Special Events

Lost in a corn field

Eight acres of corn fields will steal your sense of direction when the Buffalo Bandits-themed The MAiZE gets you lost beginning Friday, Aug. 24 through Oct. 31.

The Garland family has brought the MAiZE craze back to the area for another fun-filled season for its seventh season. The Garland's continue to promote WNY and family entertainment with the Buffalo Bandits design.

The MAiZE will challenge the wits of those seeking to find the one and only exit from the puzzle, offering a unique source of good farming fun for adults and children alike.

Though the correct pathway can be walked in under 30 minutes, most wandering maze-goers will require about one hour to travel through the more than two miles of twists, turns and decision points.

Attractions include the Mrs. Potts Bakery, Animal Adventure Area, Dueling Corn Cannons, The Korntucky Derby Raceway, Sticky Stampede Obstacle Course, and Farmer for a Day Tractor Path. Three 2007 mazes include The Passport Maze, The Storybook Maze and the Finger Fortune Maze.

The MAiZE is open daily from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., with flashlight nights until 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at 3901 Niagara Falls Blvd., Wheatfield. For more information, visit www.CornField Maze.com or call 433-5505.

thurs. 23
Cruise Night - 3 p.m.-dusk
Thursday, Aug. 23, Polish Falcons Club,
445 Columbia Ave., Depew; free.
681-0278
thurs. 23, fri. 24, sat. 25
The Macanudo® Tailgating
Tour - A mobile cigar and tailgating
lovers' paradise featuring ESPN
Consumer Products, to benefit the
Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund, 4-8
p.m., The Tinder Box, 8212 Transit
Road, Williamsville (689-2914). Also
3-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, Smokin' Joe's,
2293 Saunders Settlement Road,
Sanborn (297-0251); and 1-5 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 25, Nice Ash Cigars &
Lounge, 5334 Transit Road, Depew
(685-7970).
fri. 24-sun. 26
Hot August Blast - Car show
featuring rods, customs, classics, muscle
cars, tuners, race prepared and
motorcycles, Friday through Sunday,
Aug. 24-26, The Fairgrounds-42nd
Street, 5600 McKinley Parkway,
Hamburg; $. 648-9733, Ext. 483
fri. 24
The MAiZE - Eight acres of a
corn field maze planted in a Buffalo
Bandits theme, open Friday, Aug. 24
through Oct. 31, 3901 Niagara Falls
Blvd., Wheatfield. 433-5505.
www.CornF ieldMaze.com
Chinese Auction and
Mini-Carnival - 12th annual event
includes games, bounce house,
entertainment, 4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug.
24, Lord of Life Adult & Child
Services, 1025 Borden Road, Depew.
668-8000
Fire of Worship: An
Invitation to Connect - Fourth
annual event features worship, music,
food, bonfire, 7:30-10 p.m. Friday, Aug.
24, Whitehaven Road Baptist Church,

1290 Whitehaven Road, Grand Island.
Bring a lawn chair.
sat. 25
The New Secularism:
Amherst, NY: Crossroads of the
World - Meet the Center For Inquiry
Board of Directors Paul Kurtz, D.J.
Grothe, Kendrick Frazier and Edward
Tabash, 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25,
Center For Inquiry, 1310 Sweet Home
Road, Amherst. 636-4869, Ext. 409
4-H Horse Show - Summer
Sizzler Horse Show, also known as the
Old Fall Roundup, begins at 9 a.m.
Saturday, Aug. 25, The Fairgrounds,
5600 McKinley Parkway, Hamburg;
free. 648-9733, Ext. 483
sat. 25-sun. 26
Dozynski Polish Harvest
Festival - Masses, 11:30 a.m.
Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 25 and 26,
polka music, music by Cheektowaga
Symphony Strings (4:30 p.m. Sunday),
food, theme basket auction and more,
Corpus Christi Church, 189 Clark St.
at Kent Street, Buffalo. 896-1050
sun. 26
Share the Message of Hope
Luncheon - Fifth annual event held
in honor of the Horizon of Hope
Basket For Breast Cancer Research, 1
p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, Salvatore's Italian
Gardens, 6461 Transit Road, Depew; $.
674-7688
Flea Market - 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 26, Port of Entry Square,
635 Dodge Road, Amherst, corner of
Campbell Boulevard. To reserve a space,
call 689-8895.
Wild on the Water Cruise -
SPCA musical cruise with Gregg Juke
and The Mighty No-Stars, 3:30-6:30
p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, the Miss Buffalo
II, Erie Basin Marina, downtown
Buffalo; $. 875-7360