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Thursday, Oct. 26

BUFFALO SOCIETY OF ARTISTS:

An Historical Tribute," through Oct. 27, Arts Council Gallery, 700 Main St., Buffalo. www.bufsocart.com

THE CARD INDEX SCATTERED, by Tadeusz Rozewicz, 8 p.m. through Oct. 28, 2 p.m. Oct. 28 and 29, Black Box Theatre, Center for the Arts, North Campus, Amherst; $

Ticketmaster, 852-5000; www. ticketmaster. com)

CONVERSATIONS WITH JACQUELINE DARAKJY, presentation on the recovery and restoration process of current Buffalo Museum of Science photo exhibit,

James Ogden's Photographs of Tibet 1905-1928," 7-9:30 p.m., 1020 Humboldt Parkway. 896-5200, www. buffalomuseumorscience. org

FRANKENSTEIN, produced by The Mystery Company, Oct. 26-29, the Lancaster Opera House, 21 Central Ave.; $ 683-1776, www. lancopera. org

HAUNTED HISTORY GHOST WALKS OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER, developed by author Mason Winfield. Tuesdays: Buffalo

Niagara Square), meets at SpoT Coffee, 227 Delaware Ave.; Wednesdays: Theater District, meets at SpoT Coffee; Fridays: Allentown, meets at Allen St. Hardware Cafe, 245 Allen St.; Saturdays: East .

Aurora, meets across from the

. Roycroft Inn, 40 S. Grove St., East

Aurora; Saturdays: North Buffalo

. (Olmsted district), meets at SpoT

Coffee, 765 Elmwood Ave. Tours

.

start at 7 p.m.; $ 655-6663,

www. landmark- niagara. org .

HILBERT COLLEGE'S LUNCHEON

.

LECTURE SERIES: "Decoding the

Da Vinci Code," with scripture expert .

Sister Mary Thompson, noon, Campus Center Cove, Hilbert College, 5200 South Park Ave., Hamburg. 926-8928

THE KINGDOM RELEASED, presented by Eagles' Wings, Christian Conference, Oct. 26-28, Love Joy Gospel Church, 5423 Genesee St., Lancaster; $. To register, call 800-519-4647. www. lovejoy. org THE MAIZE, through Oct. 31, 3901 .

Niagara Falls Blvd., Wheatfield.

. 433-5505, www.CornFieldMaze.com

A PAINTING NATURE: "Selected .

Works from the Estate of Carl W. Illig

. (1910-1987), landscape paintings by

the WNY artist, Oct. 26-Nov. 16, with

. an opening reception from 5:30-9

p.m. Oct. 26, Dana Tillou Fine Arts,

.

417 Franklin St., Buffalo. 854-5285

. QUILT AND EXHIBIT

COMMEMORATING SEPT. 11,

.

2001, through Oct. 31, Niagara

County Historical Society, 215 .

Niagara St., Lockport. 434-7433

.

REFER MADNESS, presented by

Alleyway Theatre, Oct. 26-Nov. 18, .

One Curtain Up Alley, Buffalo; $

. 852-2600 www.alleyway.com

SCARE AT THE FAIR, through Oct.

Friday, Oct. 27 . 31, Creative Arts Building, The

. Fairgrounds, 5600 McKinley

Parkway, Hamburg; $ 648-9733, Ext.

. 483

.

SKI SWAP, Oct. 26-29, Expo Hall,

The Fairgrounds, 5600 McKinley

. Parkway, Hamburg; $ 648-9733, Ext.

483

.

SPIRITUAL WISDOM ON

.

CONQUERING FEAR, by Harold

Klemp, book discussion, 7:30-8:30

.

p.m., Northeast Holistic Health

Center, 1961 Wehrle Drive, .

Williamsville. 839-9842,

www. eckankarny. org .

SQUEAKY WHEEL'S 20TH .

ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION,

through Dec. 31, Burchfield-Penney .

Art Center, third floor of Rockwell

. Hall, Buffalo State College, 1300

Elmwood Ave., Buffalo. 878-6012,

. www. burchfield. org

. ST. EDMUNDS' SCHOOL OPEN

HOUSE, 5-8 p.m., 530 Ellicott Creek

. Road, Tonawanda. Full-day Pre-K

through eighth grade. 694-5900,

.

www. stedmundschool. com

. THE WESTERN NEW YORK

ARTISTS GROUP, second annual

.

National Small Works Exhibition,

juried by James Pappas, through .

Nov. 17, Art Dialogue Gallery, One Linwood Ave., Buffalo. 885-2251, www. wnyag. com

WILLIAMSVILLE GHOST WALK, 7 p.m. Thursdays, through October. Meet at Williamsville Water Mill, 56 E. Spring St.; $ www. masonwinfield. com

WOLF KAHN: ABOUT THE FALLS, extended through Nov. 12, Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, Lewiston. 286-8200, www. niagara. edu/ cam

ANDREA ZITTEL: CRITICAL SPACE, first comprehensive solo exhibition of Zittel's work in North America, through Jan. 7, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo; $ 270-8204

AVALON STRING QUARTET, part of the Slee/Beethoven String Quartet Cycle, 8 p.m., Lippes Concert Hall (in Slee Concert Hall), UB North Campus, Amherst; $ 645-2921

BEER AND BRATS AT NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, featuring home-brew samples and "The Bible & Brews" by Irv Brese and Garry Seefeldt, 4-8 p.m., Clet Hall, Niagara University, Lewiston.

THE BOYS OF SUMMER, 11 p.m., Macaroon's, 576 Dick Road, Cheektowaga. 681-7197, www. macaroonsniteclub. com

A CELEBRATION OF TRADITION, by Joanna Dicker-Bachman, solo exhibition of drawings, paintings and sculptures, Oct. 27-Dec. 1, Karpeles Manuscript Museum, 453 Porter Ave., Buffalo. Free admission. 885-4139

JACK CIVILETTO, 5:30-9:30 p.m., The Fairgrounds Gaming and Raceway, 5600 McKinley Parkway, Hamburg. 648-9733, Ext. 483

FAMILY FRIGHT FEST, through Oct. 29, Six Flags Darien Lake, 9993 Allegheny Road, Darien Center; $ 585-599-4641,

.

SPAGHETTI DINNER, fund-raiser www. sixflags. com/ darienlake

for National Breast Cancer

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, .

Awareness Month, 5:30-8:30 p.m.,

presented by The Aurora Players,

New Apostolic Church, 139

Oct. 27-Nov. 12, the Roycroft

.

Roosevelt Drive, Lockport; $

Pavilion, Hamlin Park, South Grove

603-7526

Street, East Aurora; $ 687-6727

.

KENNY THOMASULA AND

FRIDAY NIGHT FRIGHT NIGHT,

.

BREAKTHRU, 9:30 p.m., Shadow

"Skeleton Key," 7 p.m., the Palace

Lounge and Restaurant, 1504 Hertel

Theatre, 2 East Ave., Lockport; $

.

Ave., Buffalo. 835-3975 438- 1130,

www. LockportPalaceTheatre. com

.

THIRD ANNUAL HALLOWEEN GUSTO AT THE GALLERY, 3-10

.

SPOOKTACULAR Dinner Theatre

p.m., the Albright-Knox Art Gallery,

.

featuring The Eclectic Improv

1285 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo; free

Company, 7 p.m., Clarence Town

admission. Art activity: "Pumpkin and .

Park Clubhouse, 10405 Main St.,

Shadow Puppets," 5-7 p.m.;

Clarence; $25. Adults only. 432-4727

Halloween stories with Franklin

.

THREE DAYS OF RAIN, opening LaVoie, 7 p.m.; costume contest,

7:30-8:30 p.m.; scavenger hunt, 5-8

.

night, 8 p.m. Oct. 27, through Nov.

p.m.; Halloween swing dance party,

12, Studio Arena Theatre, 710 Main

7-9 p.m. 270-8204 . St., Buffalo; $ (856-5650,

1- 800- 77STAGE) . . . . . . . . .

.

.

.

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HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREAT,

Oct. 27 and 28, the Amherst

Saturday, Oct. 28 Museum, 3755 Tonawanda Creek Road, Amherst; $. Reservations .

.

ART EXPRESS: Story: "Follow the

required by calling 689-1440.

Drinking Gourd," by Jeanette Winter.

.

Activity: "Secret Codes with Symbols

THE HAUNTED FORTRESS, Oct.

and Stamping. Artwork: "Jimmy 27 and 28, Old Fort Niagara, .

Olsen," by Jean-Michel Basquiat, 2-4 Youngstown; $. Advance sale only

p.m., Castellani Art Museum of by calling 745-7611. .

Niagara University, Lewiston.

JACKIE'S HARVEST

286-8286, www.niagara.edu/cam

HALLOWEEN DANCE, music by

.

BABA YAGA, presented by Neglia Ron Parnella, 8:30-11:30 p.m., .

Ballet Artists, 7 p.m., UB Center for Brounschidle American Legion Post,

the Arts, North Campus, Amherst; $ 3354 Delaware Ave., Kenmore; $

.

(box office, 645-ARTS; Ticketmaster, 691-8654

.

888-223-6000). Also School Time

A MASQUERADE BALL, with

Series at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 27.

conductor Robert Franz and the

.

BETTY'S BARCODE TELLS ALL BPO, 8 p.m. Oct. 27 and 28,

.

LIBRARY RESEARCH TOUR, 10 Kleinhans Music Hall, 71 Symphony

a.m.-noon, meet at Washington Circle, Buffalo; $ (box office,

.

Street ramp to Central Library, 1 885-5000; www.tickets.com)

Lafayette Square, Buffalo.

NAUGHTY DAWG, 10 p.m.,

.

www. buffalotours. org

Scottie's Pitstop, 4923 Southwestern

.

BUFFALO'S COUNTRY Blvd., Hamburg. 648-9090

STEPPERS' Halloween Dance, 7-10

NOSFERATU, 6:30 and 9 p.m. Oct.

.

p.m., Dry Gulch Dance Hall, 3145

27, 8 p.m. Oct. 29, midnight Oct. 30,

Walden Ave., Depew; $. Costume

the Riviera Theatre, 67 Webster St.,

.

contests, food, music with Ghost

North Tonawanda; $ 692-2413, .

Riders.

www. rivieratheatre. org

THE CLARENCE HOLLOW NORTH TONAWANDA GHOST

.

FARMERS' MARKET, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

WALKS, 7 p.m. Fridays, through .

every Saturday, 10717 Main St.,

Oct. 27, beginning at Project Pride

between Ransom and Salt roads.

Way on Webster Street across from

.

DISABILITIES Film Festival and the Riviera Theatre; $ 213-0554, . Speaker Series. Film: "Up

.

. nthistorymuseum.org

Syndrome." Speaker: Duane Graves,

THE SECOND CITY PRESENTS .

.

writer, director, producer and editor of

"Truth, Justice or the American Way,"

"Up Syndrome," 2 p.m., the Market

8 p.m., Performing Arts Center,

.

Arcade, 617 Main St., Buffalo; free.

Rockwell Hall, Buffalo State College,

817-7261,

1300 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo; $ . www. museumofdisability. org

.

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. .

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GRANGE FLEA MARKET, 9 a.m.-3

p.m., Grange Building, The

. Fairgrounds, 5600 McKinley

Parkway, Hamburg; $ 648-9733, Ext.

. 483

. HAWK CREEK'S HALLOWEEN

FESTIVAL, "Here Be Dragons," 11

. a.m.-4 p.m., Hawk Creek Wildlife

Center Inc., East Aurora. 652-8646

.

HIT 'N RUN, 11 p.m., Macaroon's,

. 576 Dick Road, Cheektowaga.

681-7197,

.

www. macaroonsniteclub. com

.

HOWL-O-WEEN PET COSTUME, 2

p.m., area PETCO locations.

.

INSIDE TWO HOUSES ON

.

TILLINGHAST, fund-raiser

presented by the Preservation

.

Coalition of Erie County, the George

and Dollie Thorne House, and .

Davidson House, begins at 11 a.m.

. in front of the Thorne House, 16

Tillinghast Place, Buffalo; $50.

. Reservations required. 362-0266

.

MAGNIFICAT, with Opera Sacra, 8

p.m. Oct. 28 and 5 p.m. Oct. 29, St.

. Joseph University Church, 3269

Main St., Buffalo. 833-0298 .

Sunday, Oct. 29 .

MOE DIXON, "Direct From the

Slopes Live In Concert," 7:30 p.m.,

.

Orchard Park Fire Hall, off Route

240, one block south of Route 20-A; .

$25. www.communitybetterment.org,

. 202-263-2574

MUSIC UPHOLDS AND .

ENHANCES CONGREGATIONAL

.

WORSHIP, seminar with Dr. Barbara

Harbach, 9 a.m.-noon; "Music:

. Luther's Third Great Passion," with

Carol Onofrio, 1-3 p.m.; wine and

. appetizers, 3-5 p.m., St. Paul's

Lutheran Church, 4007 Main St.,

.

Eggertsville

.

NAUGHTY DAWG, 10 p.m., Bear's

Den, 2048 Abbott Road,

.

Lackawanna. 821-0802

.

NIGHT ON THE TOWN, presented

by the Erie County Chapter of The

.

Links Inc., with the theme, "A

Fabulous Night of Fun," 6 p.m., the .

Adam's Mark Hotel, 120 Church St.,

. Buffalo; $.

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, .

silent film, 6:30 and 9 p.m. Oct. 28,

. 10 p.m. Oct. 29, midnight Oct. 31,

the Riviera Theatre, 67 Webster St.,

. North Tonawanda; $ 692-2413,

www. rivieratheatre. org

.

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE

.

SHOW, midnight, the Palace

Theatre, 2 East Ave., Lockport; $ (878-3005, .

. 438- 1130,

www. LockportPalaceTheatre. com

. RGC SUBZERO ALL-STAR

CHEER COMPETITION, 9 a.m.-6 .

p.m., Agri-Center, The Fairgrounds,

Tuesday, Oct. 31 . 5600 McKinley Parkway, Hamburg; $

648-9733, Ext. 483

.

MONSTER HOUSE, YMCA movie,

. 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., the Riviera

Theatre, 67 Webster St., North

. Tonawanda. 692-2413,

www. rivieratheatre. org

.

NY ROCKIN' REVUE, 6:30-10:30

. p.m., The Fairgrounds Gaming and

Raceway, 5600 McKinley Parkway,

.

Hamburg; free. 648-9733, Ext. 483

. BARBARA ST. CLAIR AND THE

SHADOWS, 10 p.m., Shadow

.

Lounge and Restaurant, 1504 Hertel

Ave., Buffalo. 835-3975 .

THE WITCHES, presented by the

.

Theatre of Youth, through Oct. 29,

Allendale Theatre, 203 Allen St., .

Buffalo. Performances: 2 p.m.

. Saturdays and Sundays; 7 p.m. Oct.

27, through Oct. 29; $ (box office,

. 884-4400) .

Wednesday, Nov. 1 .

HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR,

with conductor Robert Franz and the .

BPO, 2:30 p.m., Kleinhans Music

. Hall, 71 Symphony Circle, Buffalo; $

(box office, 885-5000;

. www. tickets. com)

Thursday, Nov. 2 .

HARVEST FESTIVAL CONCERT,

with the Niagara Frontier Concert

. Band, 7 p.m., Mount St. Mary

Academy, 3756 Delaware Ave.,

.

Kenmore; $.

.

PLOSION, UB's flute ensemble, 3

p.m., Lippes Concert Hall, North

.

Campus, Amherst; free. 645-ARTS

.

MALL-O-WEEN, 1-4 p.m., the

Eastern Hills Mall, 4545 Transit

.

Road, Williamsville. 633-1600,

www. shopeasternhills. com .

REFORMATIONAL FESTIVAL of

.

Faith honoring congregational

musicians with fellowships and .

seminars, 4 p.m., St. Paul's Lutheran

. Church, 4007 Main St., Eggertsville.

SINGING SPAGHETTI SUPPER, .

with The Friends of Harmony male

. barbershop chorus, 4-8 p.m.,

Clarence Town Park Clubhouse,

. 10405 Main St., Clarence; $

662-4026

.

VIVA VIVALDI FESTIVAL XXVIII,

. presented by the Ars Nova

Musicians Chamber Orchestra, 6:30 .

p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 1 Symphony Circle, Buffalo; $ 662-3598

BALLROOM DANCING, 7 p.m. every Tuesday, VFW Post, 18 Spring St., between Cayuga Street and the Williamsville Water Mill, Williamsville; $ 824-0504

BUFFALO FILM SEMINARS, with Diane Christian and Bruce Jackson, "The Day of the Jackal," (1973), 7 p.m., the Market Arcade Film and Arts Center, 617 Main St., Buffalo. b u ff a l o f i l m s e m i n a r s . c o m

DOWNTOWN BUFFALO: Underground Railroad walking tour, 1:15 p.m. Meet at Market Arcade, 617 Main St., Buffalo; $ www. buffalotours. org

FRIENDS OF HARMONY chorus rehearsal, 7:30 p.m., 181 Lincoln St., Depew. New members welcomed. 662-4026

UB VOICE STUDIO RECITAL, noon, Baird Recital Hall, North Campus, Amherst; free. 645-ARTS

ANYTHING GOES, Nov. 1-4, Academy of Theatre Arts, 5505 Main St., Williamsville; $ 810-0551

BUFFALO ZINGS!, Hot Tedium & Wild, Nov. 2-26, presented by O'Connell & Company, Cabaret in the Square Theatre, 4476 Main St., Snyder; $ 839-3949

COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE AMONG FRIENDS, chamber music, with Persis Vehar, 2:30 p.m., Montante Cultural Center at Canisius College, 2045 Main St., Buffalo. 888-2542

ENGRAINED FOREVER HOLOCAUST, Holocaust art exhibition by Mimi Schiff, Nov. 2-16, Temple Beth Am, 4660 Sheridan Drive, Williamsville. 633-8877

FINNEGAN'S FAREWELL, produced by the Lancaster Regional Players, Nov. 2-5, Eddie Ryan's Restaurant, 50 Central Ave., in Lancaster; $ 683-1776, www. lancopera. org

CHRISTMAS IN THE COUNTRY CRAFT SHOW, Nov. 2-5, The

Fairgrounds, 5600 McKinley

Parkway, Hamburg; $ 648-9733

www. buffalostate. edu/ pac)

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