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Opera House to host BBQ, bake sale, basket auction

The 1891 Fredonia Opera House will hold a chicken BBQ fund-raiser on Saturday, in Fredonia’s West Barker Common near the Gazebo. A Bake Sale and Basket Auction also will be a part of the event. All proceeds benefit the Opera House’s annual Bach & Beyond Baroque Music Festival. Opera ...

Visiting Violin Series set in Fredonia School of Music, featuring Streisfeld

A new Visiting Violin Series will feature three events throughout the 2022-2023 academic year that bring guest violinists to the State University of New York at Fredonia to work with students and perform in Rosch Recital Hall. The series was organized by School of Music Assistant Professor ...

Darwin R. Barker Museum announces current exhibits

The Darwin R. Barker Museum has two current exhibits in place for the public. The Photography Exhibit presents a look at the history of photography. It includes a large number of pictures of Fredonia and local residents dating back to the mid 1800s. Also on display are antique cameras and equipment from the studio of Russell McClaren and his family, who operated a well-known business in Fredonia from 1918 to 1969. Also in place in the entryway is “Feeding Fredonia,” including artifacts from Fredonia’s many seed companies and canning factories. In addition to the later large ...

Fredonia Opera House to show ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’

The next film in the Cinema Series at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center is “Where the Crawdads Sing.” It will be screened Saturday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Based on the best-selling novel, “Where the Crawdads Sing” is the story of Kya (Daisy Edgar-Jones), an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. For years, rumors of the Marsh Girl haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from the community. Drawn to two young men from town, Kya opens herself to a new world; but when one of them is ...

Musicians, educators perform Friday

The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center presents Fredonia musicians and educators David & Ann Rose in concert on Friday at 7:30 p.m. David Rose has served as a titled player of numerous orchestras, including Associate Principal of the Vancouver Symphony, Principal Viola of the ...