  {"id":195635,"date":"2024-04-16T10:22:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T20:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=195635"},"modified":"2024-04-24T09:17:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T19:17:15","slug":"kauai-cc-performing-arts-center-reopens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/16\/kauai-cc-performing-arts-center-reopens\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaua\u02bbi <abbr>CC<\/abbr> Performing Arts Center reopens after renovations"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kauai-Performing-Arts-Center-exterior.jpg\" alt=\"Kauai Performing Arts Center front\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-195637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kauai-Performing-Arts-Center-exterior.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kauai-Performing-Arts-Center-exterior-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kauai-Performing-Arts-Center-exterior-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kauai.hawaii.edu\"><span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> Community College<\/a> held a reopening and blessing of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kauai.hawaii.edu\/performing-arts-center\">Performing Arts Center<\/a> (<abbr>PAC<\/abbr>) in April following the pandemic and repairs.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>PAC<\/abbr> closed in May 2020 as many facilities did due to COVID-19 restrictions. During the closure, officials found damage to stage beams. Extensive structural work had to be completed before the center could be reopened.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are extremely grateful to again be able to provide a state-of-the art facility for our campus and community,&rdquo; <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> Chancellor Margaret Sanchez said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After long-awaited anticipation of the <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> Performing Arts Center&#8217;s reopening, we are incredibly excited to welcome our <abbr title=\"Kapiolani Community College\">KCC<\/abbr> <span aria-label=\"ohana\">&#699;ohana<\/span> and our community to enjoy the many talents that our theater will host here on our campus,&rdquo; said Cheryl Lum, who oversees <abbr>PAC<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<p>Community members interested in using <abbr>PAC<\/abbr> can contact Lum at <a href=\"mailto:cstig@hawaii.edu\">cstig@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kauai-Performing-Arts-Center-interior.jpg\" alt=\"Kauai Performing Arts Center interior\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-195639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kauai-Performing-Arts-Center-interior.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kauai-Performing-Arts-Center-interior-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kauai-Performing-Arts-Center-interior-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> held a reopening and blessing of <abbr>PAC<\/abbr>  in April following the pandemic and repairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,220,71],"class_list":["post-195635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-performing-arts-center","tag-uh-community-colleges","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195635"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196248,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195635\/revisions\/196248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}