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Opera House to screen ‘Heart of the Beast’

The Cinema Series continues at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center with screenings of the survivalist adventure tale, “Heart of the Beast,” on Saturday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The Tuesday night screening will be shown with captions visible on the screen. After a ...

Opera House presents Irish comedy ‘The Playboy of the Western World’

The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center will present the Irish classic “The Playboy of the Western World,” captured live via satellite from London’s Lyttelton Theatre, on Saturday at 1 p.m. The National Theatre Live production is part of Arts in the Afternoon at the Opera ...

Fredonia artist debuts paintings in ‘Orb Weavers’

Thomas Annear Art Studio is pleased to present Orb Weavers, more than a dozen works by Francesca Woolson, a recent graduate of Maine College of Art & Design, from Friday to Nov. 14. Woolson’s oil paintings are a portrayal of bodies transforming through their environments. Her careful ...

Area library events listed for week

Weekly events at local libraries have been listed. Check each library's website for details — Monday: Preschool Storytime at Darwin R. Barker Library, 7 Day St., Fredonia, 10:30 a.m. — Tuesday: Zoom room ages 0 to 3 with families at Patterson Library. 40 S. Portage St., Westfield, 10:15 a.m.; Storytime, take-home craft kit ages 2 to 5 at Dunkirk Public Library, 536 Central Ave., 11 a.m.; Mahjong Club at Anderson-Lee Library, 43 Main St., Silver Creek at 1 p.m., Cozy Crafters at Patterson Library, 40 S. Portage St., Westfield, 1 p.m.; Imaginarium after school elementary program ...

‘Between The Basswoods’ exhibit opens Nov. 16

SALAMANCA, NY – The Seneca-Iroquois National Museum, located within the Onöhsagwë:de’ Cultural Center presents “Between the Basswoods: The Story of Buffalo Creek,” on view beginning Nov. 16. This new permanent exhibit explores the Buffalo Creek territory, impactful Hodínöhšö:nih treaties, and what legacies remain now, two centuries later. The concept for this exhibit took root after the famous Seneca leader and orator, Red Jacket’s peace medal was repatriated to the Seneca-Iroquois National Museum from The Buffalo History Museum in 2021. In 1792, President George ...

Area libraries list coming events

Weekly events at local libraries have been listed. Check each library’s website for details — 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.; Mahjong Club at Anderson-Lee Library, 43 Main St., Silver Creek at 1 p.m., Imaginarium after school elementary program at Ahira Hall Memorial Library, 37 W. Main St., Brocton, LEGOS, ...