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‘Somewhere in Queens’ found at Opera House

The next film in the Cinema Series at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center is the dramedy “Somewhere in Queens,” directed by and starring Ray Romano. It will be screened Saturday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Leo Russo (Romano) lives a simple life in Queens, New York, with his ...

Met Live season concludes Saturday

Live at the Met, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live, high definition (HD) opera transmissions to theaters around the world, concludes its 2022-23 season at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center on Saturday at 1 p.m., with Wolfgang Mozart’s Die ...

Dunkirk welcomes Uptown Fever and Aftermath tonight

The City of Dunkirk’s Music on the Pier Summer Concert Series continues for the second week today in Memorial Park. The concerts are presented by DFT Communications, Chautauqua Nursing & Rehabilitation Center and stage sponsor National Grid. Sponsored by Lawley Insurance and Brooks-TLC ...

In review: Perfect tone for Bach event

The 26th Bach & Beyond Baroque Music Festival continued on Saturday with Maestro Grant Cooper leading the International Baroque Soloists in concert at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center. The program included a symphony and two concertos, which continued the thematic threads of this year’s festival, exploring composer connections between Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, and the development of the clarinet. Cheryl Bishkoff, a longtime Festival favorite, set the tone for the second concert with a featured performance of Oboe Concerto in ...

Chautauqua Institution to host annual Spring Gala Performance of CRYB

By ANDREW MARTIN SMITH The 26th Bach & Beyond Baroque Music Festival continued on Saturday with Maestro Grant Cooper leading the International Baroque Soloists in concert at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center. The program included a symphony and two concertos, which ...

In review: Magic continues at Bach event

During the weekend of June 9 to 11, I had the privilege of attending the Bach & Beyond Baroque Music Festival at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center. Maestro Grant Cooper, who has provided the artistic vision of this festival for the past 26 years, directed the International Baroque Soloists through a delightful program of Baroque, Classical, and 20th-century musical offerings, resulting in great acclaim from an enthusiastic audience. The programming of this year’s festival served three laudable goals: showcasing the talents of young, emerging musicians, exploring ...