Announcements

• SPONSORS SOUGHT - Kevin
Guest House seeks corporate sponsors
for its 15th annual Affaire of the Heart
event to be held from 7 to 10 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 26 at the Statler Towers,
Buffalo. Kevin Guest House's mission is
to provide safe, comfortable and
affordable lodging for patients and their
families while they are in Buffalo for
medical treatment. For more
information, call 882-1818.
• CLASSES - Carnegie Art Center,
240 Goundry St., North Tonawanda, is
now accepting registrations for Children's
Classical Ballet and Children's Visual
Arts classes and workshops in the fall.
Classical Ballet instruction is for students
ages 3-17 years and is taught by
professional dancer and choreographer
Bonnie Taylor and is scheduled on
Tuesdays after school and early evening
through Dec. 18. Visual Arts classes and
workshops are scheduled through Nov. 11
and are open to children ages 6-11. For
more information, call 694-4400, Ext.
304, or info@carnegieartcenter.org. To
download a printable registration form,
visit
www.carnegiear tcenter.org/children.html
• CLASSES - Carnegie Art Center is
offering Professional Development
Workshops for Artists in the fall at 83
Webster St., North Tonawanda. Classes
include "Using Digital Cameras" (7-8:30
p.m. Wednesdays, through Oct. 10), and
"Introduction to Web Design" (7-8:30
p.m. Wednesdays, Oct. 24-Nov. 14).
Workshops include "What They Don't
Teach You In Art School About the Art
World" (2-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29) and
"Great Stories, Great Poetry - The Art
of Performing Your Words" (2-4 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 20 at Carnegie Art
Center, 240 Goundry St.). For more
information, call 694-4400.
• WORK SHOPS - Squeaky
Wheel/Buffalo Media Resources
upcoming workshops include: Intro to
Mac, Digital Video Production,
Screenwriting Lab, Photoshop, Final Cut
Pro, Intro to PD (Pure Data),
Max/MSP/Jitter, Super 8 and 16mm
Filmmaking. For more information, visit
www.squeaky.org or call 884-7172.
• RELE ASE - The Freudig Singers of
WNY have released its first CD, "Freudig
Singers of Western New York: The

Archives, Volume I." The first in a
limited edition series, the release features
chamber music and is available at
www.freudigsingers.org for $15 plus $3
shipping and handling; orders will be
filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
• TOURISM - The Binational Tourism
Alliance is launching a season of design,
architecture and heritage experiences for
residents and travelers between September
and November. "Niagara By Design" is a
three-month-long celebration of
Binational Niagara. Highlights of Niagara
By Design 2007 include: Third annual
"Art of Architecture" photography contest,
through Oct. 14; "architage," a new
scavenger hunt/photography contest for 5-
to 17-year-olds, through Oct. 14; Niagara
By Design speaker series, Nov. 28; Niagara
By Design movie series, Nov. 7; Niagara
By Design symposium, Nov. 14. For
locations and more information, visit
www.doorsopenniagara.com or call
888-849-5834.
• CONTESTANTS SOUGHT - The
2008 WNY World of Beauty Pageant is
seeking contestants for the pageant, to be
held Nov. 3 at the Harlem Road
Community Center. The pageant is an
open pageant for females of all ages,
shapes and sizes. For more information,
e-mail WNYPageants@aim.com or visit
JJ Pageant Productions at
http://jjpageants.tr ipod.com.
• VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT -
Organizers of the Haunted Gardens on
the EEEErie Canal are seeking
volunteers in non-acting roles for the
event to be held from 7 to 10 p.m. Oct.
13, 20 and 27 at the North Tonawanda
Botanical Gardens, 1825 Sweeney St.
Available positions include guides,
technicians, costumes/scenery and more.
For more information, call 213-0554 or
visit www.nthistorymuseum.org.
• FALL WORKSHOPS - CEPA
Gallery is offering the following
workshops: "Basic B&W Photography,"
noon-3 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 28;
"Digital Photography with Point and
Shoot Cameras," 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Tuesdays through Oct. 23 (no class Oct.
9); "Digital SLR Photography,"
6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Oct.
31; "Basic Adobe Photoshop," 6-9 p.m.
Mondays, Oct. 1-22; "Basic Web
Design," 6-9 p.m. Thursdays, Oct. 4-25;

"Basic Illustrator," 6-9 p.m. Mondays,
Nov. 5-26. Classes will take place in the
Underground Gallery at CEPA's Market
Arcade location, 617 Main St., Buffalo.
Call 856-2717 for cost and to register.
• ART MEMBERSHIP - The
Buffalo Niagara Art Association will jury
for membership on Saturday, Nov. 10 at
Leader Artworks, Tri-Main Center, Suite
547, 2495 Main St., Buffalo.
Membership is open to all qualified
WNY artists older than 18. Artists can
drop off three two- or three-dimensional
artworks (no photography) in only one
medium at 11 a.m., with pickup at 1 p.m.
Work should be original with no
substantial instructor input, framed, and
completed no longer than four years ago.
For more information, visit
buffaloniagaraart.org or call 741-3552.
• APPLICANTS SOUGHT -
Squeaky Wheel/Buffalo Media Resources
is seeking youth applicants for the
2007/08 Buffalo Youth Media Institute,
an intense nine-month video production
and community history project geared
towards 8th- to 12th-graders from
Buffalo and surrounding areas. Twenty
selected applicants are trained by
professional filmmakers in all aspects of
documentary production. Each youth
producer earns a $5 stipend for up to five
hours of work per week after school and
on Saturdays during the school year. The
project begins in October and ends in
June 2008 with a premiere screening of
the finished documentaries in Buffalo's
downtown Market Arcade Film and Arts
Center. Applicants are asked to submit a
letter detailing their interest in the
project, written permission from a parent
or guardian, copies of their last report
card and one letter of support from a
teacher or school counselor. The

application can also be downloaded from
www.squeaky.org. Deadline for
applications is Oct. 3. Applications
should be sent to: Squeaky Wheel,
Attention: Buffalo Youth Media
Institute, 712 Main St., Buffalo, N.Y.
14202.
• CALL FOR WORK - The Western
New York Artists Group is accepting
entries for its 13th annual "Artful Gifts"
exhibition. Artists who wish to
participate can receive information by
sending a self-addressed stamped No. 10
envelope to:
Artful Gifts, The WNY Artists
Group, Art Dialogue Gallery, One
Linwood Ave., Buffalo, N.Y. 14209. A
prospectus can also be picked up at Art
Dialogue. Entry deadline is Saturday,

Nov. 17. For more information, call
885-2251.
• T ICKETS - Tickets are now
available for Trans-Siberian Orchestra,
for two performances on Sunday, Nov. 25
at HSBC Arena. Tickets are $49.50 and
$39.50 and are available at the box office
and all tickets.com outlets
(www.tickets.com, 888-223-6000).
• T ICKETS - Tickets are now on sale
for two performances of "Shackin' Up!,"
starring Billy Dee Williams, Lenny
Williams, Shirley Murdock, Elise Neal
and Leon, 3 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
28, at Shea's Performing Arts Center,
Buffalo. Tickets are $37.50 and $29.50
and are available at the box office, 650
Main St., and through Ticketmaster
(852-5000, www.ticketmaster.com).