1899:  Stephens College theater program founded

1900:   MU theater program founded

1907:  MU Music Program founded

1908:  University Concert Series’ first concert

1925:  Missouri Workshop Theater established

1928:  The Missouri Theatre opens

1949:  Original chapter of Boonslick Chordbusters (also known as Tigertown Tuners) founded

1950s:   Stephens College dance program founded

1957:  Study Collections for Art History and Archaeology opens

1958:  First “Sidewalk Show,” later becomes “Art in the Park”

1959:  Columbia Art League begins

1961:  Study Collections for Art History and Archaeology becomes the Museum of Art and Archaeology

1963:  Formal organization of the Boone County Historical Society

1970:  Missouri Symphony Society founded

1971:  Missouri Youth Symphony established; Women’s Symphony League established

1972:  Missouri Youth Chorus established

1973:  Maplewood Barn Theater founded

1973:  Missouri Youth Concert Band established

1976:  Museum of Art and Archeology moves to Pickard Hall

1976:  Missouri Chamber Orchestra founded

1977:  Missouri String Project founded

1978:  Columbia Chorale founded

1979:  Missouri Theatre added to the National Register of Historical Places

1979:  Columbia Entertainment Company founded

1981:  Columbia Community Band founded

1987:  First Columbia Festival of the Arts

1988:  Missouri Theater shows last film. Theater purchased by the Missouri Symphony Society

1991:  Columbia Entertainment Company moves to Nelwood Drive

1993:  Missouri Symphony Society produces first CD of Mozart performances at the Missouri Theater

1993:  Columbia Civic Orchestra founded

1997:  Current chapter of Boonslick Chordbusters founded

1998:  Community Music Program founded

2000:  Theater Reaching Young People and Schools stages first play

2003:  Performing Arts in Children’s Education stages first play

2004:  True/False Film Festival begins

2007:  First Artrageous Fridays event April 27

2007:  Theatre NXS founded

2007:  Independent Actor’s Theatre founded

2008:  Princeton Review ranks Stephens College the eighth best theater program in the country