The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center will present Vanya, a new one-man staging of the Anton Chekhov classic, captured live via satellite from London’s National Theatre, on Saturday at 1 p.m. The award-winning production is part of Arts in the Afternoon at the Opera House and ...

The School of Music at the State University of New York at Fredonia will host Patricio Cosentino for a two-day residency in October. On Tuesday at 3 p.m., Cosentino will conduct a master class for tuba and euphonium students in the School of Music. He will work with individual students, ...

The Cinema Series at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center continues with the moving “Sing Sing” on Saturday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Divine G (Colman Domingo), imprisoned at “Sing Sing” for a crime he didn’t commit, finds purpose by acting in a theater group with ...

Fredonia resident Nick Smith will read from and sign copies of his latest book, “Cloudwalking,” at The Next Chapter Bookstore, 12 Park Place in downtown Fredonia, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 26. Smith is an author, movie director, producer and actor. He teaches filmmaking at SUNY ...

Local author Rebecca Cuthbert’s third book, “Self-Made Monsters,” will make its debut on Friday, from Alien Buddha Press. A hybrid collection of feminist horror, “Self-Made Monsters,” contains stories and poems featuring women as villains and victims, as bystanders and enablers, ...

Acclaimed percussionist Ayano Kataoka will explore the music of the legendary Stuart S. Smith today at the State University of New York at Fredonia. The Percussion Guild of the Fredonia Student Association is hosting Kataoka’s campus visit that begins with an informational session about Mr. ...