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Spring gala set for June 8

WESTFIELD — The Chautauqua County Historical Society will hold its annual spring gala on Saturday, June 8, at McClurg Museum. The gala features hors d’oeuvres and refreshments from 6 to 8 p.m. Tickets to the event are $50 and are available by calling CCHS at 716.326.2977 or by email at ...

Main Street Studios performing ‘girl.’

Main Street Studios in Fredonia will be hosting a Mother’s Day weekend run of Megan Mostyn-Brown’s play “girl.”, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings, and a matinee on Saturday, May 9-11. The play will be followed up by “She Sings!”, a cabaret-style performance of songs celebrating women. Mostyn-Brown’s play “girl.”, takes a poignant and realistic journey into the lives of 3 different young women and the struggles of their individual circumstances. “girl.” examines the challenges, difficulties, and joys of being a mother, sister and daughter, in a ...

Opera House presents acclaimed folk duo

In celebration of 30 years of the Folk in Fredonia Music Series, the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center in 2024 is bringing back some of the artists who performed in the earlier years of the series. Acclaimed duo Sparky and Rhonda Rucker first appeared in 2009 and are returning ...

Coming up …

MONDAY, MAY 6 Chautauqua County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board meeting Gerace Office Building, 3 N. Erie St., Mayville, 9 a.m. Open to the public. For details, contact Lauren Sharp at sharpl@chqgov.com Darwin R. Library presents: Preschool storytime 7 Day St., Fredonia, 10:30 a.m. Stories, movies, crafts, play. All children welcome. No registration necessary. Chautauqua’s Got Talent The Spire Theater, 317 E. Third St., Jamestown, 7 p.m. Annual People’s Choice talent competition. Tickets $14, purchase at InSpirejamestown.com. Faculty Recital: May-hem SUNY ...

Numbers surge for OSCAR Expo at SUNY

FREDONIA — A celebration of growth, creativity, curiosity and hard work by students, faculty and staff will be on display at the 2024 Student Research and Creativity Exposition at the State University of New York at Fredonia, featuring a hefty increase in the number of presentations. The ...

Workers’ Memorial event planned for Saturday

FREWSBURG – This Saturday, Chautauqua County will pay tribute to the men and women who have lost their lives while on the job in honor of Workers' Memorial Day: Remember the dead – Fight for the living. The event will take place on Saturday at 11 a.m. at Erlandson Overview Park, located at 465 Oak Hill Road in Frewsburg. This year's commemoration holds particular significance as the community gathers to honor the memory of those who went to work one day and did not return. The keynote speaker for the event will be Charles “Chuck” DeAngelo, a respected Jamestown Labor ...