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Keep an eye out for these upcoming events... As always, check our on-line events calendar for continually updated, full events listings.


FRI • 6/13

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

Blessed Sacrament Church - 7pm Harmonia Chamber Singers present “A Cappella Infusion: Music of the 20th and 21st Century.” Free

Chestnut Hill Country Club - noon 20th Annual Scholarship Benefit Golf Outing. $100 includes golf, lunch, open bar/hors d’oevres, dinner, raffle/prizes, entertainment. Registration at 12:15pm, Lunch at 12:30pm, shotgun start at 1:30pm. $40/cocktails & dinner only. Contact 961-1825 or www.villa.edu for tickets

Club Diablo - 9pm Metal Night with Matt Backlas, Joe Siracuse, Tony Lorenzo, & Brian Howard

Friday at the Falls - 7:30-9:30pm Penelope

Langston Hughes Institute - 7-10pm Juneteenth Sankofa Days 2008: “Genetic Wisdom: Soul Power.” Final evening of the Festival with singing, dancing, live music, and spoken word

Michael’s Banquet Facility - 7pm Nickel City Challenge Invitational Boxing Main Event. $20-$30. Contact 400-9697 or www.diaab.com for ddetails

Niagara Wine Weekend & Auction - Three-day epicurean event (June 13-15) with Celebrity Chef Michael Bonacini and music by the Temptations, Jann Arden, and the Pointer Sisters. $1000/person includes VIP Reception, Winemakers’ Dinners hosted by select wineries, Wine Garden Party, Gala Dinner & Dance, Live, Silent and Barrel Auctions on Saturday, Wineries Showcase on Sunday. Contact 866-946-3593 or www.niagarawineauction.com for reservations

Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort - 9pm Sinbad (June 13-14). Tickets start at $25 (877-833-3110/www.ticketmaster.ca)

Shannon Pub - 8:30pm JIG direct from Dublin 

Town Ballroom - 7pm (doors). Ryan Cabrara. $17.50/advance (box office, Tickets.com) or $20/at door

Xtreme Wheels - 6pm A Starless Sky, Diary of a Hitman, Wildebeest, Wontdabeest, A Fine Farewell. $8


SAT • 6/14

Artspace Lofts - 9pm Pecha Kucha Night Buffalo : Vol. #6. $3

Buffalo Homemade Bazaar - 10am-6pm Presented by the Grant Amherst Business Association and Sugar City, as part of Rediscover Amherst Street Festival. Parade, live music, art opening, vendors, & more. Visit http://www.myspace.com/buffalosugarcity for details

Club Infinity - 7pm The Common Kings, Standard of Living

Forgotten Buffalo - 5pm “Forgotten Buffalo: Soul of Buffalo.” Docent-led tours of Buffalo landmarks, taverns, old world neighborhoods and oddities $35. Reservations required, contact 833-5211or www.ForgottenBuffalo.com

Kleinhans - 9pm Grand Finale Pops Concert conducted by Joanne Faletta

Niagara Wine Trail - noon-6pm Father’s Day Wine & Cheese Weekend (June 14-15). $20/person (tickets available at any participating winery). Visit www.niagarawinetrail.org

Ninth Ward (downstairs at Babeville) - 8pm Ed Hammell in “The Terrorism of Everyday Life.” Stand up comic Kristen Becker will open the show

Rath Building - midnight The Spy Guys TV Show (Rick & Norm) patriotic event & unveiling of a Monument honoring Lt. Col. Matt Urban, America’s most decorated combat soldier. Meet on Franklin St. in front of the Rath Building. A televised after-party will be held at Buffalo’s finest, 2163 Seneca St. in S. Buffalo, with live music, refreshments, & more. Call 563-9116 for details

Tralf Music Hall - 7:30pm Think Twice Radio benefit for the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame and the Colored Musicians Club with music by Lenny Revell, McCarthyizm, and Scott Celani. $10/presale (Ticketmaster) or $15/day of show

Xtreme Wheels - 6pm The Fadeaway, Zero to Nothing, City of Kings, Atlas. $8


SUN • 6/15

Delaware Park - 7:30am Seventh Annual Jog for the Jake 5K on Father’s Day. Contact www.jogforthejake.org or 859-7589 to pre-register ($20,) or $25/same day registration. Kids’ dash at 8:30pm ($5), jog at 9:30am, reception & awards ceremony at 10:45am on the Nichols School Campus. Proceeds benefit the the Jacobs Neurological Institute 

St. Anthony of Padua RC Church - 7pm Camerata di Sant’ Antonio Chamber Orchestra Celebrate the Seasons 2007~2008 final concert, “Concerto d’Estate.” $17/general; $12/students; $8/kids 12 and under. Call 854-2563 for advance tickets


MON • 6/16

Main Street Armory (Rochester) - 7:30pm Modest Mouse. $30/advance (Ticketmaster)-$35/day of show

Orchard Park Country Club - 10am Buffalo Niagara Sales & Marketing Executives 13th Annual Golf Outing to support Junior Achievement of WNY. Registration at 10am, lunch at 11am, shotgun start at 12pm. After party with open bar, dinner stations and live & Chinese auction. $200/individual or $700/Early Bird Foursome (before May 1). $50 for dinner only. Contact 662-2279 or www.bnsme.org 

Xtreme Wheels - 6pm Catherine, Destroy the Runner, Hope Die Last, Memphis May Fire, the Messenger


TUE • 6/17

Artpark - 6:30pm First Niagara Tuesday in the Park Free Concert Series: Three Dog Night

Darien Lake - 7pm Dave Matthews Band. $39.50/lawn-$70 (LiveNation.com, Ticketmaster)


WED • 6/18

Xtreme Wheels - 6pm Just Surrender, Every Avenue, You Me and Everyone We Know, the Morning Light, Fighting For First. $10/advance or $12/at door


THU • 6/19

Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort - 8:30pm Ringo Starr & His All-Star Band (June19-20). Tickets start at $80 (877-833-3110/www.ticketmaster.ca)

Xtreme Wheels - 6pm Emarosa, Take the Crown, Jamie’s Elsewhere, Lower Definition, Dead and Divine. $10/advance or $12/at door