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• n  the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits

• The gas, as yet unidentified, was pumped through the building's ventilation system and through holes bored in the auditorium floor by soldiers who had been tunneling beneath it .
• Once inside the auditorium, where each family was directed to preassigned seats, more than an hour passed before show time while "technical difficulties" backstage were corrected.
• Inside the auditorium are two levels, a lower for a small theater, an upper for a large, 1,200-seat hall in which students will sit under a sky of white, sound-reflecting "clouds .

News & Articles

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• Farrington auditorium rebuild will go out to bid by year's end
  Students at Farrington High School will report for their first day of classes on August 6, and their auditorium will still be out of commission. "I'm hoping within a year or two that we could get our
  June 18, 2013 - Hawaii News Now
• Documentary will chronicle demolition of University of Iowa’s Hancher Auditorium
  Hancher Auditorium, which provided the stage for thousands of performers in its 40-year history, will soon be the star of its own show.
  June 18, 2013 - The Gazette
• Full Renovation Of Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Bill: At Least $50 Million
  In less than three weeks, the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium will undergo full closure. It may be at least five years before the venue could ever be used again as a cultural destination. And if the venue is indeed revived, the tab will run at least $50 million. The City Council spent nearly two hours at its Tuesday meeting discussing options of how to save the Civic Auditorium. Cultural Affairs ...
  June 17, 2013 - Santa Monica Mirror

Quotes

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• Hillary Rodham Clinton in Guardian Unlimited
  If there's anyone left in the auditorium who wants to learn how to iron a shirt, I'll talk about that,Clinton said with a smile.
• Sam Cassell in Sun-Sentinel.com
  It's the same game, it's just a bigger stage,Cassell said. "You're not at your high school auditorium any more. This is Carnegie Hall."
• Aretha Franklin in TMCnet
  I take a lot of pictures and I started going downtown in Los Angeles at this place called the Olympic Auditorium. I think it was built during World War II. I kind of believe that I was turned on to the poetry of boxing by Jackie. I find boxing and... Meg Ryan http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Ryan&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHc3GQmbbDdtOpGKK4yzos_-Q4qhw Pittsburgh Channel.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/entertainment/2853331/detail.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHW1-tmoDT0XqzpVeTs8n0EdZKRig Feb 17, 2004 6640 9700 auditory If you essentially put yourself in an auditory cave, you're going to miss opportunities to learn by observing what others are doing, by overhearing," said Franklin Becker, a social and environmental psychologist who directs Cornell University's...