Eggstravaganza Event at Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
This Saturday morning from 9am to 11am is the 12th Annual Eggstravaganza Event at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in downtown Tampa. Although there will be no egg hunt this year because of construction in Curtis Hixon Park, there will still be plenty of fun activities for children. There is a free breakfast, free photos with the Easter Bunny, a petting zoo, arts and crafts, face painting, a strolling magician, a safe-kids activity area, Patel Conservatory tours, a Rock School demonstration and 20,000 eggs stuffed with candy and prizes. Pets are not allowed at this event. If you haven’t been to TBPAC before, this is great opportunity to see what they have to offer. TBPAC is a cornerstone of cultural events in the Tampa Bay area and is key educational center for the performing arts. TBPAC is located downtown on a nine-acre site along the east bank of the Hillsborough River. As the largest performing arts complex south of the Kennedy Center, the 335,000 square-foot Center provides an venue for a wide variety of world-class events. It boasts one of the nation’s leading Broadway series and is nationally respected for producing grand opera, as well as presenting a wide variety of concerts, performances and events. More than 500,000 patrons attended 4,375 on-site events in TBPAC’s 2006-2007 season. The performing arts complex consists of five distinct theaters, a performing arts Conservatory, a rehearsal hall, boutiques, and three on-site restaurants and banquet facilities. The five individual theaters at TBPAC are Carol Morsani Hall (2,610 seats), Ferguson Hall (1,042 seats), the Jaeb Theater (268 seats), the TECO Energy Foundation Theater (250 seats) and the Shimberg Playhouse (130 seats). With the addition of the Patel Conservatory, TBPAC added 45,000-square-feet for its extensive education programs. In 2006-2007, the Conservatory served more than 65,000 students with more than 2,000 education on-site activites, including classes. The Conservatory features 20 studios, including two dance studios with sprung floors, a sound/lighting laboratory, technical theater workshop, rehearsal hall, costume shop, isolation/sound booth, state-of-the-art black box theater and media arts/TV studio.
