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Opera House to screen ‘Power Ballad’

The Cinema Series continues at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center with screenings of “Power Ballad” on Saturday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The Tuesday night screening will be shown with captions visible on the screen. When Rick (Paul Rudd), a past-his-prime wedding ...

Backlog plays Music at the Point Wednesday

This Wednesday’s live Music at the Point will feature Backlog from 6 to 8 p.m. at Point Gratiot. The event is sponsored by Southern Tier Environments for Living, Inc. (STEL) and Lawley Insurance. Backlog is a variety rock power trio from the Jamestown, and Warren, Pa., areas. The group ...

New Horizons Band concert Thursday in Forestville

FORESTVILLE — An outdoor concert, performed by The New Horizons Band, is coming back to Forestville on Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the American Legion, 6 Cedar St. This will be the third concert with Imagine Forestville and American Legion J. Carter Knapp Post 953 joining forces hosting and welcoming this most entertaining band back to Forestville. “We are so grateful to not only have The New Horizons Band back for a third year, but we are also grateful to the American Legion who offered their facility to us again.” Imagine Forestville President Aimee Rogers said. ...

Area libraries list coming events

Weekly events are planned at local libraries. Check each library’s website for details — Monday: Velociraptors going into PreK to going into second grade at Barker Library, 7 Day St., Fredonia, 10:30 a.m. OR Tuesday at 2 p.m. — Tuesday: Velociraptors going into PreK to going into second grade at Barker Library, 7 Day St., Fredonia, OR Monday at 10:30 a.m.; Storytime, craft at Dunkirk Library, 536 Central Ave., 11 a.m.; Mahjong Club at Anderson-Lee Library, 43 Main St., Silver Creek at 1 p.m. — Wednesday: Paleontologists going into third grade going into eighth grade at ...

‘8 Great Wednesdays’ off to a rousing start

Two Wednesdays in, Festivals Fredonia's summer concert series is doing exactly what it set out to do: bringing the village center back to life. The "8 Great Wednesdays in the Park" opened July 1 with Country Night, drawing lawn chairs and blankets across Barker Common well before showtime. Line-dancing instructor Connie Glasier led a 5:30pm warm-up, Michael Key opened with the Star-Spangled Banner, and then Everette Lee & the Underground Stampede took the stage at 6:30. The momentum carried into week two, when Americana Night brought Unknown Legends to the bandshell on July 8 — one ...

County sales include $1.2M Bemus Point restaurant

A popular restaurant in Bemus Point has been sold and is now an Italian restaurant. The Post-Journal and OBSERVER have been analyzing real estate sales in Chautauqua County and recently looked at the transactions from April 27-30. The county does not provide transaction information, but real ...