The Light Fantastic
2024-02-22 19:30 (America/New_York) | Road Less Traveled Theater, 465 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14205, United States
The Light Fantastic
by Ike Holter
February 22 – March 24
Co-Directed by Scott Behrend & John Hurley
Starring Leah Berst, Diane DiBernardo, Alejandro Gabriel Gómez, Greg Howze, Gabriella J. McKinley, Ricky Needham and Davida Evette Tolbert
In an unremarkable town in rural Indiana, on an uneventful evening, something truly terrible occurs, and a small family is thrust into a tit-for-tat game of survival against forces that are far from human. A play that is equal parts drama and comedy, and brings old school horror into the now and new.

Les Misérables
2024-03-12 19:30 | Shea’s Buffalo Theatre, 646 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
Les Misérables
Cameron Mackintosh presents the acclaimed production of Boublil and Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, Les Misérables. This brilliant staging has taken the world by storm and has been hailed as “a reborn dream of a production” (Daily Telegraph). Set against the backdrop of 19th century France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption – a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit. The magnificent score of Les Misérables includes the songs “I Dreamed a Dream,” “On My Own,” “Bring Him Home,” “One Day More” and many more.

Textile Curiosities
2023-11-25 10:00 - 16:00 | Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo, NY, 14218-1526, United States
Textile Curiosities
Step into a world where art and nature converge in a display of faux-taxidermy moth and butterfly sculptures. Aleah Ford, known as “Moth On The Wall,” invites you to experience the enchanting realm of these ephemeral creatures through her meticulously crafted works. In this exhibition, Aleah’s sculptures come to life using textiles, wire, faux fur, clay, and flocking. The sculptures are presented within shadow boxes, reminiscent of Victorian curiosity cabinets, inviting viewers to step back in time to an era of exploration and discovery. Each box offers a glimpse into the fascinating world of the Lepidoptera.

Mendelssohn’s Reformation
2024-03-15 10:30 | Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY, 14201, United States
Mendelssohn’s Reformation
Internationally-acclaimed violinist and Sphinx Competition laureate Melissa White was recently appointed Professor of Music at UB. She performs the sweeping Violin Concerto No. 2 of Florence Price in a program also featuring two rarely performed works: Reger’s Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Beethoven, and Mendelssohn’s “Reformation” symphony.
Program
Leon Botstein, conductor
Melissa White, violin
REGER Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Beethoven
PRICE Violin Concerto No. 2
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 5, “Reformation”

BSA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE MERIT BADGE
2024-03-16 11:00 - 16:00 | Tifft Nature Preserve, 1200 Fuhrmann Boulevard, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States
BSA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE MERIT BADGE
MARCH 16, 2024 @ 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Discover the history and science of studying the environment, using observation and experimentation in five areas of study such as ecology, pollution, and conservation.
$30 per scout

Boney James
2024-03-17 19:00 | Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY, 14201, United States
Boney James
KLEINHANS MUSIC HALL and SOUL OF BUFFALO present:
BONEY JAMES
Smooth Jazz/R&B Sax Master
SUNDAY MARCH 17, 2024 | 7pm
Doors at 5:30pm
Detour, on Concord Records, is chart-topping jazz/R&B sax player Boney James’ 18th studio album. Appropriately titled, this latest album is a subtle stylistic turn that builds on the commercial success of 2020’s Solid, his highest charting release ever on the pop charts, peaking in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200.
“The urge to write again came from the joy of being back on the road, performing in front of live audiences,” explains Boney. “I had shut down creatively when the pandemic hit. It was the disruptive and disorienting detour we all took when the world locked down, and that’s reflected in the more experimental directions some of the new music takes. The thing about a detour, you may take a different route, but you still get to your destination.”
Like Solid, Detour provides a welcome respite from an increasingly foreboding world filled with political strife. It’s a trip through James’ distinctive contemporary jazz/R&B landscapes, layered in quicksilver watercolor images and cinematic set pieces. Detour represents the next extension of Boney James’ trademark blend of genres which includes blues, soul, roots, classical, art-pop and hip-hop.
“There are some people who think I’m a legend,” laughs Boney about his status as one of the best-kept secrets in music. “And others who have never heard of me. It’s kind of a nice place to live and play in. I do sense a great deal of positive energy towards the music I’ve been making recently and for that, I’m tremendously grateful.”
“Coastin’” featuring Lalah Hathaway, a breezy ride through Malibu on the Pacific Coast Highway, will be the first single at Urban Adult Contemporary radio. “I am so thrilled to finally have the opportunity to collaborate with Lalah,” says Boney. “I am a huge fan and it was a complete joy to co-write this song and have her come over and sing this amazing performance.”
James’ new album gets underway with the title track, a winding, playful duet between sax and piano evoking a breezy, leisurely drive on an open road, that features some of Boney’s most adventurous playing. “I close my eyes and listen,” he says about choosing a name for a particular cut, and “Detour” fits this one perfectly. “The title is my trying to poetically convey what I feel when I listen to the music.”
There are also “detours” along the way for a steamy, sweaty summer day in a bluesy “Memphis,” a shimmering glimpse of the aurora borealis via Boney’s chill-inducing soprano sax solo (“Northern Lights”) and even the fleeting present moment in the heartbeat which opens the closing “Blur,” a wistful lullaby that still manages to point us to the future.
“Bring It Back,” the first Contemporary Jazz radio focus track, features a patented warm Boney melody, highlighted by a spirited funky point-counterpoint between James’ rhythmic tenor sax and buzzing West Coast new jazz musician Dontae Winslow’s punchy trumpet licks. “That interplay is one of my favorite moments on the album,” says Boney.
“Tribute” is a eulogy to Boney’s father, an entertainment attorney who represented him for most of his life, who died last October. It’s a rhythmically complex neo-classical meditation, both “harmonically jazzy,” but with a finger-snapping hip-hop pulse. “The Loop” takes a drumbeat from touring drummer Omari Williams (looped, of course) recorded in mono directly to Boney’s iPhone and, yes, detours into a winding, twangy Wes Montgomery-esque blues guitar solo that gently waxes and wanes like a rolling tidal wave. “It’s pretty wild,” says Boney. There’s a seductive intimacy to the sax/bass duet in “Intention,” an idea that came from production team Anakin & Vader.
Detour was recorded largely at Boney’s L.A. home studio in his backyard (live drums and percussion were tracked at venerable Sunset Sound), with both regular collaborators like former band guitarist, now an in-demand writer/producer, Jairus “J-Mo” Mozee (Anderson.Paak, Nicki Minaj, Anthony Hamilton) and hot newcomer BeatsMadeByFresh aka Christian Frazier. Among the other musicians on the album are keyboardist Tim Carmon (Eric Clapton), longtime drummer Omari Williams and bassist Alex Al, renowned percussionist Lenny Castro, and guitarists Big Mike Hart and Paul Jackson Jr.
Nicknamed by bandmates while on tour in Oslo, Norway, after jokingly threatening to starve himself on a threadbare per diem, Boney or Bones or Boneman (though his wife calls him Jimmy) has put in his proverbial 10,000 hours as a musician, performer, writer and producer. At age 10, the New Rochelle, NY native picked up the sax after 2 years on the clarinet and never looked back, parlaying his love of R&B –Motown, Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind & Fire, Curtis Mayfield and Grover Washington, Jr. — into a musical aesthetic. He turned pro before his 20th birthday and became an in-demand touring sax and keyboard player for Morris Day, the Isley Brothers, Teena Marie, Bobby Caldwell, Randy Crawford and many others.
Increasingly frustrated by playing other people’s music, Boney launched his own solo career with 1992’s Trust on the indie Spindletop Records. His subsequent 17 studio albums – including a pair of Christmas records – have been released by Warner Bros., Verve and Concord, with 1995’s Seduction, 1997’s Sweet Thing and 1999’s Body Language all RIAA certified gold. In 2015, Boney’s futuresoul spent 11 weeks atop the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart and was the best-selling Contemporary Jazz Record of 2015.
During his 30-year career, Boney has earned four Grammy nominations (“I’m not gonna lie… I’d still love a statue,” he says), two NAACP Image Award nominations and a Soul Train Award, while a dozen of his albums have landed at #1 on Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz Album chart. His collaborators in the past include a who’s who of R&B and soul: Raheem DeVaughn, Faith Evans, George Benson, George Duke, Dwele, Al Jarreau, Philip Bailey, Anthony Hamilton, Jaheim, Eric Benét, Dave Hollister, Stokley Williams, Kenny Lattimore and Angie Stone.
For the inimitable Boney James, life begins at 60. The cat in the hat is back and better than ever, enjoying life with his wife of 37 years, actress/director Lily Mariye.
“What drives me is my love of making music and my desire for people to hear what I’ve made,” he says. “I still love the communal aspect of playing live. There’s nothing else like it.”

DOPAPOD
2024-03-19 19:00 | Buffalo Iron Works, 49 Illinois St, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States
Twenty6 Productions Presents: Dopapod w/ Special Guests on Tuesday March 19th, 2024 at Buffalo Iron Works!
Dopapod
The quartet Dopapod—Eli Winderman [keys, vocals], Rob Compa [guitar, vocals], Chuck Jones [bass], and Neal “Fro”Evans [drums]—present albums as experiences meant to be shared out of your speakers and on stage.
Traversingtime travel, palindromic labyrinths, and binary pairs in a greater cohesive mystery, Dopapod’s latest self-titled album ties the conceptual ends of the group’s discography, while charting a path forward.
The group’s hypnotic hybrid of funk, rock, jazz, bluegrass, and electronica has packed shows coast-to-coast, and earned acclaim from Rolling Stone, Guitar World, Glide Magazine, and more, while reeling in millions of streams online.
Their immersive, expansive vision as a group continues to conjure alchemy nearly fifteen years into their journey as they tour and record through 2023.
Buffalo Iron Works
49 Illinois St Buffalo, NY 14203
Tickets: $20 ADV/$25 DOS
Doors: 7:00pm
Show: 8:00pm
Ages: 18+

EXCISION: NEXUS TOUR
2024-03-19 19:00 | Bufffalo Riverworks, 359 Ganson St., Buffalo, 14203, United States
EXCISION: NEXUS TOUR
W/ SPECIAL GUESTS
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Buffalo RiverWorks
359 Ganson St. Buffalo NY
Doors/Show 7pm 16+
Excision
excision.ca
NEXUS: The biggest EXCISION tour production ever.
Support TBA
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MOON HOOCH
2024-03-20 19:00 | Buffalo Iron Works, 49 Illinois St, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States
Moon Hooch with special guest Honeycomb return to Buffalo Iron Works on Wednesday March 20th, 2023!
Moon Hooch
Moon Hooch began busking in the subway platforms of NYC in 2010, quickly getting noticed by the NYPD, who had to ban them from locations that couldn’t handle the crowds. In a few short years they were opening for the likes of Beats Antique, They Might Be Giants, and Lotus, while selling out their own headline shows at marquee venues around the UnitedStates and Europe.
Their unconventional sound and techniques, utilizing found objects like traffic cones, landed them appearances on NPR’s Tiny Desk in America, “Later…with Jools Holland” in the UK, “Hamish & Andy’s Gap Year” in Australia, and private audiences with the Premier League’s Chelsea F.C. They are currently touring the world.
Buffalo Iron Works
49 Illinois St Buffalo, NY 14203
Doors: 7:00pm
Show: 8:00pm
Tickets: $20 ADV/$25 DOS
Ages: 18+

BABEL | John Irving
2024-03-21 20:00 | Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY, 14201, United States
BABEL | John Irving
Just Buffalo Literary Center presents
BABEL featuring John Irving
Thursday, March 21, 2024
8:00 pm
Doors open & VIP Patron Reception at 7:00 p.m.
EVENT DESCRIPTION
Join Just Buffalo Literary Center for an evening with literary legend John Irving who will talk about his creative process, the life of a writer, as well as his award-winning novel, The Cider House Rules.
Season Subscriptions include a ticket for all (4) of Just Buffalo Literary Center’s BABEL 2023-24 events.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
“It is impossible to imagine the American—or international—literary landscape without John Irving…. He is as close as one gets to a contemporary Dickens in the scope of his celebrity and the level of his achievement.” —TIME
JOHN IRVING has written fifteen novels over the course of his prolific career, the majority of which have been international bestsellers. He has written some of the most acclaimed books of our time—among them The World According to Garp, The Cider House Rules, A Prayer for Owen Meany, and A Widow for One Year. Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942, his books explore themes of sexual difference and sexual intolerance, inequalities and discrimination.
ABOUT THE BOOK
First published in 1985, The Cider House Rules is set in rural Maine in the first half of the twentieth century. The novel tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch—saint and obstetrician, founder and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Cloud’s, ether addict and abortionist. This is also the story of Dr. Larch’s favorite orphan, Homer Wells, who is never adopted.
“Superb in scope and originality, a novel as good as one could hope to find from any author, anywhere, anytime. Engrossing, moving, thoroughly satisfying.”—Joseph Heller

QUEEN CITY ROLLER DERBY: ALLEY KATS VS SAUCIES
2024-03-22 07:00 - 23:00 | Bufffalo Riverworks, 359 Ganson St., Buffalo, 14203, United States
Join QCRD as the Alley Kats rematch the Saucies in Game 7 of the 2024 Season! Will the Kats claw their way to victory or will the Sauce Squad bring the heat!
Be sure to be there to catch all the fast paced, hard hitting derby action!
Doors open at 6:00pm, first whistle at 7:00pm. Be sure to get your tickets early as front row seating will sell out quickly. General Admission is $18, front row $22.50.
New and returning fans alike can expect to find all of their favorite team and league merchandise, a 50/50 raffle and the ever popular Chuck a Duck at half time.
Don’t miss a moment of the action, get your tickets today. Group rates are available. Online ticket sales close at 2:00pm on game day.

John Crist: The Emotional Support Tour
2024-03-22 19:00 | Shea’s Buffalo Theatre, 646 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14202, United States
