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Join Family Voices Network of Erie County in supporting "National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day" by Celebrating the Success of Our Families.

The 3rd Annual Most Valuable Voice (MVV) Awards and Youth Recognition will be announced at this luncheon. The awards honor the individuals or organizations that have done the most to increase attention to the needs of children with serious emotional or behavioral challenges in Erie County; and recognize youth who are making significant improvements in their lives.

Moms across the country are preparing for the only festival created to celebrate Moms Who Rock! The festival started seven years ago with ten bands on one night in Manhattan. Mamapalooza is now celebrating its 7th anniversary with over 300 acts in 20 cities worldwide. Brought to Buffalo by its local coordinator Annette Daniels Taylor, this will be Buffalo’s 3rd year. The artists participating include Annette Daniels Taylor, Noa Bursie, Kilissa Cissoko, Wise Mecca, Daughters of Creative Sound, Barbara Levy Daniels, Jennifer Elinge, Folkloric Productions, The Beat Chicks, Linda M., Belly Dance with Faaria, Vonnetta T. Rhodes, Verniece Turner, and Lilliangina Quinones. Mamapalooza is a comprehensive professional group of musicians, performers, artists, comics, writers and athletes with a proven track record of sold out shows and critical acclaim. Mamapalooza aspires to empower women through performance and merchandising opportunities.

Mamapalooza

5 – 7PM Art Activity: Make a Gift for Mom

5PM Mamapolooza - Celebrate “Moms that Rock” when Mamapolooza 2008 takes over the Albright-Knox. Hear mother musicians, artists, authors, and dancers perform everything from ‘Storytellers Theater’ to belly dancing. Performers for the festival include: Liz Abbott, the Beatchicks, Faaria, Noa Bursie, Kilissa Cissoko, Annette Daniels Taylor, Jennifer Elinge, Daughters of Creative Sound, Folkloric Productions, Barbara Levy-Daniels, Linda M, Wise Mecca, Vonetta T. Rhodes, Verniece Turner, and Lilliangina Quinones.

6PM Family Tour: Girls in the Gallery - Join us for a family tour of select female artists from our Permanent Collection currently on view in both Remix: Color and Light and Remix: Recent Acquisitions.

6:30PM Adult Tour: The Feminine Eye - Celebrate women in the arts and join an adult tour of select female artists from the permanent collection currently on view in both Remix: Color and Light and Remix: Recent Acquisitions.

This Winter I could only paint Spring flowers features new work by Buffalo artist Barbara Baird. Join Barbara and friends at the opening reception tonight.

Barbara Baird, well known artist throughout New York, was born and bred in Eden, where she still spends half the year. Eden is a farming community about 25 miles south of Buffalo so she is very familiar with its environs. Therefore, it is no surprise that much of her work is based on the rural landscape, exploring the patterns and lines that imposed by us on the randomness of Nature. The roads, silos, plowed fields, orchards and planted crops all bestow a beautiful symmetry and geometry upon the earth, imparting the most logical way to get from one point to another, and thus creating endless vanishing points on the horizon. Found objects, such as nests, bones, dead insects and dead birds are also an important part of her subject matter. And what painter is not occasionally beguiled by those enticing flowers? For the first time in a solo exhibition, Barbara will debut all those enticing flowers. We invite you to explore Barbara Baird's inspiration in this unique show.

Come check out The Pete Best Band with Beatlemagic and special guests The Fab Five!

Re-live the exciting pre-Beatlemania days of 1960-62 with the man who put the original beat in The Beatles: Pete Best and The Pete Best Band.

The band will take you on an amazing journey back to Liverpool's Cavern Club, The Casbah, and the rollicking clubs of Hamburg, Germany. You'll be singing along with the Mersey beatin', high-energy songs that The Beatles played live on stage in the early years with Best on drums, including "My Bonnie", the recording that lit the initial spark of Beatlemania in 1961.

Fantastic rock-n-roll classics are on tap, including some early Beatle's originals, plus fun firsthand stories about John, Paul, George and Stu, from the man who shared the stage.

Photo: The Pete Best Band

If You Give a Pig a Party is a musical based on the best-selling family-favorite by the authors of If You Gave A Pig A Pancake and If You Gave A Mouse A Cookie. When this little piggy is thrown a party, she’ll ask for some balloons. When you give her the balloons, she’ll want a lovely party dress, decorations, invitations…and more and more and more! When she’s finished, she’ll call all of her friends – Mouse, Moose, Dog, Cat and Snake for games, snacks, and treats! When the party ends they’ll all clean the house, take a scrub in the tub, find pajamas…have pillow fights…and another party!

“The set for If You Give A Pig A Party is unlike any other previously designed for the TOY stage.” remarks Kenneth Shaw, TOY’s Resident Set and Costume Designer, “Drops and other elements that frame the stage are sculpted entirely of balloons. Colorful and light, the set is literally a big party, with a fun and airy atmosphere that will quickly draw very young children into the feeling of the show.”

Come see For What Its Worth and Await Rescue at Club W!

Photo: For What Its Worth

This is the annual celebration of the home movie format that just won't quit! Global Super-8 Day is a special day when local and international artists get together and show their super-8 films to a dedicated audience of like-minded film-enthusiasts!

An energetic and audience pleasing philosophy has made this guitarist, singer and songwriter a mainstay on the live music scene. Mark Winsick was honored with the 2002 Buffalo Music Award for Best Traditional Blues Band, the 2004 Artvoice Best of Buffalo Award, and the 2005 BluesBeat “Muddy” Local Artist of the Year award. His song “True Love Brings Peace of Mind” was selected to appear on 107.7 FM’s The Lake Local Music CD Vol. 1 to benefit the Music is Art Foundation and received regular airplay. Another song of Mark’s, “It Hurts to Say Goodbye”, was chosen to appear on The Lake Local Music CD Vol. 2. His song "Shufflin' For Blue" is featured on 88.7 WBFO Gives Me the Blues CD Vol. 2. Winsick's guitar skills landed him a spot on the Maverick Records release, "Hot Guitars from Buffalo, Vol. 1. His own live band recording, "Straight Up," has been played on 88.7 WBFO’s Saturday and Sunday blues shows regularly since it's release. Also, he was asked to lend his talent to a charity compilation called; "Sounds of Buffalo Blues, Volume One," which raises money for cancer research.

Join Shadow Lounge jazz club, restaurant and martini bar as they kick off the weekend with a live show featuring The Bohm Witman Project (formally Winelight).

Nietzsche's hosts a fund raising concert to benefit The Buffalo Infringement Festival. The line up includes Mr. Hakim, Aediem, Tentet/Octet, Axis of Evil, Qualia, Noah Gokey, Bonus Plus, Joseph Mulhollen and Shut Eyes.