Caravan of Dreams
| Address | 312 Houston Street |
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| Location | Fort Worth, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32°45′18″N 97°19′58″W / 32.754893°N 97.332763°WCoordinates: 32°45′18″N 97°19′58″W / 32.754893°N 97.332763°W |
| Type | Performing arts center |
| Genre(s) | Jazz, spoken word, theater |
| Capacity | 212 (theater) |
| Opened | September 1983 |
| Closed | September 29, 2001 |
| Caravan of Dreams Productions | |
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| Founded | 1983 |
| Founder | Kathelin Hoffman |
| Defunct | c. 1990 |
| Status | Defunct |
| Genre | Jazz, spoken word, world |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Fort Worth, Texas |
Caravan of Dreams was a performing arts center located in the central business district of Fort Worth, Texas during the 1980s and 1990s. The venue was best known locally as a live music nightclub, though this only represented one portion of a larger facility. The center also included a multitrack recording studio, a 212-seat theater, two dance studios, and a rooftop garden. The center was located at 312 Houston Street, and prefigured the redevelopment of Sundance Square into a dining and entertainment district. Ed Bass, whose family has participated in much of the redevelopment of downtown Fort Worth, financed the project, and Kathelin Hoffman served as its artistic director. The facility consisted of new construction located behind two existing facades from the 1880s.
Caravan of Dreams was self-described as "...a meeting place appealing to audiences who enjoy the creation of new forms of music, theater, dance, poetry and film," designed and managed by and for artists. The name was taken from 1001 Arabian Nights, by way of Brion Gysin, who attended the opening of the venue with William S. Burroughs in 1983. The opening celebration centered around performances by Fort Worth native Ornette Coleman, both with his Prime Time ensemble in the nightclub, and with the Fort Worth Symphony at the nearby Convention Center. The event coincided with the mayoral proclamation of September 29, 1983 as "Ornette Coleman Day," when Coleman was presented with a key to the city.
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