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Allen Street Hardware Cafe
- 5-11pm: Power Lines. Work by Nancy Davies and Liz Birardi (through Nov. 21)
Alleyway Theater
- 7:30pm: 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
- 8am-10pm: Milk Weed. Paintings by Kyla Avery Kegler (through Oct. 23)
Jewish Center Greater Buffalo
- 6am-6pm: 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
- 9am-6pm: Sticks & Stones. Mixed media drawings by Priscilla Bowen (through Oct. 25)
Quaker Bonnet
- 8am-5pm: Photography by John Kaye (through Oct. 31)
Youngstown Free Library
- 10am-2pm: Landscapes by Lockport artist Douglas Michalski (through Oct. 31)

Events & Openings

Art Dialogue Gallery/WNY Artists Group
- 7:30-9pm: Opening reception for the Buffalo Society of Artists’ 112th Annual Catalog Exhibition (through Nov. 21)
Buffalo Big Print
- 7-9pm: Opening reception for Earthscape Series 1958-1961. Early works by Adele Cohen (through Nov. 29)
KEPA3 Gallery
- 6-9pm: Opening reception for Modern Fairytales. New work by Peter Fowler (through Nov. 26)
Meibohm Fine Arts
- 6-9pm: Opening reception for Family Pictures. Work by Christine, Jonathan, and Thomas Aquinas Daly (through Nov. 22)
Studio Hart
- 6-8pm: Opening reception for Meditations on Summer. New paintings by Cynnie Gaasch (through Nov. 22)

Exhibits

Albright Knox Art Gallery
- 10am-10pm: Op Art Revisited: Selections from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery (through Jan. 25) 10am-10pm: From Tusk to Tail: Animals and Art (through Jan. 30) 10am-10pm: REMIX the Collection. Recent acquisitions and works from the Permanent Collection 10am-10pm: From Tusk to Tail: Animals and Art (through Jan. 25) 10am-10pm: Works on Paper: The Natalie and Irving Forman Collection (through Oct. 19) 10am: Remix Inner Space: Photography from the Collection (through Jan. 4)
Art Dialogue Gallery/WNY Artists Group
- 11am-5pm: Buffalo Society of Artists’ 112th Annual Catalog Exhibition (through Nov. 21)
Arts Council of Wyoming County (ACWC)
- 9am-5pm, Rte. 39 : Council Fires. Mixed media work by Native American artists Tom Huff, Nancy Smith, Earl Dionne, Mike Martel, and Jay Carrier (through Oct. 17)
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
- noon-5pm: Unplaces: Derelict. Decayed. Unseen. The photography of Ali Shah and Caroline Bronkers (through Nov. 15)
Beltz Family Gallery at Villa Maria College
- 8am-8pm: 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-5pm, Tri-Main Building, Suite 500: Solo shows by painter David Schirm and sculptor Justin Thompson (through Nov. 1)
Buffalo Big Print
- 9am-5pm: Earthscape Series 1958-1961. Early works by Adele Cohen (through Nov. 29)
Burchfield Nature & Art Center
- 9am-4pm: Visions of Tifft. Photographs by Biff Hendrich (through Nov. 30)
CEPA Gallery
- 10am-5pm: Trans-Evolution: Examining Bio Art. Work by Paul Vanouse, Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr, and Elizabeth Demaray (through Dec. 29)
Carnegie Art Center
- 11am-4pm: 2008 Members Exhibition. Curated by John Massier (through Oct. 17)
Castellani Art Museum
- 11am-5pm, Niagara University: InterpretingTraditional Genres (through Dec. 23) 11am-5pm, Niagara University: Max Streicher: Metamorphosis. Exhibit based on Kafka’s Metamorphosis (through Jan. 25) 11am-5pm, Niagara University: Thus I Passe By. Paintings by Richard Huntington (through Jan. 18) 11am-5pm, Niagara University: Homage to Picasso (through Feb. 15)
Collectors Gallery at the Albright Knox
- midnight: The Combing Wave. Recent Works by Jozef Bajus (through Nov. 2)
College St. Gallery
- 5-9pm: Time Flies When You’re Having Fun. Featuring the work of local artist Neil Mahar (through Nov. 2)
Cosmopolitan Gallery
- 5:30-7:30pm: 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-6pm: People, Places, and Things. 3-Dimensional photo perspective by Paul Pasquarelli (through Oct. 24)
Goldman/Greenfield Gallery at Daemen College
- 9am-4pm: Permanent Waves. Work by Tom Holt (through Oct. 31)
Hallwalls
- 11am-6pm: Two exhibitions: Andrew Reyes and Rodney Taylor: The Next Hundred Years (through Oct. 25)
KEPA3 Gallery
- 11am-5pm: Modern Fairytales. New work by Peter Fowler (through Nov. 26)
Meibohm Fine Arts
- 9:30am-5:30pm: Opening reception for Family Pictures. Work by Christine, Jonathan, and Thomas Aquinas Daly (through Nov. 22)
Museum of European Art
- 10am-5pm: Art Metropolis 2008 (through Dec. 31)
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)
- 9am-5pm: Buffalo/Niagara Art Association Annual Fall Exhibition (through Oct. 31)
Nina Freudenheim Gallery
- 10am-5pm, Lenox Hotel: Paper Thin Walls. Works on paper by Katherine Sehr (through Nov. 19)
Partners in Art Gallery
- 10-10am: Inspired Muse. Work by Paulette Jurek, Eileen McNamara, and Joan Swatty (through Oct. 24)
Passageway Gallery
- 9:30am-5:30pm, Market Arcade: Various Views. Work by Richard Christian and Lukia Costello (through Oct. 31)
Regina Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University
- 10am-5pm: Anniversary year reinstallation of the University’s Permanent Collection 10am-5pm: African Odyssey. The art and material culture of Africa 10am-5pm: Art of Sky, Art of Earth: Maya Cosmic Imagery
Springville Center for the Arts
- noon-5pm: 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: Meditations on Summer. New paintings by Cynnie Gaasch (through Nov. 22)
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)
Upton Hall at Buffalo State College
- 9am-4:30pm: Opening reception for the Fine Arts Faculty Show (through Oct. 29)
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: Vanitas. Photographs by Patty Wallace in the Museum’s Atrium (through Jan. 4) 10am-5pm: Tao of Water. Photography exhibition by Zen Master John Daido Loori (through Oct. 26) 10am-5pm: Culture Quest. New themed exhibit about collectors and collecting (through Jan. 4)
Castellani Art Museum
- 11am-5pm, Niagara University: Devotional Displays: Personal and Community Traditions. Folk religious displays from the Collection (through Dec. 14) 11am-5pm, Niagara University: Freedom Crossing: The Underground Railroad in Greater Niagara
History Center of Niagara County
- 9am-5pm: Time in a Bottle. Collections of glass bottles, clocks and watches
Impact Artists’ Gallery
- 11am-4pm, 545 Tri-Main Center: Books Reborn. An exhibition of altered books and related art (through Oct. 25)
Peter & Mary Lou Vogt Gallery (Canisius College)
- 8am-8pm, Andrew Bouwhuis Library: Prints and bound books by Rachel Hetzel, the 2007 Saltonstall Printmaking recipient (through Oct. 31)
Squeaky Wheel
- 1-7pm, Ansonia Center: Just South of Here: A Photographic Journey by Connie Coleman & Alan Powell (through Oct. 31)
Starlight Studio & Gallery
- 9-4am: Clay, Paper, Spindle. Exhibit based on recent workshops and presentations at the studio featuring work by adults with developmental disabilities and neurological impairments (through Oct. 19)

Community Events

Community Interest

Chocolate Bar
- 7pm: Speed Dating Event. All singles. Ages 29-39. $35
Delaware Park Hoyt Lake
- 10am: Statewide “Clean Energy Bike Tour” Kicks Off In Buffalo. Sponsored by NYPIRG with speakers Joe Stelling (NYPIRG), Walter Simpson (WNY Climate Action Coalition), & other clean energy advocates. Meets at the Park across from the back of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
Greg’s U-Pick Farm
- 1pm: Western New York Land Conservancy & American Farmland Trust celebration of the protection of Greg’s U-Pick Farm in Clarence and the success of the Clarence Greenprint Program to preserve farmland

Community Theater

ACTS Beacon Cafe
- 7:30pm: “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” (Oct. 17-19 & 24-26). $9/adult; $7/students, seniors 7:30pm: The Alden Christian Theater Society presents “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” (Oct. 17-19 & 24-26). $9/general; $7/students, seniors

Dance

Shakti Yoga Studio
- 8:30pm: Salsa classes every Friday. $10
UB Center for the Arts
- 8pm: Compañia Flamenco José Porcel. $18/general; $10students; $15/group rate. $18/general; $10/students; $15/group rate. www.ubcfa.com (645-2787) or www.Ticketmaster.com (852-5000)

Etc.

Brennan’s Bowery Bar
- 6-8pm: Free caricatures by Christina Reilly
Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium at Buffalo State College
- 7pm: Autumn Programs: Skies of the Harvest, every Friday through Nov. 15. 8:30pm: Autumn Programs: “The Eye of Medusa,” every Friday through Nov. 15. Followed by a free observation hour at 9pm

Films/Screenings

Albright Knox Art Gallery
- 5-10pm: Gusto at the Gallery Free Fridays. The Art of Film with the Filmmakers: The Best of the Toronto Film Festival. “Home Décor in the English Country House” (pre-film talk with curator of education Mariann Smith at 7pm; screening of “Mansfield Park” at 7pm with director Patricia Rozema; performance by singer/songwriter Laura Tsaggaris at 8pm. $4/general; free for AKAG members
Fredonia Opera House
- 7pm: Fredonia Storytelling Festival (Oct. 17-18) kick-off with a Screening of “Big Fish.” Visit www.fredopera.org for Saturday’s schedule
Hallwalls
- 8pm: A Special Election-time Screening of Simon Ardizzone & Russell Michaels’ Emmy nominated documentary “Hacking Democracy” (www.hackingdemocracy.com). $7/general; $5/students, seniors; 44/Hallwalls members
Market Arcade Film & Arts Center
- 7pm: Museum of disABILITY History 4th Annual disABILITIES Film Festival & Speaker Series presents “Mozart & the Whale.” Visit www.disabilityfilmfest.org for more info

Lectures

Buffalo State College Bulger Communications Center
- 7pm: New York State Sociological Association’s (NYSSA) annual conference. Keynote address by urban ethnographer Elijah Anderson, sociology professor at Yale University & author of “A Place on the Corner: A Study of Black Street Corner Men.” Free
Lafayette Presbyterian Church
- 6:30pm: Ralph Nader
Sheridan Community Room
- 7pm-noon: “Haunted Ireland: Beyond the Castle Walls...” Explore Ireland’s haunted castles with a power point lecture by Eileen Canning-DiPasquale. Call 874-8500 to register

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

Castellani Art Museum
- 5-8pm, Niagara University: Fist Friday/”Mixer at the CAM.” Live music, cash bar, dancing, rafflles, prizes, refreshments, & more. This month feature Beetle-Mania with the BBC band. Beatles tribute band and the exhibition Max Streicher: Metamorphosis, featuring a giant inflatable beetle sculpture. $5/general; free to CAM members
Fredonia Opera House
- 9am: Fredonia Storytelling Festival (Oct. 17-18) with Willy Claflin & Friends. Master class (9am), family performance (2pm), adult storytelling cabaret (7:30pm). Visit www.fredopera.org for complete schedule
Kleinhans
- 6:30pm: Child & Family Services “Heartlight Gala.” Music, food & drinks, auctions, & entertainment. $145. Contact 335-7234 or www.cfsbny.org
St. John Vianney Church
- 7:30pm: St. John Vianney Dance with music by Hit-N-Run. $17/presale or $20/at door. Contact kathykline38@yahoo.com or 771-9393.
University of Buffalo North Campus
- UB True Blue Homecoming Weekend (Oct. 16-19). Bulls vs. Army football, Distinguished Speaker Series, Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony, art and technology tours, various on-campus performances, & more. Visit http://www.alumni.buffalo.edu/homecoming

Spiritual

Body Glyphix Studio
- 6:30pm: Tantric Yoga for Couples. $25/couple. Advance reservations required, call 652-7805

Tours

Buffalo City Hall
- noon-1pm: Walking tours meet at info desk in lobby. Contact Landmark Society at 852-3300 or www.landmark-niagara.org for info.
Haunted History Ghost Walks
- 7pm: Haunted History of Lewiston with Mason Winfield, every Friday through Oct. 31. Meet at the Little Yellow Chocolate House (476 Center St., Lewiston). $10/adults; $5/kids under 12. Call 655-6663 for more info 7pm: ALLENTOWN! (meets at Allen Street Hardware Cafe, 245 Allen.)Tours every Friday 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 11am & 2pm. Reservations strongly recommended, call 856-3858.

Music

Blues

Lafayette Tap Room
- 9:30pm: Holly Johnson Band with Dave Presley

Celtic/Irish

Buffalo Irish Center
- 9pm: Leftovers
Irishman Pub & Eatery
- 9:30pm: Pat Kane
Ulrich’s Tavern
- 6:30pm: The Wildes

Classical

Montante Cultural Center at Canisius College
- 2:30pm: Meet-the-Faculty Recital performs “American Music” in celebration of American History Month
St. Paul’s Cathedral
- 12:30pm: Friday Weekly Recitals: Daniel Fischer, baritone & Beth Quimby-Hopkins, piano

Country/Bluegrass

Sportsmen’s Tavern
- 9:30pm: Stone Country

Dance Music/DJs

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
Roxy’s
- 10pm: DJ Lady Atram spinning pop, house & hip-hop
Stillwater
- 11pm: Resident DJs Mcnasty, Bacon, Docktor, Jubei, & guests spin House, Electro, Techno, & Old-school Breaks
Tabu Night Club
- 10pm: Cream Fridays with DJ Ark Angel & special guest DJs every week.
Trackside Grille
- 6pm: CJ the DJ -Friday Night Party Night

Folk/Acoustic

Albright Knox Art Gallery
- 7pm: Gusto at the Gallery with a performance by singer/songwriter Laura Tsaggaris. $4/general; free for AKAG members
Aurora-Waldorf School
- 6:30pm: Family concert by singer/storyteller Adam Miller. $5
Cafe Allegro
- 8pm: Brian & Peg
Clarence Center Coffee Co.
- 8-11pm: Blue Roadhouse Family Band
Collins Public Library
- 7-9pm: Music in the Library featuring Sadie Green Sales Jugband
Comfort Zone Cafe (new)
- 8-11pm: Kilissa Cissoko
Hard Rock Cafe
- 7pm: Emerson Hart & Delta Goodrem. Leslie Stanwyck opens the show. $10 at www.ticketweb.org
Irishman Pub & Eatery
- 9:30pm: Pat Kane
Peopleart Coffee House
- 9pm, Unity Church: Vince Matrino
Shannon Pub
- 8:30pm: Dave North Trio

Jazz

Amaryllis
- 7-10pm: Kathryn Scibilia & Andy Bialek
Anchor Bar
- 9-11:45pm: Sharon Bailey & the Jazz Example
Cafe At Masten/Eaton
- 8pm: Ray Scott & Company
O Restaurant and Lounge
- 8-11pm: Latin Jazz Project
Shadow Lounge
- 5:30pm: Jammin’ Jazz at the Shadow with Jim Bohm & Dave Calire
Sole
- 7:30pm-noon, Walker Center: Djambossa

Karaoke

Garden Park Cafe
- 8:30pm: Ron’s 7-Nite Karaoke
Hilltop Inn & Grove
- 8pm: Jim Beau’s Roadshow
Jet Port Lounge
- 9pm: SOONERTUNES.com with Okie Rich
Kegler’s Pub
- 9pm, Transit Lanes: Karaoke with Bud
King’s Court
- 10pm: Blue Sound
South Transit Lanes
- 9:30pm: Karaoke Show with Dan the Yankee Fan

Lounge

E.B. Green’s
- 5:30-9:30am, Hyatt Regency: Jackie Jocko
Elmwood Lounge
- 11pm: Lance Diamond
Manzella’s
- 8:30pm: Lady & Gentleman (April Mazzone & Gary Puffpaff)
Oliver’s
- 7:30-11pm: Piano music of George Jones
Shadow Lounge
- 10pm: Crystal Blue with Harry & Rosary
Verbena
- 9:30pm: Ryan and Todd Doyle from More Than Me

Open Mic

Daily Grind Cafe
- 7-9:30pm, Lockview Plaza: Open mic
Don Pablo’s
- 5pm: Hosted by Paul Dylin

Polka

Batavia Downs
- 7:30-11:30pm: Oktoberfest with Fritz’s Polka Band
Fairgrounds Gaming and Raceway Clubhouse
- 5:30-9:30pm, Erie County Fairgrounds: The Frankfurters

Rock

Alternative Brews
- 6pm: Buffalo Rising
Brennan’s Bowery Bar
- 10pm: Push Button Theory
Broadway Joe’s Bar & Grill
- 10pm: Lake Effect w Comatic Music Exchange
Buffalo St. Grill
- 9pm: Doug Yeomans
Castellani Art Museum
- 5-8pm, Niagara University: Beetlemania! Live music b the BBC Band, dancing, prizes refreshments & more. $5/general; free for Niagara U. students & Castellani members
Central Park Grill
- 6:30-9:30pm: Five to One
Club Diablo
- 8pm: Sonic Indian presents Surrender the Hope, Affront the Riot, 24 Hour
Club Infinity
- 8pm: (doors). Sonic Garden (Grateful Dead tribute) featuring Vinnie Amico of moe.
Coyote’s
- 11pm: Fat Brat
Croc Bar
- 10:30pm: Studio 54
Desiderio’s on Broadway
- 5-8pm: Kevin McCarthy
Dockside Inn
- 10pm: Only Humen
Ellicott Manor
- 9pm: Buffalo Creek
Elmwood Lounge
- 10:30pm: Davey Z. Project
Hard Rock Cafe
- 7pm: Western New York Women of Rock. Dee Adams & the Housecats, Wenzday Atemz (Denisha Osbourne & Tomorrow Allen), Busted Stuff, and Alison Pipitone $10 at www.ticketweb.org. Proceeds from the concerts will go to various breast cancer charities in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Locals Bar
- 10:30pm: Sabotage (Sabbath tribute: The Ozzy Years)
Macaroon’s Nite Club
- 11pm: Black Widow
Merlin’s
- 11pm: The Mix, Get Well Soon. $5
Mister Goodbar
- 11pm: Toast, the Eric Spahr Band
Mohawk Place
- 6pm: Rhinoceros CD Release Show with Trapped Under Ice, Heavy Hearted, and Face the Panic. $10 10pm: Mother Red, Queen City Station, Rooftops. $5
Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort
- 9pm: Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone (Oct. 17-18). Tickets from $20 at www.Ticketmaster.ca
Nietzsche’s
- 9pm:

Buffalo Indie Fest v1.0. Featuring Red Tag Rummage Sale, La Cacahouette, LoveLikeFire (San Francisco), A Hotel Nourishing, Needle Up!, Brian Wheat, Displaced, and special guests
LoveLikeFire (San Francisco, CA). $5

Pearl Street Grill & Brewery
- 9:30pm: Lickitty-Split
Pier 84
- 8pm: FunZone
Rhino’s
- 10pm: Wunderland
Rock & Roll Heaven
- 6pm: The Strangers 11pm: Suckerpunch
Root Five
- 10pm: The Keepers
Shores Waterfront
- 9pm: Bleeding Hearts
Talty’s
- 9:30pm: Lori & Korki
Town Ballroom
- 7pm: Klear, with Last Conservative, 28N. $10/advance (box office at 852-3900, www.Tickets.com/888-223-6000, Tops Markets) or $12/day of show. All ages
Tudor Lounge
- 7pm: Dirty Murphy
Whiskey Joe’s
- 10pm: Blind Vision
Ying’s Wings & Things (Depew)
- 11pm: Michael Bly

Soul/Funk/R&B

Rhino’s
- 7pm: Soul Barons

World Beat

Merlin’s
- 11pm: Alessane Sarr’s The Mix
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