COLUMBUS, Ind. — Those considering attending a rescheduled Crump Theatre fundraiser that possibly could include native son Tony Stewart in attendance March 6 better speed up their decision making.
Slightly more than half of an expected 200 tickets have been sold, according to organizers. The dinner, music, raffle and auction event from 5 to 11:30 p.m. will unfold under a tent on the east side of The Crump — providing that COVID-19 restrictions are updated to allow for a crowd to gather. A Dec. 5 date originally was planned, but coronavirus restrictions canceled it.
The gathering will also raise money for the Tony Stewart Foundation that that helps everyone from ill children to abused animals.
The Crump is the 131-year-old art deco venue that made 2019’s Indiana Landmarks 10 Most Endangered structures list. Preservationists and others have said that alone should continue to help bolster efforts to save the building that has hosted everything from movies to concerts to plays.
A total of 85 of the Indiana Landmark’s 139 sites listed as endangered since the list began in 1991 are either now restored or no longer endangered, according to Mindi Woolman, Indiana Landmarks spokeswoman. Sixteen buildings that had been on the list have been lost in that time, she said.
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