Saturday July 22nd, 2017
Upcoming events & things to do near you.
5th Annual Car Show & Picnic
Sponsored by the Collins Regional Historical Society, this event gets bigger & better every year! Whether you want to show others your beauty from days gone by, or just want to browse, this event is for you. Drivers receive free registration & free thank you gift bag for bringing their cars; first through… >>
BigBottleRocket, The Missing Worker, Unite the People, Tokyo Monsters, ARCADIA, & Echota
FTMP Events presents:BigBottleRocket, The Missing Worker, Unite the People, Tokyo Monsters,ARCADIA - band, & EchotaSaturday, July 22ndDoors at 6:00 pm$7 Presale, $10 at the doorAges 18+ (ID Required / Strictly Enforced)Tickets: http://www.purplepass.com/BigBottleRocket072217at: Evening Star Concert… >>
Silo City Reading Series - July
This summer multidisciplinary series includes musical acts, visual art installations, and poetry, bringing together the best of Buffalo’s arts and cultural community to interact with some of the most dynamic poets from Buffalo and beyond. July 22nd features: Morgan Parker, author of There Are More… >>
SECRET BELGIAN BINDING WORKSHOP
☛ SECRET BELGIAN BINDING ☚ Saturday, July 22nd • 11am-4pm These books have a unique binding that allows them to be strong (like a case-bound book) but to also lay flat (like a coptic-bound book). They are durable and beautiful, albeit a little tricky to make. Once completed, it's difficult to see how… >>
PAPERMAKING WITH PLANTS WORKSHOP
✿ PAPERMAKING WITH PLANTS ✿ Saturday, July 22 • 11am-2pm Learn the basics of paper making with various plant pulp and create multiple sheets to be taken home. Feel free to bring your inclusions for the paper including pressed flowers, though materials will be provided. This workshop is for people of… >>
Buffalo Metal Fest 2017
Mass Casualty, Coming of RAGE Productions, FTMP Events, The Metal, &The Masked Promoter present:Buffalo Metal Fest 2017Featuring: Greatness and World Domination - GAWD, From The Hellmouth, Obelus, Inertia, Diceros, Mass Casualty, I'm From The Government And I'm Here To Help, Cain, Nethergrave, Hellcannon, Short… >>
Hospice Butterfly Release
Let your memories take flight at the annual Niagara Hospice Memorial Butterfly Release. Held in July on the Niagara Hospice campus in Lockport, guests enjoy music, refreshments, kid's activities and more! Participants can pre-order live butterflies to partake in the mass release, as well as other memorial… >>
Pan-American Trolley Tour
The tour begins at Forest Lawn, where you will visit the final resting places of many of the movers and shakers who made the Pan-American Exposition happen. The trolley stops at the Pan-American Brewery in the Hotel Lafayette for lunch (included). Then head over to TBHM Resource Center to tour "Spirit… >>
Crooked Gener8ion, Winski, Creating A Sinner, & Ghostpool
FTMP Events Presents:Crooked Gener8ion, Winski, Creating A Sinner, & GhostpoolSaturday, July 22nd$10 Presale, $12 Day Of ShowAges 18+ (ID Required)Doors open at 6:00pmTickets: http://www.purplepass.com/CrookedGen072217at: Stamps... the bar98 Main StTonawanda, NY 14150/ Keep updated on all the upcoming… >>
The Spirit of Nina Simone
This poignant stage proignant stage production, created by award-winning Artist, Drea d'Nur, pays homage to the "high Priestess of Soul" with a dynamic blend of music, theater, dance, and large screen. There will be an art show at the event which will start at 6:00 p.m. and doors will open afterward… >>
Woodlawn Vol. Fire Co. Field Days
DATE: Saturday, July 22, 2017 TIME: 12:00 pm – 11:00 pm WHERE: 3281 Lakeshore Rd.Blasdell, NY 14219 COST: $5 (Free if arriving before 6PM)DESCRIPTION Come join us at our 2nd annual field days event!$5 cover charge between 6pm-Close (Free entry if you arrive before 6)Beer Tent from noon-11Food available… >>
ADA DISABILITY PRIDE PARADE AND FESTIVAL
FREE EVENT!!!!!! FUN FOOD LIVE ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES BOUNCE HOUSE SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2017BY LAND:For more information contact Tricia DeValentino at 716-836-0822 ext. 174 or tdevalentino@wnyil.org PARADE: 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.streets around Coca-Cola Field(Niagara Square to Coca Cola Field)FESTIVAL:… >>
Hooley On The River
The Hooley On The River promotes Irish/Celtic music and culture which lends to the rich history of Buffalo. The immigrants from Ireland provided much of the hard labor involved in the building, running and maintaining of the Erie Canal and Industrial waterfront throughout the years. For some the Hooley… >>
Rio Bravo Set To Rock Mooney's On Military 7/22
Rio Bravo set to rock Mooney's on Military Great classic rock and roll from the 60's, 70's, and beyond will be provided by Rio Bravo! Featuring Tonawanda ex-pat Tom Geraci from such classic acts in WNY as The Beez, Crossroads and Dobie Royal. It'll be a great party! Hope to see you there! Rio Bravo!… >>
Disability Pride Parade and Festival
On July 26, 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law and discrimination against people with disabilities became illegal. In 1980, The Western New York Independent Living Project, Inc. opened its doors at 3108 Main Street and began providing programs and services for all people… >>
Wild Renn Fest
Travel back into a time when giant, fire-breathing dragons and brave knights roamed the land! Come join Hawk Creek Wildlife Center for its largest annual fundraiser with a medieval twist! WILD RENN FEST on the weekends of July 15, 16, 22 & 23, from 11:00am-4:00pm is highlighted by nationally renowned… >>
Canal Fest
Canal Fest of the Tonawandas is the largest festival of its kind along the Erie Canal. Shared by the Twin Cities of Tonawanda and North Tonawanda, it encompasses a 2-square-mile area, jam packed full of fun and entertainment. Enjoy eight full days of entertainment at the largest event held anywhere… >>
DeRay Davis
DeRay Davis is a multi-faceted comedic force who's conquered everything from the stage to the big screen. Davis first made a name for himself in the stand-up world, winning Comedy Central's Laugh Riots Competition and appearing in the Cedric the Entertainer Festival. Along the way he made the leap to… >>
Fan World: 2017
Fan World brings gaming, animation, celebrity guests, cosplay, etc. fans from around the world an amazing event on the unparalleled Niagara Falls!Meet actors Todd Haberkorn (anime voice actor, Lt. Spock in Star Trek: Continues) and Christopher Robin Miller (fantasy actor, voice of Nintendo's Professor… >>
Grease Pole Festival
Live music, carnival rides, and countless performances take place throughout this three-day celebration. Each year, the Grease Pole Festival features a grand finale. Contestants climb up on each other’s backs in order to scale a greased telephone pole. There is an assortment of prizes, but the best… >>
Best of Buffalo
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
Coleus & Color at The 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
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
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
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… >>
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,… >>
