Buffalo.com Events List 3/22

Hello everyone,

Happy Spring! Let’s keep our fingers crossed that the warm weather comes back.
The photos from this weekend are outstanding! Make sure to give them a look: http://www.mybuffalo.com/service/searchEverything.kickAction?as=85283&tab=yes&includeSets=on Thanks to everyone who went out!

Ben and I would like to welcome three new contributors to the program. Tom, Josh and Nicole will be working with us and we look forward to their photos and articles.

We have a few festive events to look forward to on Saturday:
2nd Annual Peep Eating Contest Broadway Market- 999 Broadway 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
This sounds like a fun seasonal event that a lot of people will attend. The Broadway Market is always extra busy before Easter and it would be great to get someone to this contest! Thanks to Ray for telling us about it.
How many marshmallow peeps can you devourer in 60 seconds? Winners get title and prizes! Registration starts at 11am at the Information Booth on day of the event.

2nd Annual BunnyFest - Benefit for Roswell Park Cancer Institute Choco-Logo
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Join Choco-Logo for a benefit for Roswell Park Cancer Institute. It's Easter time and bunnies will be running the chocolate factory! Activities for the BunnyFest will include make your own chocolate Easter Bunny, demonstration of chocolate cornflake nests production, face painting, Easter tattoos, pose for a photo with the Easter Bunny (bring your own camera), Raffles, Door Prizes, Balloons and more!
For more info visit http://www.chocologo.com/events

Holiday Valley's Pond Skimming Spring Party Holiday Valley
This would be great for photos or an article if you feel like a little road trip!
What would Spring at Holiday Valley be without the Pond Skimming Spring Party!
This day includes the Bump or Burn Dual Mogul Competition (register from 7:30 to 8:30 in Training Center), the Pond Skimming competition (register at 11:00, starts at 1:00), and more exciting fun to be announced.
All the action takes place at Yodeler...bring your friends, your lawn chair, sunglasses and swimmies...and be there!
http://www.holidayvalley.com/HolidayValley/info/pond-skimming.aspx

Have a great week!

Sincerely,

Deandra Modica
849-6926


Events List 3/22

Tuesday

BPO Award-winning Youth Concert 10:15 a.m.- 11:45 Kleinhans Music Hall
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Associate Conductor, Matthew Kraemer invites school administrators, the media, and interested business leaders to attend one of our award-winning Youth Concerts sponsored by HSBC from 10:15-11:00 am at Kleinhans Music Hall. Matthew Kraemer will host a coffee and donut reception after the concert for all guests, from 11:00 – 11:45 am.
Andy Parker from Channel 2 Weather will be in attendance for the “Music in the Clouds” concert along with 2,000 school children from 3rd to 6th grades.
BPO Youth Concerts have been recognized nationally for their quality and innovation.

Moscow Festival Ballet Swan Lake UB Center for the Arts - 8 p.m.
Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Moscow Festival Ballet brings together the highest classical elements of the great Bolshoi and Kirov Ballet companies. Swan Lake, a full-length ballet in four acts, is one of dance's most popular and enduring works.

Wednesday

DIVA by DIVA: A Celebration of Women! Dinner Theatre Show- ECC North Campus
7:30 p.m.
WNY's Longest Running Show is having a Special Birthday Year!
Celebrate the 10th Anniversary Year of O'Connell & Company's Award-Winning
Original Hit - Join us for a 10th Anniversary DIVA-licious performance filled with songs, readings, poetry, humor & quotes for, by & about women ... plus prizes & surprises!
For more info visit http://www.oconnellandcompany.com/DIVA_by_DIVA.php

The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band Tralf Music Hall- Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Blues Revue Magazine says of Peyton, “His playing style melded the delicate elements of Mississippi John Hurt’s music, the vocal anguish and slash-and-burn acoustic slide styles of Charley Patton and Son House, the rebelliousness and everyman storytelling of folk icon Woody Guthrie and a hint of Americana rock of the kind performed by Scarecrow era John Mellencamp, also an Indiana native.”
For more info visit www.tralfmusichall.com

Thursday

Women and the Law Program The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library -12 p.m.
Help commemorate Women’s History Month!
Two of Western New York’s eminent practitioners in the legal field will discuss the increasingly influential roles of women in the local and national justice system in a lunchtime program, “Women and the Law.” The program is free and open-to-the-public. Speakers Maryann Saccomando Freedman, of Counsel at Cohen & Lombardo, P.C. and Erie County Family Court Judge Lisa Bloch Rodwin will discuss the impacts that women as attorneys, legislators, advocates, judges and clients are having on how the law is written, interpreted and applied.
This program is presented in conjunction with the Library’s activities commemorating March as Women’s History Month and its current exhibition The Three Thayers: Murder and Spectacle in Early Buffalo, on display through May 23rd.
For more information, visit www.buffalolib.org.

Friday

Sabres Power Play Luncheon with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman HSBC Arena
12 p.m.
The Buffalo Sabres have announced that NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman will be the keynote speaker at the final Power Play Luncheon in the HSBC Arena 100 Level Harbour Club.

UB’s HAITI OUTREACH Drama Theatre at UB’s Center for the Arts
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Several members of the UB community who answered the call to help Haiti following the Jan. 12 disaster will provide an inside look at their experiences in a program, “UB Reaching Others: The Haiti Earthquake.”
For more info go to http://ubcommunity.blogspot.com/2010/03/haiti-earthquake-event.html

Greater Buffalo Youth Ballet presents The Sleeping Beauty UB Center for the Arts
7:30 p.m.
Come see this well loved classical ballet that is wondrous to see, glorious to hear and ablaze with fantasy, brought to the stage by the Greater Buffalo Youth Ballet. The Greater Buffalo Youth Ballet, Western New York’s premier youth ballet company, is a non-profit ballet company with over 80 dancers ranging from ages 6 to professional and performs classical, modern, and original works throughout Western New York.

Black Pearl Sings!.ECC North Campus 7:30 p.m
Black Peral Sings! is a powerful, honest & wryly funny story of two women from radically different backgrounds & the music that unites them by Frank Higgins. The song is the story. In the midst of the Great Depression, Susannah Mullally travels the country, recording lost traditional songs for the Library of Congress. Hoping to find the one song that will bring her long-awaited recognition, she discovers Pearl Johnson in a Texas prison. With a soulful voice & a wealth of African-American spiritual songs, Pearl seeks information & a chance at freedom. Now, each woman must decide how much of herself she is willing to give to get what she wants in return.
"Great stuff. Rediscovered musical gems and two top talents carry the night."
-- The Buffalo News, 3 Stars

Free Henry! Niagara Falls Hard Rock Café -8 p.m.
The local band is playing another show in the area and this one is free!
More info at http://www.freehenryband.com/tour.php

Post VNV Nation Batcave Party Club Diablo Doors open at 9:00 p.m.
Join Club Diablo for a Post VNV Nation, Batcave Party. There will be no cover charge if you show your VNV Nation ticket stub. DJ’s Oldskool and Bud Redding will be spinning. Club Diablo is located at 517 Washington Street.
For more info visit www.clubdiablo.com.

Saturday

Holiday Valley's Pond Skimming Spring Party Holiday Valley
This would be great for photos or an article if you feel like a little road trip!
What would Spring at Holiday Valley be without the Pond Skimming Spring Party!
This day includes the Bump or Burn Dual Mogul Competition (register from 7:30 to 8:30 in Training Center), the Pond Skimming competition (register at 11:00, starts at 1:00), and more exciting fun to be announced.
All the action takes place at Yodeler...bring your friends, your lawn chair, sunglasses and swimmies...and be there!
http://www.holidayvalley.com/HolidayValley/info/pond-skimming.aspx

2nd Annual Peep Eating Contest Broadway Market- 999 Broadway 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
This sounds like a fun seasonal event that a lot of people will attend. The Broadway Market is always extra busy before Easter and it would be great to get someone to this contest! Thanks to Ray for telling us about it.
How many marshmallow peeps can you devourer in 60 seconds? Winners get title and prizes! Registration starts at 11am at the Information Booth on day of the event.

2nd Annual BunnyFest - Benefit for Roswell Park Cancer Institute Choco-Logo
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Join Choco-Logo for a benefit for Roswell Park Cancer Institute. It's Easter time and bunnies will be running the chocolate factory! Activities for the BunnyFest will include make your own chocolate Easter Bunny, demonstration of chocolate cornflake nests production, face painting, Easter tattoos, pose for a photo with the Easter Bunny (bring your own camera), Raffles, Door Prizes, Balloons and more!
For more info visit http://www.chocologo.com/events

Buffalo vs. Rochester Punk Showdown Club Diablo Doors open at 6:00 p.m.
This looks like an interesting event!
Featured performers include The Clockers, The Emersons, Morgue Riot, Pre-Emptive Strike, Frustration Made Me Do It, Radioactive Showshu, Quipster and more!
For more info visit http://www.clubdiablo.com/WebModules/Events/Events.aspx?eid=751

Black Pearl Sings!.ECC North Campus 7:30 p.m
Black Peral Sings! is a powerful, honest & wryly funny story of two women from radically different backgrounds & the music that unites them by Frank Higgins. The song is the story. In the midst of the Great Depression, Susannah Mullally travels the country, recording lost traditional songs for the Library of Congress. Hoping to find the one song that will bring her long-awaited recognition, she discovers Pearl Johnson in a Texas prison. With a soulful voice & a wealth of African-American spiritual songs, Pearl seeks information & a chance at freedom. Now, each woman must decide how much of herself she is willing to give to get what she wants in return.
"Great stuff. Rediscovered musical gems and two top talents carry the night."
-- The Buffalo News, 3 Stars

Spring Fever Dance Party Tralf Music Hall
Dance party with DJ Medison & Biacco.
For more info go to http://www.tralfmusichall.com/

Relay For Life of The University at Buffalo Sat. Mar. 27, 2010 - Sun. Mar. 28, 2010 6:00pm-6:00am
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a life-changing event that gives everyone in communities across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. At Relay, teams of people camp out at a local high school, park, or fairground and take turns walking around a track or path. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event.
Anyone can participate in Relay For Life. No matter who you are, there’s a place for you at Relay.

Sunday

Black Pearl Sings!.ECC North Campus 2:30 p.m.
Black Peral Sings! is a powerful, honest & wryly funny story of two women from radically different backgrounds & the music that unites them by Frank Higgins. The song is the story. In the midst of the Great Depression, Susannah Mullally travels the country, recording lost traditional songs for the Library of Congress. Hoping to find the one song that will bring her long-awaited recognition, she discovers Pearl Johnson in a Texas prison. With a soulful voice & a wealth of African-American spiritual songs, Pearl seeks information & a chance at freedom. Now, each woman must decide how much of herself she is willing to give to get what she wants in return.
"Great stuff. Rediscovered musical gems and two top talents carry the night."
-- The Buffalo News, 3 Stars

Passion Pit Rapids Theater, Niagara Falls, NY 7:00 p.m.
Passion Pit is an electronic band that formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The lead singer, Michael Angelakos, is a Buffalo native and the concert hall is sure to be full of local fans. This event would be great for both photographers and a writer!
Find more info about the band here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passion_Pit

Monday

6th Annual Scotty Bowman Showcase HSBC Arena. 6 p.m.
The showcase consists of two all-star hockey games between high school aged players from Buffalo against their rivals from Rochester. The event will also feature a 20-minute Girls Showcase between games, featuring the top local high school girl’s players from the Buffalo-area club teams.
The event is named after the legendary Scotty Bowman, the winningest coach in NHL history. He will be in attendance to present the Bowman Cup to the victorious senior team.
This year’s event will once again feature Music is Art’s “High School Battle of The Bands,” featuring some of the best musical talent that Western New York has to offer. Six finalists (chosen from over 150 WNY schools) will perform during intermission and in between games for a panel of music industry professionals, with one chosen as the Best High School Band in WNY. The bands will compete in a special performance area in the Zamboni end of the arena, which will be broadcast on the HD videoboard and throughout the arena sound system.

David Gray UB Center for the Arts 8:00PM
Special Guest: Phosphorescent
David Gray has sold 12 million albums, including the best selling album in Ireland ever with White Ladder (which included the hits "Please Forgive Me," "Babylon" and more).
He is touring in support of his latest release Draw The Line.
Visit http://www.davidgray.com/