Events

March 2010

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Wedsnesdays, March 10, 17 & 24 6-9p

Private Guitar, Bass and Piano Lessons with Jim Wynne

A true professional in every aspect of the trade, Jim Wynne is one of the most sought after musicians in WNY. While best known for his extraordinary bass playing, Jim is also an accomplished keyboardist, six and twelve string guitarist, drummer, vocalist, piano tuner, and production engineer.

Jim has 17 Buffalo Music Awards to his credit and has been part of The Wynne Band, Gamalon, Haiku, The Dirty Little Business, and most recently Pale Face, Chameleon’s Coat, The Project, and Dirty Work.

Cost: $15 per 30 minute session or $30/hour- beginner to advanced

To book a session: Call 716.609.0894 or email jwynnelessons@hotmail.com

464 Gallery: 464 Amherst Street b/t Elmwood & Grant streets- free street parking

Buffalo * 716.983.2112 for more information

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Thursday, March 11, 7-10p

Art Lab: A Multi-Discipline Art Critique Group

Please join the Emerging Leaders in the Arts Buffalo and 464 Gallery for our first in line of monthly interdisciplinary art critique sessions. Open to all media, we have established this event to give Buffalo's broad arts community a space to come together to continue our our collective arts education by engaging with like-minded artists and arts appreciators to evaluate our ongoing bodies of work.

What: Two hours of varied presentation and critique time, followed by open social “art-working”

When: The second Thursday of every month: beginning with March 12th, at 7pm.

Where: 464 Gallery: 464 Amherst St, Buffalo, NY

this month Featuring the work of photographer PORSCHE JONES and another artist TBA (volunteers welcomed).

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Layout:

7-8 pm In-depth Presentations:

A very brief introduction and overview of constructive critiquing, followed by 2 or 3 in depth artist presentations and discussions of work. (For example, a dancer presents a video of a performance, explains about the work, and then the discussion is opened up to questions, etc.)

8-9 pm Open Critique:

Break to set up work: every attendant can bring one work for the open critique- then each person will roam from work to work with sticky notes, leaving comments, questions, and ideas behind, signed or anonymously at their preference. You can leave your work open to any response- or leave a creative request. (For example: a writer leaves a short story and asks specifically how it reads emotionally, or a photographer asks if a set of 3 shots would benefit from being arranged in different ways.)

9-10 Pm Open Social Artworking time:

Time to chat, continue previous discussions, sign up for an upcoming in-depth critique spot, or connect with a critique buddy or group to tide you over until next month. (For example, a painter connects with two other artists to keep in touch for feedback online as they flesh out a new series.)

In sum, remember to bring:

Yourself,

Your art,

and if you want everyone to like you best, cookies of some kind.

If you are interested in being one of our featured artists for an in depth critique, please contact Marcus Wise, Shannon Callan, or Tara Sasiadek!

464 Gallery: 464 Amherst Street b/t Elmwood & Grant streets- free street parking

Buffalo * 716.983.2112 for more information

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Friday, March 12, 6-11p

Awakening: A Celebration of Spring

Show run: Mar 12-28

A Group show celebrating local art from local artists. With live music, free drinks and snacks and an interactive painting installation.

464 Gallery: 464 Amherst Street b/t Elmwood & Grant streets- free street parking

Buffalo * 716.983.2112 for more information

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Friday, March 26, 6-10p

Recovery Mode:

New work written and performed by Matthew Crehan Higgins

Matt compromised for love and got everything he never wanted. Abandoned one rainy night in front of Brodo he is left with three questions: How did I get here? Will I ever be ok again? Is this canary yellow silk/linen v-neck summer sweater ruined forever?

Spending the next year in withdrawal... from the relationship, confidence, and optimism - his friend Marc tells him to get some professional help or stop complaining.

Across the room from a total stranger he recounts what made him compromise, seeking retreat on Lake Chautauqua, retail therapy on the other side of the counter, newfound social anxiety, risk of relapse, 12 steps, a summer fling on the rural homo social scene, the friends who never leave, the friends met while down, learning to accept rather than place blame, feeling like himself again, and a magical New Year's kiss.

Matthew Crehan Higgins's first play Confessions was the most honored offering at the 2004 Columbus National Gay Theatre Festival, taking four awards including Best Original Play and Best of the Festival. His most recent work, The Pipes Are Calling: An Elegy To Dan Higgins, Sr. was first performed in September 2009. Currently, he is working with three other artists to compile worldwide submissions that will become The Bottom Monologues. He can juggle while eating an apple.

464 Gallery: 464 Amherst Street b/t Elmwood & Grant streets- free street parking

Buffalo * 716.983.2112 for more information

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Wednesday, March 31, 7-10p (sign-up starting at 6:30)

Tangential Readings @ 464 featuring Marek Parker

Please join us for our monthly literary event, open to all poets, writers, as well as those that appreciate the power of the spoken word.

About our featured reader: Marek P. Parker is a lifelong resident of Buffalo’s East side He is a poet, writer, and teacher of students with special needs. His poetry and other writings have been published in the anthology Nickel City Nights, The Empty Chair, The Hanging Moss, Cherry Bleeds, Pemmican The Buffalo News, OUTcome, and Bflo Journal, on which he also served as assignments editor. Marek is a sort of person who likes labels, which he feels helps to identify all of us so he refers to his style of writing as “Urban Queer”. In 1986 He was a participant in the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament which was a core group of 500 activists that walked from Los Angeles, California to Washington DC.

Complimentary wine, soft drinks and light snacks.

Sign-up begins at 6:30pm, readings begin at 7. Every last Wednesday of the month!

464 Gallery

464 Amherst Street b/t Elmwood & Grant streets- free street parking

Buffalo * 716.983.2112 for more information

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April 2010

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Friday, April 2, 6-11p

"The Good, the Bad, and the Bizarre"

The Art of Sean Madden, Opening Reception

Show run: Apr 2-7

More details to come...

Complimentary wine, soft drinks and light snacks.

464 Gallery: 464 Amherst Street b/t Elmwood & Grant streets- free street parking

Buffalo * 716.983.2112 for more information

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Wednesday, April 16, 7-10p

Happy Homes, Healthy Homes

Show run: Apr 16-22

A group art show presented by CFGB (Community Foundation for Great Buffalo) and FEHR (Family Environmental Health Resources) designed to raise awareness about the issues surrounding safe housing and healthy children.

More details to come...

464 Gallery: 464 Amherst Street b/t Elmwood & Grant streets- free street parking

Buffalo * 716.983.2112 for more information

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Wednesday, April 28, 7-10p (sign-up starting at 6:30)

Tangential Readings @ 464 featuring Karen Sands-O'Connor

More details to come...

Complimentary wine, soft drinks and light snacks.

Sign-up begins at 6:30pm, readings begin at 7. Every last Wednesday of the month!

464 Gallery

464 Amherst Street b/t Elmwood & Grant streets- free street parking

Buffalo * 716.983.2112 for more information

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Friday, April 30, 6-10p

Warped Works: CyberDesign by Stephanie Abelson

Show run: Apr 30-May 6

More details to come...

464 Gallery

464 Amherst Street b/t Elmwood & Grant streets- free street parking

Buffalo * 716.983.2112 for more information

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May 2010

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Friday, May 14, 6-11p

Crown of Stars: the Paintings of Tara Sasiadek

Show run: May 14-20

More details to come...

464 Gallery

464 Amherst Street b/t Elmwood & Grant streets- free street parking

Buffalo * 716.983.2112 for more information

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June 2010

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Friday, June 4, 6-11p

Color: A Celebration of Local LGBT Art

Show run: June 6-17

An official Pride Buffalo event, we are proud to bring Color back for it’s second year.

More details to come...

464 Gallery

464 Amherst Street b/t Elmwood & Grant streets- free street parking

Buffalo * 716.983.2112 for more information

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more to come...

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