Friday January 8th, 2016
Upcoming events & things to do near you.
Second Friday at the Burchfield Penny
Be part of the Launch! Happy Hour with Love Music by the Small Appliance Orchestra from 5:30-7:30pm on the November second Friday. The Small Appliance Orchestra improvises music with an affinity for electronic and mechanical noisemaking. Their performances revolve around symbiotic chaos punctuated by… >>
Rusted Root
Rusted Root’s current release “The Movement, means a new work ethic to me – it’s going from the industrial age to the individual spiritual age. I feel everyone should devote all their actions to all that is love, healing and pragmatic. We’re seeing the growing pains of this right now…the world is split…some… >>
Creating the Year - BCAT Opening
Features the work of BCAT students and Ecuadorian artist and recent Buffalo transplant Patricio Calderon, who worked with BCAT art, music and video classes to produce abstract drawings he used as inspiration for a series of new paintings. Calderon worked for more than 20 hours with BCAT students, who… >>
Architecture + Education
The culmination of the Architecture + Education Program is always a great source of pride for participating students, parents, teachers & architects. Opening remarks by Dr. Kriner Cash, Buffalo Public Schools Superintendent @ 5:45pm. Be inspired by the enthusiasm & commitment of the Architecture + Education… >>
Polish Happy Hour
Free Polish food, free admission, plus Polish beer, Polish liqueurs, Polish music, and more...The United Cultural Society, which sponsors all of the Polish Happy Hour Buffalo events, will be selling raffle tickets for $500 in NYS Scratch off lottery tickets around 6:00pm. This is the largest monthly… >>
Second Friday at the Burchfield-Penney: WNY Playwrights Celebrate the Work of Charles Burchfield
Presented with three Burchfield images: December Light, Snow Patterns, and The Horn Call from Sibelius Fifth, Western New York playwrights were invited to use one (or two, if a member of the Dramatists Guild) of the pieces to inspire a play of no more than ten minutes. The anonymous entries were sent… >>
Aries Spears
As a principal cast member on Fox's hit sketch comedy show "MADtv," Aries Spears brought a fresh, hip style to the already-edgy program from the third through the tenth season. He also has appearances on Russell Simmons's "Def Comedy Jam" and "Showtime at the Apollo." Aries also boasts a number of uproarious… >>
Of Mice and Men at Lancaster Opera House
Nobel Prize–winning author John Steinbeck’s story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers who move from place to place in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in California. Based on Steinbeck's own experiences in the 1920s, the title is taken from… >>
Call for Garden Art
The University Heights Arts Association seeks garden-related art for use on the 2016 Capen Garden Walk poster as well as a related summertime exhibition at Amy's Place Restaurant. It is free to enter your artwork and a prize of $100 will be awarded for first place. Additional prizes will be awarded… >>
First Friday & Monet and the Impressionist Revolution, 1860–1910
There is stellar line-up for the March 5 edition of First Friday at the Albright-Knox. And while you're there, why not pay a few pence to catch the Monet and the Impressionist Revolution, 1860–1910 exhibit before it ends on March 20, and enjoy the Gallery Talk: Monet and the Impressionist Revolution,… >>
