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Opera House presents ‘Hadestown’ musical Saturday

The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center will present the live theater capture of the hit musical “Hadestown,” which won eight Tony Awards in 2019 including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, as part of Arts in the Afternoon on Saturday at 1 ...

Opera House to present ‘Coming Home: The Music of James Taylor’

The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center will present Coming Home: The Music Of James Taylor with singer/songwriter James Gedeon on Friday at 7:30 p.m. The concert is presented as part of the DFT Communications Spotlight Series. Western New York native James Gedeon performs the ...

Jamestown’s connection to 60 years of Star Trek

Jamestown may seem an unlikely place to find an important chapter in the history of Star Trek. But as the legendary television series celebrates its 60th anniversary this week, Lucille Ball's hometown has a remarkable connection to the final frontier. Sixty years ago last night, on ...

Library events for week in area listed

Weekly events at local libraries have been announced. Check each library’s website for details. — Monday: Preschool Storytime at Darwin R. Barker Library, 7 Day St., Fredonia, 10:30 a.m. — Tuesday: Little Adventurers for ages 0 to 7 and their grown-up at Ahira Hall Memorial Library, 37 W. Main St., Brocton, 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.; Storytime, take-home craft kit ages 2 to 5 at Dunkirk Public Library, 536 Central Ave., 11 a.m.; Cozy Crafters at Patterson Library, 40 S. Portage St., Westfield, 1 p.m.; Imaginarium after school elementary program at Ahira Hall Memorial Library, 37 W. ...

Songwriters Circle Series in third year at Center

WESTFIELD — In the fall of 2024, Westfield’s Lake Shore Center for the Arts (LSCFTA), on the heels of their hugely successful Juicebox International One Act Competition, turned to music for a new venture called the Songwriters Circle Series. For those unfamiliar with the term, a songwriters’ circle is simply several songwriters taking turns sharing their songs along with the stories and inspiration behind them. And they do all this in front of an audience that not only gets to experience original music in LSCFTA’s incredibly intimate Jacqueline Phillips Theater, but they also ...

Indigo Girls to perform tonight at Chautauqua Institution

CHAUTAUQUA — Chautauqua Institution’s regular summer season may have come to a close, but activities on the institution’s grounds continue with their post season or “shoulder” season, following the regular season. These smaller, more intimate, concert experiences began last year ...