Anne's Arts & Activities Blog

  BCPAC is hosting its first-ever Live Virtual Concert with pianist Jim Brickman on Valentine's Weekend. The show will be February 12, 13 and 14 at 7 and 10   p.m. Tickets are on sale now at bcpac.com and are $40 per household. For each ticket sold, $10 will be donated to BCPAC. You can find more information on the hometown events page at wesb.com: https://wesb.com/hometown/

Eddie Money and Jeff Foxworthy will be at the Seneca Allegany Events Center in March. Money, whose hits include “Baby Hold On,” “Two Tickets to Paradise” and “Think I’m in Love” will perform at 7 p.m. March 6. Foxworthy, known for his redneck humor and as host of the television show "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader," takes the stage March 28 at 7 p.m. Tickets for both shows go on sale at noon Friday. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

SALAMANCA, N.Y. – One of the most well-traveled acts of the “jam band” era will roll into Western New York, when Blues Traveler takes the stage at Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino on Friday, December 26. Best known for their harmonica-laden melodies and rock ‘n roll undertones, Blues Traveler combined blues-rock and Southern rock to create a defining sound over the past 25 years. The band gained widespread fame in the mid-1990s, fueled by the Grammy Award-winning single “Run Around” and the follow-up smash hit “Hook.” The release of a new exciting and dramatically different album is scheduled for 2015. Tickets for Blues Traveler start at $20, and go on sale Thursday, Oct. 30 at Noon. Tickets are available at select Seneca Resort & Casino retail outlets, Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations or by phone at 800-745-3000. Other upcoming performances scheduled for Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino include comedian Bill Engvall (November 16, tickets start at $25...

Seneca Casinos will deliver an unprecedented level of excitement this summer to the Western New York, Southern Ontario, and Northern Pennsylvania and Ohio regions with “Summer Rush” – a package of world-class entertainment, promotions and special events during June through August. Summer Rush takes place at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel in Niagara Falls, Seneca Allegany Casino & Hotel in Salamanca, Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino in Buffalo and the new Seneca Hickory Stick Golf Course in Lewiston. Just some of the many offerings include blockbuster concerts by Daughtry, Steve Miller Band, Melissa Etheridge, Martina McBride and more; expanded hours at the casino restaurants; and eye-opening promotions such as a cruise-a-day giveaway in August. “The phrase ‘Summer Rush’ captures the compelling combination of activities throughout the Seneca properties,” said Jim Wise, senior vice president of marketing, Seneca Gaming Corporation. “We are the place to be for entertainment, act...

SALAMANCA, N.Y. – Seneca Allegany Casino announces a double-header concert of 1960s teen idols at the Seneca Allegany Events Center on Sunday, May 22 at 5 p.m. Frankie Avalon and Bobby Rydell, who each performed in fall 2010 at the Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls, now travel together to Salamanca for a spectacular evening of entertainment. Tickets for the show are on sale now and are priced starting at $25. Fans can purchase tickets at all Seneca Casino box offices, Ticketmaster.com , all Ticketmaster locations or by phone at 800-745-3000. Frankie Avalon’s music became one of the defining sounds of “pre-Beatles” rock ‘n’ roll. In addition, his motion picture career spanned more than 30 films. Bobby Rydell recorded 34 Top 40 albums, selling more than 25 million records. He also starred in hit films such as Bye, Bye, Birdie and plays such as West Side Story. Avalon and Rydell continue to tour with Fabian for the hit show, The Golden Boys. http://www.senecaalleganycasino.com/...

Pop and hip-hop singer and songwriter Mike Posner will perform in concert at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5, at St. Bonaventure University’s Reilly Center Arena. The doors open at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the general public are $15 and go on sale Thursday, March 10. Tickets for St. Bonaventure students, faculty and staff are $10 each (limit one per SBU ID) and go on sale Wednesday, March 9. Posner launched his career at Duke University, where he balanced his undergraduate studies in sociology and business with his interest in writing and performing music. He began making melodic pop-rap songs for the college crowd and he compiled several mixtapes, the first of which, “A Matter of Time,” climbed to No. 1 on iTunesU in the summer of 2009. Posner signed with J Records the summer after completing his junior year at Duke. He returned to school for his senior year, and that fall released his second mixtape, “One Foot Out the Door,” which racked up 25,000 downloads in its first week and also clai...

SALAMANCA, N.Y. – Seneca Allegany Casino announces the addition of two guitar virtuosos to its entertainment lineup at the Seneca Allegany Events Center. Blues icon Kenny Wayne Shepherd will perform on Mar. 26 and country-pop legend Glen Campbell visits Salamanca on April 30. Shepherd, a Gold- and Platinum-selling artist, achieved tremendous success at a young age with hit singles “Blue on Black,” “Slow Ride” and “Somehow, Somewhere, Someway.” Campbell has a storied 50-plus-year career in show business, including his starring role in The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour variety show on CBS, sales of 45 million records, and 27 Top 10 singles such as “Rhinestone Cowboy,” “Wichita Lineman,” “Galveston,” “Southern Nights” and “By the Time I Got to Phoenix.” Both shows start at 7 p.m. and offer affordably-priced tickets starting at $20. Tickets for Kenny Wayne Shepherd are now on sale, and tickets for Glen Campbell will go on sale starting at noon on Wednesday, Feb. 9. Fans can purchase ticke...

SALAMANCA, N.Y. – The Seneca Allegany Casino & Hotel is pleased to announce that Western New York’s own, the Goo Goo Dolls, will perform at the Seneca Allegany Events Center on Saturday, October 30 at 7 p.m. Tickets start at $65 and will go on sale to the public on Friday, September 3 at noon. The Goo Goo Dolls have sold 9 million albums in the U.S. alone and have notched 17 “Top 10” singles since forming in 1986. The Grammy Award-winning rock band is touring in support of its new album, Something for the Rest of Us. Tickets may be purchased at all Seneca Casino box offices, Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations, or by phone at 716-852-5000 (USA) or 416-870-8000 (Canada). The Seneca Allegany Events Center holds up to 2,400 guests and seats are no further than 75 feet from the stage. The venue is located at 777 Seneca Allegany Boulevard, directly off Exit 20 of the Interstate 86 and near U.S. Route 219. For more information, please visit www.senecaalleganycasino.com .

Scott is cleaning out the concert ticket closet and found lots of tickets he needs to give away soon! Listen to The Morning Buzz on Monday from 6 to 9:30 a.m. for all the details.

After 19 months in the iTunes App Store, the Virtual Zippo Lighter, developed by skyrockit, is ubiquitous with iPhone & iPod users -- recently surpassing 10 million downloads. To commemorate this, and the Virtual Zippo Lighter's position as most popular branded app to date, Zippo and skyrockit are introducing exciting new features for the app. Users can now purchase premium, licensed skins in app as well as a host of additional upgrades. Since its introduction into the iTunes App Store, the Virtual Zippo Lighter, which brings the look and feel of Bradford Pa.-based Zippo's iconic lighter to the iPhone, has remained in the Top 10 Free Lifestyle apps. Judging by the Zippo lighter's storied history in the world of music, it is quite clear that this electronic flame is no one-hit wonder. Recently, the rock band Maroon 5 interrupted their concert mid-song to invite a young girl on stage where she proudly raised her iPhone into the air and waved her Virtual Zippo Lighter to a...

After many years of gentle prodding by music fans and industry aficionados, Randy Bachman and Fred Turner, two giants of rock n' roll, are finally back together as Bachman & Turner after being apart for over 20 years. The group is giving away the first track “Rock n' Roll is the Only Way Out” on their website www.bachmanandturner.com - a glimpse into Bachman & Turner's brand new album slated for release September 7, 2010 through E1 Music. The yet-unnamed studio album, will be stocked with great new tracks - all penned by Randy Bachman and Fred Turner - that seamlessly fit among their classic rock anthems. "I'm thrilled to be working on new music with Fred and feel a sense of excitement and anticipation," says Randy Bachman. "I feel like I'm coming full circle with a completeness that I never ever thought I'd feel again." In the mid-70s, after Randy Bachman's colossal success in Winnipeg rock band the Guess Who, including the #1 B...

Ticket sales for Bret Michaels’ August 6 performance at the Clearfield County Fair have been suspended, according to the fair’s website. Michaels, front man of the band Poison and current “Celebrity Apprentice” contestant, was hospitalized Thursday after suffering bleeding at the base of his brain stem. Michaels is still hospitalized in critical condition and further tests are being run to discover the cause of the bleeding. Fair officials anticipate Michaels’ Roses and Thorns Tour will be cancelled and are preparing to secure an artist of equal caliber for August 6. Ticket orders already processed for the Michaels’ concert will be honored for whoever is slated to perform on August 6. A refund policy may also be instated. Michaels was born in Butler and grew up in Mechanicsburg. http://www.clearfieldcountyfair.com/ Photo by Matt Becker www.melodicrockconcerts.com

Everyone at Michaels Entertainment would like to thank all fans and friends for their continued thoughts and prayers through this difficult time. At this point Bret remains in ICU in critical condition. He is under 24 hour doctors care and supervision. We are hopeful that further tests will locate the source of the bleeding, which has still not been located. As we all know Bret is a fighter and we are hopeful that once all is complete the slurred speech, blurred vision and dizziness, etc. will be eliminated and all functions will return to normal.