Earlville Opera House expands operations
EARLVILLE – The Earlville Opera House (EOH) announced Wednesday the receipt of a $20,000 grant from the Central New York Community Foundation (CNYCF), which will allow the opera house to move forward will the installation of its first heating system.
Since the building’s construction in 1892, EOH Executive Director Michelle Connelly said the opera house has been without a heating system, forcing its operations to shut down in October and resume in May.
Connelly said with the grant from CNYCF, along with a $15,000 grant from the Community Foundation of South Central New York, $10,000 from NBT Bank, and about $9,000 in individual contributions, the opera house has a little over $50,000 in funding to have a heating system installed, thus allowing the opera house to continue its operations year-round.
“This will allow the opera house to have year-round programming and theater, which is going to be incredible for us,” said Connelly. “It will provide more opportunities for the performing arts for our area constituents, and it’s also going to allow us to work to our full financial capabilities as an organization.”
The heating project is once again picking up steam after the opera house encountered an unforeseen setback at the turn of the year, when the building’s pipes froze, bursted, and flooded the building.
“It was a nightmare. Water came through the ceiling, into our offices, down into the basement,” said Connelly. “But we’re on the other side of it, everything is mostly restored. So that kind of set back the heating project a little bit, but the community response has been absolutely phenomenal, totally incredible.”
Connelly said historically, the opera house has been known to be a folk-genre type of venue, and while that reputation continues to hold strong, the opera house plans to diversify its programming as part of extending its operations into the winter months.
“We’re hoping to expand it in the fall,” said Connelly. “We want to do a theater for young audiences where we can bus in school kids, so we’re looking to do more youth oriented programming in the theater, as well as family programming and diverse programming.”
Connelly said the next step in the heating project will be contacting the entities that bid on the heating project to make sure the bids from 2017 are still valid before the project gets fully underway.
In the meantime, the opera house will continue its programming as the weather warms up. This Saturday, February 24 from 1 p.m to 3 p.m., the opera house will host an opening reception for three new exhibitions. Connelly said this year’s gallery season will kick-off with the showcasing of the works of artists Rhea Nowak and L.P. Pacilio.
Also featured at the exhibition will be community favorite, KidsART2018, featuring the artwork of children from seven school districts across Chenango and Madison counties. The exhibit will be showcased through March 23.
More information about the Opera House is available at www.earlvilleoperahouse.com or by calling (315) 691-3550. The EOH is located at 18 East Main Street in the Village of Earlville.
EOH events are made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and through the support of EOH members.
Since the building’s construction in 1892, EOH Executive Director Michelle Connelly said the opera house has been without a heating system, forcing its operations to shut down in October and resume in May.
Connelly said with the grant from CNYCF, along with a $15,000 grant from the Community Foundation of South Central New York, $10,000 from NBT Bank, and about $9,000 in individual contributions, the opera house has a little over $50,000 in funding to have a heating system installed, thus allowing the opera house to continue its operations year-round.
“This will allow the opera house to have year-round programming and theater, which is going to be incredible for us,” said Connelly. “It will provide more opportunities for the performing arts for our area constituents, and it’s also going to allow us to work to our full financial capabilities as an organization.”
The heating project is once again picking up steam after the opera house encountered an unforeseen setback at the turn of the year, when the building’s pipes froze, bursted, and flooded the building.
“It was a nightmare. Water came through the ceiling, into our offices, down into the basement,” said Connelly. “But we’re on the other side of it, everything is mostly restored. So that kind of set back the heating project a little bit, but the community response has been absolutely phenomenal, totally incredible.”
Connelly said historically, the opera house has been known to be a folk-genre type of venue, and while that reputation continues to hold strong, the opera house plans to diversify its programming as part of extending its operations into the winter months.
“We’re hoping to expand it in the fall,” said Connelly. “We want to do a theater for young audiences where we can bus in school kids, so we’re looking to do more youth oriented programming in the theater, as well as family programming and diverse programming.”
Connelly said the next step in the heating project will be contacting the entities that bid on the heating project to make sure the bids from 2017 are still valid before the project gets fully underway.
In the meantime, the opera house will continue its programming as the weather warms up. This Saturday, February 24 from 1 p.m to 3 p.m., the opera house will host an opening reception for three new exhibitions. Connelly said this year’s gallery season will kick-off with the showcasing of the works of artists Rhea Nowak and L.P. Pacilio.
Also featured at the exhibition will be community favorite, KidsART2018, featuring the artwork of children from seven school districts across Chenango and Madison counties. The exhibit will be showcased through March 23.
More information about the Opera House is available at www.earlvilleoperahouse.com or by calling (315) 691-3550. The EOH is located at 18 East Main Street in the Village of Earlville.
EOH events are made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and through the support of EOH members.
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