Documents Tagged ‘Carver Center’
A Quiet Storm
Archive Entry Date: 05/08/2007
At her funeral service in the Carver Community Center, Whittaker's gift for nurturing talent was fondly recalled
Matt Clark Recalls Richard’s Early Love for Performance
Archive Entry Date: 12/18/2005
A portrait of the young Richard, courtesy of his childhood friend Matt Clark
Whittaker’s Expressive Arts
Archive Entry Date: 11/27/2002
“The artist part of me has always chosen a storytelling style,” explained Whittaker
City’s Woes Reflect Budget Conflict
Archive Entry Date: 2/17/1984
A portrait of Peoria's economic struggles during Reagan's first term
If You Shoot For The Moon…
Archive Entry Date: 03/08/1981
An in-depth profile of the remarkable woman who first mentored Richard Pryor as an artist
Richard Pryor Returns To Peoria Stage
Archive Entry Date: 03/09/1969
A benefit for the local Afro-American Black Peoples Federation brought Richard Pryor back to the Carver Center stage
200 Students Walk Out in Protest March
Archive Entry Date: 11/09/1967
Teens in the NAACP staged a walk-out to protest inadequate conditions at their school
I, Too, Sing America
Archive Entry Date: 02/1966
A glimpse of a musical number from Whittaker's Civil Rights inspired pageant, “I, Too, Sing America”
Negro Heroes In Peoria
Archive Entry Date: 11/17/1964
The Peoria Journal Star saluted those black Peorians who had entered the middle class
National TV Debut For Peoria Entertainer
Archive Entry Date: 08/31/1964
Juliette Whittaker encouraged Pryor to “move into every and any stage he could find.”
Carver Variety Show Satire Provides ‘Touch’
Archive Entry Date: 12/06/1963
From the imagination of Juliette Whittaker, a Dixiecrat senator's tour of Hell
The Enchanted Cage
Archive Entry Date: 11/27/1962
Carver Center teens, including later Black Panther Mark Clark, rehearsed a scene from “The Enchanted Cage”
Billy Smiles
Archive Entry Date: 1961
A story of Juliette Whittaker's mentorship — and one of her paintings — grounded this Carver Center fundraising appeal
Churches, Businessmen, Aid Negro Cause Here
Archive Entry Date: 11/17/1960
Local churches and businessmen organized the first Trade Fair for black high school and college students
Carver Center Reports 2,558 Enrolled
Archive Entry Date: 09/29/59
A quarter of Peoria's black population were enrolled in Carver Center activities in 1959
Swinging Into Action
Archive Entry Date: 11/08/1957
Presenting the Silicons - a doowop group featured in a Carver Center talent show that Pryor may have emceed
Carter Center Given ‘Once Over’ By Student
Archive Entry Date: 10/20/1957
Reportage on the Carver Center, from the point of view of a suburban high schooler
270 Sign Up For Carter Program
Archive Entry Date: 09/20/1957
The 1957 Center curriculum ranged from baton-twirling and canasta to scenery building and choir
She Lends Many Talents to Corn Stock
Archive Entry Date: 06/11/1957
A closer look at the Carver Center's resident playwright, director, stage manager, and set designer
Carver Center Steps Toward Expansion
Archive Entry Date: 08/21/56
Pryor's time onstage at Carver was the era of its greatest expansion
Children’s Theater of Carver Center
Archive Entry Date: 3/15/55
A review of “Rumpelstiltskin,” Richard's first stage appearance.
Red Feather Agency Builds Useful Life
Archive Entry Date: 10/15/1952
The Carver Center was thriving in 1952 — and would-be juvenile delinquent “Bob” was proof
‘Hopalong Hamlet’ Will Ride At Carver
Archive Entry Date: 1950s
Shakespeare's classic re-imagined by Whittaker in an original Carver Center Youth Theater production
Blues in Cuba
Archive Entry Date: 04/27/1950
Juliette Whittaker's first original work for the Carver Center -- a lively musical set in the Cuba of 1950
Pursuit of Freedom
Archive Entry Date: 11/1949
The mural, a mix of uplift and militancy, that faced Richard onstage at the Carver Center
Carver Center Is Dedicated
Archive Entry Date: 12/11/1944
For its founders, the Carver Center promised to inaugurate “the postwar of tomorrow”
Center Fund Drive Opens
Archive Entry Date: 12/02/43
The Center Fund Drive launched with hopes of raising $15,000 in a week.