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 June 2008 Back to Table of Contents Back to Archives Main Page Noteworthy June 4-25
The 14th season of Jazz Wednesdays has begun, with jazz concerts every Wednesday throughout the month of June. Presented by the Lewiston Council of the Arts, Jazz Wednesdays offers an opportunity to hear some of the best regional jazz musicians in the Buffalo area: Barroom Buzzards, Orengue, Them Jazzbeards, and Babik. The shows are intimate, relaxing, and, best of all, free. www.artcouncil.org/jazzwednesday.htm 754-0166
Sweet Treats Sweet Taste of WNY is a special event at the Eastern Hills Mall on June 7, benefiting the Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Guest will enjoy delectable desserts from an assortment of local restaurants, along with celebrity guests, dessert cookie presentations, free prizes, live music and special deals from mall retailers. So dig in — it’s for a great cause. Eastern Hills Mall, 4545 Transit Road, Williamsville | 633-1600 | www.shopeasternhills.com June 9-13
Classical guitarists from six nations — Poland, Germany, Peru, Uruguay, Costa Rica and USA -— will compete in the third JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition, week of June 9. The public is invited to meet the competitors at a free Community Welcome at 4 p.m. Monday, June 9 at WNED. Semi-final rounds will follow at 7:30 p.m. on June 10 and 11 at the Mary Seaton Room of Kleinhans, then three finalists will perform with the BPO at 7:30 p.m. on June 13. Kleinhans Music Hall, 71 Symphony Circle, Buffalo | 885-5000 | www.fallettacompetition.org June 13-30
Huntington’s Spanish Lessons Richard Huntington is known by many for his art criticism in the Buffalo News, but this summer, his own work is in the spotlight. Spanish Lessons: Works on Paper — opening June 13 and running through July 27 — features what Huntington calls “a group of works on paper inspired by a variety of Mexican visual sources that included everything from folk painting and signage to goofy cartoon imagery found in a 1970s-era Spanish language primer to the satirical graphic work of the great Mexican artist, Jose Guadalupe Posada.” 1285 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo | www.albrightknox.org | 882-8700 June 27
Okay, so telling you what the Allentown Art Festival is could be called unnecessary — what local doesn’t know about the annual event, which draws thousands each year to the one-half square mile that is Allentown? So let’s just get to the important details. It’s June 14 to 15, this is its 51st anniversary, and it will feature nearly 400 juried exhibits. It’s a Buffalo summer legacy — see you there. www.allentownartfestival.com 881-4269 back to top back to table of contents Current Issue | About Forever Young | Where to Find | Advertise | Our Advertisers | Community Calendar | Contest | Clubs | Contact Us | Archives | Home |
