CHAUTAUQUA — The voices of the Kent State University Chorale will be on display, free of charge, on the Chautauqua Institution grounds this week. The flagship choral ensemble of Kent State University’s Hugh A. Glauser School of Music will present a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at ...

Change has always been an enemy of mine. Accepting the impermanence of life has been a lifelong struggle. I feel I’ve always been rather sensitive, and that sensitivity tends to be most fully on display when I’m faced with sudden unanticipated and uncontrollable shifts in my regular ...

Editor’s Note: This is the first of several columns on the Underground Railroad in Chautauqua County. Those interested in contacting me with facts, photos and/or narratives on this topic, please write to me at upstatemuse@gmail.com. Special thanks to Norman Carlson of the Busti Historical ...

The current trend toward Cajun foods found on restaurant menus does not appropriately represent Cajun cooking, according to Mitchel Ortego, a resident of Bemus Point who grew up in Southern Louisiana. “I’m a Cajun and we didn’t grow up eating fire hot food,” he says, referring to ...

Mojo’s Music Bar will be the setting for the premiere of a new, original band comprised of familiar faces in the local music scene this weekend. Feverhawk will make its live debut Friday at the 104 E. Second St. music venue, where it will share the stage with the hard-hitting Warren, Pa., ...

BUFFALO — Bernard Aaron Dolecki has never shied away from broadening his creative horizons through the usage of interactive art. This weekend, the Frewsburg native now in pursuit of a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University at Buffalo will continue this trend with the premiere of his ...