Rotary Club of Amherst East plans wine tasting event
      Enjoy a glass of wine, take a chance at winning some prizes, and help the Buffalo and Amherst communities at the same time. The Rotary Club of Amherst East has planned its annual wine tasting event for 6:30-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2 at the Ramada Hotel, 2402 N. Forest Road, near John James Audubon Pa...
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Film/Video
      thurs. 1 & fri. 2 A Sense of Place: Filmmaker Ted Lyman Visits Buffalo - Ted Lyman retrospective that spans 30 years of filmmaking, 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, 341 Delaware Ave, Buffalo; $.
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Literature
      thurs. 1 Northside Writers Group - 7 p.m. the first and third Thursday of the month, Ascension Lutheran Church, 4640 Main St., Amherst.
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Auditions
      • Starry Night Theatre will hold auditions for "A Christmas Carol" from 7 to 9 p. m . Thursday and Friday, Nov. 1 and 2 at the Ghostlight Theatre, 170 Schenck St., Nor th Tonawanda. Six men, five women, four boys and four girls are sought.
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Theater
      Openings thurs. 1 Italian Serenade - Area premiere of Neal Radice's new musical that celebrates the hopes and heartaches, failures and glorious victories of the great immigration that led so many Italian families to call WNY home.
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A seductive moon
      Eugene O'Neill's beautiful and haunting gift to his tortured brother, Jamie, comes to the Irish Classical Theatre when "A Moon for the Misbegotten" opens Friday, Nov. 2. ICTC presents the second play in its five-year Eugene O'Neill retrospective. "A Moon for the Misbegotten" continues the tale of...
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Milo to the rescue
      A magical gateway launches Milo on a quest to rescue princesses in the Lands Beyond in the Theatre of Youth's production of "The Phantom Tollbooth," through Sunday, Nov. 11.
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Family Activities
      thurs. 1 Spanish Especially for You Story Time - For toddlers and preschoolers and their parents, 9:30 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 1, Barnes & Noble, 1565 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst; free. 867-6585, www.StartSpanishNow.
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Holiday
      thurs. 1-sun. 4 Christmas in the Country - Twenty-third annual event features handcrafted items by more than 300 artisans from 29 states, Canada and Europe. Event hours: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
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Special Events
      thurs. 1 Feast of All Saints - "Salute the Boots," with Italian specialties along with German and Polish specialty entrees, melodies of great Italian tenors, 4:30-9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, Prosit Restaurant, 5428 Main St.
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Speakers
      Former secretary general of the Alliance Française of Paris, Jean Harzic, lectures on "The Status of the French Language in the World Today" (in French), 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
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Announcements
      • NEW HIRE - The Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society has hired Cynthia Van Ness as its new director of library archives.
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Festivals
      sat. 3 Beer and Wine Festival - Sponsored by Holiday Valley, Southern Tier Brewing and Ellicottville Brewing, the festival will feature 27 beer and wine crafters, along with food and live music, Saturday, Nov.
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Art
      sat. 3 Fall National Exhibition - Opening reception, 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, Impact Artists' Gallery, Suite 545, Tri-Main Center, 2495 Main St., Buffalo; $. The show continues through Sunday, Nov. 25.
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Concerts
     thurs. 1 Punk rockers New Found Glory with special guest Senses Fail will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1 Evolution Complex, 2094 George Urban Blvd., Cheektowaga; $. www.afterdarkevents.com
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Live Local in WNY
      thurs. 1 This Car Up, Curiosity's End, 9 p.m., Merlin's, 727 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo; $. 886-9270, www.merlinsbuffalo.com Novakayne, Under water, Juxtapose, 9 p.m., Nietzsche's, 248 Allen St., Buffalo; $.
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Symphonic Classical
      sun. 4 Viva Vivaldi Festival - With the Ars Nova Musicians Chamber Orchestra, Marylouise Nanna, music director/conductor, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, First Presbyterian Church, 1 Symphony Circle, Buffalo; $. tues.
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World Music
      sun. 4 Simple Gifts - Learn to play the spoons and how other ethnic musical instruments are played at the hands-on workshop and evening of Klezmer music, 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, the JCC Benderson Building, 2640 North Forest Road, Getzville; $. 688-4114, Ext. 337, www. jccbuffalo.
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Dance
     sat. 3 A Night in Argentina A fundraiser for Neglia Ballet Artists, 6-10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, Karpeles Manuscript Museum, 453 Porter Ave., Buffalo; $. 447-0401, www.negliabal let.org
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New York, New York!
      Conductor Marvin Hamlisch, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the St. Joe's Swing Choir are heading to Broadway through Kleinhans Music Hall when "New York, New York" is presented at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3. The show will pay a loving tribute to NYC and Broadway music with Broadway singer Dar...
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Students embrace many roles in South fall play
by ELIZABETH TAUFA Reporter
      It's a coveted thing to get a role in your high school's drama club production. It's another thing to have several roles. The Williamsville South High School Drama Club will present A.R. Gurney's "The Dining Room" at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 1-3, at the high school, 5950 Main St., ...
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Poet Holender kicks off November, December book fair events
by ELIZABETH TAUFA Reporter
      The Jewish Community Book Fair, as part of the Jewish Cultural Arts Festival, will continue through November and December. Kicking off the month's events will be poet and Buffalo native Barbara Holender. Poems;" "Ladies of Genesis;" "Is This The Way to Athens?," which was the winner of the 1996 ...
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