Good Morning, Buffalo: A quick look at what's happening today
As cold fronts go, the one that arrived overnight is a pussycat. It's still going to let temperatures get into the upper 50s under partly sunny skies today, the National Weather Service says, and there shouldn't be any rain to go with it. It's likely to feel a bit chillier tonight, low 30s, but for November, we have no complaints.
Plenty of sunshine is supposed to be coming our way for Veterans Day on Wednesday, as well as Thursday and Friday, with light winds, highs in the mid- to upper 50s and lows just above freezing. They're talking 60s again for Saturday. Next chance of rain isn't until Saturday night.
The weather this week should be perfect for fall planting, and that's what will be on the minds of everyone at a 9 a.m. ceremony on the Bailey Peninsula, a little park across from Southside Elementary School in South Buffalo. ReTree WNY is giving 50 trees to South Park High School, whose students will plant them in the park. ReTree WNY director Paul Maurer will get a check from a fundraising effort at the high school, then he and South Council Member Mickey Kearns will pick up shovels and plant a tree right there at the confluence of Cazenovia Creek and the Buffalo River.
All eyes will be on the chair of embattled Masten Council Member Brian Davis this afternoon. If he isn't sitting in it for the 2 p.m. meeting on the 13th floor of Buffalo City Hall, his fellow members are threatening to dock his pay. As for the agenda, there's a report from Mayor Byron Brown on capital projects for the next five years and there's a measure to enter into an agreement with the NFTA, Buffalo Place and state and federal highway agencies for work that will turn the 600 block of Main Street … the heart of the downtown Theater District … back into a motorway.
Catholic Charities has a brand new home for its administrative offices at 741 Delaware Ave., right across from the headquarters for the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County. Donated by the Montante family of Uniland Development, it will be officially dedicated today, marking the culmination of the 85th anniversary of Catholic Charities. Bishop Edward U. Kmiec will bless the facility in a 4:30 p.m. ceremony and the new name of the building will be announced.
They're getting serious about merging the school districts in Fredonia and Brocton. There's a community information session on the proposed merger at 7:30 p.m. after the Fredonia School Board meeting and a similar one after the Brocton School Board meeting on Nov. 19. Both will be in the respective school auditoriums. After that, the two school boards will consider having a referendum on the matter. To have a look at the centralization feasibility study, visit www.schoolstudy.wnyric.org.
"Imagining Buffalo Niagara in the 21st Century" is the title of today's talk in the Fall Lecture Series at 12:15 p.m. in Fables Cafe in the Central Library on Lafayette Square. Talking will be Dennis Galucki, executive director of the Landmark Society of the Niagara Frontier, and architecture expert Chuck LaChiusa. Admission is free.
Shots to protect against flu (regular, not H1N1) and pneumonia will be given from 2 to 6 p.m. in the Lancaster Library, 5466 Broadway. Cost for the uninsured is $30 for the flu shot and $45 for the pneumonia shot. The shots, given by the Visiting Nursing Association of Western New York, are free to people covered by BlueCross BlueShield, Independent Health, Medicare (Part B) or Univera.
The Radio Association of Western New York holds its 20th annual youth night, "Passport to the World of Amateur Radio," from 7 to 9 p.m. in the community room in Church of the Nativity, 1530 Colvin Blvd., Kenmore. Demonstrations will cover many devices, digital and computer communication modes as well as the Morse code. For info, call 693-3917 or e-mail wa2fkv@arrl.net.
Metallica! Need we say more? 7 p.m. HSBC Arena. Tickets are $52 to $72.
Singer-songwriter Joan Osborne made a splash in the '90s with "One of Us," which wondered what God would be like if He was sitting next to us on the bus. Since then, she's headed off in several directions … an album of Motown soul, an appearance on Grand Ole Opry and work with former members of the Grateful Dead. Tonight in Shea's Performing Arts Center, she shares the bill with some bluesy folks … the Holmes Brothers and blues-rock singer-songwriter Paul Thorn. Showtime is 7. Tickets are $25 to $50.
On the quieter side, there's the Informally Formal Chamber Concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center at Canisius College, 2001 Main St. It features Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra associate concertmaster Amy Glidden, cellist Amelie Fradette and pianist Alison D'Amato. Tickets are $7 to $15.
Tonight's edition of the Buffalo Film Seminars features Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky's 1972 sci-fi psychodrama "Solaris," a highly acclaimed film not to be confused with the dismal 2002 remake by Steven Soderbergh. It's in Russian with English subtitles. 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.
Slight underdogs, the University at Buffalo Bulls football team takes on Ohio University at 7 p.m. in UB Stadium. If UB wins, they keep their post-season hopes alive. Watch on ESPN2. Listen on WECK 1230 AM.
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