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Calendar Spotlight: Upcoming Events.
Also refer to our on-line Events Calendar for complete and up to the minute events listings.


FRI • 6/6

Broadway Joe’s Bar & Grill - 8pm The Neverbeens

Darien Lake - 8pm “Lift Your Voice Tour 2008.” Tim McGraw, with Jason Aldean and Halfway to Hazard. $33.75-$63.75 (LiveNation.com, Ticketmaster)

Fredonia Opera House - 8pm 13th Annual Bach & Beyond Baroque Music Festival (June 6-8). $20

Holiday Inn (Airport) - 7-11pm 50 Women with a Vision presents a fundraiser for the Jefferson Street Cultural Art Park Project for Senior Citizens. Music by Taylor Made Jazz, DJ Patrick Cray, dinner & more. $35. Call 882-7594

Merlin’s - 11pm Night Gallery, Still Blue, Dutch

Mohawk Place - 9pm The Black Lips, with London vs. New York and Auger

Nietzsche’s - 10pm Peanut Brittle Satellite CD Release Party with Armcannon, Ramforinkus and Shapes of States. $5

Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort - 9pm Tony Orlando (June 6-7). Tickets start at $30 (877-833-3110/www.ticketmaster.ca)

Nietzsche’s - 9pm Devon Carmen, Kendal, Stripteasers, Louisiana Purchase

Ninth Ward (downstairs at Babeville) - 7pm (doors). Lizz Wright. $17.50/advance (Ticketmaster) or $20/day of show

Soundlab - 9pm Adam Green (of Moldy Peaches)


SAT • 6/7

Albright Knox Art Gallery - noon-2pm Art Alive 2008: A Walking, Talking Art Contest on the Gallery grounds across from Delaware Park. Contestant create a living representation of favorite works of art. Prizes awarded at 2pm

Barnes & Noble (Clarence) - 7pm Good Charamel Records Spring Local Music Showcase with Last Conservative

Bidwell Parkway - 12:30pm March for Darfur to raise funds for the “Save Darfur Coalition.” Meet at Bidwell & Elmwood Ave. 

Buffalo Museum of Science - 7-11pm Star Lights, Drinks, & Bites. Rooftop party to benefit educational programming at the Museum. View the night skies with the Buffalo Astronomical Association, hors d’oeuvres, wine tasting, live music, dancing & more. $30/presale (896-5200 ext. 385 or www.buffalomuseumofscience.org) or $35/at door

Buffalo Irish Center - 6-11pm The German-American Musicians Association presents “Shamrocks & Sauerkraut.” German-Irish celebration of St. Boniface’s Day with performances by the G.A.M. 20-Piece Dance Band, the Leftovers and the O’Sullivan Dancers. $10. Visit visit www.GermanAmericanMusicians.com for more info

Erie County Fairgrounds - 8am The Irish Cultural & Folk Art Association of WNY 43rd Annual Buffalo Feis. All Dance, Language, & Music Competitions and Awards Ceremony. $10

Essex Arts Center - 4-10pm “The AMP Party.” Outdoor fundraiser for the Ashford Hollow Foundation arts in education programming and Sculpture Park. Music by the Great Train Robbery, Juxtaposse, A Potter’s Field, the Bogarts, and the Heavenly Chillbillies. $10

Kleinhans - 8pm M&T Bank Beethoven Festival presents Beethoven’s Fifth (June 7-8). Contact 885-5000 or www.bpo.org for tickets

Merlin’s - 11pm The Stone Hearts, District of Evolution (Los Angeles)

Mohawk Place - 10pm The Thermidors CD Release Party, with special guests Mom and Dad Parade and Nick Gordon. $5

Nietzsche’s - 10pm Peanut Brittle Sattelite CD Release Party with guests Armcannon, Ramfirinkus, and Shapes of States. $5

Niawanda Park - 10am-5pm Weekend on the Niagara Arts and Crafts Show & the Tonawanda Folk Festival (June 7-8). Children’s entertainment, live music, and dance performances. Visit www.tonawandafolkfestival.org for full schedule of events

Riviera Theatre - 2pm La Scala & Friends Opera Series presents La Rondine” (June 7-8). $20/general; $18/students/seniors

Shannon Pub - 9pm The Prodigals. $10

St. Joseph University Church - 8pm Vocalis Chamber Choir presents “Shall I Compare Thee?,” an evening of choral songs and excerpts from Shakespeare’s great works. $10

VFW Post 8113 - 3pm Second Annual Barrel Head Reunion featuring the Paul Pope Band, with Only Humen. $15/advance (Ticketmaster, www.paulpopeonline.com) or $20/day of show


SUN • 6/8

Club Infinity - 6pm Mushroomhead, with As Summer Dies & others

Pearl Street Grill & Brewery - 11am-4pm Buffalo Indie Market. Discover handmade, one of a kind jewelry, stationery, pottery, handbags, with live music & more. Visit www.buffaloindiepublic.com for details

R-Healin Center - 3-6pm Juneteenth Sankofa Days 2008: “Knowledge of Self Through Expression,” an international music and culture presentation lead by Ras Jomo of Project Access to A -Free-Ka

Trinity Lutheran Church - 8pm Vocalis Chamber Choir presents “Shall I Compare Thee?,” an evening of choral songs and excerpts from Shakespeare’s great works. $10


MON• 6/9

Merriweather Branch Library - 6-8pm Juneteenth Sankofa Days 2008: “Understanding the present Global African Family.” Yearly report by the African Conscious workshop study group


TUE • 6/10

Artpark - 6:30pm First Niagara Tuesday in the Park Free Concert Series: Trisha Yearwood and Lori McKenna

Em Tea Coffee Cup Cafe - at Hughes Ave, 7-9:30pm Juneteenth Sankofa Days 2008: “Words of Wisdom: Poetry for the People” annual open mic poetry jam

Mohawk Place - 8pm (doors). Centro-Matic, with the M’s and Semi-Tough. $10/advance (Ticketmaster) or $12/at door

Water Street Music Hall (Rochester) - 7pm Mark Kozelek (of Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon). $15/advance (Ticketmaster) or $17/day of show

WBFO at UB Allen Hall (South Campus) - 7pm Meet the Author Contemporary Non-Fiction Series: Louis P. Masur, “The Soiling of Old Glory: The Story of a Photograph That Shocked America


WED • 6/11

Delavan Grider Community Center - 6-8pm Juneteenth Sankofa Days 2008: “Knowledge of the African American Journey,” Community officials and historical organizations will deliver critical information on the state of Black America

Holiday Valley - 11am Buffalo Niagara Sales & Marketing Executives (BNSME) presents “Entrepalooza ‘08” with featured speaker Seth Godin, author/founder of squdoo.com. Registration at 11am, luncheon, 11:30am-12:30pm, main event 12:45-3:30pm, sponsor sessions 3:45-4:30pm, cocktail party/reception, 4-6pm. $149/general; $119/BNSME members; $60/students. Call 662-2279 to register

Hallwalls - 7:30pm Earth’s Daughters Magazine presents The Gray Hair Gala. Closing of the second season of the series with the season’s featured readers Manny Fried, Gary Earl Ross, Mike Basinski, Ann Goldsmith, Jorge Guitart, Jimmie Margaret Gilliam, Ansie Baird, Trudy Stern, Sherry Robbins, and Sally Fiedler. $5

Shanghai Red’s - 6-9pm “Follow the Sun.” Young Audiences 12th Annual Benefit Dinner & Silent Auction. $85-$125. Call 881-0971 for reservations

Soundlab - 9pm Giraffes! Giraffes!, VictoryLightBlackHoney, Shock Cousteau, Birdfeeder. $5


THU • 6/12

Buffalo Museum of Science - 5:30-10:30pm Juneteenth Sankofa Days 2008: “Understanding Images.” Collaboration with El Museo, Buffalo Museum of Science, Squeaky Wheel, and Juneteenth of Buffalo featuring paintings by William West and an outdoor film presentation by African American producers

Nietzsche’s - 9pm Johnny Nobody, with Prabir and the Substitutes. $5

Thursday at the Square - Downtown, 6pm Yonder Mountain String Band. Free