Zoellner Arts Center

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Zoellner Arts Center is an arts center located on the campus of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It opened in 1997, and houses the following facilities:

Baker Hall - a 1014-seat auditorium with multi-purpose proscenium stage, suited for concerts, stage productions, ceremonies and lectures.
Diamond Theater - a small 309-seat 3/4 thrust theater with steeply raked stadium seating suited for theatrical and small music groups.
Black Box Theater - a smaller 125-seat theater
A two-story art gallery
Additional facilities including several rehearsal rooms, recording studio, dance studio, practice rooms, scene shop, costume shop, dressing rooms and green room, classrooms, music library, box office, faculty and staff offices, and three large lobbies and a 345-car parking deck attached to the building.

The venue has had a wide array of performers, including: the New York Philharmonic and Itzhak Perlman, the Tuvan throat singers Huun-Huur-Tu and Laurie Anderson, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, MOMIX, the Aquila Theatre Company, Lily Tomlin, Bernadette Peters and Queen Latifah.

The Progressive Rock music festival NEARFest is held each summer at the arts center as well, though it is not affiliated with the University.

The building was designed by Dagit Saylor Architects in Philadelphia.

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