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LEPAA Presents International Songwriters Showcase

Lubbock Entertainment and Performing Arts Association (LEPAA) invites you to be the first to experience fresh, new, original music during the 3rd annual Buddy Holly Songwriters Showcase on September 22, 2023, featuring singer/songwriters from Texas, Nashville, the UK and New Zealand. The artists, who began as strangers at the beginning of the week, will delight you with …

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LEPAA RECEIVES GRANT FROM TEXAS WOMEN FOR THE ARTS TO EXPAND ARTS ACCESS

Lubbock Entertainment and Performing Arts Association (LEPAA) is pleased to be the recipient of a grant from ​Texas Women for the Arts (TWA)​, a program of the Texas Cultural Trust. The $2,000 grant funds were used to create self-love journals that were given to every student who attended performances of the Broadway hit, Dear Evan …

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LEPAA Announces Hunsinger as CEO

The Board of Directors of the Lubbock Entertainment and Performing Arts Association (LEPAA) announced  the appointment of Jeff Hunsinger as its new Chief Executive Officer.    “Jeff Hunsinger has demonstrated the ability to drive organizational change in the performing arts and unite communities through collaboration,” said Mark Bass, LEPAA board chairman. “He brings the leadership and …

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The Buddy Holly Hall Complex Strums a New Chord in Lubbock

By Katie Angen, The Architect’s Newspaper As a teenager emerging from the Great Depression, Buddy Holly strummed his guitar in Lubbock, Texas to dreams of becoming a pioneering figure in American rock n’ roll thinking, “that’ll be the day.” Decades later, his short music career, traced by its influences from gospel and blues, definitively enshrined Buddy as …

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Diamond Schmitt Completes The Buddy Holly Hall in Texas

The Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences, a new state-of-the-art performance venue in Lubbock, Texas, recently inaugurated its landmark building. Designed by Diamond Schmitt in association with Parkhill and MWM Architects of Lubbock, built by Lee Lewis Construction, and developed by Garfield Public/Private LLC, The Buddy Holly Hall is now open to patrons …

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Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences / Diamond Schmitt Architects

The Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences is a new state-of-the-art performance venue in Lubbock, Texas designed by Diamond Schmitt in association with Lubbock architects Parkhill and MWM Architects, built by Lee Lewis construction, and developed by Garfield Public/Private LLC on behalf of the Owner, the Lubbock Entertainment and Performing Arts Association (LEPAA). …

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Buddy Holly Hall to kick off Broadway series with namesake ‘BUDDY: The Buddy Holly Story’

The Buddy Holly Hall is welcoming the first Broadway performance in its history next week. The debut show celebrates its namesake. Keaton Eckhoff plays the plays the rock and roll legend in “BUDDY: The Buddy Holly Story.” “Just being able to go to his hometown and be able to like perform for the people who …

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