Wednesday July 5th, 2017
Upcoming events & things to do near you.
Beginner WaterColor
Two Sessions Offered! - Botanical Gardens’ Members $65 per series or $18 per class, General Public $70 per series or $20 per class Join artist Joan Saba for classes just for beginners! Learn basic techniques and apply concepts to your own works of art under Joan’s expert instruction. For a suggested… >>
Latin at Larkin 7/5 - La Krema, Wendell Rivera & Salsa by Sarah
Latin at Larkin is back - dance lessons from Salsa by Sarah before each set by Jesse Pabon La Krema & Wendell Rivera! Free admission and parking thanks to KeyBank & Independent Health! Family-friendly, food trucks, cold beverages, plentiful seating, summertime in Buffalo! More live music afterward at… >>
8th Annual Veterans Service
Join us on Wednesday, July 5th 2017 at 7pm for a service of patriotic music, singing and prayers. This is the 8th Annual Veterans Service. The Newell-Falkner American Legion Post 880 Color Guard will preside over opening and closing ceremonies including: Advance of Colors, Roll Call of our deceased… >>
Food Truck Rodeo
Giddy up! Interactive family activities, Dj music, and as many as 15 trucks of delectable suppertime offerings Come hungry! Free Museum admission for all from 5:00 - 8:00pm) Check out the exhibits and charming gift shop. Bike, run, or stroll, on down. Lots of cozy spots to picnic with family and friends… >>
2017 Junior Sail Camp Week 2: July 3 – 7 NOW ON SALE
SALE PRICE FOR THIS 4th of July holiday SPECIAL IS $200 or $50 per day for 4 days. A savings of $94. 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… >>
Botanical Artists - A Curated Exhibition
An exhibit of botanical related art curated by Donald Siuta. Artist reception on June 2, 2017 from 7:30 - 9 pm. For more info call 716-885-2251
Garden Railway 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! Go to www.buffalogardens.com for more information.
Shakespeare in Delaware Park’s The Merry Wives of Windsor
Shakespeare in Delaware Park's first 2017 summer performance is The Merry Wives of Windsor. This comedy is the only Shakespeare play to deal exclusively with contemporary English Life. The “must-see summer event” Shakespeare in Delaware Park reaches more than 40,000 audience members each year and is… >>
Chautauqua Theater Company: Noises Off
Location: Bratton TheaterEvent ticket required(Your theater ticket will admit you to the grounds. You do not need an additional gate pass)Michael Frayn’s Noises Off is a roller-coaster, side-splittingly funny look at theatre – both onstage and off – as a hapless troupe of actors attempt to mount a dreadful,… >>
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… >>
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… >>
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,… >>
Landmark Cruise
Every Wednesday in July & August, since 2009, The Center for the Study of Art, Architecture, History & Nature (C-SAAHN) ) has created and sponsored the 3:00-5:00pm Harbor Cruises' Miss Buffalo II "Landmark Cruise." The narrative describes the importance of all four elements (art & architecture, history… >>
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… >>
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,… >>
