Plaque on the wall at the Earlville Opera House, Earlville, New York:
“With Perpetual Gratitude, We Thank Artist, Activist & Cultural Visionary, Joey Skaggs for Saving the Earlville Opera House from Demolition in 1970…”
From the Vault:
55 years ago, Joey Skaggs came upon a derelict opera house in Earlville, New York destined to be torn down and turned into a parking lot. He bought it and donated it to a community group to insure that it would be used as a performing arts center in perpetuity. Check out the 6 minute film about this from the Oral History series “Joey Skaggs Satire and Art Activism”.