Arts & Cultural Programs

JCC's Got Talent

Saturday, July 12, 2025 | 11:40 am

JCC students, staff, and faculty share their talents with the rest of the world for a chance to win big prize money. The audience votes for winners by purchasing voting tickets.

The event includes refreshments for purchase and a 50/50 raffle. Proceeds benefit JCC's Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship.

Acts must pre-register online by April 11. Cost to register is $15.

Jazz Fest 2025 Featuring Dave Golando Quintet

Saturday, July 12, 2025 | 11:40 am

See a live concert featuring the Dave Golando Quintet with Dave Golando on saxophone, Mark Filsinger on trumpet, Joe Baudo on piano, Marc Cousins on bass, and Carl Alanakien on drums. All members of the group are experienced and accomplished professionals and some of the best and most recognized jazz musicians in Western New York.

The concert will also feature the Chautauqua County Student All-Stars, a group of talented student musicians.

Scandinavian Culture Days

Saturday, July 12, 2025 | 11:40 am

Culture Days focus on Swedish culture and the Swedish-American experience, though one does not need to be of Swedish origin to attend. Gatherings include workshops, presentations, and Swedish-inspired food, lingonberry juice, and coffee. 

The presentation/workshop schedule is as follows: 

March 1: Cooking Easter buns, knitting, wood carving, painting, and Scandinavian ancestry research  

April 5: Swedish immigration and lunch for students at noon 

Scandinavian Culture Days

Saturday, July 12, 2025 | 11:40 am

Culture Days focus on Swedish culture and the Swedish-American experience, though one does not need to be of Swedish origin to attend. Gatherings include workshops, presentations, and Swedish-inspired food, lingonberry juice, and coffee. 

The presentation/workshop schedule is as follows: 

March 1: Cooking Easter buns, knitting, wood carving, painting, and Scandinavian ancestry research  

April 5: Swedish immigration and lunch for students at noon 

Scandinavian Culture Days

Saturday, July 12, 2025 | 11:40 am

Culture Days focus on Swedish culture and the Swedish-American experience, though one does not need to be of Swedish origin to attend. Gatherings include workshops, presentations, and Swedish-inspired food, lingonberry juice, and coffee. 

The presentation/workshop schedule is as follows: 

March 1: Cooking Easter buns, knitting, wood carving, painting, and Scandinavian ancestry research  

April 5: Swedish immigration and lunch for students at noon 

Vision Board Making

Saturday, July 12, 2025 | 11:40 am

The Cattaraugus County Campus Art Club and Success Center is ready to help you create a vision board for the spring semester. All supplies are provided.

A vision board is a collage of images, words, and quotes that visually represent a person's goals, dreams, and aspirations, acting as a tool to motivate them to achieve their desired life by regularly visualizing their future through this visual representation.

Music Residency: Peregrine Road

Saturday, July 12, 2025 | 11:40 am

Join this virtuosic Vermont-based Peregrine Road as they visit JCC for uniquely engaging presentations and performances centered on music from the Celtic, French, and English country dance traditions — everything from lively reels to Parisian café tunes and energetic waltzes. The performances will be educational as well as musical, including commentary from the performers on many aspects of the music and its background.

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