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Opera House presents Brass Ensemble in free performance

Kick off the Memorial Day weekend with a special concert by one of America’s lauded military musical ensembles! The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center presents the US Air Force Heritage Brass in a free performance this coming Friday at 7 p.m. Experience brass like you’ve ...

Community Notebook

SOAR meets Tuesday in city SOAR Chapter 4-1 will meet Tuesday at USW Local 2693 Union Hall on Fourth Street in Dunkirk. The meeting will convene at noon with lunch to follow. All SOAR Members and retirees are invited to attend. For further information call 716-366–1485. Band lists summer concerts The New Horizons Band of Western New York will perform four concerts this summer. The first concert will be on Saturday, July 4 in Barker Commons at the Farmers’ Market in Fredonia from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The second concert will be performed on Thursday, July 9 at the Brocton ...

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 Tops NY 890 meeting First United Presbyterian Church, 35 Park Place, Silver Creek. Weigh-ins begin at 8:45 a.m., meeting starts at 9:35 a.m. All are welcome. Use the Main Street entrance. For details, call 716 680-0313. TOPS NY #1094 of Brocton meeting Tri-Church, 35 E. Main St., Brocton. Weigh-ins at 2 p.m., meeting at 2:30 p.m. All are welcome to visit with new friends and get help losing weight. For details, contact Kathy at 716 792-4226. Patterson Library presents: Mystery book club 40 S. Portage St., Westfield, 4 p.m. Town of Hanover Democratic ...

Jazz ensemble plans free concert at SUNY

The OBSERVER and The Post-Journal, in cooperation with Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center, present the U.S. Navy Band Commodores, the Navy’s premier jazz ensemble. It has been performing the very best of big band jazz for the Navy and the nation for more than 50 years. Formed in 1969, this 18-member group continues the jazz big band legacy with some of the finest musicians in the world. The Commodores’ mission includes public concerts, national concert tours, ceremonial support in honoring our veterans, jazz education classes and clinics, and protocol performances for ...

Youth get more than dirt at Earth Day event

Children love superheroes, and the superheroes they met at Alexander Findley Community Library on April 18 were "slimy soil heroes," also known as earthworms. The celebration of Earth Day, which was April 22, frequently begins on the preceding weekend, and the Findley Lake Library joined in ...

Historical Society presentation on Amish Thursday

MAYVILLE – William A. Lucas will present “Traveling with the Amish: Past and Present” at the Chautauqua Town Historical Society’s Monthly Meeting, Thursday, May 21 at 7 p.m. in the Veteran’s Memorial Meeting Room, the Chautauqua Town Hall, 2 Academy Street, Mayville. William Lucas, ...