May 2017
Upcoming events & things to do near you.
Stationwagon/ Grub/ Unite The People/ Brandon LaSpada
FTMP Events Presents:Stationwagon, Grub, Unite The People, & Brandon LaSpada MusicThursday, May 11th$5.00 Cover21+ (ID Required) - No ID/No EntryDoors open at 6:00pmat: Stamps... the bar98 Main StTonawanda, NY 14150/ Keep updated on all the upcoming…
Pumping Up Your Garden With Pollinators Gardening Class
Come join EMPact America of New York and Elma CERT for a class in gardening! We have wonderful speakers from the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, Eastern Monarch Butterfly Farm and Masterson's Garden Center offering their expertise. No matter…
Mother's Day Floral Workshop
Imagine creating your own stunning arrangement of beautifully lush seasonal flowers. I feel passionate about inspiring others’ with their creativity. I will be leading a floral workshop at our creative studio in East Aurora. The reason? To create a gift…
Party at the Beech
Grab your flip flops, don your favorite Hawaiian shirt and join the Beechwood/Blocher Foundation Auxiliary Board for the fifth annual Party at the Beech! The gift-gathering party supports the 2017 Auction and Food Extravaganza, a fundraiser benefiting…
The Importance of Meditation within a Time of Compassion
This two-part talk series will explore the inner and outer aspects of the spiritual life, helping us to see beyond any perceived conflict between having a genuine meditative life and being socially engaged. For many practitioners of Buddhism – or other…
Grant St Gives Back to benefit Journey's End
For the second year in a row, numerous Grant St. businesses will be banding together to raise money to benefit Journey's End. Participating retailors have all agreed to donate a portion of their sales on May 11 and helping to raise awareness for the…
Zumba Gold Class at Buffalo Center
Loretta Kaminsky is an 80 year-old Zumba Gold instructor in Buffalo. She will be coming to teach a class at Buffalo Center open to all seniors ages 55 and up in the community! You don't want to miss the fun! It's low-impact for the lower body. Contact…
Lauren Belfer: Creation of Three Historical Novels
The Burchfield Penney welcomes Buffalo-native and bestselling author Lauren Belfer to The Center for a presentation on the inspirations for her three novels, with a special focus on Buffalo-based City of Light. Lauren will present an illustrated lecture…
Downtown Country Market
The Downtown Country Market is celebrating its 35th season! The Downtown Country Market is a two-day, weekly, open-air farmer's market located on Main Street between Court and Church Streets in Downtown Buffalo. The Market takes place every Tuesday and…
Run For Your Wife
This superb example of the British farce concerns London cab driver John Smith, who is living two lives in two cities, carefully juggling them both. But trouble brews when his two lives collide and he becomes hopelessly entangled in explaining himself…
National Public Gardens Day
A national day of celebration to raise awareness of America’s public gardens and their important role in environmental stewardship and awareness, plant and water conservation, and education in communities nationwide. $1, Botanical Gardens’ Members and…
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…
Andrea Wenglowskyj at Creative MorningsBuf
CreativeMornings/Buffalo is a free breakfast event, held on the second Friday of every month. We are one of over 160 cities in the world to host a free breakfast and speaker to share their story related to creativity on a rotating theme. Our aim is to…
Sail Buffalo's 2017 ASA 101 Sail Class - May 12-24
Our goal at Sail Buffalo is to help students to become safe, confident sailors. We promise to give you the tools necessary to excel beyond the requirements of the ASA national course examinations. By the end of this class you will be able to skipper…
Bands in the Brewery with the Nickel City Pimp Choir
Join us in the NYBP Taproom from 9 pm – 12:30 am for our “Bands in the Brewery” with Nickel City Pimp Choir, a a group of mack daddies taking it to the max by paying homage to the R&B legends of the 60’s and 70’s.
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…
Movies In The Vineyard--You Will Be My Son (2011)
Our May Free Movie: Our next free Movie in the Vineyard is You Will Be My Son (2011). “You Will Be My Son (2011) subtly transforms from one genre to another the way an exquisite, complex wine teases the nose before finishing strongly on the palate.…
A Musical Feast - 2nd Friday at the Burchfield Penney
On the Second Friday of every month, thanks to the support of M&T Bank, the Burchfield Penney hosts something great! From openings and happy hours, programs, concerts, screenings or other special events, visitors experience the best of the Burchfield…
Mother's Day Plant Sale
McKinley High School Botany Club has generously donated plants for our garden and for our Mother's Day plant sale. Come buy a plant for a special lady in your life.
Tom Dreitlein's chapbook "Map." launch
Tom wrote a damn good chapbook and we at CWP Collective Press published it. Join us as we celebrate its release. Fellow poets, Justin Karcher and Dan McKeon will also be gracing the stage and blessing us with poems. Blaise will be playing guitar and…