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Turning fairly nice later this week.More >> Severe weather chances exist into Monday. More >> Racing fans packed State Park Speedway in Rib Mountain Saturday. It was the first day of the racing season and a chance for fans to remember racing icon, Dick Trickle.More >> Racing fans packed State Park Speedway in Rib Mountain Saturday. It was the first day of the racing season and a chance for fans to remember racing icon, Dick Trickle. People at the track observed a moment of silence for Trickle. He died Thursday in an apparent suicide at the age of 71. Race organizers said the event brought in more than 1,500 fans to watch the season's opening race and to remember Trickle's successful career."More >> Stevens Point police say a man was seriously injured after being hit by a car Saturday night.More >> Stevens Point police say a man was seriously injured after being hit by a car Saturday night.More >> A 43-year-old man is dead after he was fatally shot by Madison police.More >> A 43-year-old man is dead after he was fatally shot by Madison police.More >> Hundreds of graduates walked across the stage at UW-Stevens Point Saturday to accept their diplomas.
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It was a day of a celebration for hundreds of NTC grads and their families.More >> Hundreds of graduates walked across the stage at UW-Stevens Point Saturday to accept their diplomas.More >> Motorcycles rumbled through central Wisconsin Saturday for the 10th annual Wausau Fire Charity Ride.More >> WEB EXTRA: Missing person search aerial viewMore >>
The Grand Theater in downtown Wausau has seen a lot of history. And it's a history Executive Director Jim O'Connell is in charge of keeping alive.
O'Connell says working at the theater is a dream job. In college, he double majored in drama and government. Though those two fields are vastly different, he says the Grand Theater, 401 4th Street, Wausau, has united them in his work.
"The interesting thing I've found is whatever you learn becomes part of your career. My government major emphasized urban planning and to see the impact the Grand has on downtown Wausau is close to my heart. We're excited to be a key element in one of the most extraordinary small city downtowns in the state" O'Connell told Newsline 9.
Originally built for silent movies in 1926, today it's function has changed. But it's looks have not. O'Connell says the Grand epitomizes classical revival architecture, with influences of Greek and Roman flare that also serve a purpose.
Red curtains in the theater hide large organ pipes, a mainstay of silent movie theaters in the 1920's. Organs were used to provide a real-time soundtrack to movies before the advent of sound movies.
From silent movie theater to live action performance center, O'Connell says the theater is a great place to be.
"At the Grand the way you respond effects the performance, a performance that will never happen that way again" O'Connell said smiling.
For a link to a calendar of events coming to the Grand Theater in 2013, follow this link: http://www.grandtheater.org/calendar/
