Thanks to improvements to Memorial Hall, a pair of concert promoters announced they were happy to return after a 17-year lapse. Al Zar, who along with Chris Zar owns Stonebridge Productions ...

Scroll to the bottom of this story to see the plans for Memorial Hall's makeover. Two years ago, the future of Memorial Hall, once one of the region's premier performance venues, looked dim.

Memorial Hall. Tickets to Brickmas are $10 per person, and includes free access to holiday movies being shown on the theater’s new projection system.

Memorial Hall OTR. The music, spanning the 17th to 21st centuries, went further back than the 1960s; though Giddens’ bare feet, long skirt and purple-streaked hair did betray her hippiness.