TO DO

September 17, 2015

The following is a list of upcoming local entertainment events. The Times Observer welcomes additions to the list that are of community interest. Club meetings and closed gatherings are not included. To add an event, call features editor Diana Paddock in the newsroom at 723-8200 by noon Monday.Sept. 19: Hooktown Holidays Second Annual Charity Garage Sale, first level, parking garage, Warren, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.Sept. 19: Gran Fondo of the Alleghenies (bike 30, 70 or 100 miles), presented by Warren County Chamber of Business and Industry and Highmark, start and finish at Warren Holiday Inn ...

A Great Season

September 17, 2015

Warren Concert Association (WCA) will kick off its new season with a concert by "Mainstreet Brass" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, at Warren First Presbyterian Church. The musicians of this quintet are a finely blended ensemble, entertaining and educating with their instrumental repertoire full of musical surprises. A German Baroque sonata or a rendition of "Wooly Bully?" How about both? That's how Kevin and Donald and Shari and Bryan and Allen mix it up to make their concerts a memorable experience for the audience. Their contagious stage energy is also shared on their CD recordings, ...

Two receptions for one big opening

September 17, 2015

It will be a big night for art in the southern tier on Saturday, Sept. 19, with the opening of the Southern Tier Biennial exhibition at the Olean Public Library Gallery and the Center Gallery of Jamestown Community College/Olean. The Southern Tier Biennial is a regional survey of contemporary art in the nine counties of New York State's Southern Tier.Tina Hastings, executive director of the Cattaraugus County Arts Council, will announce the juror selections for best of show and three honorable mention winners at the Olean Public Library reception which begins at 3 p.m. with light ...

Opera House will present one-man play

September 17, 2015

Fredonia The 1891 Fredonia Opera House will present a one-man play about the life of artist Vincent van Gogh on Friday, Sept. 18, at 7:30 p.m. The play will be performed live on stage at the Opera House by Starry Night Productions and stars acclaimed actor James Briggs.Today, Vincent van Gogh is one of the world's most recognizable and beloved painters. But that wasn't always the case. In van Gogh's own lifetime, in fact, quite the opposite was true.In van Gogh's lifetime, he sold only one painting, for 400 francs. Critics labeled his work "madness" in which "blood and fire appear ...

TO DO

September 17, 2015

To get your items in the Outdoors Calendar contact mikeb73@verizon.net or phone 726-1035- Tuesdays, 5:00 p.m.: trap and skeet practice, Kalbfus Rod & Gun Club- Thursdays, must arrive before10:00 a.m.: one round only sporting clays practice, Kalbfus Rod & Gun Club- Mondays, 5:00 p.m.: open trap practice, Pine Grove Sportsmen's Club, Egypt Hollow Road, Russell- third Thursday each month, 7:00 p.m.: Brokenstraw Fish and Game Club monthly meeting- September 18: 15th Annual Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club Gary Lincoff Mushroom Foray: Pre Foray Walks, Cook Forest State Park, guided ...

Steelhead: get there early and stay out of the water

September 17, 2015

More important than the tackle you use and the lure you cast. Just because you wear waders does not mean you have to wade into the water. And hope that none of the other anglers step into the lake.That time of the year again, time for steelhead to start stacking up at the Lake Erie tributary mouths. Let the excitement begin.In some ways, this is the most exciting time to fish for steelhead, while steelhead are at the creek mouths. While most anglers hope for enough rain to bring steelhead into the creeks, some, myself included, hope for less rain so steelhead wait near the creek mouths ...