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Jazz ensemble plans free concert at SUNY

The OBSERVER and The Post-Journal, in cooperation with Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center, present the U.S. Navy Band Commodores, the Navy’s premier jazz ensemble. It has been performing the very best of big band jazz for the Navy and the nation for more than 50 years. Formed in 1969, this 18-member group continues the jazz big band legacy with some of the finest musicians in the world. The Commodores’ mission includes public concerts, national concert tours, ceremonial support in honoring our veterans, jazz education classes and clinics, and protocol performances for ...

Historical Society presentation on Amish Thursday

MAYVILLE – William A. Lucas will present “Traveling with the Amish: Past and Present” at the Chautauqua Town Historical Society’s Monthly Meeting, Thursday, May 21 at 7 p.m. in the Veteran’s Memorial Meeting Room, the Chautauqua Town Hall, 2 Academy Street, Mayville. William Lucas, ...

Library events set for the week

Weekly events at local libraries have been announced. Check each library’s website for details — Monday: Preschool Storytime at Barker Library, 7 Day St., Fredonia, 10:30 a.m. — Tuesday: Little Adventurers babies, toddlers, preschoolers with grown-ups at Ahira Hall Library, 37 W. Main St., 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.; 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.; Mahjong Club at Anderson-Lee Library, 43 Main St., Silver Creek at 1 p.m., Imaginarium elementary ...

Area author releases ‘Lost Gold of Chautauqua’

“The Lost Gold of Chautauqua: The Treasure of the Future Lies in the Mystery of the Past”
by T.F. Herr, a Chautauqua County resident, is the latest book release from NFB Publishing of Buffalo. For more than two centuries, whispers of lost gold have haunted the rugged depths of Chautauqua Creek Gorge. In the turmoil of the French and Indian War, a military payroll vanished into the wilderness — and into legend. When George Evans IV discovers a 200-year-old journal penned by his own ancestor, he becomes the heir to a mystery that has shadowed the Button-Evans family for ...

Mel Brooks’ archives coming to Comedy Center

The National Comedy Center will become the home of famed comedian Mel Brooks’ career archives. The announcement comes with the 99-year-old Brooks’ newest film, Spaceballs II, coming out in theaters April 27. Brooks’ career archives are one of the most comprehensive collections of comedic creative material ever preserved. The archive comprises nearly 150,000 creative and production documents and more than 5,000 photographs, many never-before-seen. It offers an unparalleled record of Brooks’ creative life and the development of works that transformed American comedy and culture ...

Josh Groban, Kenny G., Amy Grant To Perform At Chautauqua

Josh Groban joins the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra for Josh Groban: Stage, Screen and Symphony on Thursday, Aug. 13, at Chautauqua Institution. Tickets for Groban's performance go on sale Friday. Groban released a new album on Friday. Titled CINEMATIC, the album is a tribute to the world ...