Looking for a photographer for a benefit

Buffalo.com photo by Mary Mahoney.

Marian Hetherly, one of our writers in the YourHub program, forwarded me the info below on an upcoming local benefit. Marian will be writing a story at the benefit, and it would be great if we could get a photographer out there, too.

Photographers...if you are interested...please let me or Deanna know.

Or, if you just want to go as a civilian, it looks like a pretty worthy cause.

Here's the info:

Benefit for Randy Keller:
Local Celtic musician and DJ for Bluegrass Music show on WBFO

Sunday March 8 at Brennan's Bowery Bar & Restaurant
4401 Transit Rd., Buffalo
3 PM- 9 PM
$20 per person
Live Entertainment
Irish and Bluegrass Bands

Raffles, Chinese auction, Food, Coffee, Tea and Snacks

32 “ Flat Screen Sony TV auction ($5.00 donation per chance)
-Donated by the West Herr Auto Group

Bands will include:

Creek Bend
Kindred
City Fiddle
Reardon and Garvey
Emma and Carl Eddy
Emerald Isle
And More!

For tickets call 716-627-9010 or 716-683-1495
More information at www.BuffaloBluegrass.com
To help us sell tickets, call us.

More disco

Buffalo.com photo by Chris Brown.

Everybody seems to love the disco events - in fact, you might say we all have "Disco Fever" (hahahaha...oh, I'll stop now) - so I thought you might want to know about this event...we were invited to send someone, so if you want to go, please let me know.

East Aurora's Largest Disco
Saturday, March 7
7 PM - 11 PM
Boys and Girls Club of East Aurora (adults only)

Ultimate Bridal Show - April 5 - Looking for multiple volunteers for multimedia project

Buffalo.com photo by Erica Morano.

I'm unable to find a link for it at this precise moment, but I am looking for 3-4 interns to help me cover the Ultimate Wedding Show on Sunday, April 5 from roughly noon to 5 PM at Macy's at the Walden-Galleria Mall. It's the finale of the big bridal photo contest sponsored by BuffaloBrides.com.

What I would ideally like to do is to have a team that can shoot video, do on-camera interviews, write blogs/post to Twitter, and take photos. We would upload our content directly from the site, giving it a "live" feel.

Everyone will have a chance to do everything - that is, the writer will have a chance to do interviews or run the camera or take pictures, the photographer can do some quick writing, the cameraperson may also be sending Twitter messages, etc. This would be real fast-paced and, I think, a lot of fun.

This is a model that we would like to pursue for multiple events this summer (including a lot of fun stuff), so this would be a test run to see, logistically, how this works, what doesn't work, and what we may need to tweak.

If you are interested, please let me know. I will be there myself, and I'm going to be doing all of the same stuff that you are. I'm looking forward to this.

Hey, YourHub gang...

Buffalo.com photo by Rachelle Roberts.

...watch your cutting and pasting. If you write your articles in Word and then paste them into YourHub (which is not a bad idea by any means), take a moment to double check your story - particularly the very first sentence.

There is a good chance you'll see something that looks like this:

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Some sort of code is showing up as a result of the transfer process. It's not harmful or anything, but it looks kind of bad - particularly when your story is showing up in the featured section in a particular hub. I don't know about you - if I see an interesting headline but the lede is "Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer4," I usually don't click over to the story.

Anyhow...just something to keep your eye on. Thanks!

Events List: 3-2 to 3-8

Buffalo.com photo by Ray Milkowski.

Deanna is on events this week...please contact her with your requests.

Monday:

High School Hoops:

Boys: Wilson vs. Allegany-Limestone, 6pm, Akron vs. Southwestern, 7:45pm, both at Hilbert College, 5200 South Park Ave., Hamburg

Girls: Nichols vs. Nardin, 6:30pm, Sacred Heart vs. Mount Mercy, 8 pm, Canisius College's Koessler Athletic Center

Buffalo Home & Garden Show: Everything for the indoors and outdoors under one roof! 5-9pm, Buffalo Convention Center, Franklin Street, Buffalo.

Tuesday:

Buffalo Home & Garden Show: Everything for the indoors and outdoors under one roof! 5-9pm, Buffalo Convention Center, Franklin Street, Buffalo.


Wednesday:

Buffalo Home & Garden Show: Everything for the indoors and outdoors under one roof! 5-9pm, Buffalo Convention Center, Franklin Street, Buffalo.

Governor’s Town Meeting in Niagara Falls: The latest in a series of town meetings across the state to give the public a say on the state’s fiscal crisis. Excellent opportunity for all you up-and-coming writers, 5:30pm, Niagara Falls Housing Authority’s Doris W. Jones Family Resource Building, 3001 Ninth Street, Niagara Falls

Anna Quindlen: Her column, The Last Word, is featured in Newsweek and read by millions. Her book, Rise and Shine, debuted on the New York Times bestsellers list at #1, 8pm, UB’s Center for the Arts


Thursday:

Buffalo Home & Garden Show: Everything for the indoors and outdoors under one roof! 5-9pm, Buffalo Convention Center, Franklin Street, Buffalo.

Fishy Fundraiser: “SEAasonings: The Original Taste of Niagara”, Food and win from Niagara Falls restaurants and wineries while watching fish and other wildlife, 6-9pm, Aquarium of Niagara, 701 Whirlpool Street, Niagara Falls

Buffalo Spree Theater Night: Jewish Repertory Theatre’s Hello Muddah! Hello Fadduh! The Allan Sherman Musical, 7:30pm. Road Less Traveled Theatre, 639 Main Street, Buffalo, inside Market Arcade Film & Arts Center

March on Stage: Wenzday At-emz, Soul Alignment & Billy Drease Williams, 8:30pm, Hard Rock Cafe - Niagara Falls, USA

Enter the Haggis: 8:30pm, Shannon Pub


Friday:

Buffalo Home & Garden Show: Everything for the indoors and outdoors under one roof! 10am-9pm, Buffalo Convention Center, Franklin Street, Buffalo

Cavalcade of Cars Auto Show: Featuring Rods, Custom Classics, Motorcycles, & Auto Related items, 5-10pm, The Fairgrounds-Agri-Center, 5600 McKinley Pkwy, Hamburg

“CSI: Live!”: The popular TV show, brought to the stage, complete with a crime and investigation, 8pm, UB Center for the Arts, North Campus, Amherst

Penny Whiskey in the Pub: 8:30pm, Shannon Pub, 2250 Niagara Falls Blvd.

Amanda and Joe Acoustic Duo: 10pm , Kodiak Jack’s, Two Rod Road, East Aurora



Saturday:

Buffalo Home & Garden Show: Everything for the indoors and outdoors under one roof! 10am-9pm, Buffalo Convention Center, Franklin Street, Buffalo

Cavalcade of Cars Auto Show: Featuring Rods, Custom Classics, Motorcycles, & Auto Related items, 10am-10pm, The Fairgrounds-Agri-Center, 5600 McKinley Pkwy, Hamburg

Shamrock Run: Due to the size of this 8K Run we could use a few Spotted photographers logistically placed throughout the route through the First Ward of Buffalo, “Everybody’s Irish Today!”, 12Noon, Old First Ward Community Center, 62 Republic Street, Buffalo

Wild Workshop: Behind-the-scenes workshop where people will meet with zookeepers to learn daily routine of animals, 1-3pm, Buffalo Zoo, Parkside, Buffalo

"An Evening Under the Stars": Fundraiser to raise money for scholarships for at risk children attending the Literacy Program, 6:00pm, Hyatt Regency, Two Fountain Plaza, Buffalo

70's Disco Dance: Boogie Wonderland, Saturday Night Fever and more! 8:00pm-12:00am, Brighton Fire Hall. 50 Jamaica Rd, Tonawanda, NY

Queen City Roller Girls "Blizzard of Blood": Alley Kats vs. Nickel City Knockouts
7:30pm. 101 Oliver St, N. Tonawanda

Poor Ould Goat: 8:30pm, Shannon Pub, 2250 Niagara Falls Blvd.



Sunday:

Buffalo Home & Garden Show: Everything for the indoors and outdoors under one roof! 10am-6pm, Buffalo Convention Center, Franklin Street, Buffalo

Cavalcade of Cars Auto Show: Featuring Rods, Custom Classics, Motorcycles, & Auto Related items, 10am-6pm, The Fairgrounds Agri-Center, 5600 McKinley Pkwy, Hamburg

UB Men’s Basketball: The Bulls take on Miami (OH), 2:00pm, Alumni Arena

George Thorogood and the Destroyers: Proclaimed as "The World’s Greatest Bar Band" George Thorogood and The Destroyers have been making hits for more than 30 years, 7pm, The Seneca Allegany Events Center

Because such things interest me

...if you get a chance, check out the new home page for Skittles - yes, the little fruit-flavored candy. They've converted their homepage into a Twitter feed, so anytime someone on Twitter uses the term "Skittles," it appears right there at the Skittles Web site. As you can see, there are some pretty strong reactions to this experiment.

Just thought you might be interested! Lord knows these things fascinate me.

A couple notes of interest

Buffalo.com photo by Marc Wierzbowski.

This info was passed along to me this weekend, so I thought I would share...

• Betty Wagner found some info on a new Buffalo Digital Video group that is in the process of being formed...any of you who are interested in video projects or collaborating with some of your peers in the area may find this interesting.
  
  Writers, this includes you - if you are interested in writing screenplays or writing for television, etc., it would behoove you to make friends with some people who are savvy with the camera. There is nothing more valuable in terms of experience than writing for the genre that you would like to pursue, and this could be a terrific networking opportunity.
  
  
• The Puppy Love community gallery is officially closed (well, you could technically still post photos there, but you can't win any of the prizes anymore), but if you still would like to share your pet photos - specifically those of the feline variety - check out this application that Darleen Stry found for the 2009 Hilton (NY) Apple Fest cat and kitten photo competiton. If you win, I would like 5 pounds of Red Delicious as a finder's fee, please.