Saturday August 25th, 2018
Upcoming events & things to do near you.
Best of Buffalo Fun and Food Tour
The Best of Buffalo Fun and Food Tour is a unique and exciting way to create some memories with friends and family. We pick your party up in a limo and take you on your tour of bests.It’s an evening you will remember forever, yet priced so that you can do it when you want. You can come single, coupled,… >>
World's Largest Fossil Dig
Unearth the Unexpected and help set a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for the World’s Largest Fossil Dig at Penn Dixie — the #1 fossil park in the U.S. Join us on Saturday August 25, 2018 as we make history. Admission is reduced to $5 per person and includes a commemorative shirt, fossil collecting… >>
Type Relevant's 15 year celebration with Brownman & Mad Dukez
Type Relevant's 15 year celebration with Brownman & Mad Dukez. On Saturday August 25th we are holding a 15 anniversary showcase. We will take you down memory lane. The setlist will start with tracks from 2003 when we first started rockin live shows and progress through the years on to 2007 when Mad… >>
Peach Mag Presents: Season 2 Yearbook Launch Party
Peach Mag Presents: Season 2 Yearbook Launch Party featuring readings by local and visiting writers & artwork by Joel Brenden. Buffalo-based literary magazine Peach Mag will celebrate the end of its sophomore season with the launch of Peach Mag: Season 2 Yearbook -- a locally designed, in-print anthology… >>
Buffalo LIVING Tour Northtowns
Our FREE 10th Buffalo LIVING Tour is hitting the Northtowns again on Saturday, August 25th....come see some GREAT living spaces...start at The incredible Belvedere in Lancaster and end at the posh Remington in North Tonawanda...four more beauties in between....pamphlet now ready to download at www.BuffaloLivingTour.net… >>
ESW Tailgate Party & Global Wrestling Stars!
Empire State Wrestling (ESW) will return to the St. Johnsburg Fire Hall, at 7165 Ward Road, North Tonawanda, NY on Saturday, August 25 for "4th and Gold". This event will be preceded by ESW's first ever tailgate party in the St. Johnsburg's parking lot from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to the tailgate… >>
Free Homebuyer Education Workshop
Education course which covers topics such as becoming financially ready to buy a home, managing your budget, understanding credit, the process of obtaining a mortgage, shopping for a home, and managing your finances. Meets the counseling requirements for the First Home Club and other grant programs.… >>
Hosta, Daylily & Iris Sale
Hundreds of daylilies, hostas and irises, labeled and described for sale at reasonable prices. Experts will be on hand to answer your plant questions. Come early, as there will be a long line waiting for the doors to open. Go to www.buffalogardens.com for more information.
Jill McCracken
Saturday, August 25th Jill McCracken Live in the 9th Ward Tickets: General Admission Standing: $10 at TicketFly.com, Babeville Box Office (M-F 11a-5p), or charge by phone 866-777-8932. 7pm Doors, 8pm Start Indie soul songstress Jill McCracken’s forthcoming release, “Shake Me Up”, is a celebration of… >>
Night Lights Music Festival 2018
The Night Lights Music Festival transforms The Heron, in Sherman, NY, into a three-day, three-night SOUND & LIGHT spectacular, featuring more than 30 musical acts, three nights of camping, art installations, yoga, local craft vendors, great food and music till dawn. Music festivals are not just about… >>
2018 Annual Canal Fest Member's Art Exhibition at River Art Gallery & Gifts
The 2018 Annual Canal Fest Member's Art Exhibition at River Art Gallery & Gifts opens on July 14th and runs through the 25th of August. There is a wide variety of mediums used including oil, watercolor, acrylic, mixed media, fiber art, etc. The Gallery hours are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 11:00am… >>
CRESPOBEATS
DJing Top 40 Hip Hop Reggae Funk Every Saturday night at 10pm.
Buffalo Sports card and memorabilia show
We are currently looking for vendors and promoting our new show at a brand new location! Visit our webpage @ buffalosportscardconvention.com Please come join Buffalo Sports Card Convention on August 25. 2018 from 9:30am-2:30pm at the Polish Falcons Club in Depew.445 Columbia Ave 14043. Admission is… >>
Buffalo Irish Festival at the Outer Harbor
This year’s Buffalo Irish Festival will be at The Outer Harbor and will feature two stages of continuous Irish entertainment from the U.S., Canada and Ireland. The festival will include:• A kick-off parade featuring flags from the 32 counties in Ireland on Friday at 5:30pm. Admission is FREE on Friday… >>
Cider Week Western New York
For the first time ever, Cider Week is coming to Western New York! Enjoy daily events such as local hard cider tastings, pairing dinners, and a bar crawl or two.Join us at any of the events below for good times and good cider, or visit our website for more information. https://ciderweekwny.com/wny/ Note:… >>
ASA 101 Sail Class: August: 24-26
You will be able to sail a boat of about 20 feet in length in light to moderate winds and sea conditions in familiar waters without supervision. A preparatory standard with no auxiliary power or navigation skills required. Summary of Student Standard – The American Sailing Association has adopted two… >>
Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts 2018
This eclectic festival incorporates all of the best Buffalo has to offer in the Arts, accessible to all ages. This major event includes more than 170 artists and craftsmen, selling work done on 16 different mediums . Three stages will bring over 50 live performances includng live music and dance. Kidsfest… >>
Errol Daniels: Coming Home
CEPA GALLERY PRESENTS OPENING, ARTIST TALK & PANEL DISCUSSIONCOMING HOME: Reentry After IncarcerationCollaborative Photo-Essay Documentary ExhibitErrol Daniels, Photographer & Katherine Russell, WriterOpening Reception: Saturday, July 28, 1:30 – 4:30 PMArtist Talk: 2 PM & Panel Discussion 2:30 – 3:30… >>
Stage Kiss
Two bitter exes are cast in the same play as passionate lovers. Will they strangle each other? Or seduce each other? And how can we tell if it’s real or make-believe? Heartfelt and hilarious, this modern romantic comedy by Pulitzer Prize finalist playwright Sarah Ruhl will take you behind the curtain… >>
Liz Lessner: Interstitial Castings
Liz Lessner’s exhibition, Interstitial Castings, uses sculpture to capture the negative space between two people engaged in therapeutic interactions. Prior to her exhibition, Lessner will be in residence at Buffalo Arts Studio working with Tri-Main Center tenants to create a series of sculptures through… >>
Muhammad Z. Zaman: Lux
Muhammad Z. Zaman is a Buffalo-based, urban artist, specializing in calligraphy. Using language and text as cultural signifier, Zaman layers English, Bengali, and Arabic into richly-textured canvases. His canvas paintings and wall murals layer powerful messages onto seemingly borderless fields, inspiring… >>
Travel Raffle
Tickets - $20 - 3 Chances to WIN on each ticket and Only 700 will be sold! Winning tickets will be drawn Tuesday, September 18 at the Botanical Gardens (winners need not be present). Tickets can be purchased online at www.buffalogardens.com, in our Gift Shop, or by calling 827.1584 ext. 295. Must be… >>
Colleen Ayson
Curiosity and Wonder - Colleen is a visual artist originally from Los Angeles and moved to Buffalo from Melbourne, Australia in 2013. Her photography is about exploring the mysterious alchemy of beauty in nature and the creatures that inhabit the world. She is drawn to the magic and wonder in the everyday.… >>
Grand Hotel, The Musical
Check into the lavish Grand Hotel, where the lives of ten hotel guests collide over one unforgettable night. Love. Betrayal. Jealousy. Murder. And the glamour of Berlin in the Roaring Twenties. Soaring with songs and dance, it’s the mesmerizing musical about what happens when our deepest, most desperate… >>
The Hound of the Baskervilles
CANADIAN PREMIERE! It’s the return of the murder mystery to The Shaw. Sir Baskerville has been scared to death — literally. Now deductive genius Sherlock Holmes is on the case to find the murderer … with twist after twist to keep you guessing. Darkly fun, deliciously sly, and just the right amount of… >>
Photography Caravan- Images of Jewish Buffalo
PHOTOGRAPHY CARAVAN – IMAGES OF JEWISH BUFFALO, ON EXHIBIT AT JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BUFFALO ART GALLERY, HOLLAND FAMILY BUILDING, 787 DELAWARE AVE, BUFFALO, NY, AUGUST 15 – OCTOBER 31, 2018 This exhibit is a showcase of photographs taken by members of the community who participated in… >>
Buffalo Never Fails: The Queen City and World War I
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of America’s entry into World War I (WWI) in 1917, Buffalo Never Fails: The Queen City and World War I looks back to a critical time in our nation’s history, emphasizing Buffalo’s role in the war and the related consequences. This exhibition honors stories of individual… >>
