May 2014
Upcoming events & things to do near you.
In High Feather
During the month of February, New York-based artist Janelle Iglesias will be using the Lightwell Gallery in the UB Art Gallery, Center for the Arts as a studio, developingIN HIGH FEATHER, a site-specific project inspired by her recent travels throughout…
Rodney Taylor: Impure Abstraction
This survey exhibition of Rodney Taylor's paintings from the mid-1990s to the present day explores how the artist employs abstraction and metaphor to convey the experience of contemporary urban life and societal trauma. Produced through a dense combination…
Buffalo Niagara Film Festival
Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill 1 & 2, The Natural) and Larry Bishop, son of Joey Bishop (The Rat Pack) and films such as (Underworld, Kill Bill 2, Hell Ride, The Savages) will both be present at the BNFF Events April 10-14. A special Premiere…
The Plough and the Stars
Constantly revived worldwide and widely regarded as the finest Irish tragedy-comedy ever written, this is Sean O’Casey’s masterpiece, part of his famous Dublin Trilogy, along with Juno and the Paycock and Shadow of a Gunman. Brilliantly capturing the…
Les Miserables
At Drama TheatreThu Apr 24th, 2014 7:30 pm Fri Apr 25th, 2014 7:30 pm Sat Apr 26th, 2014 7:30 pm Sun Apr 27th, 2014 2:00 pm Thu May 1st, 2014 7:30 pm Fri May 2nd, 2014 7:30 pm Sat May 3rd, 2014 7:30 pm Sun May 4th, 2014 2:00 pm UB Theatre & Dance$20,…
Beauty and the Beast
The award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical returns to Shea's. The original creators of the Broadway production are together again for this new touring production. Disney's Beauty and the Beast is the classic story of Belle, a young woman…
David Wax Museum with Rusty Belle
Tickets: $12 at Tickets.com, Babeville Box Office (M-F 11a-5p), Rust Belt Books, and Terrapin Station, or charge by phone 888-223-6000 7pm Doors 8pm Start Dan Smalls presents David Wax Museum live in the 9th Ward! When future music historians look back…
Stravinsky\'s Petrushka
Stravinsky: Ptrouchka\n
Show Your Influence
For The Music Productions Presents:Show Your Influence (tribute sets from some of your favorite local acts) featuring: Ritual Walk (as Tenacious D), Holkampany (as Green Day), The Impurity (as Scorpians), Letterbox (as Goo Goo Dolls), & Outer Sweater…
Charlotte Knights at Buffalo Bisons
PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG
Aladdin & Other Enchanting Tales
A giant genie, princesses and wizards abound in the marvelous tales of Scheherazade, the storyteller heroine of "Aladdin and Other Enchanting Tales." She tells her tales of Aladdin and a genie's lamp, Sinbad and the enchanted bird, and Ali Baba outwitting…
THE SLACKERS
WOLF TICKETS, B-SIDE BASTERDSThu 5/01Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 7:00 pmThis event is all ages
Wil Anderson
Performing over 200 shows a year, Wil Anderson's comedy is a densely written, high-speed ride through one of the most wonderful comedic imaginations in the world. He has won three "GQ Man of the Year" awards for Comedy and Media Performer.
Dark Eyes 55 with Cosmic Shakedown & Second Trip
Start:May 1, 2014 8:00 pmEnd:May 1, 2014 11:00 pm Ticket $5 at door
OCD: MOOSH & TWIST
JARED EVANFri 5/02Doors: 6:30 pm / Show: 6:30 pmThis event is all ages
Ani DiFranco
Tickets: $32.50 advance / $37 day of show on sale Friday, December 13 at Tickets.com, Babeville Box Office (M-F 11a-5p), Rust Belt Books, and Terrapin Station, or charge by phone 888-223-6000 7pm Doors 8pm Start Ani DiFranco comes home to Babeville for…
Buffalo Bike Party
Join us for the first ever Buffalo Bike Party! Following the collaborative First Friday Artists & Cyclists event on Allen St. we will gather at Café 59 and Don Tequila to grab a drink and mingle before heading out. ($3 craft beers & $5 glasses of wine…
FIRST FRIDAYS @ THE GALLERY
On the first Friday of every month—from 10 am to 10 pm—admission to the Gallery's 1962 Knox Building and select events are free for everyone. Art classes and certain tours are available to non-members for a fee. Special exhibitions in the 1905 Albright…
