FLATSITTER // GOAT MOUNTAIN REVIVAL
On View: August 3 – August 18, 2018
Virtual reality by appointment only: rsvp.flatsitter.com ($10)
Special walk-in hours for virtual reality: August 3, 9, 10, 16, and 17, 5 – 9pm (free)
Unveiling / Closing Reception: Thursday, August 16, 2018, 5 – 9pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday 10am – 4pm
Eleven Twenty Projects: 1120 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14209

Buffalo, NY – Eleven Twenty Projects is pleased to present Goat Mountain Revival, the latest virtual reality project by FLATSITTER.

Beginning August 3, 2018 visitors are invited to visit the constructed Goat Mountain Chapel and experience FLATSITTER’s newest virtual reality work, complete with haptics, poetry, sermons, sound work, and visuals. Return over the course of the following two weeks to track the growth of the Chapel build before it moves on to the Black Rock Desert.

As described by FLATSITTER, “It is through the death of God that religions emerge, and it is from the ashes of the Burned-over District of Western New York that a new faith is risen. This is the Nth Great Awakening. This new, federally recognized ‘avant-garde religion’ draws equally from reason, atavistic knowledge, and a binary divinity. Everything is already dead and risen in advance.”

The first services for this new faith will be conducted at Eleven Twenty Projects in Buffalo, NY – – available for both walk-in and online appointments. From there, this religious sect will deliver sermons for worshippers at Burning Man. And, finally, will live as a public art installation in the high desert in Landers, California, next to the Giant Rock Airport.

Goat Mountain Revival will feature the following:
“Server” — a virtual reality resurrection by FLATSITTER.
“A gospel of imperfection” — poetry by Noah Falck
“Goat Mountain Chapel” — a life-scale assembly house sculpture by David Mitchell, Frank Napolski, and Robert Sturm
Costume design by Jessica Wegrzyn
Performance by Tim Stegner
Audio by Benjamin Jura
Sect Leaders — Aimee Buyea and Colin Macubbin

ABOUT FLATSITTER:
FLATSITTER is an “experience factory” dedicated to exploring the intersection of spirit, consciousness, dreams, and technology. Recent experiences include: (1) The Dream Wanderer, a roaming virtual reality bus that toured and exhibited across North America and now lives in the high desert in California; (2) OAXVR, an exhibition space / production lab for virtual reality in Oaxaca, Mexico; and (3) Goat Mountain Chapel — the house of worship for a new virtual reality religion.
FLATSITTER’s Website: http://flatsitter.com/

FLATSITTER // GOAT MOUNTAIN REVIVAL
On View: August 3 – August 18, 2018
Virtual reality by appointment only: rsvp.flatsitter.com ($10)
Special walk-in hours for virtual reality: August 3, 9, 10, 16, and 17, 5 – 9pm (free)
Unveiling / Closing Reception: Thursday, August 16, 2018, 5 – 9pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday 10am – 4pm
Eleven Twenty Projects: 1120 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14209

Buffalo, NY – Eleven Twenty Projects is pleased to present Goat Mountain Revival, the latest virtual reality project by FLATSITTER.

Beginning August 3, 2018 visitors are invited to visit the constructed Goat Mountain Chapel and experience FLATSITTER’s newest virtual reality work, complete with haptics, poetry, sermons, sound work, and visuals. Return over the course of the following two weeks to track the growth of the Chapel build before it moves on to the Black Rock Desert.

As described by FLATSITTER, “It is through the death of God that religions emerge, and it is from the ashes of the Burned-over District of Western New York that a new faith is risen. This is the Nth Great Awakening. This new, federally recognized ‘avant-garde religion’ draws equally from reason, atavistic knowledge, and a binary divinity. Everything is already dead and risen in advance.”

The first services for this new faith will be conducted at Eleven Twenty Projects in Buffalo, NY – – available for both walk-in and online appointments.

From there, this religious sect will deliver sermons for worshippers at Burning Man. And, finally, will live as a public art installation in the high desert in Landers, California, next to the Giant Rock Airport.

Goat Mountain Revival will feature the following:
“Server” — a virtual reality resurrection by FLATSITTER.
“A gospel of imperfection” — poetry by Noah Falck
“Goat Mountain Chapel” — a life-scale assembly house sculpture by David Mitchell, Frank Napolski, and Robert Sturm
Costume design by Jessica Wegrzyn
Performance by Tim Stegner
Audio by Benjamin Jura
Sect Leaders — Aimee Buyea and Colin Macubbin

ABOUT FLATSITTER:
FLATSITTER is an “experience factory” dedicated to exploring the intersection of spirit, consciousness, dreams, and technology. Recent experiences include: (1) The Dream Wanderer, a roaming virtual reality bus that toured and exhibited across North America and now lives in the high desert in California; (2) OAXVR, an exhibition space / production lab for virtual reality in Oaxaca, Mexico; and (3) Goat Mountain Chapel — the house of worship for a new virtual reality religion.
FLATSITTER’s Website: http://flatsitter.com/

POWER & PROGRESS: BUFFALO’S BLACK ROCK LOCK
Exhibition On View August 3 – August 31, 2018
Opening Reception First Friday, August 3, 2018, 5 – 8pm
Exhibition Hours: Thursday 5 – 8pm, Friday 11 – 3pm, Saturday 11 – 3pm
Argus Gallery: 1896 Niagara Street, Buffalo, NY 14207

Buffalo, NY – Argus Gallery and The Black Rock Historical Society are pleased to announce Power & Progress: Buffalo’s Black Rock Lock, a photographic exhibition that includes 19 large photographs taken by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of the building of the Black Rock Lock. Also included are photographs of the Lock as it is seen today.

Area views from the early nineteenth century, workers who built it, and its construction are shown in extraordinary detail. Some of the photographs will be published in the Grant Amherst Business Association’s upcoming Book, A Pictorial History of Black Rock, Buffalo, New York, that will be released this fall.

The exhibition opens on August 3, 2018 at Argus Gallery, 1896 Niagara Street, Buffalo, New York, next to the Black Rock Historical Society Museum. The exhibition continues through August 31, 2018. Gallery hours are Thursday, 5 – 8pm, Friday, 11 – 3pm, and Saturday, 11 – 3pm. The event is free and open to the public.

Outcalls, led by Britt Olsen-Ecker and Melissa Wimbish, draws influence from multiple genres. Their song-by-song approach to music-making draws lyrical content from current political and social happenings. The Baltimore-based group strives to reach audiences not only through good music, but also excellent storytelling and stage presence. Revolution Gallery is excited to welcome Outcalls for a special live performance on Thursday August 16th at 8pm.

“Combining lush chamber vocals with a robust layering of electronic and acoustic sound, opera singers Melissa Wimbish and Britt Olsen-Ecker create their own brand of baroque indie-pop.” – Baltimore Magazine

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.

Aug. 17-19, 2018
Sandy Beach Yacht Club, 1851 Winter Road, Grand Island, NY, 14072, USA

At the Buffalo Pinball Summer Open 2018, players will compete for cash prizes, trophies, points toward the annual Stern Pro Circuit standings and World Pinball Player Ranking points in this IFPA-endorsed event.

The event will consist of four tournaments: A single, main tournament (qualifying Friday and Saturday, finals Sunday), two classics tournaments (one Friday, one Saturday), and a women’s tournament (Sunday). The tournaments are open to people of all skill levels.

On the shore of the Niagara River, the Sandy Beach Yacht Club will provide a one-of-a-kind setting for this year’s tournament — just five miles from the brink of Niagara Falls.

For more information, including registration and pricing, schedule, format, rules, location and travel details, visit http://www.buffalopinball.com/summeropen

POWER & PROGRESS: BUFFALO’S BLACK ROCK LOCK
Exhibition On View August 3 – August 31, 2018
Opening Reception First Friday, August 3, 2018, 5 – 8pm
Exhibition Hours: Thursday 5 – 8pm, Friday 11 – 3pm, Saturday 11 – 3pm
Argus Gallery: 1896 Niagara Street, Buffalo, NY 14207

Buffalo, NY – Argus Gallery and The Black Rock Historical Society are pleased to announce Power & Progress: Buffalo’s Black Rock Lock, a photographic exhibition that includes 19 large photographs taken by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of the building of the Black Rock Lock. Also included are photographs of the Lock as it is seen today.

Area views from the early nineteenth century, workers who built it, and its construction are shown in extraordinary detail. Some of the photographs will be published in the Grant Amherst Business Association’s upcoming Book, A Pictorial History of Black Rock, Buffalo, New York, that will be released this fall.

The exhibition opens on August 3, 2018 at Argus Gallery, 1896 Niagara Street, Buffalo, New York, next to the Black Rock Historical Society Museum. The exhibition continues through August 31, 2018. Gallery hours are Thursday, 5 – 8pm, Friday, 11 – 3pm, and Saturday, 11 – 3pm. The event is free and open to the public.

FLATSITTER // GOAT MOUNTAIN REVIVAL
On View: August 3 – August 18, 2018
Virtual reality by appointment only: rsvp.flatsitter.com ($10)
Special walk-in hours for virtual reality: August 3, 9, 10, 16, and 17, 5 – 9pm (free)
Unveiling / Closing Reception: Thursday, August 16, 2018, 5 – 9pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday 10am – 4pm
Eleven Twenty Projects: 1120 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14209

Buffalo, NY – Eleven Twenty Projects is pleased to present Goat Mountain Revival, the latest virtual reality project by FLATSITTER.

Beginning August 3, 2018 visitors are invited to visit the constructed Goat Mountain Chapel and experience FLATSITTER’s newest virtual reality work, complete with haptics, poetry, sermons, sound work, and visuals. Return over the course of the following two weeks to track the growth of the Chapel build before it moves on to the Black Rock Desert.

As described by FLATSITTER, “It is through the death of God that religions emerge, and it is from the ashes of the Burned-over District of Western New York that a new faith is risen. This is the Nth Great Awakening. This new, federally recognized ‘avant-garde religion’ draws equally from reason, atavistic knowledge, and a binary divinity. Everything is already dead and risen in advance.”

The first services for this new faith will be conducted at Eleven Twenty Projects in Buffalo, NY – – available for both walk-in and online appointments. From there, this religious sect will deliver sermons for worshippers at Burning Man. And, finally, will live as a public art installation in the high desert in Landers, California, next to the Giant Rock Airport.

Goat Mountain Revival will feature the following:
“Server” — a virtual reality resurrection by FLATSITTER.
“A gospel of imperfection” — poetry by Noah Falck
“Goat Mountain Chapel” — a life-scale assembly house sculpture by David Mitchell, Frank Napolski, and Robert Sturm
Costume design by Jessica Wegrzyn
Performance by Tim Stegner
Audio by Benjamin Jura
Sect Leaders — Aimee Buyea and Colin Macubbin

ABOUT FLATSITTER:
FLATSITTER is an “experience factory” dedicated to exploring the intersection of spirit, consciousness, dreams, and technology. Recent experiences include: (1) The Dream Wanderer, a roaming virtual reality bus that toured and exhibited across North America and now lives in the high desert in California; (2) OAXVR, an exhibition space / production lab for virtual reality in Oaxaca, Mexico; and (3) Goat Mountain Chapel — the house of worship for a new virtual reality religion.
FLATSITTER’s Website: http://flatsitter.com/

This body of work is directly influence by my love for natural elements – Being outdoors, walking, observing, touching, listening to all that is around you.

The human element comes from my background in art history and my admiration for Caravaggio. I love capturing light and movement on the skin and have found that focusing on one part of the body, creates a specific flow in the piece. The best part for me is when I find a piece of human anatomy and its flow can mimic the inherent movement of elements seen in nature. It reminds me that we’re all cut from the same cloth, all a part of one, larger universe, and that we should take care of it in the same way it has cared for, created, and fostered us humans.

I have never considered myself a sculptor, but I love working with my hands and building. These mixed-media pieces have allowed me to work in oils and test my abilities constantly, but also add sculptural elements that provide me more freedom to experiment and veer away from realism. Sometimes its nice not to have a plan and just create.

Buffalo native Jess Koller initiated her professional art career as a student of art history. Having spent time in Rome, she found a passion for Baroque art and painting. She continued on to earn her MEd in Art Education from Carlow University. After graduation, Koller focused more on her self-taught journey into oil painting. Heavily influenced by nature and human anatomy, she set out on her own Caravaggesque body of work.
 
Koller is currently active in the Buffalo art scene, especially as the Visual Arts educator at St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute and Treasurer for NYSATA’s Region 1 Division. She notes that her daily inspiration comes from the creativity and support of her friends, family, fellow artists, and Sagamorons.
 

Kevin Del Principe will be in Buffalo at Revolution Gallery for a reading/signing of his new novel, I Animal. I Animal, a literary fiction novel, is being published by Tumbleweed Books, an imprint of DAOwen Publications on July 31st.

Q: When trusting your baser instincts threatens to strip your hold on sanity, who do you turn to?

A: A turkey in the woods.

A primal force awakens in Tommy after learning of his mother’s impending death. She’s all right, not in the hospital on life support or anything, but her days are numbered. Returning to Buffalo made all kinds of sense, but Tommy’s efforts to “take care of” his mom faceplant when she refuses to let him help around the house. He teeters on the cusp of crashing into old patterns – but this canine has learned a few tricks since leaving for LA.

Tommy engages his writer-brain in passing the time concocting elaborate plots, second-guessing his cousin’s livelihood – certain something more nefarious is brewing. And yet, who is he to point fingers when waking up covered in dirt with no memory becomes a regular “thing”?

Amidst a neurotic, potentially psychotic, break Tommy is forced to face a past ready to plow right into his future.

Ah… tis indeed the party everyone still talks about … The Scottish Festival Pre Game Party at NYBP! There were bagpipes all over the house, kilts, Scottish drinking songs, more kilts, Scottish beer releases, wool socks in the summer, fiddles, Scottish tales, yet more kilts… and the best part? It’s about to happen again.

This year’s festivities include Scottish music and drinking songs performed by Tom Keefer and his band Tom Keefer and Celtic Cross, a special appearance from the Buffalo Niagara Scotia Society Pipes & Drums, as well as the ceremonious tapping of Stone’s Throw Scottish Export! Kilts are optional, but if you don’t have one, you have to explain to a very large Scottish man why you aren’t wearing one at this one-of-a-kind celebration where Scotland comes to The Beer Project. Lang may yer rum leek (Cheers!) 🍻

A multimedia installation for Silo City designed by Torn Space Theater

Dates: August 10-12, 17-19, 2018

• Doors at 7:30pm, Performance at 8:00pm
• VIP Experience: 7:30pm

Location: Silo City, 20 Childs St. Buffalo, NY 14201
Tickets: $25 Gen / $75 VIP

All festival tickets at: www.tornspacetheater.com

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.

Six Week Program – August 11, 18, 25, September 8, 15, 29
9am-2pm, $25 to cover supplies – Are you a lover of gardening, botany and Buffalo? Do you love to share your passion with others and enjoy learning and talking with the public? Are you looking to become involved in a rewarding volunteer experience? Consider becoming a docent at the Botanical Gardens educating visitors of all ages! Docents lead tours and teach hands-on programs for field trip programs, scout groups and Wegmans Family Days. They also answer visitor questions during special plant exhibits and events and assist the Education staff in programs that educate visitors about all the Botanical Gardens has to offer. An education background is not required, but a high level of interest and enthusiasm is! If you have been trained as a docent in the past and haven’t been involved recently, or would like a refresher, you are also welcome to attend training! For more information, check our website or contact the Education Department at 827.1584 ext. 223 or aoldham@buffalogardens.com. Go to www.buffalogardens.com for more information.

Usui Holy Fire II Reiki I & II Training Classes.

Holy Fire II Reiki is a new form of Reiki that was introduced about three years ago by the ICRT. It is both powerful and gentle and provides purification, healing, empowerment and guidance. Holy Fire energy is noticeably more refined and comes from a higher level of consciousness.

Become a certified practitioner and begin your reiki journey. All classes are a combination of lecture, discussion, hands-on experience and fun. All classes are taught by Shawn Marie Cichowski, a ICRT registered Karuna Reiki ® Master Teacher and USUI/Holy Fire II Master. Shawn Marie Cichowski received all training by a licensed Senior ICRT teacher, including Master training with William Rand. Shawn Marie Cichowski follows the code of ethics and professional standards of practice set by the International Center for Reiki.

USUI/HOLY FIRE II REIKI I & II PRACTITIONER

Reiki is a Japanese healing art that focuses unharnessing the body’s energy through the use of “laying on of hands” to focus heat and energy on the places that need attention to promote healing. A holistic approach to wellness, reiki is excellent for stress, anxiety, healing, pain relief, and well-being. Learn how to confidently deliver effective USUI/Holy Fire reiki treatments.

Level I: Includes history of reiki, energy and chakras, hand placements, and scanning. Ideal for self treatment.

Level II: Includes reiki symbols, starting your own practice, and distant healing.

All levels include course manual, certificate, and attunements/placements. Please bring a bag lunch. Prerequisite for level II: any Usui/Holy Fire Reiki I course.

REIKI I: Saturday August 18th @ 9am-3pm- At Santosha – 22 Lafayette in Williamsville

Fee: $175 pp- Space is limited, please call to reserve your spot.

REIKI II: Sunday August 19th @ 9am- 3pm – At Santosha – 22 Lafayette in Williamsville

Fee: $175 pp- Space is limited, please call to reserve your spot.

Included in your Reiki I & II Experience:

Ocean Of Holy Love Experience

Learn what is Reiki

The Reiki Ideals

Reiki I Placement

Hands on Practice

Byosen Scanning

Practice self Treatment

ICRT Code of Ethics and Standard of Practice

Holy Love Experience

Reiki II Symbols

Distant Healing

How to work intuitively with Energy & Chakra

Reiki II Placement/Attunement

Practice Reiki

How to develop your practice

Certificates

Please contact us to reserve your spot. Space
E mail: grangie26@yahoo.com OR call or text: 716-930-5011

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.

POWER & PROGRESS: BUFFALO’S BLACK ROCK LOCK
Exhibition On View August 3 – August 31, 2018
Opening Reception First Friday, August 3, 2018, 5 – 8pm
Exhibition Hours: Thursday 5 – 8pm, Friday 11 – 3pm, Saturday 11 – 3pm
Argus Gallery: 1896 Niagara Street, Buffalo, NY 14207

Buffalo, NY – Argus Gallery and The Black Rock Historical Society are pleased to announce Power & Progress: Buffalo’s Black Rock Lock, a photographic exhibition that includes 19 large photographs taken by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of the building of the Black Rock Lock. Also included are photographs of the Lock as it is seen today.

Area views from the early nineteenth century, workers who built it, and its construction are shown in extraordinary detail. Some of the photographs will be published in the Grant Amherst Business Association’s upcoming Book, A Pictorial History of Black Rock, Buffalo, New York, that will be released this fall.

The exhibition opens on August 3, 2018 at Argus Gallery, 1896 Niagara Street, Buffalo, New York, next to the Black Rock Historical Society Museum. The exhibition continues through August 31, 2018. Gallery hours are Thursday, 5 – 8pm, Friday, 11 – 3pm, and Saturday, 11 – 3pm. The event is free and open to the public.

The 2018 Buffalo 48 Hour Film Project Screening Weekend will take place on August 18-19 at the North Park Theatre on Hertel Avenue. Up to 26 films will premiere made by local filmmakers for the Buffalo 48 Hour Film Project filmmaking competition.

The films are produced in their entirety August 10-12 by teams of local filmmaker who will put their skills to the test. They have 48 hours to write, shoot, and edit a 4-7 minute long short film. Up to 26 teams of filmmakers are expected to compete in this year’s event. Novice and experienced filmmakers are put on a level playing field by only having 48 hours to make a film. Anyone could win and move on to have their film screened at Filmapalooza Film Festival in Orlando, Florida where they will compete against the winners from 130 other competing cities for more awards and the opportunity to go to the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in France.

Interested filmmakers can still register at www.48hourfilm.com/buffalo-ny.

Anyone who comes to the film screenings on August 18 and 19 will have the chance to vote for their favorite film and decide who will be the audience favorite. Come to North Park Theatre and watch some amazing Buffalo films made in only 48 hours!

Tickets for the screenings are $10.50 and will be available on North Park Theatre’s website at www.northparktheatre.org.

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/

A multimedia installation for Silo City designed by Torn Space Theater

Dates: August 10-12, 17-19, 2018

• Doors at 7:30pm, Performance at 8:00pm
• VIP Experience: 7:30pm

Location: Silo City, 20 Childs St. Buffalo, NY 14201
Tickets: $25 Gen / $75 VIP

All festival tickets at: www.tornspacetheater.com

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.

On Saturday August 18 at 8 pm our telescopes will bear witness to the moon dancing it’s way across the warm summer sky amidst a quartet of planets: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. With several planets rising and setting, there will be plenty of cosmic action against a backdrop of summer constellations such as Scorpius and Cassiopeia.

Our astronomy experts will be your guide to the night sky at Penn Dixie. You may bring along your own telescope or are welcome to use one of the telescopes provided for the evening. Admission to these evening events is $4; Penn Dixie members attend for free.

Please note that we will provide updates on social media should this program be canceled due to weather.

A mobile dance piece devised by Bridgman│Packer Dance.

Dates/Location: Sat. 8/18 – The Courtyard at the Adam Mickiewicz Library and Dramatic Circle: 612 Fillmore Ave. Buffalo, NY 14212 –  8:30pm and 9:30pm

Tickets: FREE, but reservations encouraged for Saturday performances at www.tornspacetheater.com

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.

A mobile dance piece devised by Bridgman│Packer Dance.

Dates/Location: Sat. 8/18 – The Courtyard at the Adam Mickiewicz Library and Dramatic Circle: 612 Fillmore Ave. Buffalo, NY 14212 –  8:30pm and 9:30pm

Tickets: FREE, but reservations encouraged for Saturday performances at www.tornspacetheater.com

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 Kenmore Farmers Market is located in the Village of Kenmore on the Village Green (corner of Delaware Ave. & Delaware Rd.) and runs on Sunday mornings, 9am-1pm, June – October. ! We’ll host visits from local farmers, food trucks, local artisans, musicians and kids programming throughout the season!

yoga on the green @9am – local music, fun family programming food trucks – rotating artisans – honey – maple syrup – doggie treats
kombucha fresh fruits & veggies – baked goods (V, GF) – small batch jams artisan cheeses – natural soaps & body products soy candles
locally farmed beef and lamb – eggs – cut flowers wild caught seafood – local wine – craft beer – distilled spirits locally roasted coffee

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.

It’s that time again! BugFest is here and we can’t wait to see you at the nature center!

Bring the whole family – no kids are too young or too old for an afternoon of bug displays, bug books, bug activities, and even real bugs! Even the adults can’t pull themselves away!

BugFest runs from 11 am to 2 pm on Sunday, August 19th. We’ll explore the fields behind the Nature Center to look for and identify little critters. Bring your favorite bug jar! All insects must be released after viewing, but first we will get an up-close look at them through the microscope on our giant-screen television!

Yes, bring your favorite bug collecting gear! Wear your favorite bug shirt! You can even bring a photo of a bug for identification if you like! WE LOVE BUGS AT BUGFEST!!!

This free, rain-or-shine event is sponsored by the Bond Lake Environmental and Beautification Committee. All ages are welcome to attend. If you have any questions about this event, please send an email to bondlake@gmail.com

Mary Kate Fonzi

Friends of Bond Lake Park

Would you like to be a Friend of Bond Lake Park? Volunteering does not require a lot of commitment and is fun! Please email us at bondlake@gmail.com.

The Great Buffalo Jewbilee!, a brand new Summer Festival for the whole family, will make its debut Sunday, August 19 on historic Delaware Avenue. It’s the first festival of its kind for Western New York and takes place at the Jewish Community Center and Temple Beth Zion downtown between Barker and Summer Streets. With FREE entrance all day from 11:30 am until 6:00 pm, thousands of Buffalonians of all faiths will gather to celebrate the vibrancy of Jewish Buffalo through music, all sorts of delicious Jewish food from babkas and bagels to hot dogs and pickles-on-a-stick, entertainment, shopping and family fun.
Here are the Highlights:
FOOD
• Food Vendors: All items $5 or less
• All food is kosher and under the supervision of the BVK
Vendors:
• A Tapp Creation for Thumb print cookies, Nish Nosh salad, slider, Swoodle Thai salad,
• Sabra Grill This Rochester Vendor will offer Israeli desserts
• Luscious by Lori decadent brownies
• Trader Joe’s soy vanilla and soy cherry chocolate ice cream
• Nissan’s Kosher Deli potato kugel, chopped liver, cold-cut sandwiches, halva
• The Rogue Cellar at the JCC Myers Café Babka, cookies
• Spoth’s Farm Corn-on-the-cob
• BK Gourmet Challah and fancy dips, rugelach, specialty desserts
• Jewish Discovery Center Bagels, knishes, pickles-on-a-stick, latkes, potato salad
• Justin’s No Frills Hot dogs & drinks
• Beer & Wine Tent Beer from Shmaltz Brewery and wine from Tzafona Cellars will be available to adults in the beer & wine tent all day from 11:30 am to 6:00 pm

• COOKING DEMOS
• 1:00 PM Wegman’s (logo) Chef Joe Ahmed will be doing a demonstration of Peruvian chicken with stone fruit and salad on the Main Stage
• 3:30 PM Kosher Cookbook Author Amy Stopnicki is most recently the winner of the 2016 Gourmand Culinary Award for her book Kosher Taste. She will be demonstrating easy, delicious dishes direct from Toronto.

• 4:30 PM Cooking Vegan with Annie Krause–Owner and head chef at The Rogue Cellar at the Myers Family Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Café, will be showing us how to make mini vegan strawberry shortcakes on the Main Stage
Music
Rick Recht
Rick Recht is one of the most celebrated Jewish artists of our time playing family concerts, Shabbat Alive! services, religious school concerts, teen concerts, camp concerts, and tot concerts throughout the United States and abroad. Recht is the national celebrity music spokesman for PJ Library. Rick has 10 top selling Jewish albums, including his latest hit album, Halleluyah. His two solo children’s CDs, Free to Be the Jew in Me and Look at Me, have been nationally distributed to tens of thousands of Jewish preschool-age children through PJ Library.
2:00 PM concert on the Main Stage
West of Odessa
For the past fifteen years, the Buffalo, New York-based klezmer band West of Odessa, has been entertaining audiences with the soul-searing melodies from the former Soviet Union (Ukraine, Moldavia), the Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Europe, and the repertoire of the late Jewish klezmer clarinetist German Goldenshteyn. Musicians Roberta Levine and Alan Sisselman will perform on the Main Stage at 11:30 am and 1:30 pm.

Sing Shalom Pop-up Sing-out & Flash Mob
Cantor Arlene Frank of Congregation Shir Shalom has organized Sing Shalom pop-up Sing-out & Flash Mob, a casual, spur-of-the –moment choir. Catch them at 12:30 pm on the Main Stage

Cantors’ Kumzitz
This is a collection of Cantors from all over WNY coming together in a chorale, organized by Cantor Penny Myers. Catch them on the Main Stage at 4:00 pm, and sing along!

Y-Studs
An a capella singing group from Yeshiva University in New York City. They will perform at the opening ceremony at 12:00 noon
Kid Stuff 11:30 am- 6 pm @ Jewbilee
• Bounce Houses
• Face Painting
• Arts & Crafts
• A Fabulous FREE concert (2:00 PM) by PJ Library Musician Rick Recht
• PJ Library Radio pre-concert Dance Party (1:30 PM)
• Story Time with Grant Golden (2:30 & 4:30 pm)
• Your Jewish Community Play Date by Kadimah Academy
• Matzoh Factory (11:30 am), Shofar Factory (1:00 pm), Kosher Mini-Chefs (3:30 pm) and a Scribe (5:00 pm) by Jewish Discovery Center
• Fun games with food, like Matzah House Building by Matzahgram (all day)
• Creating “yum balls” by Bubby Bailee’s ( all day)
• Manischewitz Grape Juice Chug & Tam Tams Eating Contest (4:00 pm)
Entertainment
• Israeli Dancing with Osnat Cohen as she teaches Israeli folk dances later in the afternoon. All ages and all dancing abilities are welcome and encouraged to participate. 2:00 pm
• Krav Maga–The Training Edge will be at Temple Beth Zion in the Rabbi Fink Auditorium that day to provide two demonstrations of Krav Maga, the Israeli martial arts sensation. 12:30 and 2:30.
• Way Back When – Theater with Grant Golden ( Video Recording of Theater presentation at 12:30pm, 2:30 pm, 4:30 pm)
Visitors to the Jewbilee! will be able to watch a video of an outstanding Buffalo Theater trio at the JCC. WAY BACK WHEN, a trio of cheeky one act plays with their roots in The Book of Genesis, was assembled as a complete evening by Grant Golden, and accepted as a part of the New Phoenix Theatre’s 2017-18 season about a year ago. Two of the plays, THE CREATION and WAY BACK WHEN, were written by Golden. The other, IN THE BEGINNING, was the brainchild of the late Rebecca Ritchie, a dear friend of Golden and his wife, Deborah Goldman. It was written in the 1990’s, and was published in FACING FORWARD, an anthology of short plays and monologues by women playwrights, in 1995. This was its first Buffalo production.
A Tribute to Sephardic Culture
Sephardic Jewish culture existed for hundreds of years in the Middle East, and has blossomed all over the world. Enjoy specialty desserts from Rochester’s Sabra Grill, try on a Kaftan, wear some henna, and join Kohava Howard for traditional belly dancing.
Shopping
Shuk, Artists Market & Agencies @ the Jewbilee! Artisans: Elaine Kessel, Embrace the Difference, Jennifer Carz, Marcia Carr, Mo Judaica Pashoshim, Temple Beth Zion Sisterhood Shop
Tzedakah: Food Gnomes Collecting Canned Goods, Personal Products
Food Gnomes is a Mobile Food pantry serving the Greater Buffalo Area. It is a joint effort between the Jewish Community and members of the United Church of Christ at Pilgrim St. Luke’s. They work together with community members, people of faith, social workers, and students to bring food to the hungry. Food Gnomes steps in where traditional food pantries fail. While traditional food pantries often require residency within a certain zip code, and request/require documentation of financial need, and often require identification (which not everyone has) Food Gnomes operates on a simple one-question format “are you hungry?”

If the answer is “yes,” then Food Gnomes provides food & hygiene products, no questions asked. It does not raise money, and is entirely volunteer-driven. The group relies on the donation of the goods that volunteers then drive out to deliver in the community. PLEASE BRING a can or two (or a box or two) of non-perishable, and in-date (so it cannot be expired) canned or boxed goods to the Jewbilee! For more information, contact Matthew Schwartz at matt@themattschwartz.net .

JCC Grand Re-Opening Ceremony 3:00 PM
3:30 pm- 5:00 pm @ the JCC
The Jewish Community Center will hold its Grand Re-Opening and Ribbon Cutting of 787 Delaware Avenue at 3:00 pm. Following the ceremony and new Ellen Steinfeld sculpture unveiling, from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm there will also be Tim, the Balloon Guy in the new indoor playground, Benjamin Berry- hula hoop performer and teacher in the outdoor playground, children’s craft activities in the Early Childhood Center, as well as face painting, entertainment and a bounce house

Grab your pups and join us for an Ice Cream Social to benefit Buffalo C.A.R.E.S. Animal Rescue! It’s been a hot, sticky summer – bring your pups and come cool off with BarkHappy and Thin Man Brewery! Get a sweet treat for your pup and a brew or two for you! Doggy Ice Cream will even be graciously provided thanks to Churn Soft Serve! Is your pup hungry enough to join our Ice Cream Eating Competition?! Don’t miss your chance to meet new friends, pose for a photo with your pup, and get some complimentary goodies! A portion of ticket sales will benefit Buffalo C.A.R.E.S.! See you there!

SUNDAY, AUGUST 19th from 3-5pm

Thin Man Brewery

492 Elmwood Avenue

Buffalo, NY

Tickets Start at $12/person and include:

FREE Doggy Ice Cream from Churn Soft Serve

FREE Digital Download from Jeff Welt Photographer

FREE Tube of Pet Paw Wax from Pet Wants

FREE $5 Coupon and Dog Treats from Perfectly Posh

FREE Bottle Opener Keychain and Coupon from Brewdogs & Fewines

FREE Doggy Cookies from Melissa’s Pet Care

FUN Doggy Ice Cream Eating Contest

NOTE: This Event is 21 All well behaved, leashed dogs are welcome!

Early Bird Tickets available for $12/person and include all complimentary gifts. Once Sold Out, General Admission Tickets will be available for $15, and include all complimentary gifts.

Be sure to purchase tickets in advance online! Tickets will NOT be sold at the door and a limited number are available.

Access a 10% discount code for tickets by Downloading the BarkHappy App! (Found in Events Tab)

As this is a charity event, there will be NO refunds. A portion of proceeds will benefit Buffalo C.A.R.E.S. Animal Rescue.

A mobile dance piece devised by Bridgman│Packer Dance.

Dates/Location: Sun. 8/19 – Canalside – 4:30pm, 5:30pm and 6:30pm

Tickets: FREE, but reservations encouraged for Saturday performances at www.tornspacetheater.com

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.

A mobile dance piece devised by Bridgman│Packer Dance.

Dates/Location: Sun. 8/19 – Canalside – 4:30pm, 5:30pm and 6:30pm

Tickets: FREE, but reservations encouraged for Saturday performances at www.tornspacetheater.com

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.

A mobile dance piece devised by Bridgman│Packer Dance.

Dates/Location: Sun. 8/19 – Canalside – 4:30pm, 5:30pm and 6:30pm

Tickets: FREE, but reservations encouraged for Saturday performances at www.tornspacetheater.com

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.

A multimedia installation for Silo City designed by Torn Space Theater

Dates: August 10-12, 17-19, 2018

• Doors at 7:30pm, Performance at 8:00pm
• VIP Experience: 7:30pm

Location: Silo City, 20 Childs St. Buffalo, NY 14201
Tickets: $25 Gen / $75 VIP

All festival tickets at: www.tornspacetheater.com

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 National Safety Council is partnering with BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York and other Western New York funders to bring the Council’s opioid memorial to the Canalside Honda Pavilion, 47 Prime St., Buffalo, NY 14202, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 20-26. “Prescribed to Death: A Memorial to the Victims of the Opioid Crisis” puts a face on the worst drug crisis in recorded United States history, personalizing an issue that was declared a public health emergency last fall. Admission to the memorial is free.

The centerpiece of the exhibit is a wall of 22,000 engraved white pills – each representing the face of someone lost to a prescription opioid overdose in 2015. Buffalo resident Avi Israel – who founded Save the Michaels of the World after losing his son, Michael – lent his son’s personal effects to the National Safety Council to display as part of the exhibit. Visitors enter a small remembrance room where Mr. Israel shares Michael’s story in a short video.

The memorial is accompanied by resources that help visitors both safely dispose of unused pills in their homes and facilitate discussions with prescribers about alternatives. Visitors receive first-of-their-kind Opioid: Warn Me labels to affix to their insurance cards, empowering them to discuss with prescribers the risks of taking opioids and whether other pain relief options are available. The Council has partnered with Stericycle – a Chicago-based waste disposal company – to provide pre-paid mail envelopes to help visitors easily get rid of unused medications.

Individuals who have lost loved ones to opioid overdose will have the opportunity to honor them at Canalside. Guests can add their loved one’s name to a digital memorial provided by the National Safety Council, or remember them by sharing photos, flowers or personal effects on site. Please note, items will not be returned.

The exhibit is underwritten by contributions from BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York, Save the Michaels of the World, Stericycle, DiVal Safety & Supplies, The John R. Oishei Foundation, First Niagara Foundation, Addiction Open Access Hotline and Schneider National.

Visit stopeverydaykillers.org for more information.

The National Safety Council is partnering with BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York and other Western New York funders to bring the Council’s opioid memorial to the Canalside Honda Pavilion, 47 Prime St., Buffalo, NY 14202, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 20-26. “Prescribed to Death: A Memorial to the Victims of the Opioid Crisis” puts a face on the worst drug crisis in recorded United States history, personalizing an issue that was declared a public health emergency last fall. Admission to the memorial is free.

The centerpiece of the exhibit is a wall of 22,000 engraved white pills – each representing the face of someone lost to a prescription opioid overdose in 2015. Buffalo resident Avi Israel – who founded Save the Michaels of the World after losing his son, Michael – lent his son’s personal effects to the National Safety Council to display as part of the exhibit. Visitors enter a small remembrance room where Mr. Israel shares Michael’s story in a short video.

The memorial is accompanied by resources that help visitors both safely dispose of unused pills in their homes and facilitate discussions with prescribers about alternatives. Visitors receive first-of-their-kind Opioid: Warn Me labels to affix to their insurance cards, empowering them to discuss with prescribers the risks of taking opioids and whether other pain relief options are available. The Council has partnered with Stericycle – a Chicago-based waste disposal company – to provide pre-paid mail envelopes to help visitors easily get rid of unused medications.

Individuals who have lost loved ones to opioid overdose will have the opportunity to honor them at Canalside. Guests can add their loved one’s name to a digital memorial provided by the National Safety Council, or remember them by sharing photos, flowers or personal effects on site. Please note, items will not be returned.

The exhibit is underwritten by contributions from BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York, Save the Michaels of the World, Stericycle, DiVal Safety & Supplies, The John R. Oishei Foundation, First Niagara Foundation, Addiction Open Access Hotline and Schneider National.

Visit stopeverydaykillers.org for more information.