In the media: Weidner Center looks to the future

Changes on tap at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts received considerable media attention late last week, when Chancellor Thomas K. Harden hosted a series of meetings to outline the venue’s future. Harden, along with consultant Steve Carignan of the Gallagher Bluedorn Center at the University of Northern Iowa, held the meetings with key stakeholder groups to present elements of a draft plan for reenergizing the 19-year-old venue. Harden outlined plans for programming, funding, campus and community involvement and more.

Here is a sampling of media coverage on the plans: Green Bay Press-Gazette | WBAY, Channel 2 | WFRV, Channel 5. And, in case you missed it, here’s our news bureau coverage of the plans: UW-Green Bay