Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center

Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center is a nonprofit, city-owned arts venue at 300 East Third Street in Lexington, Kentucky, in the historic East End. Opened in 1948 as a cultural hub for the segregated African-American community and reopened after a 6-million-dollar restoration in 2010, its 540-seat theater hosts concerts and plays alongside film programming like the Lyric Black Lens Film Series. Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center remains a cornerstone of Black cultural life in the Bluegrass.