WCC new building to get donation from Robbie Robertson tribute concert

Artist renderings depict the Woodland Cultural Centre new building. Photo courtesy Two Row Architects.

By Austin Evans Writer Woodland Cultural Centre’s executive director says the donation from Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson will fund a project formerly co-chaired by the late guitarist. A tribute concert to Six Nations guitarist Robbie Robertson was held in Los Angeles October 17, with a portion of the proceeds going towards the Woodland Cultural Centre. Executive Director Heather George said she was just as surprised to find out about the donation as everybody else. “We just found out through the posts on social media, basically,” she said. “I think because of his friendship with Martin Scorsese, who I think was one of the organizers of this event, that’s how that interest in making that donation came to be.” Director Martin Scorsese recorded the Life…

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