Collected Item: “Why some theaters in Jacksonville lit up in red”
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Why some theaters in Jacksonville lit up in red
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News article
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This news article from Jacksonville, Florida, talks about Red Alert Restart. Over the course of the pandemic, performing arts and venues for performing arts have suffered economically. RESTART (Reviving the Economy Sustainably Towards A Recovery in Twenty-twenty) is currently a bill in Congress waiting approval. To raise awareness of their financial problems, theaters across the country on September 1, 2020, lit their exteriors in red to represent their financial losses due to the pandemic. Many of the participating theaters in Jacksonville are places I have seen concerts at or are places I have driven by many times.
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Florida, Jacksonville, RESTART, Red Alert, theater, venues, HST580, ASU
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https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2020/09/01/jacksonvilles-florida-theatre-will-participate-in-red-alert-campaign/
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Zachary Lashway and Joy Purdy
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2020-09-01