Thursday July 13th, 2017

Upcoming events & things to do near you.

Hotel Henry's First Art Walk
Thu Jul 13th

Hotel Henry's First Art Walk

Explore Hotel Henry’s newly restored spaces from 4-7 pm Thursday, July 13th and meet the featured artists while viewing their work throughout guest rooms and public spaces at the First Art Walk featuring the permanent collection! Enjoy cash bars and a pop-up marketplace in 100 Acres: The Kitchens at… >>

CoreLife Eatery Supports the Buffalo City Mission
Thu Jul 13th

CoreLife Eatery Supports the Buffalo City Mission

You Are Invited to a Restaurant Preview! The Buffalo City Mission is happy to welcome CoreLife Eatery to the Buffalo area. CoreLife Eatery offers a wide variety of fresh ingredients that are transformed into custom-created dishes. All foods are free of trans fats, artificial colors, sweeteners, other… >>

3TEETH
Thu Jul 13th

3TEETH

Buffalo Iron Works

Formed in 2013, 3TEETH is an L.A.-based transgressive artistic collaborative consisting of Alexis Mincolla (vocals), Xavier Swafford (keys), Andrew Means (drums) and Chase Brawner (guitars). Inspired by the early ‘90s industrial scene and acts like Ministry and NIN, the four-piece boasts a unique amalgam… >>

Botanics & Brews at The Botanical Gardens
Thu Jul 13th

Botanics & Brews at The Botanical Gardens

Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens

6-9pm, Botanical Garden Members $30, General Public $35 Sip craft beers, under a tent on the front lawn of the Botanical Gardens while enjoying local food, live music by JJ Swing, baskets, tours and raffle prizes!  Go to www.buffalogardens.com for more information.

SCREEN PRINT BASICS WORKSHOP
Thu Jul 13th

SCREEN PRINT BASICS WORKSHOP

Western New York Book Arts

☛ SCREEN PRINT BASICS ☚ Thursdays, July 13 & 20 • 6-9pm In this workshop students will learn about the basics of screen-printing to create a one color print of their own design. We will learn how to create suitable designs, prepare screens, and set up print jobs (materials, ink, etc). Final printed… >>

2017 Junior Sail Camp Week 3: July 10 -14
Mon Jul 10th → Fri Jul 14th

2017 Junior Sail Camp Week 3: July 10 -14

We teach sailing.But, we also teach important life lessons.Every morning, we begin with a classroom session which goes over theory and explains what they will practice that day. Then sailors head out into the harbor and turn theory into practice. Over the week, the kids learn terminology, rigging, hoisting,… >>

Book Arts Camp For Kids
Mon Jul 10th → Fri Jul 14th

Book Arts Camp For Kids

Book Arts Camp for Kids! Monday-Friday, July 10-14 • 9:30am-1:30pm This 5-day summer camp will feature hands-on activities, perfect for those craft-loving kiddos. Campers will participate in artist-led activities each day, from print making and book binding to origami techniques and altering books.… >>

Artpark Art Camp
Mon Jul 10th → Fri Jul 14th

Artpark Art Camp

Artpark

Artpark's popular artist-led workshops feature drawing, painting, clay, kinetic sculpture, art in miniature, craft art, photography, and more! Camp runs from 9am-4pm throughout the week Sessions availble: July 10-14, July 17-21, July 24-28Ages 9-14 $250 per week session, register now at www.artpark.netArt… >>

Italian Heritage Festival
Thu Jul 13th → Sun Jul 16th

Italian Heritage Festival

Visit the La Cucina Galbani® Cooking Stage every day for delicious recipe ideas and demonstrations by local chefs from Buffalo’s favorite restaurants. Kids can compete in the Children’s Cheese Building Contests taking place every day at 2 p.m. and adults can enjoy Wine Tastings at 4 p.m. Galbani will… >>

Shakespeare in Delaware Park’s The Merry Wives of Windsor
Thu Jun 22nd → Sun Jul 16th

Shakespeare in Delaware Park’s The Merry Wives of Windsor

Shakespeare In Delaware Park

Shakespeare in Delaware Park's first 2017 summer performance is The Merry Wives of Windsor. This comedy is the only Shakespeare play to deal exclusively with contemporary English Life.  The “must-see summer event” Shakespeare in Delaware Park reaches more than 40,000 audience members each year and is… >>

Chautauqua Theater Company: Noises Off
Fri Jun 30th → Sun Jul 16th

Chautauqua Theater Company: Noises Off

Location: Bratton TheaterEvent ticket required(Your theater ticket will admit you to the grounds. You do not need an additional gate pass)Michael Frayn’s Noises Off is a roller-coaster, side-splittingly funny look at theatre – both onstage and off – as a hapless troupe of actors attempt to mount a dreadful,… >>

Best of Buffalo
Fri May 12th → Sat Jul 29th

Best of Buffalo

Western New York Book Arts

Join us for a downtown walking tour of the best of Buffalo architecture and history! The buildings included on this overview tour help to tell the story of Buffalo’s rapid rise to prominence, from the opening of the Erie Canal to the 1901 Pan-American Exposition. Buildings seen on this tour were designed… >>

Artpark Theater Academy: A Broadway Jr. Program
Mon Jul 10th → Sat Aug 5th

Artpark Theater Academy: A Broadway Jr. Program

Artpark
Coleus & Color at The Botanical Gardens
Sat Jun 17th → Sun Aug 6th

Coleus & Color at The Botanical Gardens

Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens

10am-5pm - Included with Botanical Garden admission - $11 adults, $10 seniors (62+), $9 students (13+ with ID), $6 Kids 3-12, members and kids 2 and under are free! Rainbows of color will be incorporated into this summer exhibit of thousands of coleus and so much color! See many different botanical… >>

Pretty/Funny at MusicalFare
Wed Jul 12th → Sun Aug 13th

Pretty/Funny at MusicalFare

MusicalFare Theatre

A World Premiere musical from Buffalo native Marisa Guida, Buffalonian Philip Farugia and MusicalFare!  A coming of age story inspired by the life and work of comedienne, Imogene Coca.  Mom gets a promotion, Dad gets fired and their pre-pubescent daughter, Genny, is being picked on at school.  With… >>

William Smyers
Fri May 12th → Sun Aug 13th

William Smyers

Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens

Arcangel Gallery Exhibit - Included with Botanical Garden admission - $11 adults, $10 seniors (62+), $9 students (13+ with ID), $6 Kids 3-12, members and kids 2 and under are free! Presenting his third exhibit in the Arcangel Gallery, Smyers is a known photographer in WNY. He takes pride in his high… >>

M&T Plaza Concert Series
Mon Jun 12th → Fri Aug 25th

M&T Plaza Concert Series

Plaza Event Series will feature 54 performances this summer. It starts June 12, with the season’s last performance scheduled for August 25. Five new acts have been added to the line-up, and several favorites will continue their longtime streaks of Plaza Event Series appearances.  

Shape of a Pocket
Fri Jun 30th → Sat Aug 26th

Shape of a Pocket

Squeaky Wheel

June 30–August 26Opening: July 7, 6–9pmEvents: July 29, August 12, August 25 Featuring work by Morgan Arnett, Jason Bernagozzi, Charlie Best and Jaz Palermo, W. Michelle Harris, Kyla Kegler, Dana McKnight, Przemyslaw Moskal, Van Tran Nguyen, Elisa Peebles and the United Melanin Society, Carl Spartz,… >>

Travel Raffle at The Botanical Gardens
Thu Jun 1st → Fri Sep 1st

Travel Raffle at The Botanical Gardens

Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens

Tickets - $20 - 3 Chances to WIN and only 700 will be sold!  Tickets on sale June 1-September 1 Grand Prize - Dream Vacation! - A trip for two to Ireland, Mexico, or the Caribbean!  You pick where AND when! All arrangements will be made for you through The Travel Team Inc. Travel voucher has a maximum… >>

2017 Little Free Library® Design Competition
Mon Jun 5th → Fri Sep 1st

2017 Little Free Library® Design Competition

The Buffalo Architecture Foundation's 2017 Little Free Library® Design Competition is an Open, Two-stage, Design Competition to design, construct, and install a contemporary book shelter in underprivileged neighborhoods in Buffalo, NY. Architects, designers, sculptors, carpenters, students, etc. interested… >>

Shark Girl: Never Quite There
Fri Jun 30th → Sun Oct 1st

Shark Girl: Never Quite There

Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Clifton Hall Link In the two short years since Casey Riordan Millard’s iconic Shark Girl arrived in Western New York, the sculpture has been so widely shared and experienced that it is now one of Buffalo’s best-known citizens. However, it is perhaps less well-know that Shark Girl has served as one of… >>

Saint Joan at Shaw Festival
Wed May 24th → Sun Oct 15th

Saint Joan at Shaw Festival

Shaw Festival Theatre

Who was Joan of Arc? The saviour of France … or a deluded country girl? Bernard Shaw’s greatest play about the most remarkable teenage girl in history. Saint Joan is Bernard Shaw’s greatest play. At its centre is the most remarkable teenage girl in history. But who is she? The divinely-inspired saviour… >>

Me and My Girl
Wed Apr 5th → Sun Oct 15th

Me and My Girl

Shaw Festival Theatre

Can a Cockney man give up his old life – and love! – to join the upper class? The sparkling and fun British hit musical. This delightful comic romp from the thirties follows the fortunes of Bill Snibson, a proud Cockney who is amazed to learn that he’s actually the fourteenth Earl of Hareford. But if… >>

BUILDING BUFFALO: Buildings From Books, Books From Buildings
Thu Apr 20th → Sat Mar 31st

BUILDING BUFFALO: Buildings From Books, Books From Buildings

This new exhibit, open free to the public, focuses on an outstanding collection of rare and exquisitely illustrated books encompassing the history of architecture and landscape design from the late 15th through mid-20th Century.  Part of one of the finest civic collections on architecture in the country,… >>