His book arrived this week, and I immediately opened the package to explore what it was all about. Steve Vai’s new guitar book “Vaideology: Basic Music Theory for Guitar Players” packs in the information. A while back, I wrote about how I would like to take a lesson from three ...

The Jamestown Concert Association welcomes New York Youth Symphony’s principal flutist, Aimee Toner, and Manhattan School of Music’s undergrad pianist, Seth Schultheis in its next concert on Friday, April 12 at 8pm at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in downtown Jamestown. Toner is a ...

The Frewsburg Bear Players will present “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” Friday at 7 p.m., and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Frewsburg High School auditorium. To reserve seats, call 569-7069 or stop by Frewsburg HS during school hours. Tickets may also be purchased ...

Panama Rocks is excited to be featured among other local attractions in “Empire”, a full-length feature filmed and produced primarily in Jamestown. The screening is Saturday, at 8 p.m. at The Spire Theater in Jamestown. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. During location scouting for “Empire”, ...

Even before she was a police officer, Lissa Marie Redmond was writing or thinking about writing. Now, after 22 years on the force, the retired Buffalo Police Dept. cold case homicide detective has traded in her badge for a virtual pen. “Writing crime fiction just seemed the next ...

Someone asked me the other day if I liked William Shakespeare. I replied “yes” of course. Shakespeare’s plays are taught in high school. The usual suspects are “Romeo and Juliet,” “Macbeth,” “Julius Caesar,” and “Hamlet.” These tragedies usually begin with “Romeo ...