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Funeral home open for tours

Life is restored to Dunkirk’s own abandoned, haunted 1800s Victorian funeral home —formerly the Gardiner-Colletti Memorial Home — and the Ivy League Psychic Academy will kick off the summer season with the launch of new supernatural tours and self-guided tours on site. The Ivy League Psychic Academy, an internationally unmatched training academy for psychic mediums, announces the highly requested tours will begin Saturday, May 28. It’s located at 43 W. Fourth St. in Dunkirk. Self-guided tours will run from noon to 3 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Supernatural tours are being offered ...

Gerry craft show on June 4

GERRY – The Gerry Fire Department Auxiliary will hold an outdoor craft show at the Gerry Town Park on Saturday, June 4, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., sponsored by Rodeo City Resales, with all proceeds benefitting the Auxiliary. The event will feature handmade crafts as well as products for the home. Admission is free. There will be a Chinese auction, games for the children, and food items available for purchase. Chairperson Cherin Mehs says that because of the large open space available at the park, there will not be a limit to the number of vendors accepted. Crafters and vendors ...

Touring ‘STOMP’ cast features two SUNY Fredonia performers

There’s an outsized representation of the State University of New York at Fredonia in the North American Broadway tour of “STOMP” that’s amid a multi-state tour that includes performances in May at the Rochester Broadway Theatre League’s Auditorium Theatre. Queens native Jasmine ...

Met event at Fredonia Opera House features ‘Turandot’

Live at the Met, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live, high definition (HD) opera transmissions to theaters around the world, continues at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center at 1 p.m. Saturday with a magnificent presentation of Giacomo Puccini’s ...

Concerto Competition at SUNY Fredonia set for this Sunday

The State University of New York at Fredonia School of Music will host its annual Concerto Competition Sunday at 1 p.m. in King Concert Hall. The event is free and a livestream can be viewed at fredonia.edu/music/live The finalists are: Yijun Wu, violin (student of Jessica Tong); Jordan ...

Musical theater program highlights thriving school

Special to the OBSERVER Just a few years ago, the future of Northern Chautauqua Catholic School was uncertain, as low enrollment and the cessation of subsidies from the Diocese of Buffalo threatened to close the school’s doors for good. But over the past two years, enrollment has surged, ...