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Wednesday, July 9

Community Interest

Blue Lantern Lounge
- 8pm: Guest Bartenders donate tips to local charities. This week benefits Home Space (Home for Teen Mothers in Buffalo) featuring Thurman Thomas and a Special Guest
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
HSBC Arena/Harbour Club
- noon: Buffalo Civic Day with Kevin Gaughan: “Lessons Learned Visiting 25 Towns, 16 Villages and 3 Cities.” $20/general; $10/students. Lunch is included. Call 854-3397 for reservations or visit www.TheCost.org for more info
Harlem Road Community Center
- 10am: Networking meeting for the Parachute Group, for outplaced employees and career changers. Call 276-1117 for more info
Shanghai Red’s
- 6-8pm, Erie Basin Marina: Buffalo Emerging Professionals (BEP) Launch Party. American Institute of Architects WNY Chapter networking event. Free admission, open bar & hors d’oeuvres. RSVP to BEPWNY@googlegroups.com

Dance

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

Kid’s Stuff

Explore & More Children’s Museum
- 1-4pm: Wednesday WOWS! for ages 4 & up. “Making a Mess Makes Sense”
History Center of Niagara County
- 10am-4pm: Summer Bicentennial History Programs. Every Wednesday through July 30. $15/session. Registration required, call 434-7433

Lectures

UB Natural Sciences Complex
- 4pm, North Campus: UBThisSummer Free LectureSeries: “The Four Seasons: Perspectives of Midlife and Older Erie County Residents” by Dr. Debra Street, Associate Professor, UB Department of Sociology

Literary

Butler Library at Buffalo State College
- 7pm: Rooftop Poetry Club reading featuring Gabrielle Bouliane and Liz Mariani. Meet at the Library’s Rooftop Garden 7pm: Rooftop Poetry Club reading featuring Geoffrey Gatza, editor and Publisher of BlazeVOX [books] and the author of five books of poetry. Meet at the Library’s Rooftop Garden
Crossroads Books
- noon-1pm: Boxed Lunch Seminar Series: Meet Mac Nelson, author of “20 West.” $15. Reservations required, call 741.1355

Recreation

Holiday Valley
- 6:30pm: Wednesday Night Bike Series: Mountain Bike races for Beginner, Sport, & Expert categories. $12. Registration begins at 5pm at the Holiday Valley Training Center. Contact mnenno@verizon.net for more info

Special Event

NFTA Boat Harbor
- 6pm: Boats, Bait & Beer III. Party with gourmet food & drinks and a silent & live auction to kick-off the BassEye Celebrity Challenge. $50. Proceeds benefit the WNY Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Contact 686-9400 or www.cff.org/Chapters/wny for details/tickets

Specialty Theater

Chautauqua Institution
- 7:30pm: Fred Garbo Inflatable Theatre Co. Evening of comedy, dance, juggling, & more. $16 (357.6250 or www.tickets.ciweb.org)

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.
Buffalo Tours 2008
- 10am-noon: Downtown Revealed. Inside & out tours of the Guaranty Building, St. Paul’s, the Ellicott Square Building, & others. Contact 852-3300 or www.BuffaloTours.org
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.
Miss Buffalo
- 3-5pm, Erie Basin Marina: Landmark Cruises: Niagara River, Tonawanda Locks, Black Rock Canal, and the Buffalo River. $14/adults; $49/kids ages 6-12

Workshops

Hallwalls
- 10am-noon: The Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County presents Technical Assistance Workshop Series for the Cultural Arts. “Long-term Development: Not just surviving but thriving” with Adair M. Saviola, Director of Development and Marketing at the Buffalo Zoo. $20/general; $15/Arts Council members. Contact 856-7520 or Larry.cook@artscouncilbuffalo.org to register
Roycroft Campus
- 1-4pm: Rock On, Rock Painters. Rock art workshop series with Lin Nowicki. $35. $25 plus $10/materials. Registration required, contact 655-0261or www.roycroftcampuscorporation.com
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