Honoring Robert Manz

There are a lot of community-oriented activities happening at Pablo Center these days. From Toddler Music Classes, Odessey of the Mind, to Record Release shows. These programs are wildly different but one thing they have in common is the space where they are happening. The Robert Manz Gibson Street Entry was a gift to our community made by the Manz family in loving memory of Robert Manz. Jim Manz who is Robert’s brother shared "My brother's passing was really hard on the family. My brother Robert is 11 years younger than me. He was the youngest and so it certainly was not expected. Robert loved music and often took our kids to Summerfest to see eclectic music groups and they would generally not do the main stage. The space inside of Pablo Center at Gibson and Graham was attractive to my family to honor Robert because of how open and accessible it is to the public. Bob was that shining star we'd still like to shine bright."

We are so grateful to the Manz family for their gift and we are honored to carry on Bob's love of up-and-coming musicians from kids in our Tiny Tunes classes to emerging artists like Quiet Takes and Once More, Autumn who just performed as part of the Record Release series.