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Ariane ~YL~ wrote:
On Mon, 2 Oct 2017 15:34:33 -0400, Kilgore Trout
wrote:
:|Here's another flea market find, a July 1984 slide of quintessential New
:|England, the harbor of Isle au Haut, Maine, and the boat "Mink".
AND the Opera House!!! !! !!! wondering what they were
performing at the time this photo was taken - TY for sharing
this amazing find, Al
{}{}{} --- Ariane
I was curious about this place, too,
Ariane, and found out that it's the
Stonington Opera House.
http://www.operahousearts.org/stonington-opera-house
Summarized:
Rebuilt in 1912 after a fire, the Opera
House has hosted vaudeville shows, plays,
dances, basketball games, and numerous
other community events.
It has held a movie-theater off-and-on
since 1918 (which was likely its main
use at the time this photo was taken).
For a while in the 1960s, it even held
a roller-skating rink.
Since 1999, its new non-profit owners
have restored the building to use as
a community-arts-centered place, with
a regular schedule of performing arts
and movies.
Lark