Vinegar Hill Theatre will open again, but for a different purpose this time around. Light House Studio, a Charlottesville nonprofit, has purchased the iconic downtown space to expand its efforts to teach the art of filmmaking to children and teens. Jody Kielbasa, director of the Virginia Film Festival and vice provost for the arts at the University of Virginia, said he’s happy to hear Light House Studio has purchased the theater, which had been a site for the film festival in the past. Kielbasa said the film festival and Light House Studio have partnered together for a long time.
