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~ The Villager, Chautauqua Lakeside ~ June 11-17, 2010 3RD ANNUAL ART IN THE WOODS: JULY 17-18 ~ AUDUBON CENTER & SANCTUARY , JAMESTOWN B-1 Day Trippin’ Allegany Old Home Week Kicks Off June 22; Grand Parade June 26 BUFFALO - Shakespeare in Delaware Park is pleased to announce its 35 th anniversary season of free, professional outdoor theater. The summer’s exciting season will open June 17 with one of Shakespeare’s most delightful romantic comedies, Much Ado About Nothing. Directed by Saul Elkin, this production will be set in the 1940’s after World War II and include popular romantic music of the era sung by a chorus of singers with on-stage accompaniment. John Fredo and Lisa Ludwig take on the roles of Benedict and Beatrice along with local favorites Norm Sham, Tim Newell and Tom Shakespeare in Delaware Park: 35th Season of Free Theatre Loughlin. After the fun romp of Much Ado, SDP will venture down a path of relentless murder, self delusion and guilt, as an all female cast presents the retelling of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Macbeth. Opening July 22, Eileen Dugan directs this all- star ensemble, including two actresses returning to their home town to appear on the Delaware Park stage. Kate Konigisor and Josie DiVincenzo, playing Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, will be joined by the talents of Katie White, Lisa Vitrano and Pam Mangus. Shakespeare in Delaware Park reaches over 40,000 audience members each season and is proud to be celebrating 35 amazing years of high- quality professional theatre that remains FREE to the public. Much Ado About Nothing runs June 17-July 11 with Macbeth on stage July 22–August 15. Performances are held every evening (except Mondays) at 7:30pm (no performances June 18 and July 4. Shows take place on Shakespeare Hill in Delaware Park, next to Hoyt Lake behind the Rose Garden, off Lincoln Parkway near the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Further information may be obtained at www. shakespeareindelawarepark.org or by calling 716-856-4533. Jim Willson, president of the Allegany Engine Company, and Jim Boser, Company Chief, are gearing up for the annual tradition of Old Home Week, scheduled for June 22-26. BY GARY DULANSKI You may be able to tell by the fresh air and hot humid days that summer is not far away, and neither is the end of school. But moms and dads can breathe easy because summer activities like festivals and carnivals are set to begin to keep your children occupied as Allegany’s Old Home Week gears up, and its just a week away! The Allegany Fire Department is extending an open invitation to all families to come out and enjoy the pre-summer weather from June 22-26. Old Home Week dates back to the mid 1930’s when the Hose Company hosted their first carnival as part of Old Home Week. Allegany’s fire department was formed by the Willard Hook & Ladder Company on February 19, 1890. The original Company served the community for 13 years before a fire destroyed the station on February 20, 1903. In March 1909, volunteers, using hand drawn equipment organized Allegany Hose Company #1; it was housed on West Main Street at the corner of North Fifth Street where it remained until it was moved to its present location in 1959. Today the Allegany Old Home Week is a sound tradition, and I had the opportunity to talk with Jim Willson, president of the Allegany Engine Company, currently hard at work to ensure a safe and successful carnival season, and former Company Chief Jim Boser who is serving as the carnival’s publicity chairman, about the upcoming events. “This year we’re going to have live entertainment on Friday and Saturday; Misbehavior will be playing Friday night and The Jam will be playing on Saturday night. We’re also having steak sandwiches served on Tuesday along with our sausage, onions and peppers,” says Mr. Willson. “We’re also going to have our water fights on Wednesday and Kiddie Parade on Friday, and of course our Grand Parade will be Saturday.” According to Mr. Boser, Old Home Week goes back over seventy years. “In fact,” he says, “this is our seventy-third year to be exact; it started out as a pretty small thing and it’s grown.” He says the event was originally held on the opposite side of the street where a car wash and a Wilson Farms now stand. “We started having the big carnivals over there in 1946, back when we had a main gate you had to pay a quarter to get in.” He also spoke of a free late show, “late at night by 11:00 they had the Great Wilmo there and they would shoot him out of a cannon and he’d fly over two ferris wheels.” In the seventies the fire company purchased the lot where they currently hold the carnivals when the old lot, which they didn’t own, became unsuitable. During this year’s Firemen’s Grand Parade, they will stop to salute the memorial on the lawn of the Town Hall, “something a little different this year,” says Mr. Willson. “I guess they don’t know exactly how many companies will be there [but] I know we have a couple of guys coming in from Erie [so] come out and have a good time!” Mr. Willson earnestly proclaimed. The fireman’s Grand Parade is scheduled for Saturday, June 26 at 6:30pm. Afterwards The Jam will play at the Pavilion area at Firemen’s Park from 8pm-midnight. And don’t miss the Kiddie Parade on Friday at 6:30pm. Free refreshments and prizes will be awarded at the Allegany Fire Department Building on North First Street. Misbehavior will be playing at the Pavilion area at Firemen’s Park from 8pm-midnight. The Old Home Week Carnival lot opens 6-11pm June 22 through June 25; the lot will open for the Kids Matinee on Saturday, June 26 1-5pm and will reopen from 6pm-midnight. You can inquire about special fees and discount coupons at the Firemen’s Cook Stand or the Allegany Village Clerk’s Office. For more information about the Kiddies Parade, contact Mark Hensel at 378- 0937. For a detailed schedule and general information about Allegany and Old Home Week, log on to www.allegany.org Albright-Knox Art Gallery: Sampling Visual Culture BUFFALO - The new exhibition ECHO: Sampling Visual Culture will open at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery on Friday, June 25, 2010. Drawn entirely from the Gallery’s Permanent Collection, the exhibition features work by artists who borrow imagery from advertising, media, daily life, and even other artists. This exhibition will provide visitors with an opportunity to explore art that draws upon a variety of sources-including Wal-Mart, comic books, Disney animation, and the photography of Alfred Stieglitz-for subject matter, style, and technique. The works included in the exhibition represent a wide range of media, from drawing and painting to collage, sculpture, and video. The selected artists all use the modern art tradition of appropriation, which is the practice of borrowing existing images, objects, and ideas to create art. The origins of this practice can be traced back to the artist Marcel Duchamp and his series of Readymade sculptures, which he created in the 1910s. It was later embraced in the 1960s by artists such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, who began using imagery and techniques from mass culture and popular media. Contemporary artists have taken the practice even further by using appropriation and parody as a basis for work that comments on today’s mass culture. Associate Curator Holly E. Hughes organized the exhibition, which includes work by contemporary artists Louis Cameron, Sherrie Levine, Tom Sachs, Robert Therrien, Vik Muniz, and Kara Walker. “I also included objects that speak to the work of earlier generations of artists who drew upon mass culture and popular media as a point of departure for their ideas and their work, so visitors will also see work by Kurt Schwitters, Andy Warhol, and Claes Oldenburg,” Hughes said. A special Members’ Preview, sponsored by the Goldwater Family Foundation, of ECHO: Sampling Visual Culture, and the concurrently opening exhibition Clyfford Still , will take place at 5pm on Thursday, June 24, 2010. The exhibition opens to the public on Friday, June 25, and will remain on view through Sunday, October 10, 2010. The Albright-Knox Art Gallery is recognized as one of the world’s leading collections of modern and contemporary art. With more than 6,500 works in its Collection and, a dynamic series of exhibitions and public programs, the AKAG continues to grow and ful fill its mission to acquire, exhibit, and preserve modern and contemporary art in an enriching, dynamic, and vibrant environment. GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday through Sunday, noon- 5pm; Closed Mondays and Independence, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Days. Admission: $12 for adults; $8 for seniors and students; free for Gallery Members and children 12 and under. For additional information, visit www.albrightknox.org OLEAN - This 110-mile ride begins and ends at JD’s Smokin’ BBQ Grill & Bar on Route 16 in Hinsdale, NY (just outside of Olean). Registration is 10am-noon, $20 for rider and $15 for passenger, and all bikes back by 4pm. Registration includes a BBQ buffet, live bands and vendors. There will be door prizes, t-shirts for sale, a 50/50 raffle and cash prizes for highest and lowest dice total and a magic number drawing. All proceeds will go to benefit children and adults with developmental disabilities, mental health issues or autism served by The ReHab Center. For more information call Michelé at 716-375-4739. First Annual Southern Tier Stampede Dice Run
