza Hotel at 6:00pm
Option 2 1:45 - 5:15 PM Fee-paid Option, Maximum 20 Delegates Board Coaches at the Hotel and travel to Museum of Fine Arts. Coaches return to the hotel at 5:15 PM, or you may return by subway, 20 minutes, <$2.	Masterpieces Tour: Edward Hopper and Museum of Fine Arts Collections Fee includes guided tour of select galleries of Boston's 1909 Museum of Fine Arts, and a timed ticket to the Edward Hopper exhibit.
7:30 - 10 PM	Closing Reception, Silent Auction and Awards Banquet Arlington & Georgian Ballroom, Boston park Plaza Hotel
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SUNDAY: 7/29/2007
Please note: LHAT has canceled the 2007 Post-conference Performance Ramble due to insufficient registration.
9:15 AM - 8 PM Fee-paid Option Advance Registration ONLY Coaches depart Hotel promptly at 9:30 AM	Pillows and Sheds: The Culture Incubators of the Colonies Optional Post-Conference Performance Tour of the beautiful Berkshire mountains of western Massachusetts. Fees include lunch, a performance ticket at your choice of venues, and snacks and drinks on the return to the Hotel. You choose to visit and attend one of these sites. Jacob's Pillow Farm Park (Mimulus in the Ted Shawn Theatre, or Bad Boys of Dance featuring Rasta Thomas in the Doris Duke Studio Theatre.) Tanglewood Music Center (Boston Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Masur, conductor, All-Mozart Program - Symphonies Nr. 39, 40, and 41 "the Jupiter")
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