Weekend stuff for photographers

There are three relatively big events that we would love to see photographed this weekend...if you are available, please let me or Deanna know ASAP.

Here's the list:

• Buffalo Place Rocks The Harbor concerts. Friday: Umphrey's McGee. Saturday: Yonder Mt. String Band and Joan Osborne. These are going to be big concerts - and we can definitely help you out with some extra tickets if you want to bring a friend or two. It would be fantastic to get photographers out to these concerts. I'd do it myself but a.) I'm playing Gus Macker on Friday and b.) I've been promising my wife I'd paint the apartment since February...guess when I finally said I would do it. The gates open at 5 PM for these shows at Erie Canal Harbor in Buffalo.

• Citybration Parade. I'll let the Citybration folks explain this one...
  
  "Come alone, bring the family. or gather as a team or organization. Walk, ride your bike, jazz up your stroller, wear a costume, decorate your car, or build a crazy make-shift float. Just come and join the parade and have a truly memorable Sunday morning as we strut our love for this great city, and celebrate the many Buffalonians who are making a difference to our community. Come one, come all!
  
  Citybration invites all community organizations, residents, and visitors to march in celebration of all that's good in Buffalo. The "We Are Buffalo Parade" will start at 11 a.m. on Sunday, June 28 at Delaware Park's Meadow ring road near the corner of Parkside Avenue and the Scajaquada Expressway. We will march to the Buffalo Zoo and enter to enjoy the Buffalo Ambassadors Luncheon at Noon."
  

This would be a pretty easy event to shoot...and it looks like you may be able to wrangle a lunch out of the deal, too (I'll get the details if you're interested). Another event where you would be welcome to bring along a friend or well-wisher.

Anyhow, let me or Deanna know if you can pick up any of these events - we can use the assistance!

Photographers: shoot Sunday event, get $25 gift certificate

Spotted photographers -

Our promotions department at Buffalo.com would love to have a Spotted photographer at the Decorator Show House reception on Sunday at 7 PM (the house is located at 697 LeBrun in Eggertsville).

Since this is last-minute and kind of a weird time, I would normally do this myself - but I will be in Syracuse on Sunday.

Therefore - if anyone can pick up this event - not only will you have my gratitude but also a $25 gift certificate to Pizza Plant (the pizza there is good, I just had it at a meeting last week).

If you can make it, please let me know ASAP!

UPDATE: A photographer has been found, so this is all set...thank you to everyone who replied!

Still looking for photographers/writers for some of these events

Buffalo.com photo by Bonecrusher

If you have some free time and want to get out on the town over the next four days, just let me know...I'd love to see these events get covered:

(PS - Remember to get your pets photos into the "Puppy Love" community gallery when you have a chance!)

Thursday

• Psychobilly Record Hop. A “dance” with tons of 50s, honkey tonk, rockabilly, and punk music. 9 PM, Club Diablo, 517 Washington St., Buffalo.

Friday

• Bunkers in Baghdad benefit party. A happy hour event for Bunkers in Baghdad, Inc, a Buffalo-based not-for-profit that collects and sends new and used golf balls, clubs and equipment to our troops currently serving in combat zones in Iraq and Afghanistan for recreational purposes. 5:30 PM to 8 PM, Club W, 199 Delaware Ave., Buffalo.

• Canisius hockey: v. Sacred Heart. 7 PM, Buffalo State Ice Arena, Buffalo State College, Buffalo.

Saturday

• Live recording session with Gruvology. Buffalo-based jazz-funk favorites offer a live recording session. 7 PM, Hallwalls, 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo.

• Canisius hockey: v. Sacred Heart. 7 PM, Buffalo State Ice Arena, Buffalo State College, Buffalo.

• Rooftops. An up-and-coming Buffalo band performs live. 8 PM, Mohawk Place, 47 E. Mohawk St., Buffalo.

• Melissa Lussier. The local singer/songwriter performs live and celebrates the release of her new CD. 9 PM, Cabernet Wine Café, 9 PM, 9 N. Ellicott St., Buffalo.

Sunday

• Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery: Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio. From his roots in the legendary jazz clubs of Buffalo’s East Side through recordings and tours with such luminaries as George Benson, Lou Donaldson, and David “Fathead” Newman, Dr. Lonnie Smith is an authentic master of the Hammond B-3 organ. 3 PM, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo.

Lots of events left to choose from!

Buffalo.com photo by Mary Mahoney.

I know it is wicked cold outside...but please consider attending an event this week! Sign-ups have been slow in recent weeks, and, after sending out the latest list, they are down to a trickle. So please...consider taking an event (or two?) this weekend.

Is there a reason for the slowness? Let me know in the comments section below what you think.

Oh, and I noticed that I accidentally added a couple exta days to the events list. Thank you to Marc Wierzbowski for pointing that out...what can I say, I was in a hurry. Monday was Meetings Day here at Buffalo.com, and I was in a bit of a rush to get the list out...a situation made more urgent when my wife got home yesterday and realized she didn't have her apartment key. But all of the events are on the day listed, the days are just a little...superfluous. I apologize for any confusion.

Here are some events that would be great to have covered...if we could get a photographer and/or writer at each of these, I would be a happy man. Please let me know if you are interested.

Wednesday

• Psychobilly Record Hop. A “dance” with tons of 50s, honkey tonk, rockabilly, and punk music. 9 PM, Club Diablo, 517 Washington St., Buffalo.

Thursday

• World’s Largest Office Party. A benefit for the Make-A-Wish Foundation with live music from the Boys of Summer, guest and trick bartenders, and a lot more. 5 PM to 9 PM, Hyatt Regency Buffalo, Two Fountain Plaza, Buffalo.

• Psychobilly Record Hop. A “dance” with tons of 50s, honkey tonk, rockabilly, and punk music. 9 PM, Club Diablo, 517 Washington St., Buffalo.

Friday

• Bunkers in Baghdad benefit party. A happy hour event for Bunkers in Baghdad, Inc, a Buffalo-based not-for-profit that collects and sends new and used golf balls, clubs and equipment to our troops currently serving in combat zones in Iraq and Afghanistan for recreational purposes. 5:30 PM to 8 PM, Club W, 199 Delaware Ave., Buffalo.

• Canisius hockey: v. Sacred Heart. 7 PM, Buffalo State Ice Arena, Buffalo State College, Buffalo.

Saturday

• Live recording session with Gruvology. Buffalo-based jazz-funk favorites offer a live recording session. 7 PM, Hallwalls, 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo.

• Canisius hockey: v. Sacred Heart. 7 PM, Buffalo State Ice Arena, Buffalo State College, Buffalo.

• Rooftops. An up-and-coming Buffalo band performs live. 8 PM, Mohawk Place, 47 E. Mohawk St., Buffalo.

• Melissa Lussier. The local singer/songwriter performs live and celebrates the release of her new CD. 9 PM, Cabernet Wine Café, 9 PM, 9 N. Ellicott St., Buffalo.

Sunday

• Hunt Real Estate Art of Jazz Series at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery: Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio. From his roots in the legendary jazz clubs of Buffalo’s East Side through recordings and tours with such luminaries as George Benson, Lou Donaldson, and David “Fathead” Newman, Dr. Lonnie Smith is an authentic master of the Hammond B-3 organ. 3 PM, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo.