Centre College

Centre College is an accredited, private, four-year liberal arts college located in Danville, Kentucky, USA, a community of about 15,000 located in Boyle County, approximately 35 miles (56.3 km) south of Lexington, KY. Centre was founded by Presbyterian leaders in 1819 and ranks 41st nationally among top liberal arts schools in the 2006 US News & World Report list, and is the highest-ranking private Kentucky institution. The 115-acre campus has 60 buildings, 13 of which are included on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Norton Center for the Arts

Centre's Norton Center for the Arts has hosted performers such as violinist Itzhak Perlman, dancers Mikhail Baryshnikov and Twyla Tharp, the Boston Pops, Chieftains, Three Dog Night, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Ben Folds, They Might Be Giants, and musicals such as Rent, Titanic, Annie Get Your Gun, and My Fair Lady. In October 2000, the Norton Center hosted the Vice-Presidential Debate with Dick Cheney and Senator Joe Lieberman. The Norton Center for the Arts was built in 1973 and named for Jane Morton Norton, a former trustee to Centre College. The 85,000 square foot (8,000 m²) complex was designed by architect William Wesley Peters of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.

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Itzhak Perlman - Mikhail Baryshnikov - Twyla Tharp - Boston Pops - Chieftains - Three Dog Night - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Ben Folds - They Might Be Giants - Dick Cheney - Joe Lieberman - William Wesley Peters - Frank Lloyd Wright

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