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Betty’s
- 8am-10pm: Buffalo Society of Artists Group Show (through July 12)
Merge
- midnight: Flora and Fauna: the Organic World Surrounding Us. Work by Kristin Adlard, James Hickey, Glenn Kroetsch, Elizabeth Schulz, Marie Wonch, and others (through July 21)

Events & Openings

Albright Knox Art Gallery
- 5-10pm: Gusto at the Gallery Free Fridays. Weekly series with films, music, exhibits, kids’ activities, lectures, special guests, and more. Visit www.albrightknox.org for info on each week’s events
Allentown First Fridays
- 5pm: Free gallery walk in the greater Allentown district, the first Friday of each month. Participating galleries include Buffalo Big Print, B. West Studio, C.G. Jung Center, College Street Gallery, El Museo, Gateway Gallery, Indigo Art, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, and Kepa3 Gallery. Visit www.allentown.org or www.allentownfirstfridays.ning.com for details
B. West Studio
- 5-8pm: Allentown First Fridays Gallery Walk: Local Artists for Allentown 2009
Buffalo Big Print
- 6-8pm: Allentown First Fridays Gallery Walk: Group show by Peter Catania, Viktoria Ciostek, Linda Gellman, Daniel Hart, Sharon Kalstek, John Merlino, Don Neiman, and Gene Witkowski
C.G. Jung Center
- 6-8pm: Allentown First Fridays Gallery Walk: Constructive Interference. Mixed media and drawings by Lila Krehbiel
College St. Gallery
- 5-8pm: Allentown First Fridays Gallery Walk: July Co-op featuring work by Bob Schulman Francisco Amaya Candace Keegan Neil Mahar John Farallo Ginny Stewart Chris McGee Val Dunne Jerry Greenberg Glenn Murray Bob Schultz Tim Raymond Dario Mohr Joshua Nickerson, Nick DeMarchi, Bruce Bitmead, and David Pierro
El Museo Francisco Y Oller Diego Rivera
- 8pm: Artist’s talk by Valaria Cray-D, in conjunction with her ongoing exhibition Tension, Texture, and Design (through July 18). Part of Allentown First Fridays Gallery Walk
Gallery 464
- 6-9pm: Closing reception for CrawlSpaces, work by Heather Gillette and Dina Rivera. Watercolor and intaglio prints depicting childhood themes.
Gateway Gallery
- 5-9pm: Allentown First Fridays Gallery Walk
Hallwalls
- 5-9pm: Allentown First Fridays Gallery Walk: Identifying Hedges. A multimedia installation by Siebren Versteeg
Indigo Art Gallery
- 6-9pm: Allentown First Fridays Gallery Walk: Summer In the City
KEPA3 Gallery
- 6-9pm: Allentown First Fridays Gallery Walk: Summer Close Out Super Sale.

Exhibits

Albright Knox Art Gallery
- 10am-10pm: REMIX the Collection. Recent acquisitions and works from the Permanent Collection 10am-10pm: Affinity of Form: Photographs by Stanford Lipsey (through August 16) 10am-10pm: Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray (through July 5). 10am-10pm: Strange Brew: The 1960s (through Sept. 20)
Art Dialogue Gallery/WNY Artists Group
- 11am-5pm: Brothers. Work by brothers Kevin and Thomas Kegler and graphite portraits of brothers by artist Mark Dennis Zahm (through July 10)
Arts Council of Buffalo & Erie County
- 9am-4pm: Food For Thought. Art and wine show featuring artwork by Cheryl Brock (through Sept. 13)
Artsphere Studio
- noon-5pm: Weathered Paper/Rescued Steel. Paintings and sculpture by Ran Webber and Eugene Cunningham (through July 4)
Atlas Antiques & Arts
- noon-5pm: Hugh M. Neil: Mid-Century Explorations (through July 25)
Buffalo Arts Studio
- 11am-5pm, Tri-Main Building, Suite 500: William Koch’s 5W30: Wastelands, Amy Robinson Gendrou’s Keeping the Thread, and Water Works, a two-person exhibition by Rosemary Bauer Sroka and Kathleen Sherin (through Aug. 8)
Burchfield-Penney Art Center
- 10am-5pm, Buffalo State College: Duayne Hatchett: Form, Pattern and Invention (through August 30) 10am-5pm, Buffalo State College: The Art of Western New York: An Historical Context (through Sept. 27)
CEPA Gallery
- 10am-5pm: CEPA Summer Exhibitions (through August 22). Photographs by artists Justine Kurland (New York), Brian Ulrich (Chicago), and Alice O’Malley (New York)
Castellani Art Museum
- 11am-5pm, Niagara University: Tom Holt: Test for Echo (through Sept. 13) 11am-5pm, Niagara University: JED’: 30 Years of Paintings by Jed Jackson (through Sept. 20)
Charles E. Burchfield Nature & Art Center
- 9am-4pm: Inspired Landscapes: Margaret Hart Retrospective Part I (through Sept. 12).
College St. Gallery
- 4-8pm: College Street Gallery Co-Op July Exhibition. Work by Bob Schulman Francisco Amaya Candace Keegan Neil Mahar John Farallo Ginny Stewart Chris McGee Val Dunne Jerry Greenberg Glenn Murray Bob Schultz Tim Raymond Dario Mohr Joshua Nickerson, Nick DeMarchi, Bruce Bitmead and David Pierro (through Aug. 1)
El Museo Francisco Y Oller Diego Rivera
- noon-5pm: Tension, Texture and Design. A collection of sculptures by Buffalo artist Valaria Cray-D (through July 18)
Hallwalls
- 11am-6pm: Siebren Versteeg’s Identifying Hedges (through July 11)
Indigo Art Gallery
- noon-5pm: Summer in the City. Group exhibition (through August 2).
Karpeles Manuscript Museum (North Hall)
- 11am-4pm: Pa R Ts of a Whole. Framed and unframed works by Chary L. Robbins (through July 21).
Kenan Center
- noon-5pm: Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society Nationally Juried Exhibit of Works (through July 3)
Museum of European Art
- 1-4pm: Salvador Dali in Clarence (through August 21). $10/guided tour by reservation only. Contact 759-6078 or info@meaus.com
Nina Freudenheim Gallery
- 10am-5pm, Lenox Hotel: Natural Pleasures. New work by by John Pfahl, Peter Stephens, Katherine Lynch, and Joseph DiGeorgio (through July 29)
Queen City Gallery
- 6-8pm, Market Arcade Building: The New York Underground Scene 1972-1977. Photographs By Paul Zone (through July 17)
Springville Center for the Arts
- noon-6pm: Nature’s Edible Art. Presented by View Finders photography group (through July 11)
redFISH Art Studios
- noon-5pm: Solo exhibition by Jennifer Seth-Cimini (through July 10)

Special Exhibits

Castellani Art Museum
- 11am-5pm, Niagara University: Freedom Crossing: The Underground Railroad in Greater Niagara 11am-5pm, Niagara University: Artistic and Functional: Aprons from the Karen Anderson Collection (through July 19)
Griffis Sculpture Park
- 2pm, Ashford Hollow: Outdoor exhibition of large-scale metal sculptures by Michael Joseph Hibbard (through Oct. 31)
Karpeles Manuscript Museum (North Hall)
- 11am-4pm: Milestones in Medicine (through August 30)
Karpeles Manuscript Museum (Porter Hall)
- 11am-4pm: Famous Literary Detectives (through August 31)

Community Events

Comedy

Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort
- 8:30pm: Joe Piscopo (July 2-3). Tickets from $25 at www.ticketmaster.ca

Dance

O Restaurant and Lounge
- 6:30pm: Salsa Dance Class ($10) followed by music by the Latin Jazz Project from 7-10pm.

Films/Screenings

Riviera Theatre
- 7pm: Paul Newman Film Festival: “Cool Hand Luke.”

Magic

Brennan’s Bowery Bar
- 6-9pm: Tableside Magic with Magician Mike Seege

Multimedia

Albright Knox Art Gallery
- 5-10pm: Gusto at the Gallery Free Fridays. Weekly series with films, music, exhibits, kids’ activities, lectures, special guests, and more. Visit www.albrightknox.org for info on each week’s events

Recreation

Bikram Yoga Buffalo
- 7:30pm: By donation Bikram Yoga classes, every Friday. Proceeds go to scholarships for local students to attend Bikram Yoga Teacher Training

Seasonal Event

Shakespeare in Delaware Park
- 7:30pm:

The 34th season of free outdoor professional theater presents “The Tempest” (June 18-July 12) and “Julius Caesar” (July 23-Aug.16).
performances every evening except Monday, weather permitting. Contact www.shakespeareindelawarepark.org or 856-4533 for more info

Special Event

Ellicottville Summer Festival
- Festival of the Arts (July 3-5) with music by Sean Patrick McGraw & the BPO on Friday, Fourth of July Fireworks celebration on Saturday, & Three Dog Night performing live on Sunday. Plus daily activities, events, arts & crafts show, parades, & so much more. Tickets available at Tickets.com or contact 800-349-9099 or www.ellicottvilleny.com for info/appications.
Riverside Park
- noon-11pm: The Friendship Festival (July 1-5). Bi-national celebration between Riverside park and Mather Arch Fort Erie with carnival rides, arts & crafts, live bands, & more. Visit www.friendshipfestival.com or www.4thatriverside.com

Specialty Theater

Club Diablo
- 10pm: Bettie Page Night with the Stripteasers!

Spiritual

Honor & Hope Wellness Center
- 7pm: Dance on the Wild Side. Donation of $3-$10. Contact 648 0160 or www.dancecstatic.com

Tours

Buffalo City Hall
- noon-1pm: City Hall Tour. Learn about the art deco masterpiece, inside & out. Meet at the Lobby, every weekday (except holidays). Contact Buffalo Tours at 852-3300 or www.buffalotours.org
Buffalo Tours 2009
- 10am-noon: Queen City Downtown Tour. See downtown landmarks as a backdrop for Buffalo’s history. Tours every weekday through August 31. Meet at the Visitor’s Center in the Market Arcade (617 Main St.) $10/general; $5/students. Contact 852-3300 or info@buffalotours.org
Graycliff Estate
- 11am: See the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed estate. Tours weekdays at 11am & 2pm; Sat. every hour on the hour from 11am-3pm; Sun. every hour on the hour from 11am-4pm. $15/adult; $10/students under 21. Reservations required, contact 947-9217 or graycliff@verizon.net. Special in-depth tours & architectural tours are also available
Haunted History Ghost Walks
- 7pm: GHOST WALK- Allentown, every Friday through Oct. 30). Meet at Allen Street Hardware Cafe (245 Allen). $10/adults; $5/kids ages 7-11; free for kids under 7. Contact 655-6663 or www.MasonWinfield.com for more info
Open-Air Autobus
- 6pm: “Buffalo: The Whirlwind Tour.” Meet at Elmwood & Bidwell Pkwy. $20/general; $5/children 11 and under. Contact the Campaign for Greater Buffalo History, Architecture, & Culture at 854-3749 or reservations@openairbuffalo.org
The Mob Tours (Niagara Falls)
- 10am: See sites of former mafia don Stefano Magaddino in and around Niagara Falls, on 90 minute bus tour (June 29-July 5 at 10am & noon with tours at 3pm & 5pm on July 3 & 4). Contact www.themobtours.com or 578-4939 for reservations
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
- 9am-5pm: Tours every hour on the hour, Mon-Fri 9:30am-3:30pm. $10/general; $7/senoirs, students; $5/kids 6-18; free for TRIS members & kids under 5

Music

Blues

Double D’s Queen City Grille
- 9:30pm: Mark Stutso, Mick Hayes, & Dave Frost 9:30pm: Blue River
Lafayette Tap Room
- 8pm: Ron Locurto w/ special guest Steve Woolsey

Country/Bluegrass

Nietzsche’s
- 6pm: A Band Named Sue 8pm: Steam Donkeys
Sportsmen’s Tavern
- 9:30pm: The Royal Crowns

Dance Music/DJs

Bend
- 11pm: DJ Overboard spinning an eclectic mix
Desi’s South (formerly La Boom nightclub)
- 9pm: DJ “Pauly” Paul
Mazzariello’s
- 11pm: Friday Fusion (old soul, R&B, indie, hip hop, rock) with DJ Hussalonia
Parkside Lanes Bar & Lounge
- 10pm: DJ Dumais spinnin’ the hottest hits & requests
Pure
- 11pm: Bad Boy Bill
Roxy’s
- 10pm: DJ Lady Atram spinning pop, house & hip-hop
Stillwater
- 10pm: DJ Vixxxon spinning the hottest hip-hop, pop, & R&B

Folk/Acoustic

Martin’s Fantasy Island
- 5pm: Papa & Mama Root Concert Series (every Wed. & Fri).
Orchard Perk Cafe
- 7:30-9:30pm: John Fehskens

Jazz

Anchor Bar
- 9-11:45pm: Jazz Example with Bilal Abdullah & Sharon Bailey
O Restaurant and Lounge
- 8-11pm: Latin Jazz Project
Quote
- 6pm: Jazz in July! Featuring Rodney Appleby & the All-Stars, with guests Ugetsu and Rock Bottom 137. $15/advance at Doris Records (286 E. Ferry St.) or the Ellicott Sq. Building Newstand
Shadow Lounge
- 5:30pm: Jammin’ Jazz at the Shadow with Jim Bohm & Dave Calire
Sole
- 7:30-10pm, Walker Center: Djambossa

Karaoke

Garden Park Cafe
- 8:30pm: Ron’s 7-Nite Karaoke
Hilltop Inn & Grove
- 8pm: Phoenix Entertainment
King’s Court
- 10pm: Blue Sound
La Luna
- 10pm: Grupo Ceiba
Somerville Grill
- 9pm: SOONERTUNES.com with Okie Rich
South Transit Lanes
- 9:30pm: Karaoke Show with Dan the Yankee Fan
Whiskey Joe’s
- 9pm: Guitar Hero/Karaoke Contest

Lounge

E.B. Green’s
- 5:30-9:30am, Hyatt Regency: Jackie Jocko
Elmwood Lounge
- 10:30pm: Davey Z. Project, Lance Diamond
Oliver’s
- 7:30-11pm: Piano music of George Jones
Verbena
- 9pm: Intuition

Open Mic

Daily Grind Cafe
- 7-9:30pm, Lockview Plaza: Open mic
Metzger’s Pub
- 10pm: Open mic with Bill Burger and Scot Joy featuring the Key Witness Band. First Friday each month is Open Blues Night

Pop

Desi’s South
- 5pm: Sammy Sole: An Oldies Tribute

Rock

Batavia Downs
- 8pm: Ernie Capone (oldies)
Brennan’s Bowery Bar
- 10pm: Poison Whiskey
Central Park Grill
- 11am: Maniacs Play Dead
Club Diablo
- 5pm: This Is Voyage, The Bunny The Bear, The Red October, The Bella Donna, I Survived the Sunrise, Yesterdays Heros Eustice 10pm: Bettie Page Night! Costume contests, Stripteasers performance, & more
Concerts on the Canal Series
- 6-10pm, Gateway Harbor Park: 2009 Gateway West Herr Ford concert series, every Wednesday & Friday until the end of August
Finnans
- 10pm: Wanted Dead Or Alive (Bon Jovi tribute)
Macaroon’s Nite Club
- 11pm: Suckerpunch
Merlin’s
- 6pm: Charlie Reed & Friends 11pm: Thrown to the Wolves, Autoverse
Mister Goodbar
- 11pm: Ten Cent Howl
Mohawk Place
- 7pm: The Manics, with Floozie
Molson Canal Concert Series
- 5pm: Our Lady Peace, with Inward Eye and the Incurables
Pearl Street Grill & Brewery
- 5:30pm: Scott Celani Band (outdoor patio stage)
Pier 84
- 8pm: FunZone
Rhino’s
- 7pm: Toast 10pm: All Jacked Up (Bon Jovi tribute)
River Grill
- 9pm: Naughty Dawg
Stillwater
- 10pm: The Jamie Moses Band
Talty’s
- 9:30pm: Gregg Sansone
The Aud
- 10pm: The Release
Tudor Lounge
- 7:30pm: The Heavenly Chillbillies
Xtreme Wheels
- 6pm: Impending Doom, Carnifex, Miss May I, Underneath the Gun, Conducting From the Grave.

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