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Wednesday, October 15

Community Interest

Boys & Girls Beecher Clubhouse
- noon-2pm: Free Drop in Literacy & Language Center for adults to learn English, reading & writing. Call Literacy Volunteers at 876-8991 for more info
Canisius College Women’s Business Center
- noon-1pm: Free counseling sessions for current or potential small business owners. No registration required
Harlem Road Community Center
- 10am: Networking meeting for the Parachute Group, for outplaced employees and career changers. Call 276-1117 for more info
Valley Community Center
- 6-9pm: “Lessons From Homicides.” Movie screening/violence prevention workshop. Visit www.lessonsfromhomicides.com for more info
Your So Vain
- 5-7pm: Free breast and skin cancer screening

Dance

Brounshilde VFW Post
- 8pm: Ballroom/Tango Dance every Wednesday

Etc.

Buffalo Brewpub
- 6-8pm: Free caricatures by Christina Reilly

Kid’s Stuff

Audubon Library
- 6:30pm: Matt’s Music for Kids with Matt Surowiec

Lectures

Villa Maria College
- 7-9pm: “Staging & Redesigning Your Home.” Get ready for a sale, interior decorator, husehold blending, & more. Presented by MJ Leatherbarrow and Anne Leo. $10/general; free for Villa Maria alumni

Literary

Buffalo Museum of Science
- 10:30am-noon: Reading Between the Lines Series: The First Frontier: New York State and American Expansion, 1775-1890. Discussion of “The Battle for New York: The City at the Heart of the American Revolution,” by Barnet Schecter
Hallwalls
- 7:30pm: Gray Hair Reading Series presented by Earth’s Daughters Magazine: Featured readers are author Don Mitchell and poet Ruth Thompson. $5 suggested donation
Karpeles Manuscript Museum (Porter Hall)
- 8pm: Just Buffalo/Poetics Plus/SUNY Buffalo present a performance by Bruce Andrews

Recreation

Brighton Branch Library
- 3:30pm: Recipe Club. Exchange ideas about food, wine, & cooking. Bring favorite recipes, food samples

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

Eagle House
- 6pm:

Haunted Pub Crawl of WILLIAMSVILLE with Mason Winfield’s Haunted History Ghost Walks, Inc. Check-in from 6-7pm; pub crawl from 7-9. $20. Contact 655-6663 or www.MasonWinfield.com to pre-register

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.
Ohm Ultra Lounge
- 9pm: MaddHalloween Art Opening. Artwork by Maddtat2.com artists and Friends, music by MC Pez and DJ Beloved
St. Paul’s Cathedral
- 11:30am-2pm: Chicken BBQ in Cathedral Park (next to the Church on Main St.) to benefit Literacy Volunteers of Buffalo & Erie County. $8/advance or $9/same day. Contact www.stpaulscathedral.org or 855-0900.
Trinity Episcopal Church
- 5:30-8pm: Taking Domestic Violence Out of the Closet. Evening of conversation among LGBTQ individuals, allies, supporters, etc. Free. Call 884-6002 for more info

Spiritual

Daemen College
- 6:30-8:30pm: The Cancer Wellness Center hosts a program on spirituality and healing. The topic for the evening is “Stories of Healing from our Cancer Coaches.”
Gifts of Gaia
- 6:30pm: “Spiritually Reconnecting with Mother Earth.” Madis Senner on sacred sites in WNY. Call 553-9804 for registration.

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: ORCHARD PARK (meets at the Municipal Building, S. Buffalo St., Orchard Park) Tours every Wed. 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 (in-depth) & 2pm. Reservations strongly recommended, call 856-3858.

Workshops

Batavia Town Hall
- 1pm: State Parks Grant & Recreational Trail Program Workshop. Visit http://www.nysparks.state.ny.us/grants for applications and program info.
Ellicottville boces center
- 9:30am-1pm: Free special education workshop.
Shoppe on Main
- 6:30pm, Rte 78: Glass Fusion Class with Catherine O’Connor. Ages 14+. Call 778-5273 to register
Valley Community Center
- 5:30-8:30pm: Free movie showing and violence prevention workhop conducted by the staff and crew of Lessons from Homicides.
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