Announcements

• AVRIL LAVIGNE - Tickets are
now on sale for Avril Lavigne's "Best
Damn Tour," with Boys Like Girls, 7
p.m. Saturday, March 29 at HSBC
Arena. Tickets are $25, $35 and $49.50
(prices include $1.50 facility fee) and are
available through the HSBC box office
and all tickets.com outlets
(888-223-6000). Random handbill
policy in effect. Handbills are now
available.
• BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN -
Tickets are now on sale for Bruce
Springsteen and the E Street Band, 8
p.m. Friday, March 7 at HSBC Arena.
Tickets are $66.50 and $95.50 (prices
include $1.50 facility fee) and are
available at the HSBC Arena box office
and all tickets.com outlets
(888-223-6000, www.tickets.com).
Random handbill policy in effect.
Handbills are now available.
• CELINE DION - Tickets are
now on sale for Celine Dion's 2008-09
North American Tour, Wednesday, Sept.
3 at HSBC Arena. Tickets are $45,
$66.50, $96.50 and $136.50 and are
available at the HSBC Arena box office
and all tickets.com outlets
(888-223-6000, www.tickets.com).
Random handbill policy in effect.
Handbills are now available.
• PHOTOGENIC SEARCH - K
& M Productions will be holding a
Photogenic Search at noon Saturday,
Dec. 1 at the Walden Galleria Mall,
Cheektowaga. Babies to adults, male
and female, are eligible to enter. There
will be six age divisions and two
different categories in each age division.
The two categories are "Most
Photogenic" and "Funniest Photo."
There will be first, second and third
places awarded. Applications are
available at the Walden Galleria Mall
customer service desk on the second
floor or by sending a stamped,
self-addressed envelope to: Photogenic
Search, 208 Avon Road, Tonawanda,
N.Y. 14150, or e-mail
Loismax@yahoo.com.
• VIDEO SHOWN - "Central

Terminal: Saving a Buffalo Landmark,"
a 30-minute video on the history of the
National Historic Landmark, will be
shown at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2 on
Think Bright (Digital 43.3,
TimeWarner 21), and at 12:30 a.m.
Friday, Dec. 7. The video, produced by
Canisius College Digital Media Arts
majors Kirsten Jan and Scott
Richardson, features interviews of
significant individuals associated with
the Central Terminal. The architecture,
the impact on the local economy and
individual lives, and the years of private
ownership and destruction are covered
in detail. Copies of the video are
available by visiting the Central
Terminal Restoration Corporation Web
site at www.buffalocentralterminal.org.
• KENNY AWARD FINALISTS -
Finalists for the 2008 Kenny Awards
are: Amherst Central High School
("Into the Woods"); Bishop Timon St.
Jude and Mt. Mercy Academy
("Godspell"); City Honors School
("Children of Eden"); Fredonia High
School ("Joseph & the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat"); Holland High
School ("Leader of the Pack"); Lockport
High School ("Hello Dolly!"); and
Tonawanda High School ("Anything
Goes"). Now in its 15th year, The
Kenny Awards recognize local high
school talent for excellence in producing
and performing musicals. The 15th
annual Kenny Awards presentation will
be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 18 at
Shea's Performing Arts Center. Tickets
are $8 and can be purchased through
the seven finalist schools or at the Shea's
box office, 650 Main St.
• KISSMASS BASH - Tickets are
now on sale for Kissmas Bash, featuring
Good Charlotte, Hinder, Boys Like
Girls, Sean Kingston and special guest
hosts AJ Brian and Nick from the
Backstreet Boys, 6 p.m. Dec. 11, HSBC
Arena. Tickets are $11.50, $16.50,
$31.50, $41.50 and $76.50, and are
available through the HSBC box office
and all tickets.com outlets, online at
www.tickets.com and by calling

888-223-6000.
• WHITE CHRISTMAS - Tickets
are now on sale for the holiday musical
"White Christmas," for performances
Dec. 18-23 at Shea's Performing Arts
Center. Tickets are $24.50-$57.50 and
are available at the Shea's box office, 650
Main St., through Ticketmaster at
852-5000, www.ticketmaster.com and
Ticketmaster outlets.
• THE HARLEM
GLOBETROTTERS - Tickets are
now on sale for The Harlem
Globetrotters' "Magic As Ever" world
tour, 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9 at HSBC
Arena. Tickets are $20.50, $26.50,
$37.50 and $91.50 and are available at
the HSBC box office and all tickets.com
outlets, online at www.tickets.com or by
calling 888-223-6000.
• CRAFTERS SOUGHT - The
North Park Lutheran Church is seeking
crafters for its holiday bazaar and theme
basket auction, Dec. 1 at 310 Starin
Ave., Buffalo. Craft tables are available
for $15 each. Space is limited. To
reserve a space, call 874-9437.
• ADVANCE BOOK SALES -
The North Tonawanda History Museum
is now accepting advance orders for its
third in a series of heritage cookbooks.
"Sweet Treasures," which will sell for
$15 and should be available during the
Winter Walk on Saturday, Dec. 1. For
more information or to order, call
213-0554 or send checks payable to the
museum to 314 Oliver St., North
Tonawanda, N.Y. 14120.
• BOOK RELEASE - The North
Tonawanda History Museum has
received the first shipment of "North
Tonawanda: The Lumber City," its first
full-length book on the history of North
Tonawanda. All pre-purchased copies
have been distributed, mailed or being
held for pick up. The first order was
sold out before it arrived and second
and third orders have been placed. The
book is available through the museum
for $34.95 each, and for $38.95, it can
be mailed. For more information, call
213-0554, visit
www.nthistorymuseum.org or stop in at
314 Oliver St., North Tonawanda.