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Allen Street Hardware Cafe
- 5-11pm: Power Lines. Work by Nancy Davies and Liz Birardi (through Nov. 21)
Alleyway Theater
- 4pm: Beauty and the Beast—Realist Paintings. Work by Marc Duquette (through Nov. 30) 8pm: Beauty and the Beast—Realist Paintings. Work by Marc Duquette (through Nov. 30)
Betty’s
- 8am-10pm: New prints by Buffalo printmaker Joel Lewitsky (through Nov. 9)
Chow Chocolat
- 4-10pm: Milk Weed. Paintings by Kyla Avery Kegler (through Oct. 23)
Jewish Center Greater Buffalo
- noon-4pm: Samplings: The Artists of Bryant Street Studios. Group exhibition featuring work by Adele Becker, Susan Budash, Susan Copley, Jason Klinger, and Ginny Lohr (in the Bunis Family Gallery through Dec. 28)
Olean Public Library
- 10am-5pm: Sticks & Stones. Mixed media drawings by Priscilla Bowen (through Oct. 25)
Quaker Bonnet
- 8am-5pm: Photography by John Kaye (through Oct. 31)

Events & Openings

Allen Street Hardware Cafe
- 7-11pm: Opening reception Power Lines. Work by Nancy Davies and Liz Birardi (through Nov. 21)
Nina Freudenheim Gallery
- 6-8pm, Lenox Hotel: Artist’s reception for Paper Thin Walls. Works on paper by Katherine Sehr (through Nov. 19)

Exhibits

Albright Knox Art Gallery
- 10am-5pm: Remix Inner Space: Photography from the Collection (through Jan. 4) 10am-5pm: From Tusk to Tail: Animals and Art (through Jan. 25) 10am-5pm: From Tusk to Tail: Animals and Art (through Jan. 30) 10am-5pm: Op Art Revisited: Selections from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery (through Jan. 25) 10am-5pm: Works on Paper: The Natalie and Irving Forman Collection (through Oct. 19) 10am-5pm: REMIX the Collection. Recent acquisitions and works from the Permanent Collection
Artspace Gallery
- noon-4pm: Being Absent. Featuring work by 19 UB MFA graduates (through Nov. 15). Video installation on view from 6-8pm
Artsphere Studio
- 11am-3pm: Unplaces: Derelict. Decayed. Unseen. The photography of Ali Shah and Caroline Bronkers (through Nov. 15)
Beltz Family Gallery at Villa Maria College
- 10am-5pm: Art Department Faculty Exhibit (through Oct. 24)
Big Orbit Gallery
- noon-5pm: Red Heart/Black Tongues. Installation by David Mitchell (through Nov. 22)
Buffalo Arts Studio
- 11am-3pm, Tri-Main Building, Suite 500: Solo shows by painter David Schirm and sculptor Justin Thompson (through Nov. 1)
CEPA Gallery
- noon: Trans-Evolution: Examining Bio Art. Work by Paul Vanouse, Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr, and Elizabeth Demaray (through Dec. 29)
Carnegie Art Center
- 1-4pm: 2008 Members Exhibition. Curated by John Massier (through Oct. 17)
Castellani Art Museum
- 11am-5pm, Niagara University: Homage to Picasso (through Feb. 15) 11am-5pm, Niagara University: InterpretingTraditional Genres (through Dec. 23) 11am-5pm, Niagara University: Thus I Passe By. Paintings by Richard Huntington (through Jan. 18) 11am-5pm, Niagara University: Max Streicher: Metamorphosis. Exhibit based on Kafka’s Metamorphosis (through Jan. 25)
Collectors Gallery at the Albright Knox
- midnight: The Combing Wave. Recent Works by Jozef Bajus (through Nov. 2)
College St. Gallery
- 2-8pm: Time Flies When You’re Having Fun. Featuring the work of local artist Neil Mahar (through Nov. 2)
Cosmopolitan Gallery
- 5-7pm: The One Piece Wonder Show #3. Annual group show featuring “original art of the abnormal, bizarre, freaky, and downright strange.” (through Oct. 18)
El Museo Francisco Y Oller Diego Rivera
- noon-5pm: UGANDA: Children and War. Photographs by Errol Daniels (through Oct. 18)
Elmwood Framing & Interiors/Stuyvesant Gallery
- 10am-9pm: People, Places, and Things. 3-Dimensional photo perspective by Paul Pasquarelli (through Oct. 24)
Goldman/Greenfield Gallery at Daemen College
- 1-4pm: Permanent Waves. Work by Tom Holt (through Oct. 31)
Hallwalls
- 1-4pm: Two exhibitions: Andrew Reyes and Rodney Taylor: The Next Hundred Years (through Oct. 25)
Meibohm Fine Arts
- 9:30am-5:30pm: Wonderland. Recent paintings by Charles Houseman; Western New York Land Conservancy benefit exhibition featuring work by Jeanette Blair, Susan Maxfied, Joe Orffeo, and Catherine Parker (both through Oct. 11).
Native American Museum of Art
- 7am-10pm: Sculptures by Joseph Jacobs, Frank Mount Pleasant Olympic Medal Exhibit, paintings, and other mediums (through Dec. 30)
Niagara Arts & Cultural Center (NACC)
- noon-5pm: Buffalo/Niagara Art Association Annual Fall Exhibition (through Oct. 31)
Partners in Art Gallery
- 10-10am: Inspired Muse. Work by Paulette Jurek, Eileen McNamara, and Joan Swatty (through Oct. 24)
Regina Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University
- noon-4pm: African Odyssey. The art and material culture of Africa noon-4pm: Anniversary year reinstallation of the University’s Permanent Collection noon-4pm: Art of Sky, Art of Earth: Maya Cosmic Imagery
Springville Center for the Arts
- 10am-1pm: Continuum: The Mackrell Collage Archive Project by Gerald Mead based on work by Marie MacKrell (through Oct. 18).
Squeaky Wheel
- 1-5pm, Ansonia Center: Just South of Here: A Photographic Journey by Connie Coleman and Alan Powell (through Oct. 31)
Studio Hart
- 10am-2pm: Gerald Mead: New Assemblages (through Oct. 11)
UB Anderson Gallery
- 11am-5pm: Ode to Michael Goldberg (1924-2007): Selective Thievery and the Practice of Looking. Memorial exhibition (through Jan. 18)
UB Art Gallery
- 11am-5pm, North Campus: Lyle Ashton Harris Blow Up. Celebrated photographer’s first major museum survey traveling exhibit (through Oct. 18)
redFISH Art Studios
- noon-10pm: Across the Pond. Paintings inspired by travels through England, Ireland, Scotland, and France by Jennifer Seth-Cimini, Ann Margaret Munley, and Barbara Tanke (through Nov. 15)

Special Exhibits

Amherst Museum
- 9:30am-4:30pm: Blue Monday: Washday and Women, Picturing Our Past 9:30am-4:30pm: What’s Cooking: Women in the Kitchen (through Dec. 31)
Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society
- 10am-5pm: Cathedrals of Industry Part II: Photographs by Michael L. Horowitz (through Jan. 25)
Buffalo Museum of Science
- 10am-5pm: Tao of Water. Photography exhibition by Zen Master John Daido Loori (through Oct. 26) 10am-5pm: Vanitas. Photographs by Patty Wallace in the Museum’s Atrium (through Jan. 4) 10am-5pm: Culture Quest. New themed exhibit about collectors and collecting (through Jan. 4)
Castellani Art Museum
- 11am-5pm, Niagara University: Freedom Crossing: The Underground Railroad in Greater Niagara 11am-5pm, Niagara University: Devotional Displays: Personal and Community Traditions. Folk religious displays from the Collection (through Dec. 14)
History Center of Niagara County
- 9am-5pm: Time in a Bottle. Collections of glass bottles, clocks and watches
Impact Artists’ Gallery
- 1-4pm, 545 Tri-Main Center: Books Reborn. An exhibition of altered books and related art (through Oct. 25)
Karpeles Manuscript Museum (Porter Hall)
- 11am-4pm: The Spirit of Compassion: Herbert Hoover and America’s Help to Poland in It’s Hour of Need. Photos, documents, poster, banners from Poland’s National Archives at Stanford University (through Oct. 15)
Peter & Mary Lou Vogt Gallery (Canisius College)
- 10am-8pm, Andrew Bouwhuis Library: Prints and bound books by Rachel Hetzel, the 2007 Saltonstall Printmaking recipient (through Oct. 31)
Squeaky Wheel
- 1-9:30pm, Ansonia Center: Just South of Here: A Photographic Journey by Connie Coleman & Alan Powell (through Oct. 31)

Community Events

Community Interest

El Buen Amigo
- 9am-1pm: Every Saturday through Oct. 18. Free reading books, puppet shows and face painting. How to get your GED information is always available, Riverside Recycles program info, & more
Niagara Branch Library
- 11am-noon: Language Cafe for bilingual and/or multilingual speakers and learners. Meets every Saturday.
Rockwell Hall
- 11am-6pm, Buffalo State College: Yamaha Piano Sale. (Oct. 10-11). New & used instruments including acoustic and digital (year-old pianos discounted).
Urban Roots
- 11am-3pm: Urban Roots Fall Clean-Up Day. Help prepare for the Fall Festival on Oct. 18. Contact 602-5531 for more info

Etc.

Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium at Buffalo State College
- 1pm: Autumn Programs: Skies of the Harvest (every Saturday through Nov. 15). Visit http://www.fergusonplanetarium.net for details 2:30pm: Autumn Programs: “The Eye of Medusa,” every Saturday through Nov. 15.

Films/Screenings

Concord Town Hall
- 8pm: Springville Center for the Arts presents “The Sounds of Silents.” Classic film series with musical accompaniment. $5
Riviera Theatre
- 11am: Fall 2008 Family Film Festival presents “Horton Hears a Who” (G). $2 1:30pm: Fall 2008 Family Film Festival presents “Horton Hears a Who” (G). $2

Kid’s Stuff

Becker Farms
- noon-5pm: Singer and Storyteller Tiger Tom Walsh, every Sat. & Sun through Oct. 31.
Borders Books (Walden)
- 11am: Kids’ Corner: Storytime, activities, snacks, & giveaways
Castellani Art Museum
- 2pm, Niagara University: ArtExpress Family Workshop: “Wild about Bugs.” $3. Call 286-8200 to register
Riverside Farmers Market
- 9am-1pm: Every Saturday through Oct. 18. Free reading books, pupet shows and face painting. How to get your GED information available, Riverside Recycles program info, & more
Riviera Theatre
- 11am: Fall 2008 Family Film Festival presents “Horton Hears a Who” (G). $2 1:30pm: Fall 2008 Family Film Festival presents “Horton Hears a Who” (G). $2

Literary

Barnes & Noble (Clarence)
- 1-3pm: Local author signing: “Spirits and Death in Niagara” by Marcy Italiano
Borders Books
- noon-2pm, Transit Rd: Booksigning by Gregory Lamberson for his new novel “Johnny Gruesome.”
Borders Books (Walden)
- 2am: Book reading & signing by Cathy Griebner-Tallady, author of “I’d Rather Die Than Give a Speech.” Music by Sonny Mayo
Tralf Music Hall
- 8pm: Just Buffalo Interdisciplinary Performance Series featuring One World Tribe, Vonetta Rhodes, and Marquis B. Burton a/k/a Ten Thousand. $5/general; $3/students, seniors; free for Just Buffalo members

Recreation

Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve
- 10am: Public Guided Tours, every Saturday

Seasonal Event

Erie County Fairgrounds
- 6:30-10pm: Scare at the Fair & Dark Raven Manor (Oct. 2-Nov. 1). $20 for all five houses; $3 for the R-Rated House.

Special Event

Borders Books
- 10am-noon, Orchard Park: Special effects demonstration by make-up artist David Gray, followed by a booksigning by Gregory Lamberson for his horror novel “Johnny Gruesome.”
Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens
- 10am-3pm: Niagara Frontier Orchid Society Show & Sale (Oct. 11-12). Orchid growing workshops at 1 & 4pm. $6/adults; $5/seniors, students; $3 kids ages 6-14
Central Terminal
- 3-11pm: Mobility Across the Ages. Interactive event exploring history & current state of transportation & energy in the region. Speakers, displays, info, future plans, live music, entertainment, & more. Dinner at 5:30pm.
Daemen College
- 8:30am-5pm: World On Your Plate (WOYP) 2008. Workshop/youth conference to raise awareness about food security & politics with keynote speakers Nan & Walter Simpson. Contact 894-2013 to register or visit www.worldonyourplate.org for more info
Erie County Fairgrounds
- 9am-3pm: Pomona Grange Flea Market
Letchworth State Park
- 10am-5pm: Arts & Crafts Show & Sale. Over 300 exhibitors, food vendors, live entertainment, & more 10am-5pm: Columbus Day Weekend Arts & Crafts Show and Sale (Oct. 11-13). Over 300 artisans from all over the US, food, fall foliage, & more.
Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort
- World Poker Tour® (WPT) North American Poker Championship (Oct. 10-16). Contact 866-5-POKER-5 or www.fallsviewcasinoresort.com for schedule, registration info.
Penn Dixie Site
- 9am-3pm: 11th Annual WNY Earth Science Day

Specialty Theater

Forbes Theatre
- 7pm: “Cypress Rain & the Trauma Dance.” UB grad student/writer Tretobia Powers multi-media presentation addressing gang violence. Call 897-0245 for ticket info
Knights of Columbus (N. Tonawanda)
- 6pm: “Stas and Stella’s Mostly Traditional Polish Wedding” dinner theater with the City Side Band. $27 includes traditional Polish dinner. Call 731-3629 or 628-1973 for reservations

Spiritual

Lockport High School
- 7pm: “Good News with Denise Davis.” Yme? Productions’ fundraising concert for Good News Jail & Prison Ministry. Music by Nashville recording artist & former Miss Alabama Denise Davis and Elijah’s Fire, basket & silent auctions, and more. $12. Contact www.goodnewsjail.org

Sports

Erie County Fairgrounds
- 9am: Cheer Central USA Extreme Challenge Series (Oct. 11-12).

Tours

Buffalo Tours 2008
- 10am-noon: Parkside Neighborhood Tour. Meet at the Church of the Good Shepherd (96 Jewett Pkwy). $10. Contact 852-3300 or www.BuffaloTours.org 1-3pm: Downtown Revealed: Inside Downtown. Meet at the Market Arcade (617 Main St.). $10. Contact 852-3300 or www.BuffaloTours.org
Fowler’s Factory
- 9am-2pm: Fowler’s Chocolates Factory Tours to benefit the Buffalo Zoo. Tickets are $2 each
Haunted History Ghost Walks
- 7pm: BUFFALO/THEATRE DISTRICT (meets at SpOT Coffee, 227 Delaware Ave.) Tours every Saturday until Oct. 31. $10/general; $5/kids ages 7-11. Contact 655-6663 or www.MasonWinfield.com 7pm: EAST AURORA! (meets across from the Roycroft Inn, 40 S. Grove St.)Tours every Saturday until Oct. 31. $10/general; $5/kids ages 7-11. Contact 655-6663 or www.MasonWinfield.com
Martin House Complex
- 11am: See Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1904 architectural masterpiece under restoration. Tours at 10am, 11am (in-depth) & 1pm. Reservations strongly recommended, call 856-3858.
The Mob Tours (Niagara Falls)
- 11am: Learn the history of the Magaddino crime family. Contact 578-4939 or www.themobtours.com

Music

Blues

Alternative Brews
- 9pm: Sonny Mayo
Batavia Downs
- 8pm: Coupe de Villes
Broadway Hotel
- 9pm: Buddy Hinds with Big City Thrill
Double D’s Queen City Grille
- 2-6pm: Brent & the Accu-tones with special guest Mark Winsick 9:30pm: Dave Pressley with Dave Constantino & Tommy Reinhardt
Lafayette Tap Room
- 2-5pm: AM Jam: Amateur jam sponsored by the Blues Society of WNY (www.wnyblues.org) 9:30pm: Nicole Hart
Nietzsche’s
- 9pm: Joanna Connor (two sets!) at 9 & 11:30pm
Verbena
- 9:30pm: Theresa Quinn & Tom Brown
Whiskey Joe’s
- 5pm: Patti Parks Band

Celtic/Irish

Buffalo Irish Center
- 9pm: Dustmen
Nietzsche’s
- 4-7pm: Celtic Seisuns
Shannon Pub
- 5pm: Emish 8:30pm: Terry Griffith

Country/Bluegrass

Club Paradise
- 7pm, McKinley Park Inn: All request “Country in Paradise.” Line dancing lessons at 7:30pm.
Ellicott Manor
- 9:30pm: Naughty Dawg

Dance Music/DJs

Allen Street Hardware Cafe
- 11pm: DJ Daringer & Scott Down spinning rare funk, soul & old school hip hop
Bayou
- 10pm: DJ Lil Joe (Top 40/Hip Hop/Mash Ups)
Desi’s South (formerly La Boom nightclub)
- 9pm: CJ the DJ Saturday Night Dance Partay
Dwyer’s Irish Pub
- 10pm: DJ Dumais spinnin’ the hottest hits & requests
Mazzariello’s
- 11pm: Champagne Saturdays with guest DJs every week
Roxy’s
- 10pm: Vixen Night w/ DJ L.A. & guests
Soundlab
- 9pm: Communist Party featuring DJ Tittsworth
Tabu Night Club
- 10pm: Echo Saturdays with DJ Lady Atram

Folk/Acoustic

Blue Lantern Lounge
- 8pm: John Brady
Comfort Zone Cafe
- 8-11pm: Vince Martino
Taste
- 7:30pm: Mike Stroble
Village Meeting House
- 8pm: Buffalo Friends of Folk Music (BFFM) Acoustic Concert Series presents Steve Forbert. $20/general; $15/BFFM members; $9/students

Jazz

Anchor Bar
- 9pm: Latin Jazz Project
Brodo
- 7pm, Amherst: Paul James Jazz Band
Lebro’s
- 8:30-11:30pm: Lou Custod
Oliver’s
- 7:30pm: George Jones & the All-Hands Trio

Karaoke

Dome Stadium
- 10pm: Karaoke Saturdays
Eddie Ryan’s Restaurant
- 10pm: SOONERTUNES.com with Okie Rich
Garden Park Cafe
- 8:30pm: Ron’s 7-Nite Karaoke
Longnecker’s
- 10pm: Super Sound karaoke with Bud
Maggie’s
- 11pm: Lucky’s Entertainment
Santino’s Pizza Shack
- 10pm: Super Sound karaoke with Super Dave

Latin

Anchor Bar
- 9pm: Latin Jazz Project

Lounge

E.B. Green’s
- 6:30-9:30pm, Hyatt Regency: Jackie Jocko
Elmwood Lounge
- 11pm: Lance Diamond
Fairgrounds Gaming and Raceway Clubhouse
- 8pm, Erie County Fairgrounds: Nick Battistella
Pietro’s
- 9:30pm: Soul Providers
Shadow Lounge
- 10pm: JJ Swing Band
Verbena
- 9:30pm: Mirage

Open Mic

Al-E-Oops
- 9:30pm: Hosted by Eric Joseph
Heroes
- 10pm: Hosted by Paul Dylin

Pop

Openers Grill
- 10pm: Sweet “Sole” with Sam Sole

Reggae

Gonzo’s
- 10pm: The Fibs
Town Ballroom
- 7pm: (doors). The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, with Streetlight Manifesto. $32.00/advance or $35.00/day of show at www.Tickets.com (888-223-6000), Tops Markets, Town Ballroom box office (852-3900. 681 Main St.)

Rock

Balloons
- 2pm: Battered Soul 8pm: Mo Porter
Broadway Joe’s Bar & Grill
- 10pm: Hold It High, the Apologies
Central Park Grill
- 10pm: Sleeping Giant & the Word of the Day, Headie Lamar. $3. Ages 21+
Club Diablo
- 9pm: Tripod Black, Lower Town Trio, the Erotics
Coyote’s
- 11pm: Black Widow
Dockside Inn
- 9:30pm: Bleeding Hearts
Gateway Gallery & Studios
- 9pm: “Nobody Will Bail You Out of This One!” Wrap-up to the Nobody for President Campaign with music by the Painkillers, Cowboys of Scotland, and Read My Lips
Hearth
- 3-7pm, Rte. 16: The Strangers
IV Stallions
- 8pm: Only Humen 35th Anniversary
Kate’s
- 10:30pm: Rock Bottom
Macaroon’s Nite Club
- 11pm: Suckerpunch
Merlin’s
- 11pm: Raunchy Sex, Kentucky Nightmare, Thrown to the Wolves. $4
Mohawk Place
- 10pm: The Magic Shoppe, the Thermidors, and Joey Folmar. $5
Pizza Plant (Transit)
- 8pm: Toast!
Rhino’s
- 11pm: Ezekial
Shamrock Pines
- 8pm: Lori & Korki
St. James Place
- 10pm: 404
Talty’s
- 9:30pm: Busted Stuff
Town Ballroom
- 7pm: (doors). The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, with Streetlight Manifesto. $32.00/advance or $35.00/day of show at www.Tickets.com (888-223-6000), Tops Markets, Town Ballroom box office (852-3900. 681 Main St.)
Trackside Grille
- 9pm: Little Sister
Tudor Lounge
- 9pm: The Fringe, the Gadflies, 50 Amp Fuse, Straight Forward

Soul/Funk

Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort
- 9pm: Ashanti. Tickets from $55 at www.ticketmaster.ca or 877-833-3110

Variety

Kleinhans
- 8pm: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Pops Series: “Play Ball! The Music of Sports” (www.bpo.org)

World Beat

Tralf Music Hall
- 8pm: Just Buffalo Interdisciplinary Performance Series featuring One World Tribe, Vonetta Rhodes, and Marquis B. Burton a/k/a Ten Thousand. $5/general; $3/students, seniors; free for Just Buffalo members
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