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New Horizons Pops concert to celebrate 20 years

The 20th anniversary of the New Horizons Band of Western New York will be celebrated at an April concert. The event, slated for Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in Harry A. King Concert Hall at the State University of New York at Fredonia, is free and open to the public. The pops concert will feature ...

‘Last Breath’ playing at Opera House

The Cinema Series continues at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center with screenings of the true story-inspired “Last Breath” on Saturday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. “Last Breath” is a heart-pounding film that follows seasoned deep-sea divers (Woody Harrelson, ...

‘Present Laughter’ coming to Opera House

The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center will present a new staging of the Noël Coward classic, “Present Laughter,” captured live via satellite from London’s National Theatre, on Saturday at 1 p.m. The multi award-winning production is part of Arts in the Afternoon at the ...

‘Mamma Mia’ plays this weekend

The community is invited to enjoy Silver Creek High's student musical production of "Mamma Mia" on Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. with a matinee on Sunday at 2 p.m. in the auditorium. The show’s two acts will be split by a 15-minute intermission featuring a basket raffle, bake sale and ...

Premiere of opera set for Sunday

The premiere of the concert version of an opera based on Sherlock Holmes takes place April 6 at SUNY Fredonia. The Western New York Chamber Orchestra presents “221B – A Sherlock Holmes Opera” at 3 p.m. on Sunday in the Harry A. King Concert Hall of Rockefeller Arts Center. It is part ...

Club learns about wordless comic books

A recent meeting of the Fredonia Shakespeare Club season was hosted by Gail Crowe at the home of Judi Lutz Woods. Barbara Albert presented her paper on “Wordless Comic Books.” Her presentation noted “the need for wordless books and comic books in the development of some children’s ...