Friday August 25th, 2017
Upcoming events & things to do near you.
Chillounge Night Buffalo
Chillounge Night is the ultimate luxury outdoor lounge experience, transforming the OUTDOOR area next to the Labatt Silos of Buffalo Riverworks Waterfront into a swanky evening event. There will be VIP Cabanas, Canopy Day Beds, Bands, DJ, Fashion Show, Food, Libations, and much much more. This is "Your… >>
The Art of Hip Hop – A Visual Listening Experience featuring Cashis Green
The much anticipated album release and corresponding art exhibit of Jay P. Hawkins AKA Cashis Green. This event will be an interactive listening experience of his new album "The Art of Hip Hop." Each track on this project has an accompanying portrait. This is your chance to experience the album, track… >>
Buffalo Summer Youth Arts Celebration
The Buffalo Summer Youth Arts Celebration will showcase visual, performing and literary works of art produced by hundreds of young women and men in Buffalo who chose to spend their summer in creative and productive ways. Partners include: Artpark, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology,… >>
Chautauqua Institution Food Festival
A weeklong food, craft beverage and entertainment festival in Bestor Plaza featuring renowned speakers from the culinary world as well as a daily roster of food- and drink-themed events, from cooking demonstrations and competitions to interactive experiences and tastings prepared by the best regional… >>
Art of Fashion Exhibit
The NACC is proud to announce the Art of Fashion Exhibit in our Townsend Gallery. The exhibit will feature new and original designer clothing, costumes, wearable art and art pieces. The Exhibit will open on August 25th from 6 - 8 PM with a reception in the Townsend Gallery and a Fashion Industry Night.… >>
Tunes at Noon
“Plaza Event Series is a great place to take your lunch break. In addition to the live music, we’ll have a rotating roster of food trucks,” Belanger added. “And even if you bring lunch from home, there are tables set up outside for you to enjoy the sunshine on our Plaza.” M&T Bank is encouraging the… >>
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.
Canalside Boardwalk Bazaar
Come one, come all! Canalside’s new Boardwalk Bazaar series presented by Five Star Bank offers something for everyone. From fire performers and magicians to aerialists and acrobats, you are sure to be left in awe. With a variety of your favorite local restaurants and a mix of unique artisan vendors,… >>
Friday Night Lights at the Aquarium of Niagara
Friday Night Lights are set for the fourth Friday of June July and August.June 23, July 28 and Aug 25th. From 6-10pmEach night is free with Aquarium Admission, and the Aquarium is open. Out on our upstairs terrace there will be live music. There will be food available from one food provider each evening:… >>
2017 Junior Sail Camp Weeks 10: Aug 21 – 25
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,… >>
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… >>
Egyptian Festival
9th Annual Egyptian Festival Authentic middle eastern food, desserts, art, christian gifts, coptic church tour and much more!!
Sail Buffalo's 2017 ASA 101 Sail Class: August: 25-27
Our goal at Sail Buffalo is to help students to become safe, confident sailors. We promise to give you the tools necessary to excel beyond the requirements of the ASA national course examinations. By the end of this class you will be able to skipper a sloop-rigged keelboat of approximately 20 to 27… >>
Night Lights Music Festival
Join us Aug 24 - 26 at the Heron in Sherman, NY for the Night Lights Music Festival. This year's festival will feature music from Papadosio, Dopapod, Aqueous, Mihali Savoulidis(Twiddle) plus more. The three day weekend will also feature music from some of Western New York's best musicians and includes… >>
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… >>
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… >>
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… >>
Danielle Nash at The Botanical Gardens
Arcangel Gallery Exhibit - 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! Plants and Patterns - This is Nash’s first exhibition with the Arcangel Gallery. Her original oil paintings… >>
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,… >>
