June 18, 2013 - 8:55 AM
Iconic '70s rockers Blondie will be joined by punk rock band X at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 6 in the Rapids Theatre (1711 Main St., Niagara Falls).
Tickets are $45 advance, $50 day of show and go on sale at 10 a.m. June 21 through the box office, at www.ticketfly.com or charge by phone at (877) 435-9849.
For more information, call 205-8925 or visit www.rapidstheatre.com.
June 17, 2013 - 12:57 PM
By Mary Kunz Goldman
If it's rainy on Wednesday night, or if it's hot ... go to "Carmen."
The smoldering opera by Bizet, one of the greatest hit operas of all time, is being broadcast in a Metropolitan Opera performance in high definition. It stars Elina Garanca as Carmen and Roberto Alagna as Don Jose. Alagna has a smoldering, obsessive quality that should make him a great Don Jose, the officer who falls desperately in love with Carmen. He is also a little guy which should ratchet things up a bit. In the opera, the officer finds he is no match for Carmen. It is a passionate story but also a pathetic one.
"Carmen" is part of the Met Summer Encores series. This performance was originally broadcast in January 2010. Renee Fleming interviews the opera's stars at intermission.
The opera screens at the Regal on Transit and on Regal Elmwood Center at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
June 17, 2013 - 10:50 AM
Drake, with guests Future and Miguel, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 in the First Niagara Center.
Tickets are $49.75, $69.75 and $99.75 and go on sale at 10 a.m. June 21 through the box office, at www.livenation.com or www.Tickets.com or charge by phone at (888) 223-6000.
For more information, visit www.firstniagaracenter.com.
June 14, 2013 - 5:00 PM
Country star Jason Aldean brings his 2013 Night Train Tour to the area with a concert on Aug. 17 at the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center. Joining Aldean are guests Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett.
Tickets are $59.75 reserved and $30 and go on sale at 10 a.m. June 21 through www.LiveNation.com, www.Ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at (800) 745-3000.
June 11, 2013 - 5:47 PM
Today, at long last, the City of Buffalo annouced a series of grants from its newly established $200,000 cultural and anti-violence fund that it had been slow to release. Here is the list:
|
Organization |
Program Name |
Awarded |
|
100 Mighty Men Ministry |
Mighty Men Street Clean Up & Peace Initiative |
$1,000 |
|
African Cultural Center of Buffalo, Inc. |
Educational Cultural Enrichment |
$7,500 |
|
Alleyway Theatre Inc. |
2013-14 Season of Live Theatre |
$4,000 |
|
Back To Basics Outreach Ministries, Inc. |
Youth Strengthening Program |
$7,500 |
|
Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Society, Inc. |
Project Empower |
$2,500 |
|
Buffalo Arts Studio |
General Operating Support |
$5,000 |
|
Buffalo Christian Center |
The Merge |
$5,000 |
|
Buffalo Fine Arts Academy / Albright-Knox Art Gallery |
2013 Art Alive! |
$2,500 |
|
Buffalo Inner City Ballet |
Dance Enrichment Program |
$5,000 |
|
Buffalo Music Hall of Fame |
Comprehensive Music Database and Archival Project |
$2,500 |
|
Buffalo Naval Park Committee, Inc. |
Inner City Overnight Program |
$1,000 |
|
Buffalo Niagara Concert Band, Inc. |
USS Little Rock Summer Concert |
$1,000 |
|
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra |
Celebration of Music |
$2,500 |
|
Buffalo United front, Inc. |
Family Fishing Day 2013 |
$5,000 |
|
Burchfield Penney Art Center |
Tours & Art Education Workshops |
$2,500 |
|
Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Art, Inc. (CEPA) |
CEPA Gallery/Big Orbit Gallery Merger |
$2,500 |
|
Central Terminal Restoration Corp |
Bricklayers & Allied Crafts Workers Local 3 and Job Corps Security Remediation |
$4,000 |
|
Colored Musicians Club of Buffalo, NY, Inc. |
Queen City Jazz Festival |
$5,000 |
|
Community Action Organization of Erie County Inc. |
Sports P.L.U.S. |
$7,500 |
|
Community Music School of Buffalo |
Outreach Concert Series |
$2,500 |
|
El Museo Francisco Oller y Diego Rivera, Inc. |
Visual Arts Exhibitions for Artists of Color |
$5,000 |
|
GIRLS Sports Foundation, Inc. |
GSF/ NICYO 2013 Slam Jam & Cultural Expo |
$2,500 |
|
H.E.A.L. International |
H.E.A.L. Weekend Recreation Program |
$4,000 |
|
Hallwalls, Inc. (Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center) |
Year-Round Public Cultural Programing in the Contemporary Arts |
$5,000 |
|
Hispanic Heritage Council of WNY |
Hispanic Heritage Month Main Event - Restauracion Cultural |
$5,000 |
|
Irish Classical Theatre company, Inc. |
General Operating Support |
$2,500 |
|
Iron Island Preservation Society of Lovejoy |
Cultural Preservation |
$2,500 |
|
Juneteenth Festival Inc. |
Sankofa Days |
$5,000 |
|
Just Buffalo Literary Center |
Babel |
$5,000 |
|
Latin American Cultural Association, Inc. |
Cultural Extension |
$2,500 |
|
Mad DADS of Greater Buffalo |
Youth Basketball |
$5,000 |
|
Martin House Restoration Corporation (MHRC) |
General Operating Activities |
$2,500 |
|
Metro CDC Delavan Grider Community Center |
Nonviolence for Youth Program - "Acting In" |
$7,500 |
|
Michigan Street Preservation Corp. |
Nash House Museum |
$5,000 |
|
Music is Art |
Music is Art Festival |
$2,500 |
|
National Inner Cities Youth Opportunities, Inc. (NICYO) |
Safe Structured Youth Sports |
$7,500 |
|
New Phoenix Theatre on the Park |
Pay-What-You-Can Thursday Performance Series - lower West Side Johnson Park Neighborhood Revitalization |
$2,500 |
|
People United for Sustainable Housing |
Grant Street Neighborhood Center |
$5,000 |
|
Road Less Traveled Productions |
Ongoing Organizational Programming |
$2,000 |
|
Shakespeare In Delaware Park, Inc. |
Shakespeare In Delaware Park |
$2,500 |
|
Squeaky Wheel / Buffalo Media Resources |
Youth Education Programs |
$2,500 |
|
Stop The Violence Coalition, Inc. |
Youth Intervention Project |
$7,500 |
|
The Friends of Vienna |
Three Chamber Music Concerts |
$1,000 |
|
The National Federation for Just Communities of WNY, Inc. |
First Time/Last Time Program |
$7,500 |
|
The Western New York Artists Group |
General Programing |
$2,500 |
|
Theatre of Youth Company, Inc. |
School Children Access Program |
$5,000 |
|
Torn Space Theater |
Main Stage Production Activity |
$2,500 |
|
Tru-way Community Center, Inc. |
Tru-way Community Center, Inc. |
$2,000 |
|
Ujima Company, Inc. |
General Operating Support |
$5,000 |
|
Western NY Book Arts Collaborative |
Free Family Workshops |
$2,500 |
|
Young Audiences of WNY, Inc. |
Out of School Time Programs |
$5,000 |
|
|
Total Amount |
$200,000 |
The full press release from the city is here.
--Colin Dabkowski
June 11, 2013 - 1:26 PM
Get ready, get set, the Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Rocks 10th Anniversary Tour will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 27 in the University at Buffalo Center for the Arts on the North Campus, Amherst.
Tickets are $37, $52, $67 and $77 and go on sale at 10 a.m. June 14 through the center box office, online at www.tickets.com or charge by phone at (888) 223-6000.
For more information, call 645-2787 or visit www.ubcfa.org.
June 11, 2013 - 1:25 PM
BPO Nation has announced two new shows. Country legend Merle Haggard will come to Buffaloto perform at 8 p.m. Nov. 1 in Kleinhans Music Hall (3 Symphony Circle). Tickets are $40-$60 (with VIP seating available) and go on sale at 9 a.m. June 14.
Rock 'n Roll bagpipers the Red Hot Chili Pipers will take the stage at Kleinhans for a concert at 8 p.m. Feb. 8. Tickets are $35 and $45 (with VIP seating available) and go on sale at 9 a.m. June 22.
For more information, call 885-5000 or visit www.kleinhansbuffalo.org.
June 10, 2013 - 11:52 AM
Celebrated Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot brings his "50 Years on the Carefree Highway" tour to Kleinhans Music Hall (3 Symphony Circle) for a show at 8 p.m. Oct. 25.
Tickets are $35 to $75 and go on sale June 17. For more information and tickets, call 885-5000 or visit www.kleinhansbuffalo.org.
June 6, 2013 - 12:36 PM
Braun's Concert Cove (11891 Main St., Akron) announces concerts featuring the Big Night Out Tour and Florida Georgia Line.
The Big Night Out Tour features performances by Fuel, Hoobastank, Lit and Alien Ant Farm and begins at 7 pm. July 13. Tickets for the show are $35 advance, $50 day of show.
Florida Georgia Line will perform at 7 p.m. Sept. 5. Tickets are $30 advance, $40 day of show.
All tickets are available at the venue or online at www.tickets.com.
For more information, call 542-2425 or visit www.braunsbar.com.
May 30, 2013 - 12:42 PM
Bon Jovi fans get a chance for a second dose of their favorite rockers when the band returns to Western New York for An Evening With Bon Jovi at 7:30 p.m. July 23 in the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center.
Tickets are $65, $95, $125 and $175 reserved seating and $35 lawn (with $99 lawn four-packs) and go on sale at 10 a.m. June 10 through www.livenation.com, www.ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at (800) 745-3000.
