Anne's Arts & Activities Blog

By John Robertson

Join us at the Corner Bar & Restaurant for a weekend of celebrating St. Paddy's Day. Music by 2 Guys Drinking Beer & DJ Benzo . $5 Irish Car Bombs, Jello Shots, also Budlight/Miller Lite Pounders $3.25!!! Come down and get your jig on or Riverdance the night away!!

March 2019   |  2019 Season   |  Accommodations   |  Plan a Visit   |  Make a Donation #CHQ2019 announcements: Judy Collins and Madeleine Peyroux on Opening Night, Dawes on Aug. 16, plus free Sunday entertainment We're thrilled to confirm our Opening Night acts, as the iconic Judy Collins and acclaimed jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux share a double-billing — a stirring start for our 2019 season — while popular folk band Dawes is confirmed to join us on Aug. 16. Read on for more information on these and other exciting additions to our concert lineup. ...

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra clarinetist and saxophonist Sal Andolina will be accompanied by six of his BPO colleagues when he returns to St. Bonaventure University Monday, March 25, for an evening performance as part of the university’s Martine Performing Arts Series. The concert, “Sal Andolina’s Mixed Bag,” will be presented at 7 p.m. in Rigas Theater of the university’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. Admission is free for St. Bonaventure students and employees. For others, a limited number of $5 general admission tickets are available and may be purchased by calling the Quick Center at (716) 375-2494. “Our audiences have been treated to the virtuosity of Sal Andolina over the past couple of seasons, in concerts featuring jazz as well as French and Italian café music,” said Dr. Les Sabina, professor of music and chair of the university’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts, which plans and executes the annual Martine series. “Now, we will hear him in a classica...

The St. Bonaventure University theater program will present “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” a contemporary comedy, next week at the university’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. Nightly performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, through Saturday, March 23. “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” by American playwright Sarah Ruhl, is the story of Jean and her accidental involvement with a cell phone, its deceased owner and his very odd family. “The play combines absurd humor, magical realism and romance to spin a very 21st century story about goodness, loneliness, bad business and the desire to connect,” said Dr. Ed. Simone, professor of theater, theater program director, and director for this production. “The laughs in this play are fresh and sharp. Sarah Ruhl looks at our lives and how we try to connect, to find the goodness in people. We have a fabulous ensemble of actors and technicians who bring genuine energy to the comedy, the action and the romance as well.” Th...

Saw them last night in Bradford. AMAZING!

AUDITIONS!! "Mourning Has Broken" by local writer/director Pab Sungenis Show Dates: May 17, 18, & 19 AUDITION INFO: Please arrive promptly at 630pm ether on March 25 or 26 at Togi's Playhouse, prepared to read from the script with others. You should dress comfortably. If you have any questions, please feel free to message Bradford Little Theatre. Rehearsals will begin with a read-thru on March 31st and are tentatively scheduled for 3 days a week, including Sundays. CHARACTER INFO: BARRY (Male, Mid 30’s) – A lawyer. His philosophy is best summed up in the words of Walt Kelly: “Don’t take life too serious, it ain’t nohow permanent.” Barry is a joker, prankster, and full of love of life. How much of this is a façade for his true feelings is uncertain. JEFF (Male, Mid 30’s) – A stockbroker. Financially comfortable if not well-to-do, but restless and slightly aimless. Keeps asking himself “is that all there is?” Is jarred by the deaths of Mark and Hank to do ...

Ya can't get much more Irish-American than Corned Beef, Shepard's Pie, Jameson, Guinness & Hot Apple Pie! C'mon down this Sunday the 17th, and enjoy live music by the band "Hot Apple Pie" from 3"00-6:00 and indulge in all that which is Irish. You like green? We got green! And as always, Bloody Mary's & Mimosas will start at 11:00a sharp and remember....May you always have eyes in your heads, and none in your spuds! See ya Sunday! pin The Cow Palace Bar & Grill 72 Hillside Dr, Limestone, New York 14753  

March 15 7 to 10 p.m. Twisted Vine Winery 117 Fraley Street, Kane, PA

Lisa & John March 14 7 to 10 p.m. Beefeater's Congress Street, Bradford, PA

Tyler Calkins & Al Hancock 7 to 10 p.m. March 14 Afterwords at Beefeaters Congress Street, Bradford, PA

REED, SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE JAMESTOWN COMEDY CENTER IS OFFICIALLY  THE NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER OF THE UNITED STATES Reps: “National Comedy Center Is A Cultural Institution And Tourism Magnet: Connecting, Inspiring, And Educating Visitors From All Over The Country About America’s Rich History Of Comedy” National Comedy Center Also Builds On A Tradition Of Comedy History In Jamestown, NY, Birthplace Of Legend Lucille Ball Reed, Schumer, Gillibrand: Comedy Has Found Its Permanent Home In Jamestown WASHINGTON –  Representative Tom Reed, Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that their legislation designating Jamestown’s National Comedy Center as the official “National Comedy Center” of the United States has passed Congress and been signed into law as part of the 2019 Lands Package. The Comedy Center, located in downtown Jamestown and partially built to honor the vision of Jame...

Grace Reading at Howth Bay by William Orpen

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Beth Ann Fennelly, poet laureate of Mississippi, will speak March 19 at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.             Her talk, which will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Mukaiyama University Room of the Frame-Westerberg Commons, is free and open to the public. The presentation is part of the university’s Spectrum arts series as well as programming for Women’s History Month.             “I am really excited about being able to bring Beth Ann to campus,” said Dr. Nancy McCabe, professor of writing and director of the writing program.             “I read one of her poems 20 years ago and was so bowled over by it that I’ve followed her career closely ever since. My students have loved the work of hers that I’ve assigned in class. I’ve heard her speak and found her riveting, with a wicked sense of hu...

Clapton: The Autobiography by Eric Clapton My rating: 5 of 5 stars I knew a lot about Eric Clapton before, but reading in his own words about the trials, tribulations and triumphs he experienced makes it feel so much more personal, and makes him seem so much more real. He doesn't hold anything back -- from being born illegitimate and thinking his mother was his sister -- to his love for Pattie Boyd -- to his struggles with drugs. Clapton puts it all out there. And it's intense. Then there's the music. His stories about The Yardbirds and Cream, as well as Bob Dylan, the Beatles (great but surprising -- to me -- John Lennon story) and so many more are everything you'd want from a rock icon. View all my reviews