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Betty’s
- 8am-9pm: BirdSong. Painting and mixed media sculpture by Mary Weig (through Jan 4.)
Center for Inquiry
- 9am-5pm: Rational Impulse. Work by Bruce Adams (through Dec. 24)
Chateau Buffalo
- noon-8pm: De Fine Presents. Work by CassGlass, Cathy Miller and mini works by Kristin Brandt, installation of fine art glass, sculpture and paintings (through Dec. 31)
Chow Chocolat
- 8am-9pm: Denise Sperry Solo Exhibition 2008 (through Jan. 1)
Jewish Center Greater Buffalo
- 6am-9pm: 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)
Pangaea Sushi & Sake Bar
- 5-10pm: Shadows of the Mind: Surreal art by Joseph Edward Agen and Functional Stoneware by Trista Barry
Point of View
- 10am-6pm: Work by WNY artists including Adele Becker, Joan Fitzgerald, Rena Reisman, Dianne Baker, Linda Toomey, and Evette Slaughter (through Dec. 30)

Exhibits

20th Century Finest Gallery
- noon-5pm, Michael Donnelly Interior Design: Sheldon Berlyn: Works on Paper/1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s (through Jan. 3)
Albright Knox Art Gallery
- 10am-10pm: From Tusk to Tail: Animals and Art (through Jan. 25) 10am-10pm: Op Art Revisited: Selections from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery (through Jan. 25) 10am: Remix Inner Space: Photography from the Collection (through Jan. 4) 10am-10pm: REMIX the Collection. Recent acquisitions and works from the Permanent Collection 10am-10pm: From Tusk to Tail: Animals and Art (through Jan. 30)
Art Dialogue Gallery/WNY Artists Group
- 11am-5pm: Artful Gifts 2008. Annual exhibition of small original art gifts by local artists (through Dec. 30)
Art Market
- 11am-7pm: Work from Ran Webber, Jozef Bajus, Caroline Bronckers, Jill Hart, Marcus L. Wise, Hugo Rodriguez, and dozens of others (through Dec. 28)
Artsphere Studio
- 11am-7pm: Gifts of Art for the Holidays (through Jan 3)
Big Orbit Gallery
- noon-5pm: Apt. Noir. Photographic works by Amy Meza Luraschi (through Jan. 17)
Buffalo Arts Studio
- 11am-5pm, Tri-Main Building, Suite 500: Buffalo Arts Studio’s Annual Artists Exhibit and Sale ‘08 (through Jan. 3).
Burchfield-Penney Art Center
- 10am-9pm, Buffalo State College: In Rare Form: Western New York Sculpture (through April 19) 10am-9pm, Buffalo State College: Entering Burchfield’s World (through March 1) 10am-9pm, Buffalo State College: Burchfield’s Seasons (through March 1) 10am-9pm, Buffalo State College: Gateway: Space, Place and the Transformative Through (through April 19) 10am-9pm, Buffalo State College: The Art of Western New York: An Historical Context (through Sept. 27) 10am-9pm, Buffalo State College: Declarative Mode: Paul Sharits’ Bicentennial Film (through March 1) 10am-9pm, Buffalo State College: Artistry in Clay, Fiber, Glass, Metal, and Wood (through March 1) 10am-9pm, Buffalo State College: Milton Rogovin: Appalachia Revisited (through April 19) 10am-9pm, Buffalo State College: Photo-Pictorialists of Buffalo (through April 4) 10am-9pm, Buffalo State College: Flower Blobs Bloom by Roberley Bell (through March 15)
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: Studio Secrets revealed: Works by Bruce Adams and Richard Huntington (through Dec. 13)
Castellani Art Museum
- 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) 11am-5pm, Niagara University: InterpretingTraditional Genres (through Dec. 23)
Collectors Gallery at the Albright Knox
- noon-4pm: New York: Selected Works (through Jan. 31)
College St. Gallery
- 4-8pm: College Street Gallery Co-op. Work by Gene Witkowski, Glenn Murray, Robert Schultz, Michael Mulley, Jeanine Swallow, Jerry Greenberg, Val Dunne, Amanda Giczkowski, Nick DeMarchi, Fran Amaya, Tim Raymond, Sean Madden, Candace Keegan, Neil Mahar, and Evan Everhart (through Dec. 31)
Dana Tillou Fine Arts
- 11am-5pm: Little Picture Show: Covering 150 Years of Art. A Western New York and Niagara historical print collection (through Dec. 31)
Fotografia Fine Art Photography Gallery
- noon-8pm: Black and white photography by owner Tina Waters and work by Marcus L. Wise (through Dec. 25)
Hallwalls
- 11am-6pm: Jesse Webber’s You Can’t Smoke in Here, Mr. Corbusier, You’ll Burn This Mother Down, a series of prints of prints in homage to Le Corbusier’s historic early 20th century trip to the American Rust Belt, and Kara Tanaka’s video installation Pining Wind (both through Dec. 20).
Indigo Art Gallery
- noon-5pm: Winter: A Group Exhibition (through Jan. 4)
Michael J. McMahon Gallery
- 10am-5pm: Watercolor paintings by Michael J. McMahon
Muleskinner Antiques
- 10am-5pm: Rare vintage photography of Ernest Rawleigh (through Dec. 15)
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)
Neighborhood Collective
- noon-5pm: Local Artisan Bazaar. Featuring 30 local artists and craftspeople with work for show and sale (through Dec. 24)
Niagara County Community College (NCCC) Art Gallery
- 10am-8pm: NCCC Student Exhibition (through Dec. 18)
Nichols School Gallery
- 8am-4pm, Glenn and Awdrey Flickinger Performing Arts Center: Two Generations: How We See. Recent work by Beth Munro and Robert Ivers (through Jan. 16)
Nina Freudenheim Gallery
- 10am-5pm, Lenox Hotel: Exhibition of new constructions by Rebecca Smith (through Jan. 13)
Regina Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University
- 10am-5pm: African Odyssey. The art and material culture of Africa 10am-5pm: Anniversary year reinstallation of the University’s Permanent Collection 10am-5pm: Art of Sky, Art of Earth: Maya Cosmic Imagery
Studio Hart
- 10am-2pm: Group Show: Various Artists (through Jan. 3) 10:30am-2pm: Eyes On The World: Three Buffalo Photographers. Work by Linda Gale Gellman, Nancy J. Parisi, and Robert Schulman (through Jan. 3)
UB Anderson Gallery
- 11am-5pm: Frederman @80. Group exhibition inspired by the life and works of Raymond Federman featuring work by Harvey Breverman, Bruce Jackson, and Terri Katz-Kasimov (through Jan. 18) 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: Noncommittal: A Prospective Glance. Selections from the Department of Visual Studies’ Senior Thesis 2008 (through Feb. 7) 5-7pm, North Campus: Noncommittal: A Prospective Glance. Selections from the Department of Visual Studies’ Senior Thesis 2008 (through Feb. 7)

Special Exhibits

Amherst Museum
- 9:30am-4:30pm: What’s Cooking: Women in the Kitchen (through Dec. 31) 9:30am-4:30pm: Blue Monday: Washday and Women, Picturing Our Past
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: Culture Quest. New themed exhibit about collectors and collecting (through Jan. 4)
Burchfield Nature & Art Center
- 9am-4pm: Hamash Variations. Woodblock prints by Catherine Schuman Miller (through Feb. 1)
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)
Grant Street Gallery
- 10am-6pm: A Holiday Bizarre art show and sale (through Jan. 17)
Hero Design Studio & Boutique
- noon-7pm: This B.U.D.’s For You custom toy show. Featuring one of a kind custom-designed 9” Blow Up Dolls from Jamugo, by over 30 international artists (through Dec. 23).
History Center of Niagara County
- 9am-5pm: Time in a Bottle. Collections of glass bottles, clocks and watches

Community Events

Community Interest

Buffalo Museum of Science
- 5:30-7:30pm: “Business Gets Green.” Monthly networking series featuring members of Buffalo’s Green Gold Development Corporation and other guest speakers. For green businesses & those interested in “going green.” Free
United Way
- 10am: Networking meeting for the Parachute Group, for outplaced employees and career changers. Call 276-1117 for more info

Dinner Theater

Desiderio’s on Broadway
- 6pm: “Here Lies Jeremy Troy.” Dinner at 6pm; show at 8pm. $29.95-$39.95 or $18/show only. Call 683-7767 for reservations

Lectures

Jewish Center Greater Buffalo
- 10:30-11:30am: More Secrets of Buffalo Speaker Series: Matt Davison of the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation will discuss the Buffalo Waterfront 10:30-11:30am: More Secrets of Buffalo Speaker Series: Matt Davison of the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation will discuss the Buffalo Waterfront

Literary

Hallwalls
- 7:30pm: Just Buffalo/White Pine Press/Talking Leaves Books present Paul Hogan, Book Release and Reading for his first collection of poems, “Points of Departures.”
Rust Belt Books
- 7pm: Just Buffalo/Small Press Poetry Series’ last reading of 2008 featuring Russell Pascatore and Ben Lyle Bedard

Magic

Fuddruckers
- 5-8pm: Tableside magic with Mike Seege
Root Five
- 6-9pm: Magic with Garrett Thomas

Recreation

Shoppe on Main
- 4-6pm, Rte 78: Crochet classes with fiber artist Lisa McCausland (beginner to advanced). $5

Seasonal Event

Alleyway Theater
- 7:30pm: “A Christmas Carol” (Dec. 11-21). $30/general; $20/students, seniors
Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens
- 4-5pm: Holiday Light Show. Every day through Jan 4. 4-8pm: Holiday Light Show special hours
Cottage District Festival of Lights
- 5pm: The first annual “Neighborhood Festival of Lights” (Nov. 26-Jan. 6). West side Christmas light display. The Cottage District is bounded by Richmond, Connecticut and Porter Ave. out to D’Youville College.
Erie County Fairgrounds
- 5:30-9:30pm: Fairgrounds Holiday Lights Festival (Thursdays-Sundays until Jan. 3). Walking & driving routes, animated displays, magic show, Santa, Frosty, the Elves, & more. $15/carload; $25/van; $50/busload (discounts on Thursdays). Gates close at 9:30pm
Kenan Center
- noon-5pm: Holiday House (Dec. 8-19). Lockport’s Historic Kenan house will be open daily for visitors. Free

Special Event

Albright Knox Art Gallery
- 7pm: Annual lighting of the tree in Sculpture Court with caroling by members of the Nardin Academy Women’s Choir.
Amherst Museum
- 1:30pm: Victorian Tea & Chinese Auction. Served by costumed members of the Amherst Museum Victorian Dance Society and Museum Trustees. See exhibits, do holiday shopping. $22. Reservations required, call 688-4748. Recommended for ages 12+
Fanny’s
- 6pm: Candlelight dinner & dancing with the Mark Mazur Quartet to benefit the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site. $50 a plate

Specialty Theater

UB Center for the Arts
- 7:30pm: Peter Pan (Dec. 11-13). $15/adult; $10/students, seniors

Spiritual

Buffalo Zen Center
- 7pm: Zen Centered Yoga & Chi Gong
Eastern Hills Wesleyan Church
- 7-9pm: “The Road to Bethlehem” (Dec. 10-12). Outdoor drive-through live nativity that tells the story of the birth of Jesus Christ. Free
Harvest House
- 7-9pm: Christ Theatre Ministry (CTM) presents a “Christmas Extravaganza” of acting, singing, & dancing. Bring one non-perishable food item to donate to the St. Vincent de Paul Society
Young Israel of Greater Buffalo
- 7:30pm: 42nd Annual Jewish Community Book Fair. “A Jewish Woman’s Prayer Book” by Dr. Aliza Lavie. $10/general; $5/students. Visit http://www.jccbookfair.com for full schedule of book fair events

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.
Iron Island Museum
- 6:30pm: “Ghost of Christmas Past” tour of the museum. $5. Call 892-3084 for reservations.

Music

Blues

Double D’s Queen City Grille
- 8:30pm: Ray Barry
Elks Club
- 8pm: Blue Thursdays and WNY Blues Society Christmas Party with Gregg Juke & the Mighty No-Stars
Flying Turtles Bar & Grill
- 8-10pm: Bravuras Band
Lafayette Tap Room
- 9pm: Todd Eberwine Band
Shango
- 7pm: Ron Davis on New Orleans blues piano and vocals
Tudor Lounge
- 9pm: Jony James

Celtic/Irish

Shannon Pub
- 8pm: Tom Callahan

Choral

Fountain Plaza
- noon: M&T Bank Holiday Series. Arts Academy Choir.

Christian

Our Lady of Victory School auditorium
- 7:30pm: Christmas Time In Ireland with Tom Kenny. Tickets are $30 and include one beverage.

Classical

Buffalo City Hall
- noon: School # 19 Native American holiday concert 12:30pm: School # 96 Campus West Choraleers holiday concert
Dr. Lydia T. Wright School
- 1pm: School # 89 Dr. Lydia T. Wright holiday concert
South Park High School
- 9am: School # 206 South Park High School holiday concert 1:30pm: School # 206 South Park High School holiday concert

Country/Bluegrass

Buckin’ Buffalo Saloon
- 7pm: November 11th 8pm: Adam Gregory
Sportsmen’s Tavern
- 8:30pm: Sean Patrick McGraw

Dance Music/DJs

Bada Bing
- 9pm: Thursdays with Augie
Bayou
- 10pm: DJ Lil Joe (Top 40/Hip Hop/Mash Ups)
Duo
- 10pm: Little Black Dress Night with DJ JJmorts (House Music)
Mister Goodbar
- 10pm: DJ Scott Down-rare funk, soul & old school hip hop
O Restaurant and Lounge
- 10pm: Eli Hail spins Progressive House
Roxy’s
- 11pm: Stripteasers burlesque/comedy show with DJs spinning rock, dance, hip hop

Ethnic

Nietzsche’s
- 8pm: Africo World Quartet.

Folk/Acoustic

Broadway Joe’s Bar & Grill
- 8pm: Tim Britt Solo Acoustic with the Wing Bros.
Taste
- 7:30pm: Danny Lynn Wilson

Jazz

Brodo
- 7pm, Amherst: Paul James Jazz Band
Chocolate Bar
- 10pm: Andre Killian Experience.
Club 101
- 6-10pm, Seneca Niagara Casino: Jazzline featuring Jennie Jones 6-10pm, Seneca Niagara Casino: Jazzline featuring Jennie Jones

Karaoke

Adonia’s
- 9pm: Karaoke with Blue Sound
Bobby McGee’s
- 10pm, University Plaza: Lucky’s Entertainment
Desiderio’s on Broadway
- 10pm: Super Sound karaoke with Bud
Dockside Inn
- 9pm-1am: Rollin’ Sound
Garden Park Cafe
- 8:30pm: Ron’s 7-Nite Karaoke
J & S Adymy’s
- 7-11pm: Karaoke Thursdays
King’s Court
- 9pm: Blue Sound
Limerick’s Lakeview Pub
- 9pm: Sonic Sound Systems with DJ Barney
O’Brien’s Pub
- 8pm: Rock n’ Roll to the Rescue
Ohm Ultra Lounge
- 9pm: Karaoke with DJ K Gunz
Pop’s Bar & Grill
- 9pm: Karaoke with Skip Dog

Lounge

E.B. Green’s
- 5:30-9:30pm, Hyatt Regency: Jackie Jocko
Elmwood Lounge
- 6-9pm: Jules & the Gems. Featuring Julie Kittsley (vocals), Sherrie Morrison (keys), Bobby Thompson (bass), Jim Jaremka (drums), Jimmy Youmans (guitar), & special guests throughout the night

Open Mic

Caz Coffee Cafe
- 7pm: Hosted by Mike Mendez
Double D’s Queen City Grille
- 8:30pm: Ray Barry open mic
Four Aces
- 8pm: Hosted by Danny J.
Steelhead Irish Pub
- 9pm: Hosted by Ray Barry & Melissa Munno
Stillwater
- 9pm: Acoustic open mic

Pop

Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort
- 3pm: Cruisin’ Classics: A singing and dancing homage to the music of the ‘50s (Feb. 11-12). $15 at www.ticketmaster.ca 3pm: Cruisin’ Classics: A singing and dancing homage to the music of the ‘50s (Feb. 11-12). $15 at www.ticketmaster.ca

Rock

Central Park Grill
- 8pm: “A Sort of Christmas Show” with the Corrections and special guests
Club Diablo
- 11pm: Planes That Crash & guests
Mohawk Place
- 8pm: Priestess, the Found, Into Ruin. $10-$12
Pearl Street Grill & Brewery
- 5:30-8pm: Rob Lynch & Geno McManus
Soundlab
- 9pm: Skoal Kodiak, Knife World
Staples
- 8pm: John Bertini Band
Whiskey Joe’s
- 7-11pm: Papa & Mama Root: “Songs From the ‘60s Generation.”

Specialty Music

UB Center for the Arts
- 8pm: “A Leahy Family Christmas.” Eight-piece Canadian string/fiddle sensations. $28/general; $18/students. Contact www.ubcfa.com (645-2787) or www.Ticketmaster.com (852-5000)
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