Each piece of artwork on display is priced at $100 or lower in order to encourage holiday gift-givers and art lovers to shop locally. Some of the participating artists will be featuring additional work for sale in a market setting during the opening.

The show is scheduled to run through December 23.

Displaying artists include: Karen Glosser, Cam Glosser, Lisa Schmidtfrerick, Sara Michalak, Louise Blakeway, Kathleen Tenpas, Mandy Gervaise, Joe Grice, Terry Saye, Don Hill, Stephanie Zwyghuizen, Linda Certo, Ashley Ordines, Shawn Tibbitts, James Vincent, Nancy DeMauri, Susan Gutierrez, Wendy Bale, Kim Turner, Renee Pye, Lyn Harris, Debbie Penley, Erin Griffith, Curtis Newart, Robert Newart, Deidra Brown, Heather Felton, Riko Chandra, Dan Swackhammer, Marie Stewart, Deb Eck and Marie Thomas.

The exhibit will be on display through December 23 during Gallery hours listed below. The Gallery will be closed November 28 and 29.

3rd on 3rd Gallery is open Monday – Wednesday: 12 to 5 p.m., Thursday & Saturday 12 to 6 p.m., and Friday 12 to 8 p.m.. The gallery is closed Sunday and on most major holidays. For more information call 716.664.2465 ext. 278 or visit reglenna.com.

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A block party is free and open to the public between 5 and 7:30 p.m. Beer, wine, soda, water and concessions will be on sale throughout the event. Siri Thai, 3C’s Catering and Southern Tier Brewing Company will be vending. Live music will be performed on an outdoor stage by members of Porcelain Bus Drivers. Free tours of the newly renovated facilities will be given at 5, 5:30, 6 and 6:30 p.m. Patrons are asked to meet under the Reg Lenna awning for tours. The block party will be held on 3rd Street between Pine and Spring Streets.

At 8 p.m., renowned stand-up comedian Paula Poundstone brings her humor and wit to the Reg Lenna Theater stage for a night of laughs.The frequent panelist of NPR’s Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me last performed at The Reg in 2012 as part of the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival and is a National Comedy Center Advisory Board Member. Tickets for the performance start at $25. An Evening with Paula Poundstone is sponsored by Comfort Inn of Jamestown.

The renovation of Reg Lenna Center for The Arts included complete overhauls of seven spaces including lobby-concessions-box office, 3rd on 3rd Gallery, Bill’s Place – home of the 1878 Buffalo Bill Billboard, WRFA offices and studios, administrative offices, a Pre-Function space and library and a Media Arts Studio.

$1.5 million in funds were secured through Governor Cuomo’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative for the project. Local support included $1.5 million from Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation, $900,000 from the Gebbie Foundation; and $850,000 from the Lenna Foundation. The final funding gap of $216,469 was awarded by Chautauqua Region Community Foundation last May in its largest single grant in its history.

Since the renovations have been completed, The Reg has seen an increase in rentals throughout the facility including private parties, meetings of non-profit organizations and business groups and more. All available spaces, including the Reg Lenna Theater were rented last May for Conduit Ministries’ (Re)Treat 2019: In This Together weekend of events.

Paula Poundstone

The Media Arts Studio is now the home of several live series of events which are free and open to the public. These include Bill Ward’s Back Room Radio Hour and WRFA’s Community Matters LIVE! (featuring a Jamestown Mayoral Candidate debate October 17 and a Meet The Candidates event with city council candidates  on October 24) and Arts On Fire LIVE! (An Evening with Edgar Allen Poe featuring storyteller Paul Leone is scheduled for October 25.)

Additionally, several Downtown Revitalization Initiative funded events have been presented on The Reg Theater stage this year including The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra performing the music of Queen, a concert from national touring band Guster and Emmanuel Baptist Church’s 100th Anniversary concert celebration featuring The Walls Group.

For information on rentals, reservations and ticketing for all events, please visit reglenna.com or call 716.484.7070. Reg Lenna Center for The Arts is located at 116 E. 3rd St. in Jamestown.

This year’s festival will feature over 60 artists and will be celebrating local, regional and international talent across several venues, including Jamestown Brewing Company, Winter Garden Plaza, Shawbucks, Jamestown Wine Cellar, Labyrinth Press Company,  the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts, and 3rd on 3rd Gallery. 

This year’s festivities include multi-genre musical performances by internationally touring bands, including the high energy reggae/funk rock of  Tropidelic, fresh off 311’s Caribbean Cruise. Other acts include After Funk, LeSpecial, Funktional Flow, Witty Tarbox, Company Townes, Space Junk, Qwister, Cold Lazarus, Wanyama, Vibe Supply, The LEC, Bill Ward, Cindy & the Loves, Amanda Lynn’s Shenanigans, Smilo & the Ghost, Phantasm, Feverhawk, Trip the Deuce and the special reunion show of Jamestown’s The Audience – plus many more.

Whirlybird 2019’s comedy program will be headlined by Steven Rogers. Known for his clever, clean and hilarious comedy, Steven recently appeared on The Late Show with Steven Colbert and regularly opens for Brian Regan. Local comedy team Karate Sleepover will feature a regional comedy showcase and open for Steven along with Buffalo’s up and comer Jesse Winterhalter.

Whirlybird 2019 features a FREE, all age and family friendly Street Festival taking place on 3rd street between Main Street and City Hall as well as Winter Garden Plaza, Saturday July 20 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Whirlybird Street Fest will feature four outdoor stages, 25 musical acts, the Jamestown Public Market Farmer’s Market, love painting, carving and crafting, arts and craft vendors, a beer garden, local food, kids activities, a hooping workshop and more.

According to organizer Miki Girts, Whirlybird’s mission is to strengthen the thriving creative culture of Jamestown, New York through organization and inspiration.

“Whirly brings out the best in our city in collaboration with a community of incredible people, local organizations, venues and businesses for a good cause and a great time,” Girts said.

Along with spearheading a summer music program at YMCA Camp Onyahsa, Whirlybird is also partnering with local arts events including Third Thursday at Winter Garden Plaza, Karate Sleepover Open Mic, Wine Cellar Open Mic and Pulse Poetry Slam, and Jamestown Public Market.

Whirlybird 2018 succeeded in raising and donating over one thousand dollars to local non-profit youth organizations. Whirlybird 2019 is aiming to double that donation to raise funds for the Jamestown Skate Park Project & YMCA Camp Onyahsa music and scholarship programs.

For more information, including the complete schedule of events, visit www.whirlybirdmusicfestival.com.

Cam Glosser’s photo of the Toronto skyline is one of the more than 100 art pieces for sale in this year’s Over 100, Under 100 art show at 3rd on 3rd Gallery.

JAMESTOWN – Over 100 Under 100 holiday art show opens Nov. 10 at 3rd on 3rd Gallery.

The annual Over 100 Under 100 local and regional art exhibit will open Saturday, Nov. 10 with a free public reception at 6 p.m. Each piece of artwork is priced at $100 or lower in order to encourage holiday gift-givers and art lovers to shop locally. The show is scheduled to run through December 22.

Featured artists include: Sandy Pickert, Mandy Gervaise, Stephanie Zwyghuizen, Kathleen Tenpas, Don Hill, Lauren McGrath, Peter Garami, Wendy Bale, Lyn Harris, Debra Eck, Ashley Ordines, Gary Peters Jr., Susan Gutierrez, Karen Glosser, Cam Glosser and Katherine Stuart.

3rd on 3rd Gallery is located at 108 E. 3rd St. and is part of Reg Lenna Center for The Arts. The Gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Over 100 Under 100 will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. Exhibitions at 3rd on 3rd Gallery are made possible by support from The New York State Council on the Arts. For more information visit RegLenna.com.

Japanese drumming group TaikoProject will perform Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. The performance is 95 minutes long with a fifteen minute intermission.

One of the world’s premier taiko drumming ensembles, the ensemble uses the dynamic Japanese, community-based tradition of taiko drumming and incorporates high energy dance and movement to expand artistic boundaries. This dynamic concert contrasts the power and excitement of traditional Japanese drums with the subtle melodic accompaniment and nuance of the Japanese harp, bamboo flute and marimba.

Taiko drumming is an ancient form of percussion using large drums. The modernization of this form developed throughout last century incorporating choreographed movements and ensemble work. This form of music was most recently heard at The Reg when the Japan-set animated film Isle of Dogs was shown in the spring. TaikoProject, formed in 2000 has incorporated Western elements into the traditional form and has performed and recorded with Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys and Kanye West. TaikoProject is sponsored by Comfort Inn of Jamestown.

Tickets start at $5 for children and $10 adults. Pay What You Can tickets will be available at the door when the box office opens at 6 p.m.

Tickets to TaikoProject may be purchased in person at 3rd on 3rd Gallery Tuesday through Saturday during operating hours and in the Reg Lenna box office one hour prior to movies and events. Tickets may also be purchased over the phone at 716.484.7070 and online at RegLenna.com.

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Prior to this performance, Kozo – a Japanese paper art show – will open in 3rd On 3rd Gallery at 5:30 p.m. with a free public reception.

Led by Debra Eck – Gallery curator and paper artist – a group of Western New York artists will display their work in this exhibit. The artists include Jozef Bajus, Bob Collignon, Linda Collignon, Eck, Billy Huggins, Gerald Mead, Bonnie Morrisey, Mizin Shin, Peter Sowiski and Janna Willoughby -Lohr. This core group of artists have been making contemporary art on their own and in paperworking spaces in the Buffalo area for over two years. Joining them will be area artists Audrey Dowling, Rachel Johnson and Sandy Shelenberger who add woodblock printing, dyeing techniques and sewing into their contemporary work.

The 3rd on 3rd Gallery is also open Tuesday through Saturday between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Exhibitions are free and open to the public. Kozo will run through November 3. 3rd On 3rd Gallery shows are made possible by support from New York State Council on the Arts.

3rd on 3rd Gallery is located at 108 E. 3rd St. Reg Lenna Center for The Arts is located at 116 E. 3rd St.

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WRFA’s Jason Sample talks with local artist Ashley Ordines, who will present her exhibit Machines at the 3rd on 3rd Gallery beginning Sept. 4 at 10 a.m., with a free public reception on Friday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m.  The exhibit continues until Sept. 22.

Machines is a series of abstract, watercolor/pen and ink illustrations that focuses on elements of design, fantasy and minimalism, coupled with inspiration from nature and every-day objects. Each piece is representative of a functioning, mechanical “machine” with an abstract twist. Machines is made possible in part by support from the United Arts Appeal of Chautauqua County Projects Pool Grants Program.

The Reg will reopen 3rd on 3rd Gallery in a new street level space at 5:30 p.m. Friday with a free public reception for the Instagram photo show MyJtownNY.

The MyJtownNY reception will be followed by the live event, “Candid Camera’s 8 Decades of Smiles!” with Peter Funt on the Reg stage at 7:30 p.m.

The events will allow the public to experience some of the results of renovations which began earlier this year including a transformed new lobby and concessions stand and a fresh streetscape.

The latest version of 3rd on 3rd Gallery is located in 108 E. 3rd St. (formerly the Reg Studio Theater) after seven years of existence on the third floor of the same building. The Gallery will also be a location where tickets for events at The Reg will be sold. MyJtownNY is an exhibition of photos submitted on Instagram by local community members. All of the photos were taken within the city limits and represent what Jamestown means to the contributing artist. The Gallery will open at 10 a.m. on August 3 with the reception occurring between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Myjtownny is free and open to the public.

A well-remembered television prank filmed at College Stadium (now Russell E. Diethrick Jr. Park) in 1990 will be a featured part of Candid Camera’s 8 Decades of Smiles! with Peter Funt at the Reg Lenna Center for The Arts theater beginning at 7:30 p.m. on August 3. Peter, the son of the late creator of Candid Camera – Allen Funt – was disguised as an umpire during the prank.

Funt will host and offer a look back at 70 years of the comedy program which was first seen on television on August 10, 1948. The Jamestown Expos 1990 prank will be among many shown throughout the evening.

Tickets to the event are $5 for children aged 18 and under and $20 for adults. Seating is general admission.

Tickets to Candid Camera’s 8 Decades of Smiles! will be available in the new Reg Lenna Center for The Arts box office between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m Tuesday through Friday and also in the 3rd on 3rd Gallery. Regular Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday with the exceptions of August 1, 2 and 4 when it will close at 3 p.m. for private Lucille Ball Comedy Festival events.

Tickets may also be purchased online at reglenna.com or by calling 716.484.7070.

Reg Lenna Center for The Arts is located at 116 E. 3rd St in Jamestown, NY.

Lisa Schmidtfrerick ‘Peeking Frog’

JAMESTOWN – The annual Over 100 Under 100 local art exhibit is now open at Reg Lenna Center for The Arts. The show, which is usually displayed in 3rd on 3rd Gallery, is located on the mezzanine at The Reg.

Each piece of artwork is priced at $100 or lower in order to encourage holiday gift-givers and art lovers to shop locally.

Participating artists include: Gallery Curator Debra Eck, Jennifer Randall, Lisa Schmidtfrerick, Karen Glosser, Katherine Stuart, Barbara Del Monte, Catherine Walsh, D’arsie Manzella, Connie Bahan, Yu Kanazawa, Cam Glosser, Heather Kanazawa, Lisa Conklin and more. The show is scheduled to run through December 29.

Over 100 Under 100 is sponsored by New York State Council on the Arts. It is open to the public weekdays from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and one hour before upcoming events at Reg.

The show is scheduled to run through December 29.

More art shows are being planned for the mezzanine in the coming months as the 3rd on 3rd Gallery is in the process of being relocated to street level into the former Reg Studio Theater space at 108 E. 3rd St.

For more information visit RegLenna.com.