May 3, 2017

Highlights:  ZZ Top and The Beach Boys return to our stage this fall! Tickets go on sale soon for both concerts (which sold out previously). See your on-sale dates below.  Reservations deadline is May 10 for Our Spring Dinner Party for the Arts (Vintner’s Dinner) on Friday, May 12. Call (270) 443-9932 or visit https://www.thecarsoncenter.org/events/vintners-dinner-0.  Tickets are on sale now for Boston on May 21 https://www.thecarsoncenter.org/events/boston-hyper- space-tour and Paw Patrol Live! May 30 and 31 https://www.thecarsoncenter.org/events/paw-patrol-live  Information on our Summer Arts Education experiences for children and youth, please visit https://www.thecarsoncenter.org/class-acts/summer-opportunities or call Mary Katz at (270) 443-9932.  The most recent Annual Report is available on the Carson Center website at https://thecarsoncenter.org/annual-report. To request a paper copy by mail, please call (270) 443-9932.

Donor & Member pre-sale opportunities are not available on line. Please visit or call our Box Office at 270- 450-4444 between10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on your on-sale days.

ZZ TOP Performance: 7:15 p.m. September 27, 2017  Tickets go on sale to Donors starting at 10 a.m. Monday, May 22; and to Members starting at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 24; before going on sale to the public Friday, May 26. (  Tickets: $149 Main Floor Rows AA-EE; $99 Main Floor Rows A-E; $69 Remainder of Main Floor and 1st Balcony Boxes & Rows A-F; $59 1st Balcony Rows G-J, 2nd Balcony Boxes & Rows A-E; $49 2nd Balcony Rows F-L (all tickets plus fees)  Ticketing options include 2 VIP packages: o VIP 1: $375. Includes: Ticket to the show, exclusive meet and greet with ZZ Top, personal photograph with ZZ Top, Q&A session with the band, $50 merchandise voucher to be used in ZZ Top online store, official meet and greet laminate, on-site VIP host. o VIP 2: $220. Includes: Ticket to the show, $40 merchandise voucher to be used in ZZ Top online store. Commemorative tour laminate.

Legendary rockers ZZ TOP are returning to the Carson Center! The Texas trio includes all three original members. The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. The Hall of Fame website profile includes these observations: “The trio’s enduring appeal owes much to their mastery of and feel for rootsy forms. Guitarist Billy Gibbons, bassist Dusty Hill, and drummer Frank Beard were influenced by such blues masters as Freddie King, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Muddy Waters, and John Lee Hooker. From the beginning they took a hard-rocking power-trio approach to the blues, cultivating a new audience for it in the Seventies and Eighties with superior musicianship as well as attitude, style, and some devilishly funny songs….The genius of ZZ Top is that they’re reverential about the blues, but loose and funny about the subject matter of their songs.” ZZ TOP hits include “La Grange,” “Cheap Sunglasses,” “Sharp Dressed Man,” “Legs,” “Gimme All Your Lovin,” and many more. www.zztop.com

The Beach Boys Performance: 7:15 p.m. October 29, 2017  Tickets go on sale to Donors starting at 10 a.m. Monday, May 15; and to Members starting at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 17, before going on sale to the public Monday, May 22.  Tickets: $135 (Main Floor Rows AA-EE), $100 (Main Floor Rows A-E); $65 (Remainder of Main Floor; Rows A-F and Boxes, 1st Balcony); $50 (Rows G-J, 1st Balcony; Rows A-E and Boxes, 2nd Balcony); $30__ (Rows F-L, 2nd Balcony)  VIP packages: Information will be available after June 1, 2017 on https://www.thebeachboys.com/tour

The Beach Boys are a beloved American institution that remains iconic around the world – including the Carson Center! The Beach Boys continue to create and perform with the same bold imagination and style that marked their explosive debut over 50 years ago. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and honored with a Lifetime Achievement Grammy™ Award in 2001. The Beach Boys are led by Mike Love and Bruce Johnston, who along with Jeffrey Foskett, Brian Eichenburger, Tim Bonhomme, John Cowsill and Scott Totten continue the legacy of the iconic American band. Mike Love’s role as the band’s front man sometimes overshadows his stature as one of rock’s foremost songwriters. He wrote Surfin’, which was The Beach Boys’ first hit. With his cousin Brian Wilson, Love wrote the classics Fun, Fun, Fun, I Get Around, Help Me Rhonda, California Girls, and Good Vibrations. Years later, Love co-wrote the irresistible and chart- topping Kokomo. Grammy™-winning songwriter Bruce Johnston, (Barry Manilow’s I Write the Songs), joined The Beach Boys in 1965. Highly regarded as a singer-songwriter, Johnston has done vocal work with legendary artists such as Elton John and Pink Floyd.

To be a Beach Boys sponsor – please call Debbie Wattier at (270) 443-9932.

New Patron Login Information The Carson Center is excited to announce that we have upgraded to a new ticketing and contributions software that will allow us to better serve our patrons. The biggest change is that, if you wish to do so, you will be able to track your purchases, donations, purchase subscriptions, and manage your accounts online. (The software used since the opening of the Carson Center 13 years ago is now obsolete and no longer supported by the previous vendor.) An account has already been created on the new site for anyone who has purchased tickets or made a donation in the past. Your login is now your email address, but you will need to reset your password. To do that:

1. Go to the password reset page: https://my.thecarsoncenter.org/account/forgot.aspx . 2. Make sure your email address is the correct one used by the Carson Center and click the “Email My Information” button. 3. Check your email for a message from the Carson Center. Some emails have been going to patrons' Spam folders. Make sure to add [email protected] as a SAFE email. Click on your personal secure link in that email and choose a new password. 4. You’re done! Whenever you purchase tickets, RSVP to events, or access your Carson Center account online in the future, log in with your email address and the password you just reset. The Login link appears on the page after you have clicked a buy now button or when you click make a donation or click through to the on-line membership donation page. 5. If you have questions or concerns – or need assistance by phone – please call the box office at 270- 450-4444 from 10am-5pm Monday through Friday.

Thank You to our 2016-2017 Carson Center Sponsors: Sponsorships listed are $1,000 and up. For information on sponsoring performances and events in the 2017-2018 season, please call Debbie Wattier (270) 443-9932.

Broadway Series Baptist Health Paducah and CSI – Presenting Sponsors Sponsors of Broadway Performances Dialog Telecommunications Fluor James Sanders Nursery Paducah Bank Strawberry Hills Pharmacy Toyota of Murray Concerts & Other Performances First American Recovery & Recycle / The Reigle Family – Producer’s Circle Sponsor Atmos Energy Credit Bureau Systems Linda A. Miller, CPA Class Acts Education Series and US Bank Family Series Carson-Myre Charitable Foundation (underwriting) Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation (JPEC) (co-sponsor, Class Acts Education Series) Paducah & Louisville Railway (P&L) (co-sponsor, Class Acts Education Series) US Bank (title sponsor of Family Series) Sponsors of Family & Educational Performances Paducah Bank (Page to Stage Sponsor) Ingram Barge Company (First Stages Mini-Series) Jean L. Truitt & Family Arts-in-Education Initiatives Barkley Regional Airport Dr. & Mrs. Ted Borodofsky C-Plant Federal Credit Union GEO Consultants Harper Industries James Sanders Nursery Fluor Lone Oak Animal Clinic Lourdes Paducah Dental Care Paducah Water Missing Bella Colgan Orthodontics Myre Series Carson-Myre Charitable Foundation (underwriting) Lourdes (series co-sponsor) Byrn Funeral Home The Housman Financial Group, Hilliard Lyons Superior Care Home Fundraising Events Roof Brothers Wine & Spirits Wagner Wine & Spirits A&K Construction Golden Eagle Distributing Peel & Holland Special Event Sponsors Independence Bank (Presenting Sponsor 2017-2018 Season Preview Party) Caring People Services (2017-2018 Season Preview) Dr. Matthew Milliner, Milliner Orthodontics (2017-2018 Season Preview) Grant Providers Carson-Myre Charitable Foundation City of Paducah (educational programming) Kentucky Arts Council South Arts Rotary Club of Paducah McCracken County Community Career Endowment