Lucile Lloyd was a prominent [Works Progress Administration] muralist; she did work all among the schools in this area," said concert promoter Wilkerson. "There are photos of her in menswear smoking up in the rafters back in the 1930s. She had a tragic life, and ended up committing suicide. We thought all of the panels she did here were gone.
"Our mission was aimed at extending the usefulness of the hall without changing it too much. We tried to do as little as we could by fixing as little as we could."
We keep it moving, hustling with the changes, thinking outside the margins. Saying farewell to venues calling it quits and acknowledging local labels and artists on the rise.