Is everyone enjoying the incredible hoops going on at the First Niagara Center? Good. 

The weekend brings plenty other excitement to WNY including theatric productions in Allentown, car shows downtown, and a world class trumpeter at Albright-Knox Art Gallery.

Enjoy these 8 cool events in Western New York! Check back Monday morning for more things to do next week.

GOLDEN GLOVES BOXING
Tralf Music Hall
Fri Mar 21
Enjoy a night of ametuer boxing downtown. Geneal Admission: $25 Advance | $30 Day of Show
Ringside: $35 Advance | $40 Day of Show. More info here.

Buffalo Motorama
Buffalo Niagara Convention Center
Fri Mar 21 – Sun Mar 23
The 2014 Buffalo Motorama will be featuring a wide variety of vehicles ranging from original, modified, race, and full custom. Hot rods, classics, pro street, and unrestored will be showcased at the Buffalo Convention Center in Buffalo, New York. Official site.

Robin Hood
Theatre of Youth: Allendale Theatre
Fri Mar 21 – Sun Apr 6
Enter Sherwood Forest with Robin Hood, the legendary hero! As our story unfolds, Robin has stolen gold from the greedy Prince John and given it to the poor. Wielding bows and arrows, Robin and his merry men join forces to stand up for what's right. The Sheriff of Nottingham has other ideas. He sends his men to capture Robin, but instead, they fall for Robin’s every trick! This athletic take on the fabled story features disguises, swordfights, live music, quick wit and plenty of help from the audience. Showtimes and tickets here.

MS MR
Town Ballroom
Sat Mar 22
New York-based American duo consisting of vocalist Lizzy Plapinger and producer Max Hershenow are ready to turn the energy up, and keep the good vibes going all night. Official site.

The First Ladies Tour - A Night of ALL Female Hip Hop
DBGB's
Sat Mar 22
Cincinnati-based indie hip hop/cross-genre vocalist/MC ABIYAH and Brooklyn-based electro-soul vocalist CORINA CORINA join forces to embark on a 13-day tour from the East Coast to the Midwest in March 2014. One of the few, if not only, entirely female indie hip hop/electro-soul tour bills in recent memory, these women bring a strong work ethic, beautiful vocals, a diverse range of musical styles, and energetic performances to their broad-ranging fan base. Official site.

Rachelle Ferrell
Tralf Music Hall
Sat Mar 22
Unquestionably one of the most dynamic talents in contemporary pop music. Very few vocal artists in the industry have Ferrell’s potent combination of range, phrasing, and musicianship. Ferrell first emerged in the states with her R&B debut Rachelle Ferrell (1992), a solid collection of self-penned originals that featured a striking duet with Will Downing (‘Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This’). It was with the release of First Instrument in 1994 (recorded prior to Rachelle Ferrell) that audiences were really introduced to Ferrell’s jazz sensibilities. Official site.

Menew
Buffalo Iron Works
Sat Mar 22
“If Muse, Coldplay and The Killers had a genius, dirty lovechild – it’s name would be MENEW.” MENEW [pronounced MENU] are an alternative indie rock band composed of three brothers. On their forthcoming full-length album Mother Nature, the band - Shade [Vocals/Guitar], Key [Piano/Synthesizers], and Nathan Samuel Phillip [Drums/Vocals]--infuse instrumental intricacy into 12 dynamic and diverse tracks. Whether it's a subdued piano hum or an anthemic guitar-fueled refrain, MENEW remain unpredictable, discarding all notions of formula or convention. Say hello to the future. Official site.

Ambrose Akinmusire
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Sun Mar 23
Not since Wynton Marsalis has a trumpeter ascended to the top of the jazz world as rapidly as Ambrose Akinmusire. Voted the #1 trumpeter in both the 2012 JazzTimes and DownBeat critics’ polls on the strength of his Blue Note debut When the Heart Emerges Glistening, “Akinmusire sounds less like a rising star than one that [is] already at great heights” (Los Angeles Times). After touring extensively with Steve Coleman while still a teen, Akinmusire studied at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz with Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, and Wayne Shorter. With the formation of his current quintet, Akinmusire has found the perfect collaborators to present “limber, straight-ahead jazz with mystery and pop instincts that gets around most of the old, pervasive mainstream influences, both of trumpet playing and bandleading” (Ben Ratliff, The New York Times). Official site.