36th Shellie Awards on Jan. 17th at the Lesher Center in Walnut Creek

36th Shellie Awards:

Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Saturday, January 17th, 2015
7:30pm | $30

Shellie Awards innovator, Scott Denison, says “The Shellie Awards were founded in 1979 in order to recognize outstanding achievement in the performing arts in the Central Contra Co­sta/Diablo Valley region. This is an evening to honor the nominees as well as the award winners.” The name S­hellie was derived from the venue in which the first ceremony took place – the walnut packing warehouse – lovingly called the Nuthouse by all who performed there. During off-season of the walnut harvest, the Walnut Growers Association loaned the building to local organizations and theatre companies who constructed a temporary stage and audience risers in the mid-1960’s to bring live performances to the Walnut Creek area. In January of 1991 the Shellie Awards ceremony was held in the newly opened Regional Center for the Arts.