Announcements

East Side Garden Walk Soliciting Gardens to Participate — The East Side Garden Walk will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 17, with the deadline being Saturday, May 15. Register online at EastSideGardenWalk.com. If you have a garden in the footprint of the East Side Garden Walk, you’re welcome to participate. The East Side Garden Walk […]

Art

sat. 8 Art as Activism Through the Lens of Felicific Calculus — With Ben Hickey, Aitina Fareed-Cooke and Eric Kunsman. Join this discussion on how art/photography is a social change/social justice tool. Simply ‘like’ CEPA’s Facebook page and tune in with a drink at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 8. ongoing now-May 16 Making Strange — “Making Strange” explores the distortion […]

Classical

tues. 11 Dvorak’s Serenade — A colorful interplay of BPO musicians Nikki Chooi, Roman Mekinulov, Henry Ward, and Glenn Einschlag, performing solo as well as in duos and quartets, highlight Haydn’s delightful and witty sinfonia, his only effort at the genre. The theatrical, spirited work counters the serenity of Still’s heartwarming rhythms reminiscent of a lullaby, and the angelic, enchanting […]

Comedy

fri. 7 & sat. 8 Going from hanging in the hood to performing comedy on Jay Leno’s “Tonight Show” has been a long and fulfilling journey for Corey Holcomb. He will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, May 7 (sold out); 4 p.m. (tickets available) and 7 p.m. (sold out) Saturday, May 8, at Helium Comedy Club, 30 Mississippi St., Buffalo; […]

Concerts

Announcements Justin Bieber Reschedules Buffalo Show to May 14, 2022 — Grammy Award®-winning Justin Bieber has announced his rescheduled world tour dates. The tour was to kick off in May but was postponed this spring for the safety and health of fans and crew due to the coronavirus pandemic. The first rescheduled date, July 19, 2021, has been changed to […]

Family

sat. 8 Mother’s Day Walk — Celebrate all caregivers on this guided walk as you search for new life and discover how young plants and animals survive, 10 a.m. Saturday, May 8, at Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve, 93 Honorine Drive, Depew; Free – preregistration required. 716-683-5959, www.reinsteinwoods.org wed. 12 Wild Wednesday — Together, kids and their parents or caregivers can […]

Film

fri. 7 & sat. 8 Rope — The 1948 Alfred Hitchcock psychological thriller features Jimmy Stewart and Farley Granger, 7 p.m. Friday, May 7, and Saturday, May 8, at the Hamburg Palace Theatre, 31 Buffalo St., Hamburg; $. 716-649-2295, www.hamburgpalace.com fri. 7, sat. 8 & tues.11 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir — The 1947 film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz […]

Literature

tues. 11 Go Ahead, Try One: Finding Stories Through Food (Youth) — Could starting a novel be easy as pie? In this workshop, we will look at scenes of eating in the work of Ralph Ellison, Han Kang, Ben Lerner, Lydia Davis, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, and J.K. Huysmans. The scenes will vary between joy, reverie, disgust and refusal, but in all […]

Local Music

fri. 7 Dueling Pianos — 7 p.m., The Cove, 4701 Transit Road, Depew; $. 716-656-7946, www.thecoveseafoodandbanquets.com PastMasters — 6 p.m., the Rapids Theatre, 1711 Main St., Niagara Falls; $. 716-205-8925, www.rapidstheatre.com Miller and the Other Sinners — 5:30 p.m., The Sportsmen’s Tavern, 326 Amherst St., Buffalo; $. Visit www.sportsmenstavern.com for important information on ticket sales.716-874-7734 Elliot Scozarro Quintet — 9 […]

Performance

fri. 7 Banjo Juice Jazz Band — 7 p.m. Friday, May 7, at PAUSA Art House, 19 Wadsworth St., Buffalo; $; ticket includes: Food and drinks charge: $25 per person plus 20% gratuity, 8.75% sales taxes; music room seating charge – $15 per person bar, and TV room seating charge – $10 per person; patio tables charge – (umbrella/outdoor speakers) […]