Doors Open Jamestown Is Saturday, January 25
Now in its 21st year, Doors Open Jamestown will be held Saturday, Jan. 25, with 21 attractions and an additional nine local businesses participating.
The CHQ Chamber has pulled together attractions and local businesses in the Jamestown area to take part in a wintertime scavenger hunt. Doors Open Jamestown is an opportunity for people who live in the region to experience what tourists see in the Jamestown area, featuring a variety of local museums and cultural institutions as well as businesses that normally draw tourists to our area. The attractions open their doors for free during what would otherwise be a slow time of year.
Participating attractions are: Audubon Community Nature Center, 1600 Riverside Road; Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame, 15 W. Third St.; Chautauqua Youth Symphony, 106 E. Second St.; CHQ Chamber and Visitor Information Center, 300 N. Main St.; Fenton History Center, 67 Washington St.; Infinity Visual and Performing Arts, 301 E. Second St., Suite 101; James Prendergast Library, 509 Cherry St.; Jamestown Jackals #IntegrityFirst, at the CHQ Chamber, 300 N. Main St.; Lucile M. Wright Air Museum, 110 W. Third St., Suite 101; Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum, 2 W. Third St.; Lucille Ball Little Theatre of Jamestown, 18 E. Second St.; Martz-Kohl Observatory, 176 Robbin Hill Road, Frewsburg; Marvin Community House, 2 W. Fifth St.; National Comedy Center, 203 W. Second St.; Northwest Arena, 319 W. Third St.; Partridge-Sheldon House by Jamestown DAR, 70 Prospect St.; Pearl City Clay House, 220 E. Second St.; Reg Lenna Center for The Arts, 116 E. Third St.; Robert H. Jackson Center, 305 E. Fourth St.; Roger Tory Peterson Institute, 311 Curtis St.; and Sukanya Burman Dance, 106 E. Second St., Studio 3A.
Businesses participating are:4 Below Haggy’s Bar and Grill, 104 E. Second St.; Art Cloth & Craft, 108 E. Third St.; BioDome Project, 207 Pine St.; Brazil Craft Beer and Wine Lounge, 10 E. Fourth St.; Brigiotta’s Farmland Produce, 414 Fairmount Ave.; Chautauqua Art Gallery, 318 N. Main St.; HotSpot Cafe, 101 E. Third St.; Labyrinth Press Company, 12 E. Fourth St.; and Wicked Warren’s, 119 W. Third St.
The National Comedy Center and Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center require advanced registration by visiting their website for more information.
Hours for Doors Open are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Participating attractions are donating merchandise to be aggregated into four prize baskets. All individuals attending Doors Open are encouraged to play along with the online scavenger hunt quiz to be entered into the drawing for those prize baskets.
To play, simply go to the first stop of the day, find the answer to that venue’s question, and use the QR code (or visit go.chqchamber.org) to launch the game pass on a mobile device. There is no app to download. Input basic contact information and then will get a text featuring a direct link to the pass. Then, at each subsequent location, open the pass and answer the next quiz questions. Once there are at least 25 points click the “rewards” icon in the pass and click Claim Now to complete a drawing entry. Prize winners will be randomly drawn and winners notified Monday, Jan. 27. For more information, visit the CHQ Chamber on Doors Open day.
“Chautauqua County is a treasure trove of places to explore and things to do,” said Daniel Heitzenrater, CHQ Chamber president and CEO. “These attractions are just a start, with numerous other art galleries, historic sites, nature centers, and entertainment and sports venues. We hope you will take the time to visit these and the many other exceptional places in our county. Once you’ve visited for Doors Open Jamestown, please return, and bring more family, friends, or out of town guests in the years ahead.”