March 21-27, 2012 - CITY Newspaper

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EVENTS: COSMIC YOGA RAVE, PERSIAN NEW YEAR 22 URBAN JOURNAL: WHEN WE BECOME SAVAGES

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RESTAURANT REVIEW: PANE VINO 11 FILM: “BEING FLYNN,” “JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME” 28 CITY NEWSPAPER’S CULTURAL CRAWL 24 CROSSWORD 39

Katie Ernst • Chemicals of Creation • Spanish Prisoners • Ana Egge • Publick Musick • and more music, page 12

MARCH 21-27, 2012 Free

Greater Rochester’s Alternative Newsweekly

Vol 41 No 28

News. Music. Life.

I’d call it China’s ‘senior tsunami.’” NEWS, PAGE 6

Maggie vs. Louise: does it get any better? NEWS, PAGE 6

Richards defends College Town loan. NEWS, PAGE 4

Trigger law: parents will not be ignored. NEWS, PAGE 5

Reconsidering America’s wars through art. ART REVIEW, PAGE 21

COVER STORY | BY JEREMY MOULE | PAGE 8 | PHOTO BY MATT DETURCK

Rebirth of a cultural landmark The remnants of show posters and handbills still cling to the brick walls of the old Pratt Opera House (pictured) in downtown Albion, decades after the venue saw its last performance. The displays were pasted on the walls usually by stagehands working the shows that came through. Some of the Opera House’s details have survived years of neglect: the gas lighting manifold backstage, the wood stage, the reclaimed doors, the cast iron steps leading up to the theater’s old entrance, and the original ticket booth that still stands just inside.

The Opera House, which operated from 1890 to 1931, is owned by married couple Michael Bonafede and Judy Koehler. Ultimately, Bonafede and Koehler say they want to get the theater to the point where it can hold performances again. Albion was a canal-era boomtown, and that’s reflected in its buildings. The Opera House restoration project is about capitalizing on a piece of history — in a village that’s loaded with it — to develop and revitalize the community’s core.


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