Announcements

 The Buffalo Choral Arts Society will conduct mid-season auditions for the remainder of its 2006-2007 season at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2, at St. Joseph’s University Church on Main Street near Winspear in Buffalo. The group is seeking singers for all voice parts. Prospective auditioners are asked to prepare a solo from any published source. A 10-minute audition will include pitch-matching, voice placement and a simple sight-reading passage. For more information, call Nancy Cannizzaro at 847-6930 (w) or 856-1357 (h).

 A new series of dances in the Mary Seaton Room of Kleinhans Music Hall will feature the Jim Tudini Band. Dance nights are the first Thursday of the month from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Jan. 4, Feb. 1, March 1, April 1, May 3 and June 7. Tickets are $15, and are available by calling 885-5000 or online at www.bpo.org.

 The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University announces its holiday hours. The museum will be closed from Saturday, Dec. 23, through Monday, Jan. 1, 2007. Also, the museum shop announces its annual holiday sale through Friday, Dec. 22. For more information, call 286-8200.

 Tickets are now on sale for “Late Night Catechism,” from Feb. 13-March 11 at Shea’s Smith Theatre, 660 Main St. Tickets are $35 for Feb. 13-18. For the remaining three weeks, Feb. 22-March 11, prices are $35 on Thursday and $40 for Friday, Saturday matinee and evening and Sunday matinee. For tickets, visit the Shea’s Ticket Office, 650 Main St., call Ticketmaster at 852-5000 or visit Ticketmaster outlets, or visit www.ticketmaster.com.

 Tickets are now on sale for Old Fort Niagara’s Twelfth Night Ball fundraiser, Jan. 6 in the Fort Niagara Officers’ Club. Tickets are $30 per person and are available by calling 745-7611.

 The Buffalo Museum of Science announces its holiday hours: Closed Christmas Eve, Sunday, Dec. 24; Christmas Day, Monday, Dec. 25; and New Year’s Day, Monday, Jan. 1. The museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 26 through Saturday, Dec. 30, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. New Year’s Eve, Sunday, Dec. 31. The museum will resume its regular hours on Wednesday, Jan. 3, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call 896-5200 or visit www.buffalomuseumofscience.org.

 Old Fort Niagara in Youngstown announces its winter hours. The fort is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily, but will be closed Christmas Day, Monday, Dec. 25, and New Year’s Day, Monday, Jan. 1. For more information, call 745-7611, or visit www.oldfortniagara.org. Also, winter programs include living history demonstrations, lectures and period-themed fundraisers. Musket firings will take place from Dec. 26-30.

 Squeaky Wheel is launching a new production initiative called “Channels — Stories from the Niagara Frontier.” The program matches documentary filmmaking with grass roots initiatives and groups to document cultural and social movements that significantly impact the Buffalo region, but are underreported by mainstream media. Filmmakers and cultural institutions/grassroots initiatives can apply to participate. Application deadline is Friday, Feb. 2, at Squeaky Wheel, 712 Main St., Buffalo. For more information, call 884-7172 or visit www.squeaky.org.

 The Michael Civisca Great Performers Series, originally scheduled to take place during the October storm, has been rescheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall, Buffalo State College, 1300 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo. Tickets are $30 general, $27 seniors, and $15 student rush (one hour prior to showtime), and are available by calling 878-3005.

 The Amherst Players are accepting submissions for their 2007 Festival of One Acts, May 18 and 19. Sought are original monologues and short one-act plays that will be produced by the Amherst Players. Submissions must be received by Feb. 1 to be considered for the festival. Mail copies of scripts to P.O. Box 42, Amherst, N.Y., 14226. Submissions become the property of the Amherst Players and cannot be returned. Contributors will be notified by Feb. 21 if their work is chosen. Call 439-4523.

 Tickets are now on sale through the North Tonawanda History Museum for the Simple Gifts concert, Feb. 17 at the Riviera Theatre, 67 Webster St., North Tonawanda. Concert features three-woman group from Pennsylvania who play 12 instruments. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, $5 for ages 5 to 16, and free for ages 4. For tickets, call 213-0554.