Theater
      The bard is back in town Clean out last summer's picnic basket, grab a bottle of you favorite vino and that favorite summer picnic blanket and head to the park for the 32nd season of Shakespeare in Delaware Park, which begins Thursday, June 21, with "All's Well That Ends Well.
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MOVIE REVIEW
'Knocked Up' a crack-up
by KEN BARTOLOTTA Reporter
     Kudos to the two elderly women in front of me. During my recent screening of "Knocked Up" they stuck with the movie. In spite of the incessant offensiveness that the film seemed to hurl at the audience, these two ladies soldiered on.
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Announcements
      + The Lancaster Opera House will be holding auditions for "Arsenic and Old Lace" at 7 p.m. Monday, July 2 at 21 Central Ave., Lancaster. The Mystery Company is seeking seven males, 50 years and older, and one woman, age 25 to 40. For more information or an appointment, call 683-1776. Performances ...
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Film/Video
      sat. 23 The Guatemalan Handshake Todd Rohal's award-winning debut feature concerning a power failure that sets in motion a bizarre chain of events in a small mountain town. The film will begin at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 23 at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo. Call...
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Art
      now-June 22 Globeo: Nature's Story of Climate Change - Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo. 896-5200, www.sciencebuff.org Poterfield and Beyond - Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo. 896-5200, www. sciencebuff.
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Dance
      fri. 23 & sat. 24 Not Two And Not One Pick of the Crop Dance presents an evening of dance, music and visual art featuring dancer Leslie Wuebben in a performance of "Not Two And Not One," commissioned by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in 1989 in conjunction with a special exhibit of abstract ex...
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Lectures
      wed. 27 The Concentration of Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites in WNY Professor R. Nils Olsen Jr., dean of the UB Law School, will give a lecture focusing on the Model City area within the towns of Lewiston and Porter at 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 27 in Room 215 of the UB Natural Sciences Complex,...
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Symphonic
      mon. 25 .Swing to the sounds of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra under the baton of Buddy Morrow at 2 and 8 p.m. Monday, June 25 at Artpark, 450 S. Fourth St., Lewiston. Call 754-4375 or visit www.artpark.net for more information.
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Concerts
     thurs. 21 .Don't get "Blister[s] in the Sun" watching the Violent Femmes with special guests Mobile from Montreal and The Rev as part of Thursday at the Square at 5 p.m. Thursday, June 21 at Lafayette Square, Buffalo. Hurry before they're "Gone Daddy Gone." Call 856-3150 or visit www.buffaloplace.co...
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Performance
      fri. 22 . Political satirist Bill Maher The host of Comedy Central's "Politically Incorrect" and HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" will perform a stand-up routine at 8 p.m. Friday, June 22 at Shea's Performing Arts Center, 646 Main St., Buffalo. Call 847-1410 or visit www. sheas.org for more in...
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Family Activities
      thurs. 21 Curious George visits to kick off Get a Clue @ the Library, a preschool summer reading program, starting at 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 22 at the Audubon Library, 350 John James Audubon Parkway, Amherst. Don't forget your camera to have your picture taken with Curious George. Call 689-492...
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Festivals
      fri. 22-sun. 24 Women's Weekend Festival - A weekend to honor, educate and celebrate women, held throughout Ellicottville. Events include hiking and biking tours, high tea with Sue O'Neil, self-defense course, plant identification and outdoor gardening, nine-hole golf tournament and comedy nig...
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