Inside The Isabel: Part One

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Gordon E. Smith discussing the significance and history of The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts.

This month we go inside what has become one of Kingston's most treasured venues: The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts. In part one of a special two-part episode, The Isabel's Director, Gordon E. Smith, explains the vision, history, development and significance of the Queen's University-run building as a public space, educational facility, cultural hub and world class performance hall. Chapters: 0:22 Episode overview 02:04 The Isabel: A primer 04:42 The Isabel's inception 06:57 Bui...

People in this episode

Guest: Gordon E. Smith

Topics covered

• performing arts
• cultural hub
• public space
• educational facility
• interview

Keywords

• Isabel Bader Centre
• performing arts
• Gordon E. Smith
• Queen's University
• cultural significance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Queen's University

Places: Kingston, The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts

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