Community Calendar
MONDAY, MAY 22
DHS Morning Swim, 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. DHS Pool. $2.
Stretch and tone with exercise, 9 to 10 a.m., Dunkirk Senior Center, 45 Cliffstar Court. Donation: $1 per session.
Grape Belt Seniors Aerobics and Weights with Catherine, 9 a.m., Masonic Lodge, East Main Street, Fredonia. Coffee and conversation follows at 10 a.m. New members are always welcome.
Kids’ Clothes Closet, 10 a.m. to noon. Fredonia First United Methodist Church, 25 Church St. Come to the Education Wing entrance. Clothes and other needed items for children from birth through size 6. Also an assortment of maternity clothing. Donations accepted. For details, call 679-1513 or see www.fredoniafirst.org.
Barker Library presents: Preschool storytime, 10:15 a.m., 7 Day St., Fredonia. Stories, videos, activities and crafts for little ones and their caregivers.
Collins Library presents: Book Club, 11 a.m., 2341 Main St., Collins. Book author and title TBA.
NY Telephone Retirees, former co-workers and friends get-together luncheon, 11:30 a.m., Denny’s Restaurant. Route 60, Fredonia. Note that the luncheon is not on the last Monday of the month this month due to the Memorial Day holiday. For details and reservations, call 366-3401.
Cassadaga Branch Library book sale: 18 Maple Ave., 1 to 7 p.m.
Dunkirk Senior Center Pinochle, 1 p.m., 45 Cliffstar Court. Everyone welcome.
Collins Library presents: Tech Trainer, 4 to 7 p.m., 2341 Main St., Collins. Call the library at 532-5129 for details.
Empire State College information session, 5:30 p.m., 214 Central Ave., Dunkirk. For details see www.esc.edu.
Northern Chautauqua pickleball, 5:30 to 9 p.m., Boys and Girls Club of Northern Chautauqua, 296 E. Lake Shore Drive, Dunkirk. With questions, call Ed at 432-6114.
Sinclairville Library presents: Country Kids on the Fly, 6 to 8 p.m. Sinclairville Free Library, 15 Main St. Free fly-tying instruction for all kids 8 to 100. All tools and materials are provided. Parents must accompany youngsters to the first class to complete paperwork.
Northern Chautauqua outdoor pickleball, 6 p.m. until dark. Corner of Tenney and Townsend streets, Dunkirk. All are welcome. Call Gary at 366-0964 for details.
Anderson-Lee Library presents: a talk and book signing by local author Donald Dowling, 6:30 p.m., 43 Main St., Silver Creek. Book: “The Gold of Vanishing Creek,” is a Western with elements of suspense, mystery and romance. Event is free, open to the public. Registration required. Call 934-3468.
DHS Deep Water Aquasize, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. DHS Pool. $4 individually.
DHS Evening Swim, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. DHS Pool. $2 individually.
Dunkirk Moose 89 bingo, 296 Lake Shore Drive W., doors open at 5, game starts 7 p.m. Everyone welcome.
TUESDAY, MAY 23
Aerobics by Catherine, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Dunkirk Senior Center, 45 Cliffstar Court, Dunkirk. All seniors welcome. $1.
Dunkirk Public Library presents: storytime and craft, 10:30 to 11 a.m. 536 Central Ave. Children 2 to 5 years old can listen to stories and make a craft. After storytime, children can play.
SOAR Chapter 4-1 meeting and lunch, noon, United Steelworkers Local Union 2693 Union Hall, 97 E. Fourth St., Dunkirk. Call Clarence Corbett, Financial Secretary at 366-3288 to make a reservation for lunch and attendance at the meeting.
Pinochle: Tuesday’s Best, 1 p.m., Fredonia Beaver Club. All players welcome. Call Birdie at 679-1409.
Tai Chi class, 3 to 4 p.m., Dunkirk Senior Center, 45 Cliffstar Court.
Barker Library presents: All-ages storytime, 4 p.m., 7 Day St., Fredonia. Stop by after school for stories, videos, activities and crafts.
Silver Creek Central School District Gala concert and benefit picnic, dinner, 4 to 7 p.m., concert at 6 p.m. Program includes: Elementary Band, Sunshine Singers, Third Grade Chorus, Junior Band, Middle School Treble and Mixed Chorus, Senior Chorus, Senior Band, Black Knight Jazz Ensemble and Senior Recognition. JJ’s Backyard Barbecue & Catering pulled pork and chicken dinners for $9 each. Proceeds will benefit the Music Department. Pre-order encouraged. Purchase tickets at The Green Frog and Baubles and Togs in the village or through the Music Department or at www.silvercreek.wnyric.org “http://www.silvercreek.wnyric.org/” under news and events. If inclement weather, the event will be held indoors.
Anderson-Lee Library presents: “Build a Bluebird House with John Ruska and meet Diane Clark from Greystone Bat, Bird & Butterfly Sanctuary, 6:30 p.m., 43 Main St., Silver Creek. Learn about Greystone’s mission to preserve nature, what projects they are working on, how to get involved, and the special events held at the Preserve. John Ruska, past president and lifetime director of the NYS Bluebird Society will lead a bluebird house building workshop. Free, open to adults. Registration required to ensure adequate materials for all. Call 934-3468.
Northern Chautauqua beginners’ pickleball class, 6:30 until 9 p.m., Boys and Girls Club, 296 Lake Shore Drive E., Dunkirk. Call Ed at 432-6114 for details. Equipment is available.
Patterson Library presents: “Blue Marble” book discussion group, 6:30 p.m., 40 S. Portage St., Westfield.
St. Joseph’s bingo, Parish Center, 145 East Main St., Fredonia. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., Bingo at 7 p.m. For information call parish office at 679-4116.
Fredonia High School Music Department spring concert, 7 p.m., District Auditorium. Features Jazz Ensemble, Madrigals, String Orchestra, Chamber Choir and Symphonic Band. Free, open to the public.
Chautauqua County Antique Equipment Association monthly meeting, 7 p.m., club grounds, Cemetery Road, Stockton. All members urged to attend.
Cinema Series: “Gifted,” 7:30 p.m., 1891 Fredonia Opera House, Village Hall. Stars Chris Evans in the story of conflicting ideas as to how to raise and educate the child prodigy in his care. Tickets: $7 adults, $6.50 seniors and Opera House members, $5 students and children. Call 679-1891 or visit Fredopera.org.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 24
DHS Morning Swim, 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. DHS Pool. $2.
TOPS 890 Silver Creek, 9 a.m., Private weigh-ins start at 9, meetings at 9:30 a.m., First United Church, 35 Park Place, Silver Creek. $1 per week. Visitors and new members welcome.
Stretch and tone with exercise, see Monday
Grape Belt Seniors Aerobics and Weights with Catherine, see Monday.
Patterson Library presents: Tell Me a Story Storytime, 9:30 a.m., 40 S. Portage St., Westfield. Designed for preschoolers (3 to 5 year olds). Meets in the storytime room with Ms. Amy.
Sinclairville Free Library presents: Child’s Play, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., 15 Main St. Drop-in early literacy program for ages birth and up. Children and caregivers may come anytime during those two hours for stories and early literacy activities.
Collins Public Library presents: Quilting with Florence, 10:30 am. to 2:30 pm., 2341 Main St., Collins.
Cassadaga Branch Library book sale, 1 to 7 p.m., 18 Maple Ave.
TOPS Chapter 1094 Brocton, weigh-ins from 4:45 to 5:15 p.m., meeting following. Fellowship Church, 148 W. Main St., Brocton. All welcome.
TOPS Chapter 176, weigh-ins 5 p.m., meeting 5:30 p.m., St. Joseph’s School, East Main Street, Fredonia. New and old members welcome.
TOPS 757 Dunkirk meeting, 5:30 p.m., upstairs Elks Club Rooms, Central Ave., Dunkirk. Weigh-ins, meeting after. Visitors, new members welcome.
Write Now Writers Group, 6 p.m., Ahira Hall Memorial Library, 37 W. Main St., Brocton. Call Jenean at 792-9418 or ad.ahml@hotmail.com for details.
Laser Skin Treatment Center of Dunkirk Spring Open House, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., 3898 Vineyard Drive, Dunkirk. Forty percent off a package booked that night as well as special drawings for free treatments and gift baskets! Services include Treatment procedures include hair removal, facial and leg veins, pigmented lesions (sun damage, brown spots), wrinkles, skin tightening, acne and acne scars, to name just a few. Dr. Tat Sum Lee has been a family physician and a trained general surgeon for more than 38 years. He and his laser technician, Joann, have been trained and certified in the application of laser treatment. Visit www.laser-improvement.com.
Northern Chautauqua outdoor pickleball, 6 p.m. Corner of Tenney and Townsend streets, Dunkirk. All welcome. Call Gary at 366-0964.
Cassadaga Library presents: Mediumship 101, 6 p.m., 18 Maple Ave. Speaker: Dr. Susan Barnes, an international Spiritualist medium, tutor, Spirit Art Gallery owner and author. Topic: the difference between mediums and psychics, and what a medium can and cannot do. Also, she will demonstrate mediumship and how it works.
AWANA club, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Fredonia First United Methodist Church community room, 25 Church St. All students kindergarten through eighth grade welcome. For details, call 679-1513.
Concord Spellbinders Toastmasters Club meeting, 7 p.m., SUNY Fredonia, Fenton Hall, room 180, Academic Avenue, Fredonia. Contact Jim Rawcliffe at 672-2662.
Alcoholics Anonymous Wednesday discussion group, 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., St. John’s UCC, 733 Central Ave., Dunkirk.
