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The Studio Art Show featuring work by Rachel Hetzel, 2007 Saltonstall printmaking recipient, opens during regular library hours in the Peter A. and Mary Lou Vogt Gallery in the Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library on October 3rd. Hetzel’s prints and bound books begin with imperfect memories, patchy thoughts and fragmented narratives. An artist’s reception will be held tonight from 5–7PM in the Vogt Gallery. The exhibit continues until October 31. For library hours, call 716.888.2900.

Untitled (two dogs) (detail), letterpress print, 2008

The Studio Art Show featuring work by Rachel Hetzel, 2007 Saltonstall printmaking recipient, opens during regular library hours in the Peter A. and Mary Lou Vogt Gallery in the Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library on October 3rd. Hetzel’s prints and bound books begin with imperfect memories, patchy thoughts and fragmented narratives. An artist’s reception will be held tonight from 5–7PM in the Vogt Gallery. The exhibit continues until October 31. For library hours, call 716.888.2900.

Untitled (two dogs) (detail), letterpress print, 2008

The Studio Art Show featuring work by Rachel Hetzel, 2007 Saltonstall printmaking recipient, opens during regular library hours in the Peter A. and Mary Lou Vogt Gallery in the Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library on October 3rd. Hetzel’s prints and bound books begin with imperfect memories, patchy thoughts and fragmented narratives. An artist’s reception will be held tonight from 5–7PM in the Vogt Gallery. The exhibit continues until October 31. For library hours, call 716.888.2900.

Untitled (two dogs) (detail), letterpress print, 2008

Two-hour Twilight Exterior Walking Tour

Take a spooky walk through the Kleinhans neighborhood and see the sites where ghostly tales have been passed down for generations... you will be led on the tour by a guide (with a candle-lantern to light the way) who will show you the macabre sites. See where there was once a cemetery - now abandoned, yet some bodies still remain... see where the ghosts of the old Fargo mansion are said to still roam... hear tales of angered ghosts who seek vengeance against those who defiled their graves… and of the War of 1812 soldier who roams the neighborhood looking for his stolen skull... and many more! The old houses of the Kleinhans neighborhood have seen many funerals cross through their “casket doors,” and at dusk the houses take on a haunted ambiance. Be sure to bring a flashlight and your courage... being so close to Halloween and El Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), who knows if one of the ghosts will make an appearance.

Tour begins at Heart of the City Neighborhoods. Doors open at 5:00 PM; cider and donuts await. Proceeds benefit Heart of the City Neighborhoods, Inc. Space is limited. Please call 716.882.7661 or eMail Stephanie Simeon for reservations.

This urban gangster drama is the true story of Bags of Money, an ex-criminal turned businessman with no room for pity or emotions, flashy but severe. The Author of Thug Motivation has now created a Film/Documentary titled The Movement. Bags of money has built an empire and transformed an abandoned city into a well-profitable economic force. First-time director Shot Caller Extraordinaire keeps the traditional plot moving at an appropriately rapid pace, with stylish action sequences and energetic performances. This movement is somewhat controversial. However, the film's moral message is clearly anti-drug and anti-crime, its main intent to provide a high-powered, modern take on a gangster’s movement to corporate America.

This urban gangster drama is the true story of Bags of Money, an ex-criminal turned businessman with no room for pity or emotions, flashy but severe. The Author of Thug Motivation has now created a Film/Documentary titled The Movement. Bags of money has built an empire and transformed an abandoned city into a well-profitable economic force. First-time director Shot Caller Extraordinaire keeps the traditional plot moving at an appropriately rapid pace, with stylish action sequences and energetic performances. This movement is somewhat controversial. However, the film's moral message is clearly anti-drug and anti-crime, its main intent to provide a high-powered, modern take on a gangster’s movement to corporate America.

Hero is hosting a custom toy show featuring one-of-a-kind custom toys from over 30 artists from all over the world. The figure being customized by every artist is the 9" Blow Up Doll from Jamungo and each custom toy will be available for purchase. This B.U.D.'s for You was organized to spotlight the phenomenon of custom designed toys and the artists creating them. We are featuring seasoned toy designers, gigposter artists, fine artists, illustrators, tattoo artists, musicians, etc. and there will be local artists as well as international artists. Each piece is a one-of-kind toy and they are all available for purchase

The opening reception is tonight, from 7 - 11PM at El Museo directly next door to Hero. The show will only be on display at El Museo for the night of the reception (Hero will still be open next door) and the show will move over and remain on display at Hero from October 25 - December 23, 2008.

The collection will be on display for duration of the show at Hero Design Studio + Boutique at 93 Allen Street. Pieces will be on sale during the opening of the show and throughout, and remaining unpurchased pieces will be for sale on the Hero website beginning October 27.

Click here for more info http://heroandsound.com/customshow08.

A night of vanishing, "blindingly beautiful" American music. Riverrun and Cinegael Buffalo present “Sounds in the American Dark,” an evening of rare music, art, and film with Art Rosenbaum and family, as part of Gusto at the Gallery.

Rosenbaum has spent over 50 years traveling in the American south and mid-west, field recording such vanishing traditional music as slave and ring shout, murder ballads, slide and bottleneck blues, work chants, corridos, gospel and more. He has traveled with his wife Margo, whose photographs accompany his work and more recently, with his son Neil, a documentarian who has filmed many of the field recordings.

The program begins at 7PM with the premiere screening of Neil Rosenbaum’s “Sing My Troubles By,” a powerful introduction to America’s darkly beautiful music traditions. Afterward, Neil Rosenbaum and Patrick Martin, director of riverrun and Cinegael Buffalo, will discuss this unusual film.

At 8:15PM Art Rosenbaum will speak and present rare music and interviews from his archives and from “Goodbye Babylon.” A musician and artist himself (and a retired Professor of Art from the University of Georgia), Rosenbaum will also perform some of the music with local Buffalo musicians including his long time friend, Professor Laurence Shine, of Buffalo State College. The artwork and photographs of Art and Margo Rosenbaum will also be on display (artwork pictured is by Art Rosenbaum—the cover of “Art of Field Recording: Vol 1”).

At 9:30PM, Art and Neil Rosenbaum, now producing “Art of Field Recording: Vol 2,” will field record selected Buffalo musicians. Music will continue in the Muse Restaurant from 10-11PM. There will be a cash bar. The entire program is available at www.riverrunbuffalo.org and www.albrightknox.org. This event is free and open to the public.

Join us at Hauptman-Woodward as we make a journey through the world of wine glasses and fine wine. Georg Riedel, President and 10th generation at the over 300 year old Riedel Crystal, will lead us on this journey. His expertise in the field of wine glasses and knowledge of fine wine, combined with his exceptional talent for stories and history are not to be missed.

Wine and appetizers are included in the tasting. Tickets include a set of 4 Vitis Riedel glasses. Space is limited, please call 716.898.8597 for reservations.