Fredonia’s Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center continues its mission to bring the thrill of live theater to young audiences in 2025-26. Rockefeller’s On Stage For Youth Series, which is designed to encourage thinking, creativity and fun in conjunction with school lessons, has returned ...
From the mud of Woodstock ’69 to the ancient incense of Orthodox Christianity, American singer-songwriter Jim Giatas has lived one of the most unlikely journeys in contemporary sacred music. Raised in the Orthodox Church, Giatas spent his youth chasing truth through the new age counterculture haze, Eastern mysticism, Roman Catholicism, and charismatic revivals — only to discover the fullness of the faith in the very Church where he was baptized as a child. “I ran to the ends of the earth,” he says, “and found home waiting exactly where I started.” We shall not cease from ...
The Hillman Memorial Music Association honored the memory of one of the true pioneers of the Hillman Opera – Helen Tinch Williams – at a reception prior to the Friday, Nov. 14 performance of Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Consul.” Mrs. Williams, SUNY Fredonia Class of ‘60, had the ...
The Doo Wop Project is returning to the State University of New York at Fredonia for another DFT Communications Pops Series concert event. Rockefeller Arts Center presents “The Doo Wop Project: A Doo Wop Christmas” on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Harry A. King Concert Hall. Tickets ...
The Fredonia College Symphony Orchestra, and its director, Dr. Emily Schaad, have been honored with The American Prize for 2025. The orchestra was entered into the category of Orchestral Performance (college/university division – larger program) and named a Finalist for the prize earlier ...
Weekly events at local libraries are listed. Check each library’s website for details: — Monday: Preschool Storytime at Barker Library, 7 Day St., Fredonia, 10:30 a.m. — Tuesday: Storytime, take-home craft kit ages 2 to 5 at Dunkirk Library, 536 Central Ave., 11 a.m.; Cozy Crafters at Patterson Library, 40 S. Portage St., Westfield, 1 p.m.; Eureka! at Ahira Hall Library, 37 W. Main St., Brocton, after school; After school - all ages Storytime at Barker Library, 7 Day St., Fredonia, 4:15 p.m. — Wednesday: Mahjongg at Barker Library, 7 Day St., Fredonia, 1 p.m.
