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Upcoming Events

FRI • 5/16


Alleyway Theater - 8pm Opera-Lytes production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Mikado” (May 9-11). $20, call 837-3440 for reservations

Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society - 5-8pm Party on the Portico with John & Mary and the Valkyries. $10

Buffalo Museum of Science - 5:30pm-9:30am “A Night at the Museum.” Overnight family event. Help security guards close the Museum. Mystery, scavenger hunt, pizza party, dance party, crafts & a movie. Bring sleeping bags & jammies for a slumber party. Breakfast on Saturday. $45-$50 for one child & adult plus $25 for each additional person. Ages 6+. Contact 896-5200 ext. 345 to register

Chapel at CrossPoint - 7pm Phil Keaggy, and John Patitucci with Nick Manson (Tickets.com, Kingdom Bound at 800-461-4485). Part of the Christian Music Summit (May 16-17). Visit www.ChristianMusicianSummit.com/thechapel

Darwin Martin House - 7:30pm A Piano recital by Claudia Hoca. $20-$25. Advance reservations required by May 12. Contact 856-3858 or kdupre@darwinmartinhouse.org to RSVP

Dunn Tire Park Plaza - 5pm Friday Night Bash Free Concerts. Pre-Game Plaza party with music by BluesRoot

Lafayette Tap Room - 9pm The Nighthawks

Mohawk Place - 6pm TECHNOIR Dance Party. $5

Niagara Falls State Park - 7:30-9:30pm Goat Island Adventure Walk. Call 745-7848 to register

Squeaky Wheel -  8:30pm The Evolutionary Girls Club international artist-activist collective will present a multi-media extravaganza of videos, prints and installations. $6/general; $4/SW members. Visit www.evolutionarygirls.com for more info


SAT • 5/17


Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens - 10am-5pm The Great Plant Sale & Bonsai Show (April 17-18). Bonsai masters and novices display their trees during the largest plant sale in WNY 

Chapel at CrossPoint - 7pm Paul Baloche, with Vicky Beeching and Matt Maher (Tickets.com, Kingdom Bound at 800-461-4485). Part of the Christian Music Summit (May 16-17). Visit www.ChristianMusicianSummit.com/thechapel

Club Diablo - 3pm Jamsolid Battle of the Bands; 9pm Think So Brain, Into Nothing, Blue Rocket Trio, Contagious Woo, Product of Hostility

Evening Star - 6pm (doors). Siriun Geometry CD Release Party for “Starchild” with special guests Displaced, A Thousand Shades Of Cold. Aryuveda, Frailty.

Mohawk Place - 8pm Lemuria Tour KickOff with the Ergs, Bomb the Music Industry, and Tearwave. $7

Riviera Theatre - 1pm La Scala & Friends Opera Series presents “AIDA.” $20/general; $18/students/seniors

Routes to Art - WNY Spring Open Studio Weekend. Thirty-five artists featured in the Routes to art exhibit at St. Bonaventure University will open their studios. Visit www.routestoart.com for details

Sky Ranch in East Otto - 9am-5pm “A Writer’s Day in the Country.” Day-long workshop with instructor Rick Ohler includes instruction, evaluation, breakfast, lunch, & reception. $75. Space is limited, contact 860-0996 or grambohler@hotmail.com to register

Soundlab - 9pm Josh Abrams (of Town & Country), David Daniell

UB Slee Hall - 7:30pm Buffalo Choral Arts Society presents “Music of the Heart & Soul” (May 17-18). Guest directed by conductor Andre J. Thomas. $15. Visit www.buffalochoralarts.org

Wilson Boat House - 7:30-10:30pm Grand Opening Party with Steve Burnside & the Canadian Brass

Xtreme Wheels - 6:30pm Nightmare of You, Forgive Durden, Paper Rival, the Common Kings. $8/advance (Ticketmaster) or $10/day of show


SUN • 5/18


Amherst Community Church - 3pm Ensemble “Saltarello.” Students performers from the Suzuki Guitar studio, directed by Joanne Castellani. Free

Mohawk Place - 8pm O Death, with Tracy Morrow & the Magi Chippie

Parkside Community Association Annual Tour of Homes - 11:30am-4:30pm Starts at the Church of the Good Shephed at Jewett Pkwy. & Summit Ave. Information, tickets, and maps will be available. $13/advance (838-1240 / www.pasksidebuffalo.org) or $15/day of tour ($11 for PCA members). Ages 12+

Rockwell Hall - Buffalo State College, noon-3pm Empty Bowls fundraiser. Buy a bowl made by local artists of all ages & have lunch donated by a WNY restaurant. Live entertainment. $10. Proceeds benefit the Food Bank of WNY and Friends of Night People. 


MON• 5/19


Nietzsche’s - 9-10:30pm Monday Night Songwriter Showcase with featured artist Rose Bond

Pearl Street Grill & Brewery - 5:15pm Buffalo Niagara Sales & Marketing Executives (BNSME) Annual Installation & Awards Dinner with featured speaker H. Glen Walter, President of Labatt USA. $35/general; $20/students. Call 662-2279 to register

WBFO at UB Allen Hall (South Campus) - 7pm Meet the Author Contemporary Non-Fiction Series: David Hajdu, “The Ten-Cent Plague:The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America”


TUE • 5/20


Delaware Park Casino - 6-8:30pm Elmwood Village Association Membership party, Live & Silent Auction. Contact 881-0707 or nate@elmwoodvillage.org to RSVP

Mohawk Place - 7pm The Colour Revolt, Snowden. $10

Town Ballroom - 7pm Tiger Army, with the Unseen, the War Tapes. $13/advance (box office, Tickets.com) or $15/at door


WED • 5/21


Mohawk Place - 8pm Mallory Mordaunt, Rott Skankie. $5

Soundlab - 9pm Joe Lally (of Fugazi)

WBFO XPO Wednesday Concerts - Allen Hall (UB South Campus), 8pm Jony James


THU • 5/22


New Angola Theater - 7pm “The Angola Horror.” Historical lecture on the Angola Train Wreck of 1867 by journalist Charity Vogel, Ph.D. Free. Contact AngolaHorror@aol.com or 549-3244 for reservations

Shannon Pub - 9pm Enter the Haggis