LAMORINDA WEEKLY | Rotary volunteers add some sparkle to Park Theater exterior


Photos Tom Black

A small army of volunteers spent the morning of Jan. 15 doing a thoroughgoing scrub of the front exterior and sidewalk of the Park Theater in Lafayette. The Lamorinda Sunrise Rotary club supplied its volunteers, the offer readily and enthusiastically accepted by the folks of the Park Theater Trust who have undertaken a $5 million capital campaign to restore and renovate the theater.

"They attacked the exterior of the Park Theater on Saturday morning and really made a huge difference in its appearance," said Park Theater Trust board member Tracey Karsten Farrell. "Obviously a long way to go . but for now, the building looks a lot tidier!" The volunteer's work was done before noon, before delivery of freebie sandwiches from Diablo Foods.

Target date for reopening to the public is the end of next year. The Park opened?originally in 1948, the same year as did the Orinda Theatre. For information about the Park Theater Trust, visit parktheatertrust.org.