The Erie Canal, the great engineering wonder that made Buffalo andmuch of the American northwest, was a-building 200 years ago. As part of that celebration, The Campaign for Greater Buffalo—whose members gave Western New York its canal back in the form of the decade-long battle to save the Canal District—debuts a special 3-hour tour of the Erie Canal.
Included will be the Canal District, Erie Basin & Lake Erie, LaSalle Park, Unity Island, Black Rock Canal, an operational lock, xx park in Tonawanda, Nikola Tesla’s world’s-first long-distance powerline, and, on July 15 and 22, a stop at Canalfest in the Tonawandas.
Conducted by Tim Tielman, who led the campaign to save the Canal District, the tour includes the Canal District, Erie Basin & Lake Erie, LaSalle Park, Unity Island, Black Rock Canal, an operational lock, Aqualane Park in Tonawanda, Nikola Tesla’s world’s-first long-distance powerline, and, on July 15 and 22, a stop at Canalfest in the Tonawandas. Tielman,author of Buffalo’s Waterfront: A Guidebook, offers jam-packed tour with first-hand accounts of how the battle to save and rebuild the Canal was won!

A virtual reality experience by FLATSITTER in collaboration with David Mitchell

Dates: July 17-22

• Tues.-Thurs. 6pm-10pm
• Fri 6pm-12am
• Sat. 2pm-12am
• Sun. 2-10pm

Location: 612 Fillmore Ave. Buffalo, NY 14212

Response Performance Festival 2018: The third annual Response Performance Festival will feature Morning Dew (July 17-22), Stations (Aug 10-12, 17-19), Truck (Aug 18-19) and Manmade Earth (Nov 1-3). Accompanying the performance festival will be guest speaker events and workshops at the Adam Mickiewicz Library and Dramatic Circle and University of Buffalo, to be announced. Tickets and information may be found online at tornspacetheater.com and responsefest.com.

The Orleans County 4-H Fair offers family fun for all ages. $7 admission per vehicles will admit as many people as you have riding with you for a day of food, fun, and agriculture. The fair includes free entertainment acts including Hansen’s Spectacular, Agri-puppets, Magic Joe, Balloon Art and more. Free bands and stage acts each night and more.

Week long passes and presale ride tickets are only $15. During the fair, rides wristbands are $20. Presale tickets can be purchased online @ http://www.orleans4-hfair.com/.

For updates and more like the fair on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/orleans4h/

The Orleans County 4-H Fair is a program of Orleans County Cornell Cooperative Extension.

July 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7, 14
4:30-8:30pm – Last table seating will be at 7:30pm
The Botanical Gardens will be open on these Tuesdays from 12pm-9pm
Reservations for a meal or the bar are not necessary but can be made for parties of six or more by calling 716.713.8670.

Access to the bar and restaurant is included in regular admission to the Botanical Gardens; $11 for adults, $10 for seniors (62 ) $9 students (13 ), $6 for kids 3-12, Botanical Garden Members and kids two and under are free. Admission can be purchased at the door.

Tuesdays this summer bring special hours and a farm-to-table pop-up restaurant to the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens. The Botanical Gardens will be open on Tuesdays from 12:00pm to 9:00pm July 10 through August 14 to host Tasting Tuesdays which will take place from 4:00pm to 8:30pm. The Botanical Gardens is extremely beautiful in the evening, and organizers want to give the community an opportunity to experience it.

During Tasting Tuesdays, a small bar and pop-up restaurant will open inside the Botanical Gardens for a casual farm-to-table experience where guests can enjoy fresh imaginative small plates and creative herbaceous drinks from chef Avi Altman of Obviously Avi Catering. The restaurant and bar will be open from 4:00pm to 8:30pm. The bar will offer guests the opportunity to enjoy a glass of wine or a craft beer and take a self-guided tour of the Botanical Gardens as the sun sets. At the restaurant, a host will seat guests for sit down meals. Tables will be located among the tropical surroundings and outside (weather dependent) for guests to relax and enjoy delicious savory dishes and sweet treats. Tasting Tuesdays are a great date night or an evening out to relax with family. The food is approachable, fresh, and local.

The Botanical Gardens is partnering with Obviously Avi Catering for Tasting Tuesdays because Avi is an extremely creative chef that is passionate about the farm-to-table experience. Avi has been a partner of the Botanical Gardens for over eight years and is very thoughtful about creating an experience for visitors that incorporates the tropical surroundings, with an amazing selection of locally grown food, brewed beer and crafted wines. Avi’s commitment to the Botanical Gardens, sourcing ingredients locally, and providing great food is infectious. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet Avi and share in his enthusiasm at Tasting Tuesdays.

A standard menu will be available for sit down meals and specials will be offered weekly, depending on what fresh and local ingredients are available. Dishes, drinks, beer and wine will be priced individually and will be available from 4:00pm to 8:30pm on Tasting Tuesdays.

Reservations for a meal or the bar are not necessary but can be made for parties of six or more by calling 716.713.8670.

Access to the bar and restaurant is included in regular admission to the Botanical Gardens; $11 for adults, $10 for seniors (62 ) $9 students (13 ), $6 for kids 3-12, Botanical Garden Members and kids two and under are free.

Islamic bindings differ from Western style bindings in that their primary function is to protect the documents. Because of this the sewing is designed to fail to protect the precious pages inside, while the binding is often box like, to contain any loose pages. They are designed to lay flat,
not stand on their spine and are renowned for their decorative beauty.

Students will have a chance to learn the fundamentals of the Islamic style in this partial leather binding, while learning the historic precedents of the style and examining the range of possibilities for this technique. Students are encouraged to bring their own 6×6 images for the front and back covers – photographs printed on matte paper, hand drawn illustrations or paintings will all work wonderfully, or you can use a decorative paper supplied by the instructor.

Cost: $75 / $70 Members and Students with valid ID (includes $10 materials fee) ( $2.50 Service Fee)

Instructor: Debra Eck

Starting Thursday, June 14, Jony James Band will take on a Thursday night residency at Lucky Day Whiskey Bar. Come knock a few old fashioneds back and listen to one of our favorite blues bands.

About Jony James Band:

Jony James is overflowing with soul. It drips down from his hands onto his guitar, in lyrically urgent bends and intense ethereal assaults. It pours out through his weathered, leathery voice, telling vivid, open-minded tales of a tumultuous life. His jovial, yet pensive nature is evident in both his music and stage presence.

Born in Buffalo, New York, Jony was raised in Chicago, which was full of Blues, Motown and Soul influences. B.B. King, Albert King, Otis Rush, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy and Jimi Hendrix, were among those influences and are evident in his playing.

By the age of 17, Jony was playing Blues Clubs on the south side of Chicago, with local Blues legends such as Eddie Taylor, Willie Williams and J B Hutto, among others. After touring with Hutto and chasing Hendrix to Europe, Jony settled in Canada, playing with the Native American “Roadhouse Band from Six Nations” and finally the Matt Minglewood Band from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

In the 90’s, Jony returned to Buffalo and began playing and writing his own material. After independently producing and releasing three albums of original music, Blue Wave Records signed Jony and released “In This World” to international acclaim.

The second Blue Wave release titled, “What About Tomorrow”, is currently available and has got some heavyweights in the Blues Industry very excited. To experience original “Survival Blues”, you must listen to the Jony James Blues Band.

Invisalign is teaming up with Westermeier Martin Dental Care and Dr. Andy MacDonald to put great smiles on Western New York faces!

Learn about Invisalign-a convenient, simple way to a straight smile for busy families! You will be able to get a free digital simulation of your post treatment smile to see what Invisalign can do for you. You will also have the change to win special gifts, prizes, and promotions!

Start your Invisalign treatment before September 1st and save $400! Free consults will be offered Friday, July 20th and Friday, July 27th at the 950 Main St. office in East Aurora. To register, please call 716-508-4547 or visit www.wmsmile.com

Muhammad Z. Zaman is a Buffalo-based, urban artist, specializing in calligraphy. Using language and text as cultural signifier, Zaman layers English, Bengali, and Arabic into richly-textured canvases. His canvas paintings and wall murals layer powerful messages onto seemingly borderless fields, inspiring viewers to learn from each other in harmony and mutual understanding.

Through an ongoing partnership between Buffalo Arts Studio and Open Buffalo, Zaman was selected as the 2018 Open Buffalo Emerging Artist. This ongoing, annual exhibition is dedicated to an emerging artist whose work relates to and reflects the mission of Open Buffalo, which is to make major, long-term improvements in justice and equity in the City of Buffalo.

Liz Lessner’s exhibition, Interstitial Castings, uses sculpture to capture the negative space between two people engaged in therapeutic interactions. Prior to her exhibition, Lessner will be in residence at Buffalo Arts Studio working with Tri-Main Center tenants to create a series of sculptures through a process of conversation, community building, and collaboration.

Lessner’s work stems from a framing of resonant gestures that ritualize and familiarize psychological narratives. Her objects and spaces reframe the processing of memories, inter-personal interactions, and conceptions of self. By working with Buffalo based Physical & Occupational therapy groups, Deaf Services, and human service organizations such as Aspire WNY Lessner will research the unique and intimate gestural communications that these groups use. Working with these groups is an opportunity for Lessner to expand her ongoing project of Interstitial Casting. Interstitial Castings are negative space castings of people engaged in choreographies of the intimate. Spending time with these groups and working with them to represent their unique gestural communications is an opportunity to investigate different communication strategies and reassess choreographies of the intimate that are often taken for granted.

Muhammad Z. Zaman is a Buffalo-based, urban artist, specializing in calligraphy. Using language and text as cultural signifier, Zaman layers English, Bengali, and Arabic into richly-textured canvases. His canvas paintings and wall murals layer powerful messages onto seemingly borderless fields, inspiring viewers to learn from each other in harmony and mutual understanding.

Through an ongoing partnership between Buffalo Arts Studio and Open Buffalo, Zaman was selected as the 2018 Open Buffalo Emerging Artist. This ongoing, annual exhibition is dedicated to an emerging artist whose work relates to and reflects the mission of Open Buffalo, which is to make major, long-term improvements in justice and equity in the City of Buffalo.

Liz Lessner’s exhibition, Interstitial Castings, uses sculpture to capture the negative space between two people engaged in therapeutic interactions. Prior to her exhibition, Lessner will be in residence at Buffalo Arts Studio working with Tri-Main Center tenants to create a series of sculptures through a process of conversation, community building, and collaboration.

Lessner’s work stems from a framing of resonant gestures that ritualize and familiarize psychological narratives. Her objects and spaces reframe the processing of memories, inter-personal interactions, and conceptions of self. By working with Buffalo based Physical & Occupational therapy groups, Deaf Services, and human service organizations such as Aspire WNY Lessner will research the unique and intimate gestural communications that these groups use. Working with these groups is an opportunity for Lessner to expand her ongoing project of Interstitial Casting. Interstitial Castings are negative space castings of people engaged in choreographies of the intimate. Spending time with these groups and working with them to represent their unique gestural communications is an opportunity to investigate different communication strategies and reassess choreographies of the intimate that are often taken for granted.

Join the Buffalo Museum of Science as we celebrate Mars! The Red Planet will be at its closest point to Earth at a mere 35.8 million miles away, making it the brightest time for us to view.

Explore our newly renovated rooftop deck and learn how to spot our rusty neighbor in the night sky. Take a turn cruising the habitat of our Buffalo in Space science studio with RC robots, check out a subzero exploration of Martian ice caps, or enjoy an astronauts’ buffet.

Don’t miss out, Mars won’t be this close again until October 2020!

These special activities are all accompanied by a cash bar featuring our signature Martian drink, The Red Planet Shandy.

Ages: 21 , cash bar

In tandem with the exhibition “Mark Olive Freeland / 100% Confectionate,” we invite you to join us for a screening of videos created by and about Mark Freeland on Friday, 27 July, from 7-10pm, with drink and pastry specials all evening.

7:30 pm: “MARK FREELAND Never Before, Never Again” (49:20.00), a Bill LaMagna video following the life and career of the singer, rapper, artist before he passed away in 2007 of cancer.

8:20 pm: “Who is this Guy?” (1:37.17), starring Mark Freeland as himself and many other people, and “If, um, like David Bowie or Brook Shields or anyone should call…” just be sure to tell them Mark will be back around dinner time, okay?

This compilation of Mark Freeland’s characters, performances, and exhibitions highlight the spirit and personality of this special figure in our history. The mastermind of some of Buffalo’s most fearless rock projects, Pegasus, Pegasonics, the Fems, and Electroman, and a collaborator with Japanese superstar Motoharu Sano, he was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame in 1987. Freeland’s music is equally funny and danceable and his vibrant, colorful paintings, sculptures, collages, and lyrics reveal his passion for pop culture, love for his native Buffalo, and create a universally understood language that can brighten anyone’s day with its honesty.

Our inaugural exhibition of works by Mark Olive Freeland, 100% Confectionate, a title you’ll need to look up in the Urban Dictionary, will be on view through Thursday, 9 August 2018.

Mark Freeland was born in Kenmore, New York in 1957. He attended Empire State College where he studied music and majored in clarinet. Often compared to Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, combined with the style and commentary of graffiti artists Jean-Micheal Basquiat and Keith Haring, Freeland has had one-man exhibitions at Albright-Knox Art Gallery, who also acquired 60 of his pieces, 464 Gallery, Redroom, and Gallery 141B in Buffalo, Austin Contemporary, Texas, the Swinghouse in Los Angeles, Apocalypse Gallery and Dorian Grey Gallery in New York City. He also self-published two books containing his poetry, photography, prose, and paintings, “Every Night is Different” and “Somewhat Hip,” the latter earned him a Silver Independent Publishers Award. Olive, Buffalo-born, is a graduate of Buffalo State College and was inspired by Les Krims. Her work has been exhibited at 464 Gallery, Wine on Third, and for Buffalo Infringement Festival at B-West, Filigrees, and Cafe Aroma.

Comedy on the Rocks returns to Buffalo’s Black Button Distilling
Friday, July 27. Doors 8 | Show 9pm

featuring Buffalo’s finest comedians and top-shelf spirits

Produced & hosted by Don Johnson
(His credits would go here but this ain’t about him so just mind yo business and keep reading fool)

Featuring in no particular order:

Bennet Solowski
(New host of Uncle Jerry’s Comedy Attic upstairs and Mr Goodbar and has opened for comedy greats like Hal Sparks)

Woody Battaglia
(Producer of a weekly open mic at Buda Pub as well as a show for Rochester’s WAYO 104.3 and has performed along side such comic greats as Kevin Meaney, Chris Kattan & Rory Albanese)

Dan Mcardle
( host of Buffalo’s oldest running comedy room at Nietzsche’s )

Allie Brady
(Has been featured on 103.3’s edge Comedy Night as well as performed along side such comic greats as Jim Norton)

Spencer Carr
( A rather Accomplished local poet, artist as well as a favorite in the local Buffalo Comedy scene)

Brandon Trusso
(Has been featured on The 103.3 Edge Comedy Night and has performed with legends like Ralphie May, Jessimae Peluso, Brad Williams & Rich Vos)

Join us for some laughs and amazing craft cocktails!

From the Earth celebrates rural living around the hills of Alfred, New York. It is a one day event that promotes our connections to the land in meaningful, creative, sustainable, and educational ways. Visit seven locations offering talks and workshops on the subjects of farming, gardening, composting, natural history, bird watching, beekeeping, cheese making, timber framing, solar power, permaculture, raising sheep, nature poetry, weaving, natural dyeing, and fiber arts. This eleventh annual will have an impressive total of fourteen presentations led by knowledgeable experts who have volunteered their time for this free event. From the Earth is family friendly and created with a labor of love and respect for the Earth.
Have a “passport” signed at four or more locations and enter to win a gift basket of goodies donated by From the Earth participants.
Flyers with map can be obtained on or before the event at:
Tinkertown Hardware, 833 State Rt. 244, Alfred Station, NY
Or, go to “About” at www.facebook.com/FromtheEarth

There is perhaps no better way to see Buffalo and grasp what it is about than a tour on the Open-Air Autobus of The Campaign for Greater Buffalo History, architecture & Culture. 2018 is its 12th season. It is the best way to get around and see, hear, and smell Buffalo (ahh, toasted oats, chicken wings, charcoal-grilled hot dogs!).
The Campaign’s Open-Air Autobus tours are fundraisers for the group’s wide-ranging preservation work, and are built on 30 years’ worth of architectural and historical research in the course of preservation activities. The tours reflect its character: Passionate, lively, and knowledgeable.
By doing a tour, you are doing good: The Campaign is a charitable organization chartered by the New York State Dept. of Education, and revenues are plowed directly back into local historic preservation. The Campaign’s tours are popular, informative, well-done. We are the go-to organization for the general public and experts alike.

The Campaign’s signature tour is The Buffalo Whirlwind Tour. Besides the fun of traveling in the open air, you’ll see scores of beautiful buildings and houses by prominent national and international architects and the streets and neighborhoods. The tour starts with the foundation of modern Buffalo, and modern urban America: The building and grounds of what was the Buffalo State Hospital, designed by H.H. Richardson and Frederick Law Olmsted, conceived in 1870. We end with the Heath House by Frank Lloyd Wright of 1904. In between, you’ll see world-altering industrial architecture, the preening mansions of Delaware Avenue, and the prototype for the skyscraper, Sullivan’s Guaranty Building.
It is all put in context for you, as the markers of Buffalo’s progress through the years are pointed out:
• Kleinhans Music Hall
• First Presbyterian Church
• Ellicott Square by Daniel
Burnham & Co.
• St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral by Richard Upjohn
• The Canal District
• Niagara & Lafayette squares
• Millionaires’ Row
• Allentown Historic District
• Delaware Historic District
• City Hall and Old County Hall
• Theater Historic District
• Bidwell, Chapin, Lincoln parkways
The Whirlwind tour is an astounding 90-minute tour of a great American city, given by passionate experts and participants in the great preservation issues of the day.

Buffalo Iron Works, Lockhouse Distillery & Bar, and Sunbeam Entertainment are pleased to announce the Second Annual Cobblestone Live Music & Arts Festival, to be held on July 27th and 28th in the heart of the Historic Cobblestone district in downtown Buffalo. This year’s festival will include two outdoor main stages located on Illinois and Columbia streets, a stage inside Buffalo Iron Works, an electronic music stage/lounge inside Lockhouse Distillery & Bar, and an acoustic stage on South Park Avenue. Headlining acts include Broken Social Scene, The Sheepdogs, Turkuaz, Aqueous, Chicano Batman, Golf Clap, Andy Frasco & the U.N., Michelangelo Carruba Super Jam, Ratboys, Dynamo, Madaila, & more.

Over the last decade, The Historic Cobblestone district has become a breeding ground for live music and entertainment. Cobblestone Live is a single neighborhood of bars, restaurants, and venues coming together to put on a two-day festival which will continue to grow to a national sized festival in the years to come.

This year’s highlights will include:

• Over 30 artists/bands across 5 stages.
• Festival games and activities for all ages.
• Local food trucks and vendors.
• Beer, wine, cider, & beverage tents.
• VIP tickets including exclusive VIP areas and additional perks.
• Festival drink menu from Lockhouse Distillery & Bar and Buffalo Iron Works.
• Promoting The Child Advocacy Center’s regional impact and raising funds for its programs

Festival gates will open at 4pm on Friday, July 27th and at 1pm on Saturday, July 28th. Full festival passes will be $45 presale/$60 walk up, single day pases are $25 presale/$30 walk up. VIP packages will be available for $100. Late night only passes will be announced as the festival approaches. Tickets are available immediately at www.cobblestonelive.com.

A portion of the proceeds of this year’s festival will go to the Child Advocacy Center (CAC), a one-of-a-kind service in Erie County which brings together local law enforcement agencies, mental health services, child protection, medical services, and the District Attorney’s Office under one roof to investigate, treat and support victims of child sexual abuse and severe physical abuse. The Child Advocacy Center ensures that these young victims and their caregivers receive immediate, effective and sensitive support. Nationally, Child Advocacy Centers and their multidisciplinary teams have improved conviction rates for perpetrators of child abuse by up to 94%.

“The Child Advocacy Center is delighted to be part of Cobblestone Live’s exciting, family-friendly music festival,” said Howard K. Hitzel, Psy.D., President/CEO of BestSelf Behavioral Health, which houses the Child Advocacy Center. “We want to spread our message about the need to heal children and stop child abuse.”

“Cobblestone Live Music & Arts Festival is set to be an incredibly special event for Buffalo as we return for our second year,” noted Josh Holtzman, General Manager of Buffalo Iron Works and one of the planners of Cobblestone Live. “With more stages, larger acts and a greater festival experience, Cobblestone Live will certainly leave it’s mark not only on Buffalo but the music industry as a whole. In addition, our entire organization is thrilled to be working with the Child Advocacy Center of WNY as our beneficiary. Child abuse is a real problem in today’s society and we can’t think of a better cause to get behind.”

To purchase tickets please visit www.cobblestonelive.com and for festival news and updates you can follow Cobblestone Live on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Interested vendors and sponsors should inquire at Cobblestonelive@gmail.com

Penn Dixie presents our annual fossil and astronomy event of the summer: A Midsummer Night’s Adventure!

Join us for a twilight walk across our 54-acre fossil park to search for extinct marine animals, but don’t forget to bring a lantern or flashlight to help uncover the buried geological treasure. Our educators will be on hand to assist novices and experienced fossil hunters alike. Visitors may keep all of the fossils that they find.

For those looking up, sunspot viewing will be available until dusk. After dark we’ll take a closer look at five of the brightest objects in the night sky: The Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn!

The Summer Triangle, Big Dipper, Scorpius, Sagittarius, and Hercules will be visible in addition to M27 — the Ring Nebula — and M13 — The Great Globular Cluster.

All ages are welcome and no registration is needed. Our usual admission rates apply and Penn Dixie members are free.

Arts & Crafts movement occultism, “Suicide Alley,” and a village full of ghosts! What else can you say about this tour of East Aurora? A Western New York legend since 1997. All Tours Led by Mason Winfield
Saturdays in 2018:
June 23, July 28, August 18
September 15, 22 & 29
October 6, 13, 20 & 27*

All Tours Scheduled to be Led by Mason Winfield
All Tours Meet Before 7 pm
Outside the Roycroft Inn, 40 South Grove St. , East Aurora, NY
$15 adults/$10 ages 7-11
*October Saturdays: $20 adults/$10 ages 7-11

http://www.hauntedhistoryghostwalks.com
https://www.facebook.com/hauntedhistoryghostwalks/

Today Tommy James is still rockin’ around America, performing his many timeless hits to sellout crowds. Hits like “Crystal Blue Persuasion,” “Mony Mony,” “Hanky Panky,” “I Think We’re Alone Now,” “Draggin’ The Line,” and “Crimson and Clover” are a few of the many hits from Tommy James & The Shondells– A group with a career spanning 51 years with music that is still relevant today. TOMMY JAMES- singer, songwriter and producer…..23 GOLD SINGLES, 9 PLATINUM ALBUMS and over 100 MILLION RECORDS SOLD WORLDWIDE and….32 BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHART HITS!

Call or go online to purchase tickets for this amazing summer concert Saturday, July 28th, 2018 at 7:30pm at The Riviera Theatre with Tommy James and The Shondells- https://rivieratheatre.org or call the Box Office at 716-692-2413. Tickets are prices at $48., $53., $58., $63., and $68. The Riviera Theatre is located at 67 Webster St.-North Tonawanda, NY 14120.

TOMMY’S critically acclaimed autobiography, ME, THE MOB AND THE MUSIC is on ROLLING STONE’S TOP 25 BEST MUSIC MEMOIRS list and is now in production for a major motion picture.

Tommy seems to still be doing it all when it comes to entertaining his fans. Tommy is finishing his new album too. Also, Tommy hosts his own weekly national radio show — “Gettin’ Together with Tommy James” — on SiriusXM (Sundays; 5-8pm Eastern time: 60s on 6 channel) plus this incredible 2018-2019 Tour- Tommy James and The Shondells!

The event is designed for beginners through competitive athletes. It is also a great family or team event! The event is an adventure that consists of navigating the Buffalo River via your personal preference of paddle-powered watercraft such as: whitewater kayak, recreational kayak, touring kayak, racing kayak, sit on top kayak, ocean kayak, canoe, tandem kayak (team only), stand up paddle board. The water route consists of paddling along the industrial section of the Buffalo River highlighting Buffalo’s scenic river and indelible history. You then transition to your bike (any road worthy bicycle is allowed and helmets are required) where you will enjoy a ride along Buffalo’s newly renovated outer harbor bike path from the Coast Guard to the old Bethlehem Steel site continuing on to the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens before returning to Silo City. The final leg is an adventurous run through one hundred year old grain silos ending at a celebration hosted by Silo City.

There is perhaps no better way to see Buffalo and grasp what it is about than a tour on the Open-Air Autobus of The Campaign for Greater Buffalo History, architecture & Culture. 2018 is its 12th season. It is the best way to get around and see, hear, and smell Buffalo (ahh, toasted oats, chicken wings, charcoal-grilled hot dogs!).
The Campaign’s Open-Air Autobus tours are fundraisers for the group’s wide-ranging preservation work, and are built on 30 years’ worth of architectural and historical research in the course of preservation activities. The tours reflect its character: Passionate, lively, and knowledgeable.
By doing a tour, you are doing good: The Campaign is a charitable organization chartered by the New York State Dept. of Education, and revenues are plowed directly back into local historic preservation. The Campaign’s tours are popular, informative, well-done. We are the go-to organization for the general public and experts alike.

The Campaign’s signature tour is The Buffalo Whirlwind Tour. Besides the fun of traveling in the open air, you’ll see scores of beautiful buildings and houses by prominent national and international architects and the streets and neighborhoods. The tour starts with the foundation of modern Buffalo, and modern urban America: The building and grounds of what was the Buffalo State Hospital, designed by H.H. Richardson and Frederick Law Olmsted, conceived in 1870. We end with the Heath House by Frank Lloyd Wright of 1904. In between, you’ll see world-altering industrial architecture, the preening mansions of Delaware Avenue, and the prototype for the skyscraper, Sullivan’s Guaranty Building.
It is all put in context for you, as the markers of Buffalo’s progress through the years are pointed out:
• Kleinhans Music Hall
• First Presbyterian Church
• Ellicott Square by Daniel
Burnham & Co.
• St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral by Richard Upjohn
• The Canal District
• Niagara & Lafayette squares
• Millionaires’ Row
• Allentown Historic District
• Delaware Historic District
• City Hall and Old County Hall
• Theater Historic District
• Bidwell, Chapin, Lincoln parkways
The Whirlwind tour is an astounding 90-minute tour of a great American city, given by passionate experts and participants in the great preservation issues of the day.

July 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7, 14
4:30-8:30pm – Last table seating will be at 7:30pm
The Botanical Gardens will be open on these Tuesdays from 12pm-9pm
Reservations for a meal or the bar are not necessary but can be made for parties of six or more by calling 716.713.8670.

Access to the bar and restaurant is included in regular admission to the Botanical Gardens; $11 for adults, $10 for seniors (62 ) $9 students (13 ), $6 for kids 3-12, Botanical Garden Members and kids two and under are free. Admission can be purchased at the door.

Tuesdays this summer bring special hours and a farm-to-table pop-up restaurant to the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens. The Botanical Gardens will be open on Tuesdays from 12:00pm to 9:00pm July 10 through August 14 to host Tasting Tuesdays which will take place from 4:00pm to 8:30pm. The Botanical Gardens is extremely beautiful in the evening, and organizers want to give the community an opportunity to experience it.

During Tasting Tuesdays, a small bar and pop-up restaurant will open inside the Botanical Gardens for a casual farm-to-table experience where guests can enjoy fresh imaginative small plates and creative herbaceous drinks from chef Avi Altman of Obviously Avi Catering. The restaurant and bar will be open from 4:00pm to 8:30pm. The bar will offer guests the opportunity to enjoy a glass of wine or a craft beer and take a self-guided tour of the Botanical Gardens as the sun sets. At the restaurant, a host will seat guests for sit down meals. Tables will be located among the tropical surroundings and outside (weather dependent) for guests to relax and enjoy delicious savory dishes and sweet treats. Tasting Tuesdays are a great date night or an evening out to relax with family. The food is approachable, fresh, and local.

The Botanical Gardens is partnering with Obviously Avi Catering for Tasting Tuesdays because Avi is an extremely creative chef that is passionate about the farm-to-table experience. Avi has been a partner of the Botanical Gardens for over eight years and is very thoughtful about creating an experience for visitors that incorporates the tropical surroundings, with an amazing selection of locally grown food, brewed beer and crafted wines. Avi’s commitment to the Botanical Gardens, sourcing ingredients locally, and providing great food is infectious. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet Avi and share in his enthusiasm at Tasting Tuesdays.

A standard menu will be available for sit down meals and specials will be offered weekly, depending on what fresh and local ingredients are available. Dishes, drinks, beer and wine will be priced individually and will be available from 4:00pm to 8:30pm on Tasting Tuesdays.

Reservations for a meal or the bar are not necessary but can be made for parties of six or more by calling 716.713.8670.

Access to the bar and restaurant is included in regular admission to the Botanical Gardens; $11 for adults, $10 for seniors (62 ) $9 students (13 ), $6 for kids 3-12, Botanical Garden Members and kids two and under are free.