Wednesday August 30th, 2017
Upcoming events & things to do near you.
Allstate’s Reality Rides® Simulator Stops In Buffalo to Help Student Motorists Stay Safe
Allstate’s state of the art Reality Rides® simulator is rolling into Buffalo to drive home the importance of safe driving in the area as roadway traffic intensifies with the Labor Day holiday and stressful back-to-school season upon us. According to the newly released Allstate America’s Best Drivers… >>
Free Seminar – Preventing Falls with At-Home Exercises
Members of the community are invited to a free seminar titled Preventing Falls with At-Home Exercises on Wednesday, August 30 at 10 am at the Hamburg Senior Center, 4540 Southwestern Blvd, Hamburg. The seminar will featured guest speaker Carlen Koons, PT, DPT, WCC from Autumn View Health Care Facility… >>
The Nasty (Birthday) Hour
Join us at Mr. Goodbar for a happy hour and celebration of Feminista Social Club's 1st birthday! A $10 donation at the door includes 1 free drink ticket and all proceeds go to Planned Parenthood of WNY.
FCA One Camp
CAMP INCLUDES This includes: Includes Camper T-Shirt, FCA Tote Bag, and Camp Water Bottle ‘ONE’ CAMP THEME Each year we incorporate a theme on and off the field during camp. This year our theme is “ONE” based on Philippians 1:27. “Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves… >>
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… >>
Plate Expectations
This year’s Plate Expectations is better than ever! The travelling Plate Expectations event will be “Rocking and Rolling at the Richardson” this year at the historic, beautifully restored Hotel Henry. This signature fundraising event, proudly presented by Wegmans, gives community members an opportunity… >>
2017 Junior Sail Camp Weeks 11 | August 28 – September 1
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,… >>
2017 Junior Sail Camp Weeks 11: August 28 – September 1
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,… >>
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… >>
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… >>
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… >>
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… >>
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,… >>
