On the Outdoor Stage
8:00
Caitlin
Cook - a recent Orchard Park high school grad, now a local college freshman, considered an amazing, fresh young talent in Buffalo about to make a
huge break. Let's make Buffalo Homecoming part of her launch into stardom!
8:40
Greg
Klyma - He calls himself the "rustbelt vagabond." This
nationally-known Buffalo
boy is flying home from Boston to engage and entertain us with his folksy, Buffalo
songs in his beloved hometown. 9:20
Fred
Schafer - you knew him as the lead singer in Klear, Fred is currently
touring with
Collective Soul. Come hear this edgy local talent being touted as the next Bruce Springsteen. Fred will bring the house down! 10:00
The
Great Train Robbery -- the much-loved Buffalo ska group, recently reunited
to the delight of local music lovers! The best band on the scene in 1985 is rocking Buffalo
again neraly 25 years later... 11:00
Crittenden
--a jazz, rock and soul tour de force. These boys do more than entertain, though.
Eric Crittendon is reaching into the community to work with area at risk
youth using
Image performance to promote a positive image of self and community through edutainment. An amazingly accomplished and engaged group, doing well by doing good.
At Alleyway Theatre
7:00 p.m.
Free
Get
the evening off to a great early start at 7:00 p.m. with Theatre Plus's world
premier of Lament for Joe, by Lee Allan Hartlieb,
on the Alleyway Theatre Main Stage. The play is about a married couple torn apart
by evil forces beyond their control.
Mr. Hartlieb was born in Dunkirk and is an
artist with People Inc.'s fine arts program The Arts Experience. He has spastic
quadriplegia due to a traumatic brain injury as a child, but has not allowed his
physical limitations to impede his creative abilities.
At the Market Arcade Theatres
10:00 p.m. & Midnight
$10 in advance / $12 day of show
Go on a nostalgic adventure to the outrageous and fantastic operatic world of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Market Arcade Theatres!
The Time Warp Dance Event starts at 10:00 p.m., before the movie begins at Midnight. Instructors dressed as Rocky Horror Picture Show characters will teach the Time Warp Dance, transforming you and your friends into the chorus of Transylvanians, with Rocky, Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Brad, Janet, Magenta, and all the rest of the Rocky happy camper characters performing live character animation.
The “Rocky Horror Accessories Packet” (rice, toast, paper towel, newspaper, rubber glove, playing cards, party whistle and glow stick) will be available for purchase ($1.25) at the Arts Council and at the Theatre (no water will not be allowed).
Tickets for all events may be purchased in person or by phone at the Arts Council offices at 700 Main St., (716) 856-7520, or the Market Arcade Films and Arts Center, 639 Main St., (716) 855-3022.
Sponsored by the Arts Council in Buffalo and Erie County.
At CEPA
Gallery
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Free
CEPA and Just Buffalo will host special Buffalo Homecoming Wine and Cheese Reception to view the Writing with Light exhibition,
featuring work by students from three Buffalo Public Schools: Native American Magnet, Frederick Law Olmsted and Highgate Heights.
Writing with Light enables students to engage in challenging, thought-provoking activities that integrate core curricular subjects with the literary and photographic arts. These multidisciplinary initiatives have been successful in connecting young people with their families, neighborhoods, and cultural heritage, encouraging self-exploration and creative self-expression.
Also on view will be two MFA Thesis Exhibitions by UB graduate students: Scripted Image: (Re) Visions of Authority by Kevin Charles Kline (Underground Gallery), and Enthusiast: Calls and Orders by Joel Brenden (Market Arcade Atrium).
As always, admission to CEPA is free and open to the public. .
At the Town Ballroom
Filter with Opiate For The Masses is on stage at the Town Ballroom. The
Reunion
Bring
your school, team or organization banner and have a mini-Reunion! We'll provide the space, you provide the banner. Gather alumni, associates, colleagues and friends …look for a familiar faces, meet up with old friends and make new ones. It's a Homecoming Reunion at the Block Party!
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