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SUMMARY:Barcelona Harbor: 1800-1860
DESCRIPTION:The harbor we now know as Barcelona played a prominent role in the early settlement and development of Chautauqua County\, beginning with improvements by the Holland Land Company and continuing with federal appropriations aimed at improving navigation on Lake Erie. \nFor nearly 40 years in the 1800s\, Barcelona was one of the busiest communities in the county! Former Chautauqua County Historian Michelle Henry will discuss the investors who built piers and large commercial warehouses at Barcelona\, the Lake Erie storms that regularly threatened the shoreline and sailing vessels\, and the passenger ships that brought both prominent visitors and newly arriving immigrants to our county. \nHenry was appointed the Chautauqua County Historian in March 2000 and also served as the County’s Record Management Coordinator until she retired in January 2023. She is currently Research Historian with the NYS Office of Parks\, Recreation and Historic Preservation. \nPart of Here & There – Chautauqua County History\, Travelers\, & Memories \nAdmission is FREE\, although donations are gratefully accepted
URL:https://mychq.org/event/barcelona-harbor-1800-1860/
LOCATION:The 1891 Fredonia Opera House\, 9 Church St.\, Fredonia\, 14063\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker & Conventions
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SUMMARY:The Senior | Fredonia Opera House
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, November 1\, 2025 | 7:30PM\nTuesday\, November 4\, 2025 | 7:30PM \nAt 59\, Mike Flynt (Michael Chiklis) may be too old to be on a college football field\, but not too old to feel the weight of unfinished business. After nearly four decades\, he returns to his alma mater to take the hit that changed everything. Bruised\, doubted\, and nearly broken\, he pushes for one more game\, not for glory\, but for the teammates he lost\, the family he fractured\, and the ending he still believes is possible. \n“I’m a sucker for films that show us that we can all be better people. So… Thank you\, Mike. I hope “The Senior” inspires people of all ages to dig deeper on the heart level.” – Hollywood Report Card \n“The major reason to see “The Senior” is the emotionally convincing and tender performance of Michael Chiklis—the best performance of his career.” – NYC Movie Guru \nRated PG\, 99 mins. \nThe Opera House Cinema Series is sponsored by Lake Shore Savings Bank \n  \nCinema Series tickets are sold at the door only.  A book of 10 movie passes can be purchased separately at the Box Office\, online or at the door on movie night for $60. \nTickets Information:\nAdults – $7\nMembers/Seniors – $6.50\nStudents – $5
URL:https://mychq.org/event/the-senior-fredonia-opera-house/2025-11-04/
LOCATION:The 1891 Fredonia Opera House\, 9 Church St.\, Fredonia\, 14063\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie
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ORGANIZER;CN="The 1891 Fredonia Opera House":MAILTO:operahouse@fredopera.org
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SUMMARY:SUNY Fredonia Young Artists Recital
DESCRIPTION:The Opera House has partnered with the State University of New York at Fredonia’s School of Music to present a series of free-admission early evening recitals performed by the talented young artists studying there. \nThis series is a concert initiative created by Drs. Eliran Avni and Natasha Farny that provides students the opportunity to perform in off-campus venues to a wider audience. Recitals typically feature solo and small ensemble performances of music by both classical and contemporary composers. Recitals are 60 minutes long and provide an opportunity to hear some of our area’s incredible emerging artists in the intimate setting of the Opera House. \nOctober’s recital is set to feature music by Jean-Baptiste Barriere\, Béla Bartók\, Beethoven\, Chopin\, Nikolai Medtner\, Carolina Shaw and Julius Zellner\, among others. \nAdmission is FREE\, although donations are gratefully accepted
URL:https://mychq.org/event/suny-fredonia-young-artists-recital/
LOCATION:The 1891 Fredonia Opera House\, 9 Church St.\, Fredonia\, 14063\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music & Entertainment
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T210000
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SUMMARY:Frenzy Moon Premiere and Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Film Director and Screenwriter Gregory Lamberson brings his latest feature film to the Opera House for a special screening and Q&A with him and members of the cast. \nHorror thriller Frenzy Moon is Lamberson’s tenth feature film as a director\, and his seventh filmed in western New York. (Lamberson was born in Gowanda\, and raised in Fredonia.) \nFrenzy Moon tells the story of six college students and a mysterious hunter who spend a terrifying night battling werewolves in a remote cabin. Lamberson describes Frenzy Moon as “a cross between The Howling and John Carpenter’s The Thing.” \nThe film’s principal cast is primarily comprised of Western New York theater actors: Alyssa Grace Adams\, Aaron Krygier\, Kayla Walker\, Gabrielle Nunzio\, Harold Octavius Jacob\,  Steven Maiseke and Jacob Applegate. Lamberson cast many of them after scouting them in local stage productions.  The crew was also local. It was filmed largely in Clarence. \nA member of the Producers Guild of America\, some of Lamberson’s previous films include Johnny Gruesome\, Widow’s Point and Guns of Eden.  Lamberson also is the author of 15 books\, including the novels The Frenzy Way\, The Frenzy War and The Frenzy Wolves. \n  \nTickets to this event are sold at the door only. \nTickets Information:\nAdults – $10\nSeniors/Students – $7
URL:https://mychq.org/event/frenzy-moon-premiere-and-qa/
LOCATION:The 1891 Fredonia Opera House\, 9 Church St.\, Fredonia\, 14063\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie
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SUMMARY:Spinal Tap 2 @ 1891 Fredonia Opera House
DESCRIPTION:Forty-one years after the release of the groundbreaking mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap\, the now estranged bandmates David St. Hubbins\, Nigel Tufnel\, and Derek Smalls (Michael McKean\, Christopher Guest\, and Harry Shearer) are forced to reunite for one final concert. Spinal Tap II: The End Continues also marks the resurrection of documentarian Marty Di Bergi (Rob Reiner)\, who once again tries to capture his favorite metal gods as they contemplate mortality—and the hope that their 12th drummer doesn’t join them in The Great Beyond. Joined by music royalty Paul McCartney and Elton John\, Spinal Tap wrestles with their checkered past to put on a concert that they hope will solidify their place in the pantheon of rock ’n’ roll. \n“Spinal Tap II holds onto the real sense that these men\, despite everything they’ve been through\, have loved each other almost their entire lives. Guest and McKean in particular met in college in the late 1960s\, and they’ve been playing music together ever since; there’s something beautiful about the fact that they’ve found their way to this moment\, after so many decades — one where the only laughter they care about is each other’s.” – Consequence \nRated R (Some Sexual References|Language)\, 83 mins. \nThe Opera House Cinema Series is sponsored by Lake Shore Savings Bank \n  \nCinema Series tickets are sold at the door only.  A book of 10 movie passes can be purchased separately at the Box Office\, online or at the door on movie night for $60. \nTickets Information:\nAdults – $7\nMembers/Seniors – $6.50\nStudents – $5
URL:https://mychq.org/event/spinal-tap-2-1891-fredonia-opera-house/2025-10-21/
LOCATION:The 1891 Fredonia Opera House\, 9 Church St.\, Fredonia\, 14063\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie
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SUMMARY:Live at the Met: La Sonnambula
DESCRIPTION:Following triumphant Live in HD performances in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette\, Verdi’s La Traviata\, and Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor\, Nadine Sierra summits another peak of the soprano repertoire as Amina\, who sleepwalks her way into audiences’ hearts in Vincenzo Bellini’s poignant tale of love lost and found. \nIn his new production\, Rolando Villazón – the tenor who has embarked on a brilliant second career as a director – retains the opera’s original setting in the Swiss Alps\, but uses its somnambulant plot to explore the emotional and psychological valleys of the mind. \nTenor Xabier Anduaga co-stars as Amina’s fiancé\, Elvino\, alongside soprano Sydney Mancasola as her rival\, Lisa\, and bass Alexander Vinogradov as Count Rodolfo. Riccardo Frizza takes the podium for one of opera’s most ravishing works. \nThe Met: Live in HD is the Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award–winning series of opera performances transmitted live from the stage of the Met in New York into movie theaters and event spaces worldwide. The series has made the Met the world’s leading provider of alternative cinema content and the only arts institution with an ongoing global series of this scale. When the series launched in 2006\, the Met was the first arts company to experiment this way. Since then\, the program has expanded\, with more than 32 million tickets sold to date\, and has been seen in virtually every important world capital from Paris to Cairo\, as well as in towns and villages spread across six continents. \nPart of Arts in the Afternoon\, which is sponsored by Dr. James M. & Marcia Merrins\, Live at the Met is underwritten with support from Daniel S. Kaufman and Timothy W. Beaver
URL:https://mychq.org/event/live-at-the-met-la-sonnambula/
LOCATION:The 1891 Fredonia Opera House\, 9 Church St.\, Fredonia\, 14063\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts
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SUMMARY:The Billy Joel Tribute Experience @ The Fredonia Opera House
DESCRIPTION:The Billy Joel Tribute Experience by Pat Farrell and the Cold Spring Harbor Band is an immersive concert-style theater show chronicling the amazing journey of Billy Joel from his humble beginnings to his incredible success as one of the best-selling artists of the 1970s and 80s. Using photo projections and original film footage\, and featuring a full live band performing hits including “You May Be Right\,” “Scenes From An Italian Restaurant\,” “New York State Of Mind\,” and more\, it culminates with an audience participation rendition of Joel’s signature song “Piano Man.” \nNamed after Joel‘s first solo album\, The Cold Spring Harbor Band performed at the 2014 NFL Super Bowl Pre Game party at the Meadowlands and the 2015 NY Mets World Series VIP Pre-Game party at Citifield. They have shared the stage with John Legend\, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes\, and Dave Mason\, and performed on the Dr. Oz Show. \nWith more than 140 million album sales since 1971\, Billy Joel’s memorable lyrics and timeless melodies that poignantly captured the times made him one of the most successful artists of all time. Nominated for 23 Grammy Awards and winning six\, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999. \nThe Spotlight Series is sponsored by DFT Communications
URL:https://mychq.org/event/the-billy-joel-tribute-experience-the-fredonia-opera-house/
LOCATION:The 1891 Fredonia Opera House\, 9 Church St.\, Fredonia\, 14063\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music & Entertainment
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SUMMARY:Downtown Abbey - The Grand Finale @ 1891 Fredonia Opera House
DESCRIPTION:The Crawley family and their staff enter the 1930s. When Mary finds herself at the center of a public scandal and the family faces financial trouble\, the entire household grapples with the threat of social disgrace. The Crawleys must embrace change as the staff prepares for a new chapter with the next generation leading Downton Abbey into the future. \n“If you emerge from this movie with a strong urge to rewatch the entire saga\, you won’t be alone. Neither will those who emerge with tears of gratitude in their eyes.” – The Wall St. Journal \nRated PG (Suggestive Material|Some Thematic Elements|Smoking)\, 123 mins \nThe Opera House Cinema Series is sponsored by Lake Shore Savings Bank \n  \nCinema Series tickets are sold at the door only.  A book of 10 movie passes can be purchased separately at the Box Office\, online or at the door on movie night for $60. \nTickets Information:\nAdults – $7\nMembers/Seniors – $6.50\nStudents – $5
URL:https://mychq.org/event/downtown-abbey-the-grand-finale-1891-fredonia-opera-house/2025-10-14/
LOCATION:The 1891 Fredonia Opera House\, 9 Church St.\, Fredonia\, 14063\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T143000
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SUMMARY:Art & Architecture on Screen: Jago - Into The White
DESCRIPTION:Jago: Into the White follows Jago\, known worldwide as “the new Michelangelo\,” for two years from New York to Naples as he worked day and night and in complete solitude on his new sculpture: a modern version of Michelangelo’s Pietà. \nJago is not only an artist who retraces the footsteps of the great Renaissance masters\, he is also a young pop star with over a million followers on social media\, a tireless traveler who moves to every corner of the world\, a motivator for new generations of artists\, and an entrepreneur who has challenged the rules of contemporary art to escape the logic of the market. \nThis cinematic production runs approximately one hour\, 30 minutes. \nPart of Arts in the Afternoon\, which is sponsored by Dr. James M. & Marcia Merrins
URL:https://mychq.org/event/art-architecture-on-screen-jago-into-the-white/
LOCATION:The 1891 Fredonia Opera House\, 9 Church St.\, Fredonia\, 14063\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Antiques
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T203000
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SUMMARY:19th Century Chautauqua County Pottery
DESCRIPTION:Town of Hanover Historian Vince Martonis has been researching and collecting pottery vessels and sherds since the 1980s. He has had a particular interest in three Chautauqua County Potteries: the Caleb Mathews Pottery of Gerry\, the Fenton and Whittemore Pottery of Jamestown and Fluvanna\, and the Haven and Kenyon Pottery of Sheridan. \nMartonis will discuss his research into these particular potteries\, including the form and glaze elements the potters used\, which enabled him to draw conclusions about what they produced. He also will discuss how the potters mixed local and stoneware clays to make vessels\, and how to identify unmarked pieces. \nMartonis is the author of two recent books about early 1800s redware pottery sites in Chautauqua County. The Haven and Kenyon Redware Pottery of Sheridan (1818) and The Caleb Mathews (1821) Redware Pottery of Gerry were both published in 2024. His research into the Haven and Kenyon Pottery is a particularly interesting story. He discovered evidence of the Pottery in an 1819 Fredonia newspaper and spent four years of research to locate its site. Since then\, with the current property owners’ permission\, he has been able to collect more than 3\,200 sherds from the site. \nPhoto credit: OBSERVER newspaper \nPart of Here & There – Chautauqua County History\, Travelers\, & Memories \nPresented in Partnership with the Darwin R. Barker Historical Museum \nAdmission is FREE\, although donations are gratefully accepted
URL:https://mychq.org/event/19th-century-chautauqua-county-pottery/
LOCATION:The 1891 Fredonia Opera House\, 9 Church St.\, Fredonia\, 14063\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Antiques
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T210000
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SUMMARY:The Roses @ 1891 Fredonia Opera House
DESCRIPTION:Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Olivia Colman) and Theo (Benedict Cumberbatch): successful careers\, a loving marriage\, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life\, a storm is brewing – as Theo’s career nosedives while Ivy’s own ambitions take off\, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites. \n“The supporting players are mere accessories to Colman and Cumberbatch\, longtime friends off screen\, quintessentially British stars\, and here a single\, relentlessly entertaining unit”.” – The Independent \nRated R (Sexual Content|Language Throughout|Drug Content)\, 105 mins. \nThe Opera House Cinema Series is sponsored by Lake Shore Savings Bank \n  \nCinema Series tickets are sold at the door only.  A book of 10 movie passes can be purchased separately at the Box Office\, online or at the door on movie night for $60. \nTickets Information:\nAdults – $7\nMembers/Seniors – $6.50\nStudents – $5
URL:https://mychq.org/event/the-roses-1891-fredonia-opera-house/2025-10-07/
LOCATION:The 1891 Fredonia Opera House\, 9 Church St.\, Fredonia\, 14063\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T153000
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SUMMARY:National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove
DESCRIPTION:Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove. \nThis explosively funny satire\, about a rogue U.S General who triggers a nuclear attack\, is led by a world-renowned creative team including Emmy Award-winner Armando Iannucci and Olivier Award-winner Sean Foley. \nFilmed live at the Noel Coward Theatre in London. \n“A masterful recreation of sublime comic acting” — Broadway World \n“A fun\, adventurous adaptation” — (London) Guardian \n“Enthusiastic and sharp” — WhatsOnStage \nThis production runs approximately two hours\, 30 minutes with one intermission. \nPart of Arts in the Afternoon\, which is sponsored by Dr. James & Marcia Merrins
URL:https://mychq.org/event/national-theatre-live-dr-strangelove/
LOCATION:The 1891 Fredonia Opera House\, 9 Church St.\, Fredonia\, 14063\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250919T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250919T213000
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SUMMARY:Nick Adams @ The Fredonia Opera House
DESCRIPTION:Acclaimed Broadway star Nick Adams comes to the Opera House for a very special evening of songs from the Broadway stage and the Great American Songbook. \nEarlier in the day\, Adams will lead a master class with musical theatre students at the State University of New York at Fredonia at 2 p.m. in Rosch Recital Hall. The master class is free and open to the public. \nAdams is a native of Erie\, PA\, and is most known for originating the role of Adam/Felicia in the Tony Award-winning Priscilla\, Queen of the Desert. For his performance he was named an American Theater Hall of Fame honoree\, received two Broadway Audience Choice Awards\, and an Astaire Award nomination. \nCurrently starring in the Off-Broadway production of DRAG: The Musical as Alexis Gillmore\, a role he originated in the successful Los Angeles premiere of the show\, he also has been seen on Broadway in A Chorus Line\, Guys and Dolls\, Chicago\, the Tony Award-winning revival of La Cage Aux Folles\, and The Pirate Queen. He played Whizzer in the North American tour of Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Falsettos\, and was Fiyero in the first national tour of Wicked. \nOn film\, he starred as Cooper in the Emmy-nominated Fire Island\, which won the cast an ensemble Gotham Award. Other TV and film credits include The Holiday Exchange\, The Other Two\, Sex and the City 2\, An Englishman in New York\, As the World Turns\, Guiding Light\, and It Could Be Worse. \nAdams has been seen in concert with the New York Pops\, Boston Pops\, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra\, Baltimore Symphony\, Naples Philharmonic\, Erie Philharmonic\, and The National Arts Center Orchestra of Canada. He received a BFA at Boston Conservatory. \nThe Spotlight Series is sponsored by DFT Communications
URL:https://mychq.org/event/nick-adams-the-fredonia-opera-house/
LOCATION:The 1891 Fredonia Opera House\, 9 Church St.\, Fredonia\, 14063\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music & Entertainment
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T160000
DTSTAMP:20260410T090256
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SUMMARY:National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
DESCRIPTION:Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D. Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy. \nWhile assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country\, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile\, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress twoeligible ladies\, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate. \nMax Webster (Life of Pi) directs this hilarious story of identity\, impersonation and romance\, filmed live from the National Theatre in London. \n★★★★★ “A flawless piece of comic theatre” — Broadway World \n★★★★★ “A sparkling new production…that’s fiercely faithful to Wilde’s wickedly subversive spirit” — (London) Daily Mail \n★★★★★ “Fun\, fabulous and fiery\, it’s a hoot” — London Theatre \nThis production runs approximately three hours with one intermission. \nPart of Arts in the Afternoon\, which is sponsored by Dr. James & Marcia Merrins
URL:https://mychq.org/event/national-theatre-live-the-importance-of-being-earnest/
LOCATION:The 1891 Fredonia Opera House\, 9 Church St.\, Fredonia\, 14063\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts
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ORGANIZER;CN="The 1891 Fredonia Opera House":MAILTO:operahouse@fredopera.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250829T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250829T210000
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SUMMARY:Jolyon Pegis
DESCRIPTION:Cellist Jolyon Pegis returns to the Opera House for a special solo recital. \nPegis may be familiar to Opera House audiences as one of the Bach & Beyond Baroque Music Festival musicians for several years\, as well as for a previous concert with violinist Maria Schleuning. In this concert\, he will be joined by pianist Robert Frankenberry. \nPegis hails from Rochester\, NY. He is the winner of the Artists International Awards in New York\, and subsequently made his New York debut at Carnegie Recital Hall. He since has appeared as a recitalist and chamber musician across the country. \nA champion of new music\, he has worked with composers such as Gunther Schuller\, Lukas Foss\, Eric Heckard\, and Don Freund. He was a member of the Arcadia Trio in residence at the Yellow Barn Chamber Music Festival and has also been featured at the Roycroft Chamber Music Festival and the Anchorage Festival of the Arts. A frequent soloist with orchestras\, he has appeared multiple times with the San Antonio\, Virginia\, Dallas\, West Virginia and Chautauqua Symphonies. \nHe is currently an Associate Principal Cellist with the Dallas Symphony as well as Principal Cello of the Chautauqua Symphony and a member of the Grammy-nominated contemporary music ensemble Voices of Change. \nRobert Frankenberry enjoys a multi-faceted relationship with music as a singer\, pianist\, conductor\, orchestrator\, director\, and even occasionally as a composer. \nOn stage\, he has performed a wide range of roles including Mozart (Amadeus)\, John Adams (1776)\, Bacchus (Ariadne auf Naxos)\, the tile roles in Don Carlo\, The Tales of Hoffmann\, Faust\, and Willy Wonka\, and Orson Welles in Daron Hagen’s film opera Orson Rehearsed. At the piano\, he regularly performs works by living composers with such groups as Pittsburgh’s IonSound and AnimeBOP\, New York City’s The Phoenix Players and PRISM Players\, and multi-city entelechron and Chrysalis Duo. \nHe is currently Interim Concert and Communications Coordinator for the Department of Music at the University of Pittsburgh.
URL:https://mychq.org/event/jolyon-pegis/
LOCATION:The 1891 Fredonia Opera House\, 9 Church St.\, Fredonia\, 14063\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music & Entertainment
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250725T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250725T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T090256
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SUMMARY:HELP!
DESCRIPTION:2025 marks the 60th anniversary of the release of The Beatles’ film Help! and the Opera House is celebrating. Riding the vibe of 1964’s A Hard Day’s Night\, Help! was released the very next year. The premiere in London’s West End was attended by that season’s royal celebrities: Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon. \nDeparting from the autobiographical exaggerations of their successful debut musical\, A Hard Day’s Night\, the Beatles once again offer up a melding of song and slapstick. After Ringo stumbles upon a valuable gem\, the band starts getting harassed by a fringe religious group. To escape their sudden stalkers\, the boys hit the road traveling the globe. \nNo one could accuse the new film of adherence to reality. However\, film director Richard Lester had a much larger budget than for the previous film; and Help! was shot in color\, not only in London\, but in exotic locales such as the Austrian Alps and the Bahamas. According to some accounts\, it was during the shoot that George Harrison discovered the sounds of Indian music\, a major influence in later compositions and recordings of the Beatles. \nJohn Lennon felt that the band had less artistic input than for A Hard Day’s Night\, but he acknowledged that after the first film\, he and the others “were smoking marijuana for breakfast\,” and “nobody could communicate with us.” They also were exhausted from their latest round of non-stop touring\, writing\, and recording. \nFortunately\, Help! was a satirical take on James Bond films; it also borrowed from the Marx Brothers in 1933’s Duck Soup\, and from the abstract humor of Peter Sellers in The Goon Show of the 1950s. The newest Beatles hits from the soundtrack included You’re Going to Lose That Girl\, Ticket to Ride\, and of course\, Help! \nThough the film received mixed reviews from established critics\, fans of the Beatles filled local theatres\, including Fredonia’s Winter Garden\, now the Opera House. As for 21st century reviews\, Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an 86 percent rating\, declaring “the Fab Four display their infectious charm in this madcap adventure.” Who could resist? \nRated G\, 92 mins. \nAccording to 24/7 Wall St.\, the average movie ticket price in 1965 was $1.01! So\, tickets to our screening of Help! will be $1 (you keep the penny)! Tickets sold at the door only. \n  \nHelp! is sponsored by The Wretched Group and the Fredonia High School Class of 1970
URL:https://mychq.org/event/help/
LOCATION:The 1891 Fredonia Opera House\, 9 Church St.\, Fredonia\, 14063\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie
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