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Designed to Perform

Idea Center is a recognized leading practice in high performance building design. Read more.

Awards & Media

Idea Center has received citations from the Building Design & Construction 23rd Annual Reconstruction Awards, the Cleveland Restoration Society, the Cleveland Arts Prize, the Consulting-Specifying Engineer ARC Engineering award, and the The U.S. Green Building Council. Follow links for additional information.

Media representatives and construction and design industry analysts are tuning-in to the excitement about the Idea Center. The McMorrow Report is latest among an impressive list of glowing reports.

Playhouse Square at Idea Center

• Upcoming Events
• Broadway Enrichment Programs
• Launch Artist Residencies
• Programs for Teens

ideastream at Idea Center

• 90.3 WCPN
• WVIZ/PBS
• Educational Services
• SMART Consortium

More Information

Master Moments Captures Artists and Their Craft

WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastream and Playhouse Square Foundation are pleased to announce Dominion Master Moments, a series of one-hour conversations with masters in the performing arts – producers, directors, performers, composers, choreographers and more.

The Dominion Master Moments series is a celebration of the best the arts have to offer, capturing and communicating the creative process and the insight and experience of “master” artists. The goal of the series is to perpetuate the brilliance of master artists by sharing their knowledge and preserving it for generations to come. Funding for the program was provided by the Dominion Foundation through a generous gift to the Campaign for Idea Center.

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A New Discussion Series for Non-profit Executives and Students

WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastream and Playhouse Square Foundation are pleased to announce the new KeyBank Small Non-Profit Series, a sequence of discussions focusing on issues important to executives of small non-profit organizations and students of non-profit management. The series is designed to provide individuals and organizations with the tools necessary to successfully execute the missions of not-for-profit organizations and remain financially sound.

KeyCorp worked closely with Playhouse Square Foundation and ideastream to develop the KeyBank Small Non-Profit Series as part of the corporation’s $1 million grant to the Idea Center in March 2004. The program helps fulfill the Idea Center’s educational goals in accordance with Key’s emphasis on encouraging people and communities to achieve economic self-sufficiency through strategic philanthropic investment in financial education and workforce development programs that foster diversity and inclusion.

Find out more about the KeyBank Small Non-Profit Series...