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Opera House Met season continues

Live at the Met, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live, high definition (HD) opera transmissions to theaters around the world, continues at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center on Saturday at 1 p.m., with Terence Blanchard’s celebrated contemporary opera ...

Fredonia 1891 Opera House presents Bluegrass band

UPDATE: Due to an illness in the band, Friday evening’s concert with bluegrass band Monroe Crossing has been postponed. A rescheduled date will be announced in the future. Anyone with tickets may contact the Opera House Box Office at 716-679-1891 for ticket refund options. The 1891 ...

SUNY Fredonia offers fresh take on William Shakespeare classic

A truly timeless classic comes to the stage of Marvel Theatre at the State University of New York at Fredonia this month when the Department of Theatre and Dance presents William Shake-speare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” Professor Ted Sharon will direct the Walter Gloor Mainstage production, ...

Juicebox play competition nearing end in Westfield

Who says nothing exciting ever happens here in live theater in Western New York? Lake Shore Center for the Arts in Westfield is in the process of introducing their newest event, the Juicebox Organic International One Act Play Competition. So, just what in the heck is a Juicebox Organic ...

Congregation plans Earth Day films Saturday

The Green Sanctuary Team of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Northern Chautauqua will host an Earth Day film showing on Saturday at 7 p.m. at 222 Temple St. in Fredonia. The three short films, “Current Revolution” (total running time 72 minutes) illustrate the possibility of a just transition to a clean energy economy where the well-being of workers and frontline community members is valued. “Current Revolution,” from the American Resilience Project, explores the transition from fossil fuels to renewables with a focus on national security, economic prosperity, and ...

SUNY Fredonia faculty, students, alumni to perform ‘The Magic Flute’ with BPO

The Buffalo Philharmonic and the State University of New York at Fredonia’s Hillman Opera program are joining to celebrate Mozart’s beautiful fairy tale opera, “The Magic Flute,” in a semi-staged performance of the cherished, lighthearted masterpiece. Performances are on Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2:30 p.m., at Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo. JoAnn Falletta is conductor for the event; Wayne Murphy is producer, Department of Theatre and Dance Professor Paul Mockovak, stage director; and SUNY Fredonia emeriti Laurel Walford, costumer. Dr. Adam Luebke of the School of ...