Live music venue and eatery MilkBoy ArtHouse has closed its doors in College Park, but the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center of the University of Maryland will continue putting on shows in the performance space.

The Philadelphia-based operators of MilkBoy, which first opened in College Park in May 2017, announced on Saturday that they would be shuttering the College Park location.

“We have loved our time in College Park, the community, and especially the people who became a part of our extended family,” they wrote. “The city of College Park is a wonderful place and poised for great things ahead.”

MilkBoy ArtHouse was a joint venture with the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center as part of the university’s effort to make College Park a top 20 college town.

It has hosted an eclectic mix of musicians, including up-and-coming rappers, jazz bands, world music artists, classical quartets and live theater and was voted the best place to see live music in the Hyattsville Wire’s 2019 reader poll.

The Clarice announced that it would “continue to present performing arts by national and international creative innovators and artists at this location.”

Ken Ulman, president of Terrapin Development Company, which owns the property, told the Hyattsville Wire it was very unlikely they will just close the location down entirely or that it will become something different from what it’s been. They said they are committed to continuing this location as an arthouse in some way and that they are looking for a new operator to run the restaurant/bar/music venue by this spring.