SUNY Fredonia Emeritus Professor receives acting nomination

May 24, 2024

SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus Tom Loughlin received a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play from the 2024 Artie Awards Committee for his performance as Gregory Solomon in the Irish Classical Theatre Company production of "The Price" by Arthur Miller. Conceived in 1991 by Artvoice Theatre Editor Anthony Chase, the Arties are the Buffalo theater community’s version of Broadway’s Tony Awards. This is Loughlin’s fourth Artie nomination in his 35 years acting in Buffalo theatres, including D’Youville Kavinoky, Jewish Repertory Theatre, Buffalo United ...

Anderson-Lee Library announces June events

May 23, 2024

SILVER CREEK — Anderson-Lee Library, at 43 Main St., has announced programming for the month of June. Programs are free and open to the public. Registration is required unless stated otherwise, to ensure enough seating and materials for all patrons attending the program. To register for ...

History series focuses on architect

May 14, 2024

The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center concludes the spring installment of its Chautauqua County History Lecture Series on Thursday at 7 p.m., with an exploration of Louise Bethune, America’s first professional female architect. A 2023 book by a University of Buffalo ...

Concerto Competition winners announced at SUNY Fredonia

May 13, 2024

Two international students in the State University of New York at Fredonia School of Music have been chosen as the 2024 Concerto Competition winners following performances held recently in Harry A. King Concert Hall. The winners, selected from among eight finalists from the Voice, Piano, Woodwind, String and Brass areas, were: Mario Chai, a graduate piano student from Johor, Malaysia, performing Franz Liszt’s “Totentanz.” He studies with Professor Sean Duggan. Mia Mandineau, a graduate voice student from Montreuil, France, performing “Desdemona’s Scene” from Act IV of ...

Pottery presentation

May 11, 2024

Scott Creek Collaborative, a local group of potters, invites the public to a free, illustrated presentation by Louisiana clay artist, Chris Pate, entitled “Wood Firing in the USA - The Itinerant Potter: Separation, Initiation, and Return.” In this presentation, Pate will offer the audience ...

‘Ancestral Voices’ coming to Lake Shore Center for the Arts

May 10, 2024

WESTFIELD — Lake Shore Center for the Arts is happy to bring A.R. Gurney’s Ancestral Voices, produced by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing, NYC, to their Jacqueline Phillips Theater from May 17 to 19. Set in Buffalo in the 1940s, his bittersweet story is humorously told through the eyes of young Eddie. His family is turned inside out when his grandmother unexpectedly divorces her husband to marry his grandfather’s best friend. Simultaneously the outside world faces big changes with the advent of WWII and social upheaval. Director Tina Rausa, LSCFTA President, ...