ACT Out Teen Halloween Dance Held At Town Hall Theatre 10/31

Act Out Halloween Dance, sponsored by Addison Central Teens. The ultimate locAl Halloween bash for teens. DJ's, scary stuff, and prizes for the best costumes. October 31, 8 pm at Town Hall Theater, Middlebury. Tickets, $7/$5 if you wear a costume, will be available at the door. Call for information.

Town Hall Theater
Merchants Row, Middlebury
802-388-1436
klefkoe@townhalltheater.org

http://www.townhalltheater.org/THT.html

Theatrical history is highlighted by triumphant returns to the stage by legendary performers. It is less frequent, however, for the stage itself to make a triumphant return. The restoration and reopening of Middlebury's Town Hall Theater is one of those rare, even miraculous, occasions.

Let's go back 125 years to February 16, 1883. A special Town Meeting has been convened to discuss the burning issue of where to establish a new center for Middlebury's social and cultural life. The site is Academy Hall, home of the Addison County Grammar School and Middlebury College at the beginning of the 19th century, and now home of the Middlebury Graded (Elementary) School (standing approximately on the current site of Twilight Hall).

The Academy has long since been deemed unsuitable for public use. A wood structure, the 83-year-old building is clearly a fire hazard, particularly given its public meeting space on the third floor. There is strong support to relocate the center of community cultural and social life to the east side of Otter Creek - delayed payback, perhaps, for the decision to locate the College on the west side of the creek in 1800.
A committee of community-minded citizens has inspected eight locations. The most promising property is the site of Epaphrus Miller's fine 1811 brick house and tavern. Situated here, the new Town Hall would occupy a prominent site overlooking the town green. The contract to design and build the structure is awarded to Clinton Smith and William Allen.

Smith, Middlebury's most influential architect, formed an architectural construction firm with Allen in the 1870's. Examples of Smith's frame style, featuring elaborate window frames, moldings, and brackets could be seen up and down South Pleasant Street. The firm would also design and build the new Addison County Courthouse, the Beckwith Block, Shard Villa and numerous other local buildings.

 

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