The fundraiser is a collaborative effort between the Buffalo Bills Foundation and the Buffalo Sabres Foundation.

The first-ever Give 716 event was launched last year to raise money and awareness for hundreds of local charities across the 716 area code over the course of one fundraising day. In 2021, over 7,000 donors gave more than $1.1 million in 28 hours.

Around 25 Chautauqua County non-profits who are taking part in Give 716, including the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts, are holding a kick-off event tonight at the Southern Tier Brewing Company.

The event at 6:00 p.m. will feature a basket raffle and triva.

For more information about ‘Give 716,’ visit give716.org

The evening of food and live music begins at 5:00 p.m. and will feature the theme “hAll Fired Up: Music from Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Artists!”

Musical entertainment for this year includes The Porcelain Bus Drivers, Cold Lazarus, Cindy Love & Her All Star Band, Gary Peters Jr., Backlog, Matthew Larson and Juda H. Priest (featuring Chris Lee & Friends). All acts will perform several songs by a wide variety of Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, with the program being recorded and broadcast on WRFA at a later date.

In addition to the music, members of the WRFA Community Advisory Board will also be on hand serving hot dogs and selling 50/50 tickets. There will also be limited edition WRFA T-shirts for sale.

Tickets are $20 each and include two complimentary drink vouchers from Southern Tier, as well as one ticket for the door prize gift basket featuring items from local downtown Jamestown businesses.

Tickets are available at the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts Box Office, RegLenna.com, or by calling 716-484-7070. Tickets are also available at the door the day of the event.

JAMESTOWN, NY – The Great American Picnic is back for another year at Southern Tier Brewing Company!

WRFA’s annual summer fundraiser is taking place Tuesday, June 21 from 5 to 9 p.m. at STBC’s Empty Pint in Lakewood, NY and will once again feature live music, food, and tasty STBC beverages!

BUY TICKETS

The theme for this year’s fundraiser is “hAll Fired Up!” – celebrating the artists in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame!
Musical acts include:

• Juda H. Priest (Chris Lee & Friends)
• Backlog
• Cold Lazarus
• Cindy Love & Her All Star Band
• Porcelain Bus Drivers
• Gary Peters Jr.
• Matthew Larson

To support WRFA, please consider purchasing a $20 ticket, which includes two complimentary STBC beers. Anyone with a ticket will also receive one complimentary ticket for the WRFA Gift Basket Giveaway (additional tickets can be purchased for $1 each).

The Gift Basket will include items from a variety of local businesses!

Hot Dogs will also be sold and there will also be a 50/50 raffle!!
(Attendees under 21 get in for free).

Call the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts box office for Tickets – (716) 484-7070 – or buy them on line at www.RegLenna.com.
All to benefit WRFA!!

• RELATED: ARTS ON FIRE PREVIEW INTERVIEW WITH PAULA POUNDSTONE

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 “spirited” and culinary trip around the world will feature Evans Liquor and Wines and Southern Tier Brewing Company founder Phin DeMink teaming up to create four unique worldly cocktails.

A variety of foods from around the world will be provided by Reg Lenna Center for The Arts board members.

Several fun winter games including mini-curling, shuffle board and a ring toss will also be part of the festivities.

Tickets are $30 per person presale and $35 at the door. Proceeds benefit Reg Lenna Center for The Arts.

Due to construction at The Reg, a temporary box office location is open at 215 Spring St. (between 3rd and 2nd streets) and the entrance to the theater is next door. This box office is open between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday. The temporary theater entrance will be open one hour prior to movies and events, at which time tickets will be available upon entering the building.

Throughout construction, Forte the Restaurant will remain open.

Tickets are available by calling 716.484.7070 for tickets, during the box office hours listed above or buying online at RegLenna.com.