The Arts Council for Chautauqua County

    "Recognizing that a community which encourages, supports and fosters the arts empowers its citizens to think, work and live creatively, the Arts Council for Chautauqua County works to provide an environment in which the arts thrive."

What's New?  Updated: 2009-06-17
2009-2010 Youth Series Announced

All performances will take place at The Reg Lenna Civic Center

Jason And The Argonauts
Thursday October 15th, 2009 at 10am and 12:30pm
Grades 1 through 8, One Hour In Length

O.K., so the two actors, Simon Donaldson and Tim Settle of the Glasgow company Visible Fictions, have a little help from their friends, mainly an assortment of toy action figures, including Spider-Man. Their sly, silly, sophisticated and altogether winning take on an ancient Greek myth is sprinkled with latter-day references that range from “Star Wars” and “Back to the Future” to Barbie, Leonardo DiCaprio in “Titanic” and, of course, the 1963 film “Jason and the Argonauts,” with its remarkable special effects by Ray Harryhausen.

Rick Charette & His Bubblegum Band
Wednesday November 18, 2009 at 10am and 12:30pm
Grades 1 through 4, One Hour In Length

Returning to the youth series Rick Charette and the Bubblegum band are one of the Civic Center’s favorite musical acts.   Rick has released ten albums, two children's picture books and two live concert videos, which are distributed nationally and have sold over a quarter million copies to date. His 10th album “King Kong Chair” (his newest collection of original songs!) was released in March 2004. His best known songs include Songs include: Yellow Bus, I Love Mud, Humunukuapuahah and Lincoln the Lobster.

Drew The Dramatic Fool
Thursday January 28, 2010 at 10am
Grades 1 through 5, One Hour In Length

Drew the Dramatic Fool reinvents the ancient art of brilliant bumbling. Inspired by a thousands-of-years old tradition of royal jesters, vaudeville eccentrics, silent film comedians, animated cartoons, theatrical clowns, and imperfect humans everywhere, Drew offers amusement relevant for today‘s audiences by giving them laughter built on a range of human emotions, from joy to fear to despair and back to joy again.

Runt Of The Litter
Wednesday April 7, 2010 at 10am and 12:30pm
Grades 1 through 8, One Hour In Length

Written and performed by Bo Eason and directed by Larry Moss, RUNT OF THE LITTER opens in the final hour of Jack Henry's lifelong dream, only one thing stands in his way -- his brother. The play looks at what happens to two brothers in a family of over-achievers: when their parents assure their oldest son he is destined for football superstardom, and tell their youngest son he is too small to compete, a line in the family sand is drawn that colors the rest of their lives. Runt of the Litter is, in fact, a semiautobiographical account of Bo Eason's life and career as a defensive back for the Houston Oilers in the 1980s, where he played safety. His determination and killer instincts on the playing field remain the stuff of legend. His brother, Tony Eason was the quarterback who led the New England Patriots to the Super Bowl in 1986. It debuted in New York in 2002 and has subsequently been performed by Bo Eason at theatres around the co... read more


Recent Updates
Wednesday, June 17th 2009
2009-2010 Youth Series Announced
Wednesday, June 10th 2009
Cathy Spangenburg Announced As New Chief Operating Officer
Wednesday, June 10th 2009
Cathy Spangenburg Announced As New Chief Operating Officer
Tuesday, June 2nd 2009
VideoWorks Premieres This Friday
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