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Free multi-media concert set for this Saturday in Fredonia

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Northern Chautauqua, located at 222 Temple St. in Fredonia, is celebrating their 40th anniversary and invites the community to a free concert on Saturday at 7 p.m. This multi-media experience, “The Year to Save the Earth,” will be performed by ...

Chamber Choir named finalist for the 2023 American Prize

The Fredonia Chamber Choir at the State University of New York at Fredonia, under the direction of Dr. Vernon Huff, was named a National Finalist for the 2023 American Prize. The choir was tapped as a finalist in the category of Choral Performance-college/university division (larger ...

Pedro and the Smooth Cats to Perform in Cassadaga

CASSADAGA — On Sunday, June 25 from 5-7 p.m., Pedro and the Smooth Cats will grace the Floating Stage at Cassadaga Beach. This local band covers a variety of American music styles, including country, blues, R&B, rockabilly and even some jazz. Singer, sax player, keyboardist Pete Howard is ...

Opera House pages ‘Book Club’ showing

The next film in the Cinema Series at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center is the romantic comedy “Book Club: The Next Chapter,” starring Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Diane Keaton and Mary Steenburgen. It will be screened on Sat., June 24, and Tues., June 27, at 7:30 ...

In review: A Jazzy finale to Bach fest

The June 11 matinee performance that concluded this year’s Bach & Beyond Baroque Music Festival was a testament to the strong sense of community that has developed here in Fredonia over the past 26 years. Each summer, when not experiencing a global pandemic, musicians from numerous national and international locations converge upon our modest village in Chautauqua County in order to prepare, rehearse, and perform a selection of music carefully curated by Maestro Grant Cooper. Our community responds enthusiastically, with a devoted cohort of concert goers opening their homes to house ...

Opera House presents Tokyo Stories

The 1891 Fredonia Opera House will present Tokyo Stories, a special cinematic exploration of the visual art scene in Japan, on Saturday at 1 p.m., as part of its Art & Architecture On Screen Series. Based on a major exhibition at the Ashmolean in Oxford, Tokyo Stories spans 400 years of ...