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Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan
In collaboration with the Darwin Martin House and Buffalo Tours

Frank Lloyd Wright’s contributions of design and architecture to Western New York are extensive. Join us to discuss Wright and the influence Japan and Japanese culture had on his work with University of Oregon Professor of Architecture and author of Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan, Kevin Nute. Enjoy an architectural tour of the exterior of the Gallery and the Japanese Gardens at Delaware Park before participating in a traditional Japanese tea ceremony.

The Ten Lives Club – non-profit Cat Adoption and Rescue Group is having a fundraiser at the Cozumel Grill. The event features silent auction, theme basket raffle, drink and food specials.

Ten Lives Club is a non-profit cat adoption and rescue organization located in Western New York. Since 2001 Ten Lives Club has touched the lives of over 6000 cats and kittens whether through adoptions, spay and neutering efforts or through the assistance they offer. The fundraiser will help us feed, medicate, and house over 400 cats in our program and help kick off our Street Cat Division, a special rescue program for stray and unwanted cats that are friendly and adoptable. The Street Cat Division has already rescued 8 strays from the West Side and South Buffalo.

Contact Ten Lives Club at 716.646.5577 for more info.

So there’s this big night you must come be a part of. You’ll enjoy dinner, mingling with friends, and a wonderful theatrical performance of your choice. You’ll enjoy outdoor street performances and happenings that have only occurred in your imagination to this point. It’s truly an event not to be missed.

Cocktails, 5–6PM Cocktail reception in the Grand Lobby of Shea’s Performing Arts Center. Open to the public with a cash bar.

Gala Dinner, 6:00 – 7:30PM Annual Curtain Up! Creative Black-Tie Gala Dinner on Shea’s stage including additional seating on the balcony level. Tickets must be purchased in advance by calling 716.829.1172. Restaurants in the Theatre District will also be accepting dinner reservations.

Performances, 8PM See the full schedule here. Simply reserve your seats by calling the individual theatre.

Street Party, 10PM-1AM Following the performances, a free community celebration offering a variety of unique entertainment will be held on Main Street in Downtown Buffalo’s Theatre District. The event includes various outdoor entertainment and post parties.

Buffalo's Alison Pipitone has been rockin' for 20 years. She'll be making everyone happy at happy hour tonight.

For a band that's fiercely independent and stunningly visceral in both their recorded material and their live shows, NYC's Mindless Self Indulgence know how to make a big commotion. Since 1997, this co-ed electronic/punk rock band has been storming the electronic and punk scenes sweeping up many hardcore fans in its wake with its music and incendiary live performances.

Catch them on their world tour when they stop in Buffalo tonight.

Buffalo’s favorite Lorraine O’Donnell stars as the “Queen of Blue-Eyed Soul” in the 90 minute, re-imagined version of the singer’s iconic life, told through the music that made her famous. A must see-event!

Dusty Springfield...With You opens in conjunction with Curtain Up! The show was devised and directed by Richard Lambert.

A fabulous Downtown Diva engagement by Western New York’s longest running show! Diva by Diva: a Celebration of Women! is a cabaret-style, all-star production filled with songs, readings, poetry, humor & quotes by, for and about women. This Diva-licious production is on stage at the historic Allendale for Curtain Up!

For more information click here. For tickets please call the box office at 716.884.4400 x304.

The Bogarts are not easily defined by genres, but have a close kinship to alt. country bands like the Jayhawks, Son Volt, Whiskeytown, and the Old 97s. Their music harkens back to a simpler time, yet presses forward with purposeful jams, high lonesome harmonies, and lyrics that tackle topics from politics to heartache and retribution.