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Theater
      thurs. 5 . Golda's Balcony - A riveting portrait, painted with joy and tears, celebrates one of the great women of our time. The longest running one-woman show in Broadway history opens at 7:30 p.m.
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Love isn't perfect
      Kaleidoscope Theatre Productions is bringing back by popular demand, "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change." One of the most popular shows in Off-Broadway history, "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" is a musical romp through the modern mating game.
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Festivals
      fri. 6-sun. 8 . Hellenic Heritage Festival - This festival lets the rest of us partake in Greek culture, food and entertainment at the corner of West Utica and Delaware Avenue, Buffalo; free. 882-7121, ww.hellenicfestival.
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Literature
      thurs. 5 . Northside Writers Group - Meeting, 7 p.m. Thursday, June 5, Ascension Lutheran Church, 4640 Main St., Amherst; free. 626-4204 fri. 6 . Philosophy School Cafe - 7 p.m.
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Auditions
      • ARTPARK - Artpark & Company Inc. will hold auditions for its upcoming Mainstage Theater production of Disney's "Beauty and The Beast" (Aug. 14-29).
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Comedy
      thurs. 5-sat. 7 .Canadian comic Richard Ryder, with Mike Beatty and Paul Haywood, 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday, June 5 and 6, and 8 and 10:30 p.m. Saturday, June 7, Yuk Yuk's in Casino Niagara, 5705 Falls Ave., Niagara Falls, Canada; $.
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Family Activities
      fri. 6 . Evening River Walk - Join the Foothills Trail Club on the lawn of Niawanda Park, across the street from Mississippi Mudd's restaurant, Friday, June 6, Niagara Street, Tonawanda; free. 833-3851, www.foothillstrailclub.
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Special Events
      thurs. 5 . Lancaster Town Band - A benefit concert and bake sale, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 5, Greenfield Manor's, Richard Seibold Chapel and Auditorium, 5953 Broadway, Lancaster; $. 684-8400 fri. 6 .
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Speakers
      fri. 6 . Why is Murder So Entertaining? - Part of the UBThisSummer Lecture Series and presented by UB Department of English associate professor David F. Schmid, 4 p.m.
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Performance
      sun. 8 . A Second Chance - Presented by Youth for Truth Performing Arts Company. Comprised of youth from all across Western New York, A Second Chance portrays four true-life stories of teenagers who realize how serious their problems are when
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Film/Video
      fri. 6 . The Breakfast Club - John Hughes' teenage classic from 1985 starring Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson and Molly Ringwald, 7 p.m. Friday, June 6, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo; free.
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Live Local in WNY
      thurs. 5 . The Billy Baroo Jazz Trio, 8 p.m., Amaryllis, 675 Delaware Ave., Buffalo; free. 878-2741, www.amar yllisbuffalo.com . Punk Rock Party, 10 p.m., Broadway Joe's, 3051 Main St., Buffalo. 836-9555, www.bjoes.
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Concerts
      thurs. 5 .Jammy Award-winners, The Disco Biscuits, will perform at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 5 at Thursday at the Square, Lafayette Square, Buffalo; free. 856-3150, www.buffaloplace.com .
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Dance
      sun. 8 . Neglia School Show - Neglia Ballet Artists School will present a show featuring students, 3 p.m. Sunday, June 8, Nichols High School, 1250 Amherst St., Buffalo; $. 447-0401, www.negliabal let.org
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Announcements
      • CD RELEASE LISTENING PARTY - For Mystic Traversion's new CD, "Empty," from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 8 at Mark Studios, 10815 Bodine Road, Clarence. The CD is tentatively scheduled to be released in August.
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Art
      thurs. 5 & fri. 6 . The Park School Annual Art Show - The Park School, 4625 Harlem Road, Buffalo. 839-1242 fri. 6 .
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New theater outshines blockbuster 'Indiana Jones'
MOVIE REVIEW
      It's not every day that a state-of-the-art theater complex opens with a blockbuster sequel that the public has been waiting 19 years to see. But the Regal Cinemas at the Walden Galleria decided that the new Indiana Jones movie would be the best way to showcase its great new theaters to Buffalo and the world.
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Symphonic
      thurs. 5 .The Italian Consulate in Buffalo is hosting virtuoso guitarist Fabio Federico from Calabria, Italy, in a fundraising concert for St. Anthony of Padua Church, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 5, St.
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