When doors closed in widespread response to a deadly new virus in March, arts organizations were among the first to be affected. But the virtual door swung open. A wide variety of arts content began to crop up online, from dance to theater to film â and a lot of it was free. Instead of fading away into the void of darkened stages, local arts communities found light on a new path.
Rutlandâs Paramount Theatre was forced to cancel many shows and close its doors, but a short time later it blessed Rutland with its first drive-in movie theaters in decades.