Friday August 11th, 2017
Upcoming events & things to do near you.
Senso di Voce
After a standing-room-only performance last summer, Senso di Voce (Esin Gunduz, voice, and Megan Kyle, oboe and English horn) returns to Silo City to perform a concert of early music intertwined with contemporary improvisations in the unique sonic environment of Silo City.While last year’s concert focused… >>
2017 Junior Sail Camp Week 7: Aug 7 – 11
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,… >>
Summer Splash: Tangerine Twist
Make your way to Buffalo's waterfront for the sixth annual Summer Splash, the classiest cocktail party of the summer. Add a twist of color to the outer harbor by donning your favorite fashionable ORANGE attire and fuel your dancing shoes with complimentary drinks all night, delectable foods and divine… >>
Laugh & Other Drugs
“Laugh and Other Drugs” at The 9th Ward at Babeville Winner of Helium Comedy Club’s 2016 “Buffalo’s Funniest Person” contest, Kevin Thomas, Jr., continues the successful “Laugh and Other Drugs” comedy showcase at The 9th Ward| Babeville venue. About “Laugh and Other Drugs” began over a year ago to… >>
Revolution Gallery's FIFTH Retro Rewind! w/ DJ Dr. Wisz
DJ Dr. Wisz is once again bringing his vinyl selections to the gallery and spinning 80s and 90s Alternative, Punk, Industrial, and New Wave. Go Retro with us on Friday August 11th - from 8:00pm to 11:00pm. $5 glasses of wine, $3 PBR, $5 local craft beer, small plates! And check out Revolution Gallery's… >>
Recharge Relationship Couples Conference
This Couples conference targets topics of Financial Wellness and Planning, Health and Wellness, and Intimacy Strengthening. Hosted by RD Anderson-Bailey, MFT of The Relationship Decoder, LLC. The experience includes an All White Party, Break out sessions, Vendors and so much more! Registration includes:… >>
William Smyers
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… >>
Slyfest 12 at The Heron
The12th annual fundraiser designed to support the Slyboots School mission: to promote positive social change through cultural arts education and performance. To bring the world together, on the sly~~ The Slyboots School of Music, Art & Dance presents:SLYFEST 12 @ The HeronAugust 11, 12 & 13, 2017www.SLYFEST.comwww.SlybootsBuffalo.com~… >>
America's Grape Country Wine Festival
Sip, shop & savor from over 30 wineries and craft brews and distilleries while enjoying live music, wine and cooking demonstrations, craft artisans and much more! The perfect festival to Taste WNY! Tickets holders will have free access to the Parrothead Bash Kick Off Party on Friday, August 11th starting… >>
Pretty/Funny at MusicalFare
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… >>
Artpark Rock Camp
Artpark's Rock Camp takes place Monday-Friday from 9am-4pm at the Mainstage Theater Attendees will form bands, write and perform original music, learn how to interpret music by others, and even gain knowledge about aspects of the music business. Rock Camp concludes with a free concert Artpark's Amphitheater… >>
Erie County Fair
The Erie County Fair is back for the 178th consecutive year at the Fairgrounds. There is fun for the whole family! The Fair features food, rides, shows, animals and shopping. There is something for everyone as we celebrate 178 years of tradition, agriculture and excitement.
Macbeth at Shakespeare in Delaware Park
Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare; it is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatizes the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake. Macbeth runs Tuesday through Sunday at 7:30pm from July 27 – August 20. Shakespeare… >>
Pet Connection Programs, INC at the Erie County Fair!
Come see us this year at the Erie County Fair! Pick up one of the shelter’s popular Doggy Bag for Tabby tote for a small $10 donation filled with TONS of goodies for your favorite four-legged friend! 100% of all proceeds goes to our shelter animals and future rescues in need. August 9th 12pm-10pm, August… >>
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
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,… >>
Annual Canal Fest Member Art Exhibition At River Art Gallery & Gifts
River Art Gallery & Gifts located at 83 Webster St. in North Tonawanda presents the annual Canal Fest Member Exhibition opening on Saturday, July 22 and runs through Saturday, August 26. The opening reception is on Saturday, July 29 from 4pm to 7pm. There are a total of 25 artists exhibiting using a… >>
Build a Better World! Passport to Reading contest
The Library System has unveiled a new Passport to Reading contest which encourages families to travel the highways and byways of Erie County to visit all of the public libraries. Library travelers can pick up a special commemorative Passport and have it stamped for a chance to win great prizes including… >>
Travel Raffle at The 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
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
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… >>
An Octoroon
Hilarious. Uncomfortable. Vital. An edgy new American comedy set on a slave-owner’s plantation at the Shaw festival. When Dion Boucicault wrote The Octoroon in 1859, it was considered a masterpiece. Its story of a plantation owner falling for a woman of mixed race was taken as a bold plea for racial… >>
Saint Joan at Shaw Festival
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
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
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,… >>
