Premier Screening of the Documentary
They say every theatre has a resident ghost, and from the time of Shakespeare, believers would leave a lone candle-or later a bare lightbulb-burning on stage after the last performance to ward off malicious spirits. This "ghostlight" lends its name to a new documentary to be featured in a special big-screen presentation at the Center for Inquiry.
 The 90-minute documentary, produced by local filmmakers Matthew and Thomas LaChiusa and Robert Kupczyk (Pictured Left) explores the legends, histories and folklore of six Buffalo-area theaters rumored to be haunted and examines both first-hand and passed-down ghost stories told by theater personnel familiar with the performance sites.
The film includes interviews with CFI investigator Joe Nickell, local supernatural historian Mason Winfield, amateur paranormal groups Erie County Ghost Hunters and Niagara Falls Paranormal, and self-professed psychics who "read" the stages, backstages, general seating areas, and the dark cellar spaces where the public eye rarely falls.
PREMIER SHOWINGS
Hamburg Palace Theatre
Hamburg NY 648-2678
March 13th
Midnight Screening
March 14th
Matinee Showing @ 4 PM
Q & A with Filmmakers Afterwards
Tickets $ 5 General Admission/$ 4 Students
For information please go to http://www.hamburgpalace.com/
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The Ghostlight Theatre
170 Schenck St.
North Tonawanda 743-1614
March 21
8 p.m.
Q&A session with the filmmakers and Ghostlight Theatre personnel afterwards
Admission: $ 5.
For Information please visit http://www.starrynighttheatre.com/
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The Cornell Cooperative Building
With Mason Winfield
21 Grove Street--East Aurora
April 24th
7 PM
Tickets $ 5
For Information please go to http://www.masonwinfield.com/
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