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JAMESTOWN — The National Comedy Center announced Thursday that it will preserve an archival collection from Don Rickles’ estate, showcasing the late c...

PORTVILLE — The Portville Central School Drama Club will present their production of “The Scandalous Scheme at the Sweet Shoppe” at the Portville Cent...

OLEAN — With colder weather finally here, Olean-area residents will finally be able to find that favorite place inside to read. And for those who ran ...

CUBA — The Palmer Opera House in Cuba will host “Americana: NYS and the Erie Canal” with teaching artist Judd Sunshine at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Enrich yo...

The holidays are just around the corner, and along with plenty of family gatherings and community events to celebrate the season, the late fall and ea...

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will present “The Wolves,” a Pulitzer Prize finalist about a young women’s soccer team, Nov. 9-12 in the Stud...

BRADFORD, Pa. — The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will present “The Wolves,” a Pulitzer Prize finalist about a young women’s soccer team, Thurs...

Introducing kids to horror movies can be such a slippery slope. Of course you shouldn’t show “The Exorcist” to a 10-year-old, but it’s usually around ...

PORTVILLE — More than 2,000 people are expected to attend the annual Arts, Crafts and Antiques Show at Portville Central School Saturday from 10 a.m. ...

The cataract of anti-Israel sentiment on college campuses has been shocking, but it shouldn’t be surprising. It is the poisoned fruit of teaching a ge...

YORKSHIRE — The Pioneer Drama Club Fall Play will be “Lead Rings on a Merry-Go-Round” on Nov. 16-18. The play is set in a radio studio and tells the s...

Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, which means we’ll be setting our clocks back, ushering in longer nights and a precious extra hour of sleep...

ST. BONAVENTURE — SBU Theater, the theater program at St. Bonaventure University, will present Tom Dudzick’s hit comedy “Miracle on South Division Str...

ALBANY (TNS) — I suppose we can give Melissa DeRosa credit for loyalty. Her new memoir, “What’s Left Unsaid,” is not the kind of tell-all we’ve become...

“They don’t make ‘em like they used to,” is something people have been saying for decades, and yeah, of course movies aren’t made the same way in 2023...

CUBA — A portion of Main Street will transform into Skid Row this weekend complete with the sounds of 1950s doo-wop, the hilarity of B-movie camp and ...

CUBA — A portion of Main Street will transform into Skid Row this weekend complete with the sounds of 1950s doo-wop, the hilarity of B-movie camp and ...

A gimmick can often make or break a movie’s success, especially if that gimmick takes away from the real heart of whatever the filmmakers are trying t...