Good Morning, Buffalo: A quick look at what's happening today
Published: February 09, 2010, 6:00 am
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The winter weather advisories are supposed to go up at 7 p.m. for the latest snowstorm system, but only for western Southern Tier. Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Allegany counties are supposed to see 3 to 6 inches of snow before it's over Wednesday night. The further north you are, however, the less snow you're likely to see. For the Buffalo metro area, they're predicting 2 to 4 inches. Enough to shovel, but not enough to bring things to a halt.
If you're traveling, you're more likely to be immobilized in the Catskills, in Pennsylvania and along the East Coast from New York City to Washington, D.C. This time around, New York could get 6 to 12 inches of snow. Philadelphia and D.C. could see even more than that.
Meanwhile, the Buffalo area should be relatively quiet, aside from the snow, which is expected to arrive tonight and continue Wednesday. Temperatures are supposed to stay below normal -- highs in the mid- to upper 20s, lows in the teens -- right on through the Presidents' Day holiday. Sounds like another good weekend coming up for skiers.
"Imagining Buffalo Niagara in the 21st Century" is the title of the presentation by Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker, president and chief executive officer of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, in the second lecture and discussion in a series sponsored by the Center for the Study of Art, Architecture, History and Nature. It's from 12:15 to 1 p.m. in the Fables Cafe Conference Room of Central Library, 1 Lafayette Square, in downtown Buffalo. Admission is free. For info, visit www.buffaloah.com.
One thing residents can't imagine in what's called the Pan Am Watch Area, on the site of the Pan-American Exposition, is a home in their midst for homeless young men aged 16 to 20 bounced from foster care. They meet with North Council Member Joseph Golombek Jr. at 7 p.m. in a church, now closed, at 400 Lincoln Parkway to hear the proposal, which would convert the church into a residence for these guys.
Renowned and reclusive Romanian-born pianist Radu Lupu, who has never appeared in Buffalo in all of his 64 years, appears here tonight in the Ramsi P. Tick Concert Series. It's at 7:30 in the Flickinger Performing Arts Center at Nichols School on Amherst Street. Centerpiece of his epic program is Beethoven's "Appassionata" Sonata. Tickets are $50. Call 957-4778.
Meanwhile, over in Canisius College's Montante Cultural Center, local virtuosos hold forth at 7:30 p.m. in an Informally Formal Chamber Concert. Featured are Anna Mattix, oboe and English horn; Paul Ferrington, piano; and oboists Paul Schlossman and Christine Ford. Tickets are $7 to $15.
Two Buffalo Sabres legends will be enshrined in the team's Hall of Fame in ceremonies in HSBC Arena prior to the game against the Boston Bruins at 7 p.m. Honorees are former player and Sabres broadcaster Jim Lorentz and the coach of the team in its formative years from 1972 to 1974 -- Joe Crozier, who has spent the past 26 years in the team's front office. Listen to the game on WGR 550 AM. Watch on the MSG Channel.
Immaculata Academy sponsors Coaches vs. Cancer, a basketball event, at 5 p.m. at the academy, 5138 South Park Ave., Hamburg. The Bears host Holland, with the varsity game following the junior varsity contest at 6:30 p.m. The event, coordinated and organized by the school's sports marketing class, features a 50/50 raffle, a half-court shot challenge, auction and concessions. Last year it raised nearly $800 for the American Cancer Society.
Tonight's entry in the Buffalo Film Seminars series is the influential 1955 film, "The Night of the Hunter," starring Robert Mitchum as a murdering preacher with the words "love" and "hate" tattooed on the knuckles of his hands. Screening starts at 7 in the Market Arcade Film and Arts Centre, 639 Main St. Tickets are $9 general, $7 for seniors and $6.50 for students. Seminar directors Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian discuss the film afterward. For more info, visit www.buffalofilmseminars.com.
The crash of Continental Flight 3407 in Clarence Center a year ago is the subject of tonight's installment of Frontline, airing at 9 on WNED-TV, Channel 17. "Flying Cheap" investigates the rise of regional and low-cost carriers and whether the aviation system is really capable of delivering cheap service that is safe.
Ellen DeGeneres makes her long-awaited arrival on the judges' panel on tonight's installment of "American Idol" as the series enters what is called "The Hollywood Round." It airs at 8 on WUTV, Channel 29.
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