[ti:Dave Chappelle to Turn Firehouse into Comedy Space]
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[00:01.36]Award-winning American comedian and actor Dave Chappelle
[00:06.44]is set to buy a former fire station near his Ohio hometown.
[00:14.08]He plans to turn it into a space
[00:17.32]where other comedians can perform live shows.
[00:23.20]The Miami Township Fire Station will be sold to Chapelle's company.
[00:30.36]It is situated in the town of Yellow Springs, Ohio, where Chappelle lives.
[00:38.04]His future comedy club will seat 140 people,
[00:42.84]the Dayton Daily News reported.
[00:46.76]The closing date for the sale is set for early 2021, said Lisa Abel.
[00:55.68]She is president of the Yellow Springs Development Corporation,
[01:00.56]which is carrying out the sale.
[01:05.24]Corrie Van Ausdal is a board member of the corporation.
[01:11.16]She said the Yellow Springs company
[01:13.96]wanted a buyer who would breathe life into the station.
[01:19.40]"We think this will bring a new class of jobs to town," Van Ausdal said.
[01:26.28]"We also considered that (Chappelle) is a minority business owner," she added.
[01:33.36]Chappelle has a "history of employing minorities," she said,
[01:37.68]and is firm about supporting the voices of people of color.
[01:43.84]Chappelle's ties to Ohio go back to his father.
[01:49.04]William David Chappelle studied at Antioch College,
[01:53.48]a private liberal arts school in Yellow Springs.
[01:58.44]Later, he became a professor there.
[02:01.96]Chappelle lives with his family outside the village
[02:06.84]and also owns homes in the nearby town of Xenia.
[02:13.20]In June, Chappelle held a private, outdoor social commentary performance
[02:19.80]on his property in Yellow Springs.
[02:24.20]Attendees were socially distant and wore facial coverings.
[02:30.44]The event was filmed and later released
[02:33.76]on the video streaming service Netflix under the name "8:46."
[02:41.72]The number refers to the police killing last year
[02:45.36]of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
[02:50.60]A police officer named Derek Chauvin kneeled on Floyd's neck
[02:56.24]for almost nine minutes straight, killing the man.
[03:01.96]The event led to months of demonstrations
[03:05.28]against police abuse of Black and brown people.
[03:11.04]Chappelle is best known for his television comedy program, Chappelle's Show.
[03:18.16]He is also a highly respected live comedy performer.
[03:24.52]His shows often examine race and gender issues with humor.
[03:31.28]In 2019, he received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
[03:38.60]The award goes to people who have influenced American society
[03:43.76]in ways similar to Mark Twain, the 19th-century American writer.
[03:51.28]I'm Alice Bryant. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM