Some of the region’s best jazz performers and internationally recognized names in the field will be playing on the front lawn of the West Side Rowing Club in a fundraiser benefiting construction of the proposed Frank Lloyd Wright designed boathouse at the rowing club. Performers will include Jackie Jocko, Joe Peters, Marilyn Mann, Jimmy Gomes and the Jazz Example with Dodo Greene, Dan Hull & The Bobby McGee’s Allstars, Phil Sims & The Buffalo Brass Big Band, Bobby Militello Quartet and Heather Bambrick with Quartet. Wright himself regarded the boathouse as an important unbuilt work, and the plan to make it real has been gaining a lot of positive support among many prominent Buffalonians past and present. Along with the Blue Sky Mausoleum in Forest Lawn that was designed by Wright in 1928 but constructed in 2004, and the proposed Wright-designed filling station and greasing station at the Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum, the boathouse will further expand Wright’s presence in a city that already boasts fine examples of private residences he designed. This flurry of construction based on the great architect’s plans might even be fitting penance for the city that shamefully tore down his landmark Larkin Building only forty-six years after its completion—and replaced it with an empty lot. The Rotary Club of Buffalo will donate all proceeds from the event plus an additional 25 percent in matching funds toward the boathouse project, making this a great way to enjoy a full day of jazz while supporting a worthy cause.

Saturday, June 17 from 1-9pm. The West Side Rowing Club at the foot of Porter Ave., (743-755o for info) $25 advance, $30 at the gate.

www.buffalorotary.org